{"id":732,"date":"2010-05-19T12:22:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=732"},"modified":"2010-05-19T12:22:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T12:22:58","slug":"voa-adding-new-english-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/voa-adding-new-english-services\/","title":{"rendered":"VOA adding new English services"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOA Press Release:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Washington, D.C., May 17, 2010 ? Voice of America has unveiled a dynamic new lineup of interactive radio programs and Web features aimed at expanding its English-speaking audience around the world.<\/p>\n

Three new radio programs, Daybreak Asia, Crossroads Asia, and Middle East Monitor, focus on key developments in each region, with in-depth features, more newsmaker interviews and dynamic interaction with listeners, viewers and website visitors. Another program, International Edition, provides lively, fast-paced world news coverage, and American Caf? brings you stories about life in the United States.<\/p>\n

Listen to VOA programs and explore the new Web features at www.voanews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

VOA English Programs Director John Stevenson describes the new programs as, “for and about the people in the regions, providing the story behind the story, with more background and analysis, increased use of graphics on our website and more social networking with sites like Facebook.”<\/p>\n

VOA English has an estimated global weekly radio audience of more than 11 million people. VOA newscasts and programs are available on a host of platforms, including our website, via podcasting, social networking sites, radio and television affiliate stations around the world, and now on VOA’s upgraded mobile phone site http:\/\/english.voa.mobi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other languages are also available by going to http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/mobile\/<\/a> and selecting from the list.<\/p>\n

(Source: VOA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VOA Press Release: Washington, D.C., May 17, 2010 ? Voice of America has unveiled a dynamic new lineup of interactive radio programs and Web features aimed at expanding its English-speaking audience around the world. Three new radio programs, Daybreak Asia, Crossroads Asia, and Middle East Monitor, focus on key developments in each region, with in-depth […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[10,182],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10081,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/sweeping-cuts-to-voa-rfe-and-rfa-shortwave-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":732,"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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