I contacted the Voice of America and asked if the English service was
scheduled to be shut down. I received this reply:

"Thank you for your note about VOA English. In fact, the President's
budget proposal 2007 does call for the elimination of 14 hours a day of
VOA News Now, which is the Voice of America's daily broadcast offering
of English language news and features. That remains a proposal, and of
course the whole budget proposal is moving through Congress, where the
House has restored all of the English programming proposed to be cut.
The outcome of all of this is not known at this time, so I would suggest
that you stay tuned."

The House of Representatives appropriations bill would save VOA's
English service. The Senate bill has no provision tho. It has to go to
conference to be hammered out. So there is still a chance the VOA English
service could be saved. English to Africa and Special English are not to be
cut by the way.

If you think the VOA English service should be saved it is strongly
recommended you contact your two Senators. You can go to
http://www.senate.gov/ Up in the top right hand corner is a drop down menu
where you can find your two U.S. Senators.

Send them an e-mail asking them to keep the English service going. You
might want to mention that anti-Americanism seems to be on the rise, along
with terrorism. So broadcasting 24/7 every day from satellite, internet,
AM, FM, and shortwave in the home language of the target country and in
English can only help promote peace and understanding.

Butt why?

Late Night with Coonass O'Brien.
cuhulin

VF,

Since VOA English Language Programming is not met
to be received and heard by Americans in the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Mundt_Act

Then "Why" would your Senators and Congresspersons
care if you could hear any VOA Broadcasts at all ? ? ?

If the 'goal' of the VOA is to reach the Non-American
{Non-English} Speaking Peoples of the World with the
"American View" of World News and Information. Then
VOA should be Broadcasting Around the World in every
Language except American {English} - Talking to People
in their Native Language - In Words that they can readily
understand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...casting_Bureau


voa english - it boggles the mind ~ RHF

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VF,

Since VOA English Language Programming is not met
to be received and heard by Americans in the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Mundt_Act

Then "Why" would your Senators and Congresspersons
care if you could hear any VOA Broadcasts at all ? ? ?

If the 'goal' of the VOA is to reach the Non-American
{Non-English} Speaking Peoples of the World with the
"American View" of World News and Information. Then
VOA should be Broadcasting Around the World in every
Language except American {English} - Talking to People
in their Native Language - In Words that they can readily
understand.


You broadcast in the home language and English because English is the
most popular international language.

I have mentioned something like that before.The English language is the
most used language in the World for doing business with other countries.
cuhulin