{"id":30862,"date":"2018-02-15T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30862"},"modified":"2018-02-15T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T18:48:14","slug":"budget-proposes-drastic-cuts-to-radio-marti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/budget-proposes-drastic-cuts-to-radio-marti\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget proposes drastic cuts to Radio Mart\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note that the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station<\/a>–the last VOA\/BBG transmitting site in the US–is the main provider of Radio Marti over shortwave. No doubt, this proposed cut could close the site permanently. The end of an era.<\/p>\n

(Source: Miami Herald<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s budget includes drastic cuts to Radio and TV Mart\u00ed<\/h2>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s recently released budget would drastically cut funds and staffing at the Miami-based Radio and TV Mart\u00ed, while restoring funds to support other democracy projects in Cuba and new ones in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

The restoration of funds comes amid large cuts to the Department of State and the United States Agency for Development (USAID). The proposal would allocate $10 million for programs related to Cuba and another $9 million for similar initiatives in Venezuela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at The Miami Herald.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note that the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station–the last VOA\/BBG transmitting site in the US–is the main provider of Radio Marti over shortwave. No doubt, this proposed cut could close the site permanently. The end of an era. (Source: Miami Herald via Mike Hansgen) Trump\u2019s budget includes drastic cuts to Radio and TV Mart\u00ed President […]<\/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":[56,3,43],"tags":[1800,184],"class_list":["post-30862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-cuba","tag-radio-marti"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-81M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63296,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/radio-marti-returns-to-the-airwaves-june-27-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":30862,"position":0},"title":"Radio Mart\u00ed Returns to the Airwaves: June 27, 2025","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my trusted sources at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has confirmed that Radio Mart\u00ed resumed broadcasting today via the Edward R. 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