shortwave

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...

$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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...