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\"VOA<\/a>

Edward R. Murrow Transmission site in Greenville, NC, USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Regarding the passing of HR4490 in the US House<\/a>, Jonathan Marks comments:<\/p>\n

“[This] article by Kim Andrew Elliott is 2 years old, the arguments well over a decade. Lest we forget the original authors\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

http:\/\/mountainrunner.us\/2012\/02\/elliott_on_bb\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kim Andrew Elliott<\/a>\u00a0is an audience research analyst in the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau and is the founder and producer of the VOA Radiogram.<\/p>\n

Many thanks for sharing, Jonathan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regarding the passing of HR4490 in the US House, Jonathan Marks comments: “[This] article by Kim Andrew Elliott is 2 years old, the arguments well over a decade. Lest we forget the original authors\u2026\u2026 http:\/\/mountainrunner.us\/2012\/02\/elliott_on_bb\/ Kim Andrew Elliott\u00a0is an audience research analyst in the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau and is the founder and producer of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[3082,246,1664],"class_list":["post-10397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-hr4490","tag-jonathan-marks","tag-kim-elliott"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2HH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/kim-elliott-why-we-need-shortwave-2-0\/","url_meta":{"origin":10397,"position":0},"title":"Kim Elliott: Why We Need \u201cShortwave 2.0\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following article written by our friend Kim Elliott for Radio World: Why We Need \u201cShortwave 2.0\u201d by Kim Andrew Elliott Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct observation that shortwave listening is no longer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Radio-Exterior-IC-705-Waterfall-Display.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10094,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/amendment-to-h-r-4490-protects-critical-shortwave-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":10397,"position":1},"title":"Amendment to H.R. 4490 protects “critical” shortwave services","author":"Thomas","date":"June 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to yesterday's\u00a0post\u00a0regarding sweeping cuts to VOA's shortwave service, an\u00a0SWLing Post reader (who wishes to remain anonymous) writes: \"HR4490 contains the following amendment attached to the bill by Cong Lowenthal of CA. Cong Lowenthal has the largest Cambodian community in the US in his constituency as well as Vietnamese.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"View of the Capitol Building from the roof of the Voice of America on 330 Independence Ave., S.W.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/K3VOA12-1024x682.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36696,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/usagms-increased-audience-a-side-effect-of-changing-measurement-methodology\/","url_meta":{"origin":10397,"position":2},"title":"USAGM’s increased audience: a side-effect of changing measurement methodology","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kim Andrew Elliott, who shares the following article and writes: USAGM (US International Broadcasting and Associated Media) reported a 24 percent increase in measured audience in 2018. 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