Gone for now, it's possible that they will be back. It seems that a similar
scenario that played out in New Zealand with the closure of Radio New
Zealand's shortwave service in 1976 is playing out in Australia. The reason
was the same as with Radio Australia - budget cuts.
There was a storm of protest from within New Zealand and overseas and a
month later the government relented and reinstated the service. This was in
the days when the station was located in Wellington and were using war
surplus 7.5 KW communications transmitters. Programming on the reinstated
service was a relay of the then National Programme network (now RNZ
National).
You can find a full write up here:
http://www.radiodx.com/articles/station-profiles/pacific/rnzi-our-internatio
nal-voice/the-history-of-radio-new-zealand/
Hopefully New Zealand's international voice will continue but when one
considers that Radio New Zealand's funding has been frozen since 2008 when
the present National Government came into office there is no telling how
long they can continue. We've already seen the mothballing of the analogue
transmitter. Age was given as the reason but when one considers the cutbacks
in programming domestically and the sale and lease back of their Auckland
building, budget considerations are liable to have been the true cause.
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Hard-Core-DX [mailto:hard-core-dx-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf
Of Wolfgang Bueschel
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 2:14 p.m.
To: DXLD; Glenn Hauser; DXplorer; hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Australia Gone
I was late, when checked at 0107 UT all Shepparton outlets have gone for
ever.
And when checked at Brisbane Queensland also the three NT services on
shortwave are history now.
73 wolfie df5sx
- Original Message -
From: "Mickey Delmage" <mickey.delm...@gmail.com>
To: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com>; <dxplo...@yahoogroups.com>; "Glenn
Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:05 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Australia Gone
> Was able to listen to the last few hours of RA on 15240 kHz. 0100
> played the RA interval signal 3 times and gone.Good bye my
> friend...might have had a tear in my eye.
>
> 73 Mick Delmage
> Sherwood Park, Alberta
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