{"id":7978,"date":"2013-11-23T08:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7978"},"modified":"2013-11-23T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T13:54:11","slug":"jonathan-marks-remembers-the-opening-of-the-bbc-seychelles-relay-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/jonathan-marks-remembers-the-opening-of-the-bbc-seychelles-relay-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Marks remembers the opening of the BBC Seychelles relay site"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jonathan<\/a>

Jonathan Marks<\/p><\/div>\n

In response to the announcement of the closure of the BBC Seychelles relay<\/a>, Jonathan Marks writes:<\/p>\n

“You might like to revisit this old Media Network when we spoke about the opening of the Seychelles site.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn-29-09-1988-blackpool-offshore-radio-<\/a>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jonathan, I’m glad you shared this recording<\/a> as it’s also chock-full of radio nostalgia: covering offshore radio ships, numbers stations, BBC Radio 1’s move to FM, AFRTS closure (via US VOA relays), and even an interview with Alan Weiner.<\/p>\n

Readers, if you enjoy listening to these archived broadcasts as much as I do, then I encourage you to check out Jonathan’s\u00a0Media Network Vintage Vault<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many thanks, Jonathan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to the announcement of the closure of the BBC Seychelles relay, Jonathan Marks writes: “You might like to revisit this old Media Network when we spoke about the opening of the Seychelles site. http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn-29-09-1988-blackpool-offshore-radio-“ Jonathan, I’m glad you shared this recording as it’s also chock-full of radio nostalgia: covering offshore radio ships, numbers […]<\/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":[56,305,746,43],"tags":[2347,327,2346,246,1717],"class_list":["post-7978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-nostalgia","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bbc-seychelles-relay-closure","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-seychelles-relay","tag-jonathan-marks","tag-media-network-vintage-vault"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-24G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7974,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/bbc-announces-closure-of-seychelles-relay-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":0},"title":"BBC announces closure of Seychelles relay station","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Media Centre\u00a0via Rob Wagner) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced today that the Indian Ocean Relay Station (IORS) transmitter site at Grand Anse, Mah\u00e9, will cease all shortwave transmissions on 29 March 2014. 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One programme in particular from 1988 no less, shows me that not a lot has changed in over 25 years. http:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/mn04111998voafeature http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/jonathanmarks\/MN.04.11.1988Voafeature.mp3 Indeed, not much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SX-99-Dial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57213,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/bbc-kranji-shortwave-relay-station-to-close-july-16-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":7978,"position":4},"title":"BBC Kranji shortwave relay station to close July 16, 2023","author":"Thomas","date":"July 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who have reached out about a report on AWR Wavescan regarding the closure of the BBC Kranji relay station in Singapore. 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