{"id":63205,"date":"2025-06-16T18:52:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T22:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63205"},"modified":"2025-06-17T05:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:48:12","slug":"iran-state-tv-bombed-as-usagm-scrambles-to-recall-voa-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/iran-state-tv-bombed-as-usagm-scrambles-to-recall-voa-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran State TV Bombed as USAGM Scrambles to Recall VOA Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Ed, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Some <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers may be interested in seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/israel-strike-cuts-off-irans-state-tv-during-live-broadcast-as-studio-fills-with-dust-f908b215beae4529907919fc94df33b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video of a television studio of Iranian State broadcaster Iran News Network being bombed during a live broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5nxCnGPQXU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-israel-irib-state-tv-air-strike-9ab46d05baeb354a6596bd09aa12a2d6\">Click here to read the story via the AP.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Many <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers know that radio and TV broadcast facilities are typically attacked in wartime by opposing military forces to &#8216;control the airwaves&#8217; and influence public opinion. It will be interesting to see if\/when the Israeli military starts clandestine broadcasts into Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/13\/voa-persian-service-iran-israel-00406092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Agency for Global Media&#8217;s (USAGM) is seeking to re-hire<\/a> many workers it recently fired in a mass USAGM purge, now that the U.S. needs to broadcast into Middle East conflict zones and influence public opinion using Alhurra TV, Radio Sawa, and VOA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-Ed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ed, who writes: Hi Thomas, Some SWLing Post readers may be interested in seeing video of a television studio of Iranian State broadcaster Iran News Network being bombed during a live broadcast. Click here to read the story via the AP. Many SWLing Post readers know that radio and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[960,3],"tags":[1162,10,182],"class_list":["post-63205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-iran","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-grr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2681,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/voa-looks-to-future-on-70th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":63205,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;VOA Looks to Future on 70th Anniversary&#8221;","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 &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","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":6084,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/6084\/","url_meta":{"origin":63205,"position":1},"title":"VOA reducing shortwave radio broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"March 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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