{"id":6084,"date":"2013-03-27T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T13:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6084"},"modified":"2013-03-27T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T13:29:22","slug":"6084","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/6084\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA reducing shortwave radio broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VOA\"Following the BBC World Service’s lead<\/a>, the VOA will reduce broadcasts to Iran,\u00a0Albania, Georgia and Latin America, along with English language broadcasts to the Middle East and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Full details below:<\/p>\n

(Source: Inside VOA<\/a>)<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 Voice of America is reducing some of its radio transmissions this weekend and ending shortwave broadcasts to regions where audiences have alternative ways of receiving VOA news and information programs.<\/p>\n

The transmission reductions allow VOA to comply with budget cuts required by sequestration and to avoid furloughs of staff members.<\/p>\n

When the new broadcast schedule goes into effect on March 31st, cross-border shortwave and medium wave broadcasts to Albania, Georgia, Iran and Latin America will be curtailed, along with English language broadcasts to the Middle East and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

VOA will continue to provide audiences in these regions with up-to-date news and information through a host of other platforms, including radio and TV affiliate stations, direct-to-home satellite, web streaming, mobile sites and social media.<\/p>\n

The new broadcast schedule calls for reductions in some\u00a0 shortwave and medium wave radio broadcasts in Cantonese, Dari\/Pashto, English to Africa, Khmer, Kurdish, Mandarin, Portuguese, Urdu and Vietnamese. Direct radio broadcasts to all of these regions will continue.<\/p>\n

The transmission reductions are expected to have minimal impact on audience numbers since primary modes of delivery will remain.\u00a0 Shortwave and medium wave broadcasts will continue to regions where they draw substantial audiences, and to countries where other signal delivery is difficult or impossible.<\/p>\n

For more information contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write\u00a0kking@voanews.com<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information about VOA visit our Public Relations website atwww.insidevoa.com<\/a>, or the main VOA news site at\u00a0www.voanews.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the BBC World Service’s lead, the VOA will reduce broadcasts to Iran,\u00a0Albania, Georgia and Latin America, along with English language broadcasts to the Middle East and Afghanistan. Full details below: (Source: Inside VOA) WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 Voice of America is reducing some of its radio transmissions this weekend and ending shortwave broadcasts to regions where […]<\/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":[56,3,651,43],"tags":[1824,10,402,1822,1823],"class_list":["post-6084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-cuts","tag-voa","tag-voa-cuts","tag-voice-of-amercia","tag-voice-of-america-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sn3uc-6084","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/sweeping-cuts-to-voa-rfe-and-rfa-shortwave-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":6084,"position":0},"title":"Sweeping cuts to VOA, RFE and RFA shortwave services","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunate news from the Voice of America: Congress has approved major\u00a0cuts to US international broadcasting over shortwave. 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