My obsession with radio goes back when I was introduced to this device in Community school or Primary school as it is known today. Before televisions became a part of the households back than in the 90s, Radios was more like the TVs and now the mobile phones of today. Back here in Papua New Guinea, we have the government owned station called the National Broadcasting Corporation or NBC in short. It was previously known as National Broadcasting Commission. This station currently broadcast on Radio two bands, the FM and MW bands. Previously it also did used the Short Wave band however the transmission devices became obsolete and hard to maintain over the years. With the FM and MW bands, this has led to a limited broadcasting range within the country. It is anticipated that the national broadcaster will in the not too distant future return to SW now that there is political will in the current Minister (Hon Timothy Masiu) responsible for the NBC.
In the Pacific, the most reliable SW broadcaster was Radio Australia, however this was discontinued in 2017 leaving only Radio New Zealand's (RNZ) broadcasting into the Pacific. The station from time to time adjusts its frequencies to cater for different times, seasons and events. For the Melanesian countries such as PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, the listeners listen to the Wantok Radio program produced by Radio Australia but relayed on the SW Radio broadcast by RNZ. This program are broadcast in the evening via their schedule link
https://www.rnz.co.nz/
Radio NZ currently is the leading Shortwave broadcaster into the Pacific and continues to improve these services over the years.
