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RCI Sackville to continue relays and their North Quebec service until Oct 31st
Curtain antennas in operation at RCI Sackville I was just informed by RCI Sackville that they plan to continue to broadcast their North Quebec service and various relays of other broadcasters until the...
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Senator Segal’s motion receives unanimous vote: special committee enquiry...
An excellent development in Canada: Senator Hugh Segal’s motion for a special committee enquiry into the CBC decision to slash the Radio Canada International budget by 80 per cent has received a...
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Sackville Tribune-Post reports on dismantling of RCI site
Many thanks to Ken Reitz for sharing this: (Source: Sackville Tribune-Post) A piece of local history is slowly disappearing as crews dismantle the former Radio Canada International transmission towers...
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Amanda Dawn Christie shares footage of RCI towers falling
Documentary filmmaker, Amanda Dawn Christie, has been gathering footage to create Spectres of Shortwave: a 90 minute documentary film focusing on the Radio Canada International Sackville transmitting...
View ArticleRCI Sackville land sold to Mi’kmaq group
(Source: CBC News) A Mi’kmaq group has bought the land outside Sackville where 13 Radio Canada International towers stood for decades, CBC-Radio Canada confirmed Friday. Five years after the Tantramar...
View ArticleWant a gorgeous 1940 RCA 50 kW shortwave transmitter from the RCI Sackville...
Many thanks to Amanda Dawn Christie who contacted me this morning regarding a message she received from Marc Goldstein, who is seeking a home for a beautiful piece of international broadcasting...
View ArticleCBC News picks up story about sale of RCI’s WWII era transmitter
After posting a story last week about finding a home for the old RCA transmitter at the former RCI Sackville site, I was approached by CBC reporter, Tori Weldon, who recently put together this piece:...
View ArticleBlueprints, maps, and test equipment: RCI Sackville items for sale
Earlier this year, we posted a note by Marc Goldstein who is in the process of dismantling the Radio Canada International Sackville, New Brunswick, transmitter building. Marc is tasked with selling...
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