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RIP CKZN

            I think it must be nearly a year since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation turned off the transmitter at CKZN, the shortwave station that ran for seventy-odd years in my hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland.

When they turned it off, we were all told it was for "testing." Of
course, they were not testing anything technical; they were testing what the audience reaction would be. If there were enough outcry, they'd turn it on. Otherwise, they'd leave it off. That's what they have done.

They have not yet dismantled the antennas, which are next to a much taller single mast for the local CBC medium-wave station. This morning, I stopped by to take this picture of the shortwave antennas. In Leonard Cohen's words, just "keeping some kind of record."

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Taken in: Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Newfoundland and Labrador (show map)

Taken on: February 9, 2018

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Camera: Fujifilm X100T, f/16.0, 1/900 sec, 23mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm X100T
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/900)
Focal Length:	23mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	-0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 18.00
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