[HCDX]: Darwin transmitter site leased to Christian Vision

[Matt Francis <francis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Darwin transmitter site in Australia's Northern Territory
is to be leased to Christian Vision, the UK-based religious
broadcasting organisation which operates Christian Voice in
Zambia and Chile.

The following item is from the ABC's Online News Service,
Friday 2 June:

                    ABC looks to reinstate shortwave
                    radio from Northern Territory

                    The ABC is seeking discussions on
re-accessing a shortwave radio
                    transmitter on the Cox Peninsula near
Darwin.

                    The transmitter was used by Radio Australia
to broadcast into
                    Asia, until it was closed in July 1997.

                    The Federal Government has since leased the
site to an
                    organisation known as Christian Voice.

                    ABC chairman Donald McDonald says the
crisis in Fiji has once
                    again demonstrated the importance of the
ABC's international
                    service.

                    In addition, he says, he would welcome an
expression of support
                    from the Foreign Affairs Minister on the
unique role of Radio
                    Australia in the region.
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