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Old August 10th 07, 02:32 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default The Voice of America (VOA) on 12150 kHz @ 15:20 UTC

On Aug 9, 9:02 am, RHF wrote:
The Voice of America (VOA) on 12150 kHz @ 15:20 UTC
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S-Meter : S1~S3 with Fair Audio in the English Language
Program : Border Crossings a Live All-Request Pop Music
program with host Larry London.
"VOA News Headlines" at BOH @ 15:30 UTC
and Dead Air @ 16:00 UTC


VOA has mostly been gutted. What is left only plays music. There may
be a handful of freqs using News Now, but I doubt they are very many.
Right after the Soviet Union collapsed the VOA was eviscerated, with
the institution of News Now and eventually a full switch to music
only. The IBB is concentrated on the Middle Eastern music services
Sawa (for Arabs) and Farda (for Iran) and the Al Hurri satellite
channel that nobody watches. Their heart is in the right place, but
nobody listens, so they're a failure. Even worse, Iran doesn't bother
to jam Farda, but jams BBC Farsi-the final insult.