{"id":1205,"date":"2011-06-25T05:54:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T10:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2011-06-25T05:54:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T10:54:11","slug":"prominent-rnw-listeners-speak-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/prominent-rnw-listeners-speak-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent RNW listeners speak out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RNW headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands (photo coutesty: RNW)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the aftermath of RNW’s budget being cut by 70%, prominent world citizens have been voicing support for RNW:<\/p>\n

\u201cI will raise my voice and will do my utmost to convince the Dutch government of the powerful effect of Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the value of its work which mustn\u2019t be lost.\u201d –Nobel Peace Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel (Argentina)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at RNW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Would you like to add your voice? Go to this site and sign a petition in support of RNW<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the aftermath of RNW’s budget being cut by 70%, prominent world citizens have been voicing support for RNW: \u201cI will raise my voice and will do my utmost to convince the Dutch government of the powerful effect of Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the value of its work which mustn\u2019t be lost.\u201d –Nobel Peace Laureate, […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,3],"tags":[63,64,416],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","tag-radio-netherlands-worldwide","tag-rnw","tag-rnw-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-jr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1242,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/rnw-cuts-are-a-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":1205,"position":0},"title":"RNW cuts are a go","author":"Thomas","date":"June 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately, it appears the RNW budget cuts will take place--details will emerge in October. 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