Hi John,Very true, but the result would still have been the same had Radio Australia followed the examples of other broadcasters and shut down shortwave, in this case, it would have boosted Radio New Zealand International's listener figures.
I heard on this morning's RNZ local news, foreign reporters will again be admitted into Fiji, RNZI will be sending in a reporter over the weekend, I imagine that this could be a step along the way to having the local RA FM station reinstated.
Paul----- Original Message ----- From: "John Figliozzi" <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Paul" <format4nz@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [HCDX] Fiji Shuts Down Foreign FM Relays
But in this case, RA has fully retained its shortwave frequencies for this region and maintained those broadcasts *in addition to* the local relay in Suva. So, the local FM was 'value-added' and probably increased listener awareness and use of the service. The effect is likely to be that motivated Fijian listeners will just switch to the HF frequencies that the government has no power to interdict. RA likely has more listeners in Fiji now than what it had as a shortwave only service.I think using local relays *instead of* shortwave is folly because the service is more likely to lose use of the local relay precisely at the time the service is needed most--during a time of crisis. Respectfully, Paul, I think this is what you meant to say had you been as wordy about it as I am here. <g>John Figliozzi On Apr 17, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Paul wrote:Another example of the fallibility of using local relays of an international voice.Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:27 PM Subject: [HCDX] Fiji Shuts Down Foreign FM Relays__________________________________________ Fiji Military Shuts Down Foreign FM Relays __________________________________________ The current media crisis in Fiji deepened earlier today [April 15] when Radio Fiji technicians accompanied by armed soldiers shut down the two local FM relay transmitters of Radio Australia.---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributedand/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science Licensepublished by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
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