Radio cuts have country listeners seeing red

By Ian Parmenter
Updated January 31 2017 - 4:53pm, first published 11:35am
Locals protest the cuts to the ABC Radio network, saying regional listeners will lose vital information channels. Photo: Nicky Lefebvre
Locals protest the cuts to the ABC Radio network, saying regional listeners will lose vital information channels. Photo: Nicky Lefebvre

The recent protest about cuts to ABCRN services (‘Radio protest turns local’ 25/1) points to what is the tip of a bureaucratic and bloated, Sydney-centric iceberg which is destroying so many services nationwide, especially those which are relied on in our many regions.