{"id":13208,"date":"2015-05-12T08:12:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2015-05-12T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:12:33","slug":"voa-to-increase-broadcasts-to-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/voa-to-increase-broadcasts-to-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA to increase broadcasts to Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/a999voalogo_2050081722-26491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/a999voalogo_2050081722-26491.jpg\" alt=\"voa logo\" width=\"204\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a>Mauno Ritola shared the following message on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/wrthgroup\/10153295010903698\/?notif_t=group_activity\" target=\"_blank\"> WRTH Facebook page<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>VOA Boosts Broadcasts to Burundi as Civilians Flee Political Violence<\/p>\n<p>Monday through Friday:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>0400-0530: 7350 kHz, 9815 kHz, 11905 kHz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>1600-1630: 13630 kHz,\u00a015460 kHz, 17530 kHz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>1930-2000: 9470kHz, 11615 kHz, 12140 kHz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mauno also notes that the late evening frequencies are incorrect in the following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidevoa.com\/content\/voa-boosts-broadcasts-to-burundi-as-civilians-flee-political-violence\/2762849.html\" target=\"_blank\">VOA news release:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidevoa.com\/content\/voa-boosts-broadcasts-to-burundi-as-civilians-flee-political-violence\/2762849.html\" target=\"_blank\">VOA News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Voice of America today began boosting broadcasts to Burundi where at least 14 people have been and killed and more than 200 injured in protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza running for a third term.<\/p>\n<p>VOA has additional shortwave and FM broadcasts in Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, French, and English with an expanded call-in show, more reporting from the ground, and new drive-time newscasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this critical moment for democracy in Burundi, we are stepping up to keep our audiences informed, \u201c says VOA Director David Ensor. \u201cVoters deserve to know what is going on with presidential elections just one month away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The African Union and the United States say the Nkurunziza candidacy violates a regional peace deal that ended civil war in 2005. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the president\u2019s move \u201cflies directly in the face of the constitution of his country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Nkurunziza says he is exempt from the two-term limit because his first term was chosen by parliament.<\/p>\n<p>VOA is one of the last remaining sources of news in Burundi after authorities blocked access to social media, closed Radio Publique Africane, and suspended relay transmissions for two other independently owned stations &#8212; Bonesha FM and Isanganiro.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns this harassment and says the Nkurunziza government is \u201cblatantly trying to gag\u201d coverage of its opponents.<\/p>\n<p>VOA is adding reporters in Burundi and Rwanda along with additional staff in Washington D.C., where its U.S. government-funded transmissions originate.<\/p>\n<p>Daily broadcasts air on 95.2 FM and 94.9 FM in Bujumbura and on 104.3 FM in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>There are new VOA shortwave broadcasts from 04:00 to 05:30 UTC and from 19:30 to 20:00 UTC on 7350 kHz, 9815 kHz, and 11905 kHz; and from 16:00 to 16:30 UTC on 13630 kHz, 15460 kHz, and 17530 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith thousands of Burundians fleeing to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, VOA is committed to providing accurate and reliable news to this critical region,\u201d says Ensor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauno Ritola shared the following message on the WRTH Facebook page this morning: VOA Boosts Broadcasts to Burundi as Civilians Flee Political Violence Monday through Friday: 0400-0530: 7350 kHz, 9815 kHz, 11905 kHz 1600-1630: 13630 kHz,\u00a015460 kHz, 17530 kHz 1930-2000: 9470kHz, 11615 kHz, 12140 kHz Mauno also notes that the late evening frequencies are incorrect [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,960,3,1167],"tags":[3833,10,3834,182],"class_list":["post-13208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-burundi","tag-voa","tag-voa-burundi","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3r2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21668,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/hurricane-matthew-voa-adds-emergency-shortwave-coverage-for-haiti\/","url_meta":{"origin":13208,"position":0},"title":"Hurricane Matthew: VOA adds emergency shortwave coverage for Haiti","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0Mauno Ritola who notes the following news via the WRTH Facebook page: VOA emergency shortwave coverage for Haiti in Creole & English has started as follows via Greenville [North Carolina]: 2200-0200 7305 kHz 0200-1200 7405 kHz 1200-1630 9565 kHz Last night, I looked at the projected path of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"hurricanematthew","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HurricaneMatthew-e1475579005127.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HurricaneMatthew-e1475579005127.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HurricaneMatthew-e1475579005127.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HurricaneMatthew-e1475579005127.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36807,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/burundi-bans-voa-bbc-and-other-news-sources\/","url_meta":{"origin":13208,"position":1},"title":"Burundi Bans VOA, BBC and other news sources","author":"Thomas","date":"April 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: VOA News) WASHINGTON \u2014Burundi will continue to block broadcasts from two international media organizations and expand restrictions on their operations, the government announced Friday. 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