{"id":7134,"date":"2013-08-29T07:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7134"},"modified":"2013-08-29T07:23:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:23:29","slug":"voice-of-russia-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/voice-of-russia-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice of Russia poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VoiceOfRussia\"<\/a>Troy wites:<\/p>\n

…I received [an email] from the Voice of Russia. \u00a0It parallels what you have reported on your blog, however in her reply\u00a0Elena Osipova also sent me an attachment in the form of a “poll” or survey. \u00a0It seems she may be collecting data re: listenership habits. \u00a0I would encourage others disappointed in the VOR closure reports to email Ms. Osipova and complete the survey as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you wish to participate, click here to download the poll<\/a>, then send your answers to\u00a0world@ruvr.ru<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Troy, for forwarding this!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Troy wites: …I received [an email] from the Voice of Russia. \u00a0It parallels what you have reported on your blog, however in her reply\u00a0Elena Osipova also sent me an attachment in the form of a “poll” or survey. \u00a0It seems she may be collecting data re: listenership habits. \u00a0I would encourage others disappointed in the […]<\/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],"tags":[768,2093,408,2092,2094],"class_list":["post-7134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-radio-moscow","tag-russia","tag-voice-of-russia","tag-voice-of-russia-cuts","tag-vor-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1R4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9010,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/voice-of-russia-to-abandon-shortwave-on-april-1-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":7134,"position":0},"title":"Voice of Russia to abandon shortwave in April 2014","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears that after all of the rumors from last year, and after the cuts to shortwave broadcasts earlier this year, the Voice of Russia has decided to stop broadcasting on shortwave entirely. 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