{"id":6460,"date":"2013-05-08T08:33:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T12:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6460"},"modified":"2013-08-11T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T17:09:24","slug":"radio-free-sarawak-takes-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/radio-free-sarawak-takes-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Free Sarawak takes a break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RadioFreeSarawak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6463\" alt=\"RadioFreeSarawak\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RadioFreeSarawak.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RadioFreeSarawak.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RadioFreeSarawak-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RadioFreeSarawak-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The clandestine station <em><a title=\"Other RFS posts\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/radio-free-sarawak\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free Sarawak<\/a>&#8212;<\/em>who we <a title=\"Al Jazeera: Radio Free Sarawak offers alternative voice ahead of elections\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/al-jazeera-radio-free-sarawak-offers-alternative-voice-ahead-of-elections\/\">most recently mentioned<\/a> in connection with the Malaysian elections&#8211;has announced that they are going off the air. \u00a0There is a note of finality in their announcement (below), yet they do leave some ambiguity by declaring, &#8220;We will be taking a break until further notice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[UPDATE:<a title=\"Radio Free Sarawak is back on the air!\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/radio-free-sarawak-is-back-on-the-air\/\"> Radio Free Sarawak back on the air 12 August 2013<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Listen to their final broadcast (studio copy) embedded below:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F91076441\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n(Source: Radio Free Sarawak)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While most PR supporters are still reeling from the results of the GE13 amidst widespread rigging that are essentially acts of treason, activists and ordinary people alike are not giving up on booting out the BN government The have set their sights on the 11th state election that will have to be conducted latest by early 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, take a listen to the analysis of Dr Mohd Faisal Syam Abdol Hazis from the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak of the results in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, we hear the sadness, anger, frustration and nevertheless, determination of RFS and PR supporters to realise the dream of changing the government in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>p\/s Today&#8217;s show will be our last. We will be taking a break until further notice. Thank you for your support. It will be a memorable 18 months! We hope you had enjoyed the experience as much as we did.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clandestine station Radio Free Sarawak&#8212;who we most recently mentioned in connection with the Malaysian elections&#8211;has announced that they are going off the air. \u00a0There is a note of finality in their announcement (below), yet they do leave some ambiguity by declaring, &#8220;We will be taking a break until further notice.&#8221; [UPDATE: Radio Free Sarawak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,869,3,43],"tags":[870,237,333],"class_list":["post-6460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-clandestine","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-clandestine-radio","tag-clandestine-stations","tag-radio-free-sarawak"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Gc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7024,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/radio-free-sarawak-is-back-on-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":6460,"position":0},"title":"Radio Free Sarawak is back on the air!","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to Rob Wagner's blog, The Mount Evelyn DX Report, I just learned that the clandestine station, Radio Free Sarawak, is back on the air after declaring a break on May 8, 2013 (see our previous post). 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