On Jun 7, 8:29*am, Wimpie wrote:
On 7 jun, 11:47, dxAce wrote:





Voice of America operator plans "sunset" for shortwave radio broadcasts

The sun is setting on Voice of America's shortwave radio service,
heard worldwide in dozens of languages for 70 years.

A strategic technology plan prepared by the Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG), the federal agency responsible for Voice of America,
Alhurra, Radio Free Asia and other international stations, concludes
that it should end many shortwave broadcasts in favor of "more
effective" media such as internet radio.

Full story at :
*http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06...erica-ope.html

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Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE
New Delhi
(via HCDX)
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dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hello dxAce

Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (Radio Netherlands World Service,http://www.rnw.nl/english) also has to deal with financial cuts.
They will "change focus".

According to the latest plans, this means they will virtually end
transmissions in Dutch, but continue transmissions to areas where
freedom of press isn't in the dictionary.

Link to the official announcementhttp://www.rnw.nl/english/article/radio-netherlands-worldwide-changes...

With kind regards,

Wim
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This would probably work. It will still get to the people for whom
freedom of speech and internet access are quite limited.