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RNZ goes live with new Pacific shortwave transmitter

2 August 2024 RNZ went live on Thursday with its new Pacific shortwave transmitter, replacing its old one that dates to 1989. Pacific high commissioners and Foreign Affairs...

ABC wants more funding for Pacific broadcasts

16 February 2022 ABC managing director David Anderson told a Senate Committee hearing last night that public broadcasters in the Pacific have raised concerns about Chinese government pressure...

$40 million of benefits from shortwave: ABC Shortwave Review report released

5 December 2019 The Department of Communications and the Arts (DOCA) has released its Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific, almost a year after it...

Julie Bishop: ‘We did not support the ABC closing its shortwave in the Pacific’

9 August 2018 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has told RN's Fran Kelly that her party did not support the ABC's decision to switch off short wave services...

Vanuatu PM says bring back ABC Shortwave or lives could be lost

3 August 2018   Submissions to the Australian Government’s review on the closure of ABC shortwave services to the Pacific Region have now closed.   The latest submission...

China Radio International takes over Radio Australia’s old shortwave frequencies in the Pacific

23 June 2018 China's international radio service, China Radio International (CRI) has taken over some of ABC Radio Australia's old shortwave radio frequencies in the Pacific. The...

Bill to restore shortwave rejected by Senate Committee

10 August 2017 Premium content   A Senate Committee inquiring into the possibility of restoring ABC Shortwave services has rejected proposed legislation to restore the international radio service....

Number of people affected by shortwave switchoff ‘very small’ Guthrie tells Senate Committee

28 February 2017 At a Senate Estimates hearing yesterday, ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie was asked to present details of the research and consultation that took place before...

ABC exits shortwave radio transmission

6 December 2016 The ABC will end its shortwave transmission service in the Northern Territory and to international audiences from 31 January 2017. The move is in line...