[HCDX] Greek shortwave to be dismantled after order by Ministry of Finance

[Zacharias LIangas <zliagas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ad hereis the  news : 

http://www.thegreekradio.com/node/3831
Greek shortwave to be dismantled after order by Ministry of Finance
Submitted by radiofono.gr on Tue, 17/09/2013 - 16:09

The degradation of Greek Radio is going on, having shortwave radio "Voice of Greece" 
as a victim. This includes 39 shortwave antenna masts hosted in Avlis, which the 
government plans to sell as scrap metal. The shortwave service started 75 years ago 
and it is still transmitting in 5 frequencies that cover the globe with shows in 
Greek for expatriates and foreign language news. The facilities are currently 
controlled by redundant ERT employes and broadcast the guerilla service of the Greek 
National Radio ERA. Eighteen months ago, shortwave facilities in Thessaloniki were 
dismantled.
According to a statement by ERT employees, on Monday morning "in the shortwave 
broadcasting center of Avlis, a representative of a company that sells metal showed 
up and started taking photos of the site. After we, ERT people, asked him, we got 
informed that he had been mandated by the Ministry of Finance to give an offer for 
the dismantling of 39 masts and purchasing the metal as scrap." The name of company 
and the registration plate of the car are available.
The union body of ERT notes that this is an area of 1160 acres, featuring 39 metal 
masts, with a height between 30 and 70 meters each, that function as the shortwave 
aerials that transmit the "Voice of Greece", the ERA-pénte, across the world.
"Greek shortwave started operating in 1938 and later was also used sent information 
to the Greek soldiers fighting Fascists in Albania. The only ones who dared to turn 
it off were the Nazis during the occupation. Since the liberation, it never stopped 
to link the country with Greek seafarers and the Diaspora. The Voice of Greece 
broadcasts information, entertainment, culture and tradition from Greece with 
programs in 12 languages, all over the globe".
It is true that big broadcasters in Europe have decided to stop broadcasting via 
shortwave, because of cuts and because alternatives tuning possibilities are provided 
due to the development of technology. On the other hand, in the case of Greece. there 
are still generations of Greek immigrants abroad and seamen who are still affiliated 
with shortwave, whereas area around Greece the are still countries with low 
technological development. Also, it is outragious that the decision to remove an 
entire radio service was taken by the liquidator of the Ministry of Finance: there is 
no study about ceasing shortwave by any official body, although the promise was that 
the future of Greek broadcasting will be decided after an analysis performed by  the 
administrative Board of the new official broadcaster .
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