{"id":8891,"date":"2014-03-06T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2014-03-06T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:58:06","slug":"sackville-tribune-post-reports-on-dismantling-of-rci-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/sackville-tribune-post-reports-on-dismantling-of-rci-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Sackville Tribune-Post reports on dismantling of RCI site"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to Ken Reitz<\/a> for sharing this:<\/p>\n

(Source: Sackville Tribune-Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A piece of local history is slowly disappearing as crews dismantle the former Radio Canada International transmission towers on the marsh near Sackville, N.B.<\/p>\n

The towers, erected prior to the Second World War, were declared obsolete in October 2012 after the CBC ended its shortwave service because of changing technology and the use of the Internet and satellite radio.<\/p>\n

When no use was found for the facility the decision was made to have the towers dismantled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really sad to see it coming down, there are so many great memories working there,\u201d said former manager David Horyl, who spent more than 35 years working at the facility on the marsh. \u201cIt\u2019s really going to change the look of thing over there. It\u2019s quite a landmark.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to Ken Reitz for sharing this: (Source: Sackville Tribune-Post) A piece of local history is slowly disappearing as crews dismantle the former Radio Canada International transmission towers on the marsh near Sackville, N.B. 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