VOA Increases Swahili Broadcasts http://www.medianewsline.com/news/119/ARTICLE/1952/2008-01-07.html
The Voice of America (VOA) has launched a new Swahili program for East African audience . The 30-minute daily radio program includes live news reports from throughout Kenya, as well as analysis and discussion. The inaugural broadcast carried an exclusive interview with U.S. presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama, who stated, "The way forward is not through violence; it is through democracy and the rule of law. To all of Kenya's people I ask you to renew Kenya's democratic tradition and seek your dreams in peace." The Kenyan government has banned local radio and television stations from broadcasting coverage of the post-election crisis that has left over 300 people dead and thousands displaced from their homes. "With such devastating violence and new restrictions on local media, our role in providing the Kenyan people with accurate news and information is ever more critical," said VOA director Danforth Austin. The new program can be heard in Kenya from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday via shortwave (7380 and 9440 kHz). VOA also broadcasts a Swahili evening program from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. seven days a week on shortwave (9565, 13865, and 15730 kHz). VOA broadcasts forty-five hours of regional and world news in English each week to East Africa by shortwave and FM. All VOA programs are available on the Internet at www.VOANews.com/Swahili/ . The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages. ________________________ http://zliangas.logspot.com http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips ) http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
