The Managing Director who made the decision is a lawyer and ex Google and
Rupert Murdoch (Newscorp) employee, by the sounds of it she has no broadcasting
knowledge
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/14/michelle-guthrie-the-abc-and-the-turning-of-a-once-shining-jewel-into-mainstream-sludge
. The could save even more money with her resignation.
Last evening I had a short but intense FM band opening from Tasmania, one of
the areas which will benefit from the SW closure through development of digital
services. Four ABC FM stations were received, I noted that each of the
transmitters were running 192 KW. They could save money locally by reducing the
transmitter power.
Crumbs, I sound as though I'm an Aussie LOL. I'm actually in New Zealand but
Australia is close enough. The people I feel sorry for are those in the outback
who were reliant on the Northern Territory Shortwave service.
The good thing in the sorry saga is that the ABC doesn't own the transmission
facilities it is possible that someone else could step in.
Paul NZ
-Original Message-
From: Hard-Core-DX [mailto:hard-core-dx-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of
John Figliozzi
Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2017 2:15 p.m.
To: dxplo...@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: Re: [HCDX] [DXplorer] Radio Australia Gone
Listened via a GlobalTuner in San Bernadino, CA. No reception in Sarasota, FL
off air, try as I might. Playing Waltzing Matilda for the last time was a nice
touch, presumably by the transmitter engineer. Pretty ignominious end. The
new and haughty managers such as are running the ABC today have no sense of
history whatsoever. For me, that’s the end of a half century of listening to
Shepparton. Like you, sorry to see it go. But it was barely a shadow of its
former self at the end. Like watching an old friend waste away and finally
expiring. Sad.
73
John Figliozzi
Sarasota, FL
> On Jan 30, 2017, at 8:05 PM, Mickey Delmage mickey.delm...@gmail.com
> [DXplorer] <dxplo...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>
>
> 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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