Fiji orders Radio Australia transmitters off the air
In a move that will have every shortwave enthusiast saying "I told you so", Fiji's military dictatorship has ordered Radio Australia's local FM transmitters to be shut down.
International broadcasters worldwide have being scaling back their shortwave services, preferring to set up local transmitters in their target countries, seemingly oblivious to the fact that those transmitters will only continue to function as long as the local government remained friendly.
Radio Australia is fortunate that it still operates shortwave services to this region, but this should come as a hard lesson to all international broadcasters that local FM radio is no substitute for shortwave radio.
In a move that will have every shortwave enthusiast saying "I told you so", Fiji's military dictatorship has ordered Radio Australia's local FM transmitters to be shut down.International broadcasters worldwide have being scaling back their shortwave services, preferring to set up local transmitters in their target countries, seemingly oblivious to the fact that those transmitters will only continue to function as long as the local government remained friendly.
Radio Australia is fortunate that it still operates shortwave services to this region, but this should come as a hard lesson to all international broadcasters that local FM radio is no substitute for shortwave radio.
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