The ABC has remained steadfast in its decision to scrap the shortwave radio service, despite pleadings from federal Labor politicians in a meeting with the managing director, Michelle Guthrie.
Federal senator and cabinet minister Nigel Scullion has joined the calls for ABC to reverse its city-centric decision and maintain the service. Shortly before Christmas the ABC announced it would cease transmitting through the shortwave radio service across the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, and parts of the Pacific, where people often cant pick up AM or FM stations.
