{"id":2663,"date":"2012-01-30T07:25:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2012-01-30T07:25:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T11:25:12","slug":"the-voice-of-america-turns-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/the-voice-of-america-turns-70\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice of America turns 70"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Source: Diplomatic Courier<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth.\u201d – William Harlan Hale; February 1, 1942<\/em><\/p>\n

Such began the first broadcast of a small team of dedicated men transmitting live from a claustrophobic New York City studio into Nazi Germany. \u00a0Their group had no name, although their first broadcast was titled Stimmen aus Amerika\u2014Voices from America. The equipment they used was borrowed. \u00a0They had no direction as to what they would broadcast, except the truth. \u00a0At that moment, the United States stepped into a role as guardian of the power of ideas and honest messenger of information to all corners of the world.<\/p>\n

From the very beginning, the Voice of America has held at its core the mission to present to the world the policies and culture of the United States, while reporting on global news events accurately, clearly, and objectively. \u00a0It has been one of the U.S.\u2019s most effective public relations initiatives. All around the world, the Voice of America is highly respected as an honest and fair messenger, and in many places, as the only comprehensive source of news free from propaganda. \u00a0From Nazi Germany to Communist Eastern Europe to Kim Jong Il\u2019s North Korea, VOA has often been the only connection to the outside world that people of repressive regimes have. […]<\/p>\n

Today, VOA broadcasts through the Internet, television, and a network of AM, FM, and shortwave radio signals. The approximately 1500 hours of programs per week include features on American culture, learning English, international news, discussion programs, and regionally focused programs to address the needs of the local populations. \u00a0VOA broadcasts in 43 languages, televising programs in 26 of those, and reaches 141 million people weekly. All this makes VOA one of the largest multimedia news organizations in the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story at the Diplomatic Courier website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Diplomatic Courier) \u201cThe news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth.\u201d – William Harlan Hale; February 1, 1942 Such began the first broadcast of a small team of dedicated men transmitting live from a claustrophobic New York City studio into Nazi Germany. \u00a0Their group had no name, […]<\/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":[56,81,3],"tags":[34,635,33,10,182,821],"class_list":["post-2663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-news","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-broadcasters","tag-shortwave-programs","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america","tag-voice-of-america-70-years"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-GX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2681,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/voa-looks-to-future-on-70th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":2663,"position":0},"title":"“VOA Looks to Future on 70th Anniversary”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Voice of America Press Release) Washington, D.C. \u2014 February 1, 2012 \u2014 Voice of America turned 70 on Wednesday, and VOA Director David Ensor says the international broadcast agency is aggressively moving forward with new programs that ensure it remains an \u201cinformation lifeline to people in closed societies like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/voaat70-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18279,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/voice-of-justice-broadcasts-to-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":2663,"position":1},"title":"Voice of Justice broadcasts to North America?","author":"Thomas","date":"April 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who comments: It seems that the VOIRI \"Voice of Justice\" broadcast to North America may have been axed. 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