ARLA/CLUSTER: Trabalhadores rurais australianos lutam contra o encerramento da emissões em Onda Curta por parte da ABC

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Atenção, a Radio Austrália (ABC) pretende encerrar as suas emissões em
Onda Curta no dia 31 de Janeiro de 2017.

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Outback workers fight ABC shortwave radio decision

The Guardian newspaper reports on the campaign against ABC's decision
to end shortwave broadcasts

For some people living and working in the outback, shortwave is the
only way they can listen to the ABC.

“People that live out in contracting camps or mustering stock camps or
outstations, and even a lot of the people who live in the bush on
cattle stations, spend probably 100% of their waking hours out on the
land and have very minimal contact with other human beings,” says
Tracey Hayes, the chief executive of the Northern Territory
Cattlemen’s Association.

“You can imagine how isolating that would be without having access to
the outside world via radio during the day while you’re out in the
workplace. But I don’t think they took that into consideration.”

Michael Mason, the ABC’s director of radio, said in December the
broadcaster would service the “limited audience” of shortwave radio
“through modern technology” instead.

The ABC has largely dismissed the backlash, with the managing
director, Michelle Guthrie, claiming just a handful of complaints had
been made and many of them were from ham radio enthusiasts.

Read the full story at
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/18/its-essential-outback-workers-fight-abc-decision-to-ditch-shortwave-radio