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VOA to Resume Radio Broadcasts to Uzbekistan
Press Release
Washington, D.C., June 10, 2005 The Voice of America will resume its radio broadcasts to the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan on June 12. VOA had ceased broadcasting on radio to Uzbekistan last year in response to research that showed Uzbeks watch television in significant numbers. VOA has been broadcasting television programming to Uzbekistan since December 2003. "Because of the recent events in Uzbekistan and the Uzbek government's tightening of controls on foreign television broadcasts, we have decided to resume our radio broadcasts," said VOA Director David Jackson. "The Uzbek people deserve to have access to uncensored news and information about what's happening in their own country, their region, and the world. In addition, our Uzbek language web site will continue to be updated with the latest news and information." VOA's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts will consist of a daily (seven days a week), 30-minute program, airing from 15:00-15:30 UTC (20:00 -20:30 local time) on the following shortwave frequencies: SW Frequencies 1500-1530 UTC: 11515 IRA (26.05 meters) 11780 UDO (25.47 meters) 15390 KAV (19.49 meters) VOA hopes to offer the new Uzbek-language radio broadcasts on medium wave and FM in the future. VOA's coverage will focus on the news of the world, of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, and information about U.S. policy and opinion. The coverage will also include U.S. and world press reviews on Uzbekistan, as well as interviews with regional and international experts on Uzbekistan and the region. 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 100 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages, including English. For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 401-7000, or E-Mail . http://www.voanews.com/english/About...6-10-voa64.cfm |
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I wonder if the VOA will restart the Arabic service?
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wrote in message oups.com... I wonder if the VOA will restart the Arabic service? Not necessary as the psyops division of the US Army is already broadcasting our pro-USA propaganda from Iraq to much of the Middle East from Iraq, Turkey and Afghanistan. Of course the Arabs know it's all bullshi+ but you know those congressmen 'back home' want this crap to go out on the medium wave airwaves to the indigenous populations. They make no effort to hide themselves, which of course when the target audience knows who is behind the broadcasts, then automatically assumes everything they say to be bullshi+. This is an excellent example of the Pentagon better known as 'Fort Fumble' (as in fumble the football) in action with a completely wasted effort. See: http://www.psywarrior.com/psyop.html I've been to the ME Region and can assure you from actual observation that 98% of the population get's it's info from either Al Jazeera or Al Arabia. Shortwave is no longer the viable medium as it once was. In the backcountry they can get AlJazeera Radio via Satellite which is in almost every private car and has replaced shortwave in almost every case. |
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Leon Cakeater wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... I wonder if the VOA will restart the Arabic service? Not necessary as the psyops division of the US Army is already broadcasting our pro-USA propaganda from Iraq to much of the Middle East from Iraq, Turkey and Afghanistan. Of course the Arabs know it's all bullshi+ but you know those congressmen 'back home' want this crap to go out on the medium wave airwaves to the indigenous populations. They make no effort to hide themselves, which of course when the target audience knows who is behind the broadcasts, then automatically assumes everything they say to be bullshi+. This is an excellent example of the Pentagon better known as 'Fort Fumble' (as in fumble the football) in action with a completely wasted effort. See: http://www.psywarrior.com/psyop.html I've been to the ME Region and can assure you from actual observation that 98% of the population get's it's info from either Al Jazeera or Al Arabia. Shortwave is no longer the viable medium as it once was. In the backcountry they can get AlJazeera Radio via Satellite which is in almost every private car and has replaced shortwave in almost every case. Yeah, the Arabs use satellite radio and TV moreso than any population on earth except Americans, it seems. And in America most sattelite radio and TV is through big corporations (XM and Sirius for radio, DirecTV and Dish Network for TV) while the Arabs use regular dishes, you know the old fashioned "Big Ugly Dish" kind as US enthusiasts call them that have almost completely disappeared in the US. The only place in the ME that SW still makes sense is in Iran, where satellite usage is either heavily regulated or outlawed and the US uses SW to broadcast Radio Farda into the country. But yeah, once the Arabs learn that Al Houri satellite, or Radio Sawa FM, is run by the Americans, they stop tuning in. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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It be certainly understood why they'd want to broadcast there. Two issues:
the present despotic dictator situation, and the support the USA has had for the regime. Things may go the way of gov't overthrow and there is a need to be able to claim credibility with whatever side wins: the dictator or the opposition. The real problem is the opposition has become very extreme as the gov't has targetted everyone not with them. Maybe we'll see a newly promoted opposition clandestinely funded? As long as they can export oil I s'pose. The ghost of Ronald Reagan is haunting somewhere in here. While Oliver North is on TV doing travelogues, Gordon Liddy tells us that the deep throat guy is immoral, Chuck Colson preaches to convicts and Jim Bakker again pretends he's a good guy on late night TV. Mike Terry wrote: Press Release Washington, D.C., June 10, 2005 The Voice of America will resume its radio broadcasts to the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan on June 12. VOA had ceased broadcasting on radio to Uzbekistan last year in response to research that showed Uzbeks watch television in significant numbers. VOA has been broadcasting television programming to Uzbekistan since December 2003. "Because of the recent events in Uzbekistan and the Uzbek government's tightening of controls on foreign television broadcasts, we have decided to resume our radio broadcasts," said VOA Director David Jackson. "The Uzbek people deserve to have access to uncensored news and information about what's happening in their own country, their region, and the world. In addition, our Uzbek language web site will continue to be updated with the latest news and information." VOA's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts will consist of a daily (seven days a week), 30-minute program, airing from 15:00-15:30 UTC (20:00 -20:30 local time) on the following shortwave frequencies: SW Frequencies 1500-1530 UTC: 11515 IRA (26.05 meters) 11780 UDO (25.47 meters) 15390 KAV (19.49 meters) VOA hopes to offer the new Uzbek-language radio broadcasts on medium wave and FM in the future. VOA's coverage will focus on the news of the world, of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, and information about U.S. policy and opinion. The coverage will also include U.S. and world press reviews on Uzbekistan, as well as interviews with regional and international experts on Uzbekistan and the region. 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 100 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages, including English. For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 401-7000, or E-Mail . http://www.voanews.com/english/About...6-10-voa64.cfm |
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uncle arnie wrote: It be certainly understood why they'd want to broadcast there. Two issues: the present despotic dictator situation, and the support the USA has had for the regime. Things may go the way of gov't overthrow and there is a need to be able to claim credibility with whatever side wins: the dictator or the opposition. The real problem is the opposition has become very extreme as the gov't has targetted everyone not with them. Maybe we'll see a newly promoted opposition clandestinely funded? As long as they can export oil I s'pose. The ghost of Ronald Reagan is haunting somewhere in here. While Oliver North is on TV doing travelogues, Gordon Liddy tells us that the deep throat guy is immoral, Chuck Colson preaches to convicts and Jim Bakker again pretends he's a good guy on late night TV. And you are what... still a dumb Canuck? LMAO at the 'tard boys of the north. dxAce Michigan USA |
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uncle arnie wrote:
It be certainly understood why they'd want to broadcast there. Two issues: the present despotic dictator situation, and the support the USA has had for the regime. Things may go the way of gov't overthrow and there is a need to be able to claim credibility with whatever side wins: the dictator or the opposition. The real problem is the opposition has become very extreme as the gov't has targetted everyone not with them. Maybe we'll see a newly promoted opposition clandestinely funded? As long as they can export oil I s'pose. The US on some level may be beginning to realize that it's not smart to completely hook their wagon to Karimov's horse. Unfortunately, it may be too late. Like you said, the opposition has become increasingly Islamicized (meaning extreme Wahhabi type Islam) and the population is increasingly seeing the US as the oppressor, not the liberator like in the old Soviet Union. These two things mean that any revolution in Uzbekistan probably won't turn out well for US interests. The revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine were very pro Western and pro US; in each case, it was Putin's favorite that got booted. Look at the reception Bush got in Tbilisi. But in Uzbekistan the revolution is very Islamic and very anti Western, fighting against a US backed despot; the situation is very much like Iran in the 70s. The situation could turn out the same way, with the mullahs in control and the US kicked out of its base. The US has a positive in that there's no Khomeini to rally the disaffected and spur them to revolution; all the Islamic leaders that have emerged have little of the Ayatollah's following or star power. But a leader like Khomeini could still emerge. The ghost of Ronald Reagan is haunting somewhere in here. While Oliver North is on TV doing travelogues, Gordon Liddy tells us that the deep throat guy is immoral, Chuck Colson preaches to convicts and Jim Bakker again pretends he's a good guy on late night TV. Mike Terry wrote: Press Release Washington, D.C., June 10, 2005 The Voice of America will resume its radio broadcasts to the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan on June 12. VOA had ceased broadcasting on radio to Uzbekistan last year in response to research that showed Uzbeks watch television in significant numbers. VOA has been broadcasting television programming to Uzbekistan since December 2003. "Because of the recent events in Uzbekistan and the Uzbek government's tightening of controls on foreign television broadcasts, we have decided to resume our radio broadcasts," said VOA Director David Jackson. "The Uzbek people deserve to have access to uncensored news and information about what's happening in their own country, their region, and the world. In addition, our Uzbek language web site will continue to be updated with the latest news and information." VOA's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts will consist of a daily (seven days a week), 30-minute program, airing from 15:00-15:30 UTC (20:00 -20:30 local time) on the following shortwave frequencies: SW Frequencies 1500-1530 UTC: 11515 IRA (26.05 meters) 11780 UDO (25.47 meters) 15390 KAV (19.49 meters) VOA hopes to offer the new Uzbek-language radio broadcasts on medium wave and FM in the future. VOA's coverage will focus on the news of the world, of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, and information about U.S. policy and opinion. The coverage will also include U.S. and world press reviews on Uzbekistan, as well as interviews with regional and international experts on Uzbekistan and the region. 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 100 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages, including English. For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 401-7000, or E-Mail . http://www.voanews.com/english/About...6-10-voa64.cfm ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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running dogg wrote:
The US on some level may be beginning to realize that it's not smart to completely hook their wagon to Karimov's horse. Unfortunately, it may be too late. Like you said, the opposition has become increasingly Islamicized (meaning extreme Wahhabi type Islam) and the population is increasingly seeing the US as the oppressor, not the liberator like in the old Soviet Union. These two things mean that any revolution in Uzbekistan probably won't turn out well for US interests. The revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine were very pro Western and pro US; in each case, it was Putin's favorite that got booted. Look at the reception Bush got in Tbilisi. But in Uzbekistan the revolution is very Islamic and very anti Western, fighting against a US backed despot; the situation is very much like Iran in the 70s. The situation could turn out the same way, with the mullahs in control and the US kicked out of its base. The US has a positive in that there's no Khomeini to rally the disaffected and spur them to revolution; all the Islamic leaders that have emerged have little of the Ayatollah's following or star power. But a leader like Khomeini could still emerge. I don't know if they need a focal head person to do the terror thing these days. Just cells of people willing to die martyrs. We've got the "great game" of the 19th century going again, this time the players are Russia, USA, Islamic extremists. It scares me. Probably should scare us all. And the average person in countries like this really suffers. |
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uncle arnie wrote:
running dogg wrote: The US on some level may be beginning to realize that it's not smart to completely hook their wagon to Karimov's horse. Unfortunately, it may be too late. Like you said, the opposition has become increasingly Islamicized (meaning extreme Wahhabi type Islam) and the population is increasingly seeing the US as the oppressor, not the liberator like in the old Soviet Union. These two things mean that any revolution in Uzbekistan probably won't turn out well for US interests. The revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine were very pro Western and pro US; in each case, it was Putin's favorite that got booted. Look at the reception Bush got in Tbilisi. But in Uzbekistan the revolution is very Islamic and very anti Western, fighting against a US backed despot; the situation is very much like Iran in the 70s. The situation could turn out the same way, with the mullahs in control and the US kicked out of its base. The US has a positive in that there's no Khomeini to rally the disaffected and spur them to revolution; all the Islamic leaders that have emerged have little of the Ayatollah's following or star power. But a leader like Khomeini could still emerge. I don't know if they need a focal head person to do the terror thing these days. Just cells of people willing to die martyrs. We've got the "great game" of the 19th century going again, this time the players are Russia, USA, Islamic extremists. It scares me. Probably should scare us all. And the average person in countries like this really suffers. This time, the great game probably won't turn into Great War, at least not between major powers. Nobody wants a nuclear catastrophe, except for the Muslims, and they may be able to take out a city or two but not bring civilization to a crashing halt like an all out nuclear war would. Yes, in the great game the average guy is a pawn of the powers, and not just in hellholes like Uzbekistan, but even in the major players. The people with the power escape unscathed while the average guy gets hit hard, from 9-11 to the killings in Uzbekistan. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Nobody wants a nuclear catastrophe, except for
the Muslims.... I'd worry about the Xtn fundamentalists, if I were you. They don't fear Armageddon, probably expect to be Raptured while we sinners suffer. Maybe Bush expected to be Raptured as soon as he over-ran Baghdad. That may explain why he didn't plan for an occupation. Hudley Pearse |
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