Drastic cuts at VOA
 

** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

Is fed govt making them cut back?
cuhulin

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

Anyone have any more information on this?


"dxAce" wrote in message
...

** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

With all that is going on in the world I would not expect VOA to cut
back on anything.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

I just now went to www.rwonline.com and I scrolled down and typed
VOA in the Google window.
cuhulin

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

"dxAce" wrote in message
...

** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

dxAce
Michigan
USA


VOA sucks anyway.

Regards
B.H.

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:28:41 -0600, cuhulin wrote:

I just now went to www.rwonline.com and I scrolled down and typed
VOA in the Google window.
cuhulin


We KNEW you could do it. I can't tell you just how proud you've made us
all. Now, with a bit of perseverance, those pesky shoelaces are next.
You'll be able to tie them before you know it.

Stick with it!



mike

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

With all that is going on in the world I would not expect VOA to cut
back on anything.

I wonder if this is the work of the same morons who think that Eminem
will sway terrorists from killing us. The oppressed Muslim masses don't
need to hear news and shows from the American viewpoint; they need to
hear RAP MUSIC! Brilliant! With geniuses like this running the "winning
hearts and minds" op, we're surely doomed. They'll listen to Snoop Dogg
and be newly energized to blow us up, secure in the knowledge that
America is indeed degenerate and evil.

I say that if the incompetent federal government can't effectively
represent America's interests on shortwave, then private individuals
need to step up to the plate and work on broadcasting American views to
our enemies. We need to rent transmitters, produce programs, and get
those programs translated into the major languages of the Middle East,
including Arabic, Farsi (Iran), Urdu (Pakistan), Pashto, Dari
(Afghanistan), and the tribal dialects of the Hindu Kush where Osama
hides out. Most of these languages have speakers in the US.

When our enemies can more readily hear news from the Netherlands than
from the US, the US has a big problem.

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

dxAce wrote:

The new VOA skeds can be accessed at:

http://www.voanews.com/english/about...ciesatoz_a.cfm



** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drastic cuts at VOA
 

dxAce wrote:
** U S A. Rumors have reached us about imminent
drastic cuts in the output of
VOA, RFE/RL and possibly other IBB outlets, on
shortwave, as of Feb. 1. If you
find your favorite, or any such frequencies
missing, that may be why. Please
report your monitoring results on this (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

The greater VOA family has felt the budget cutters ax before, so this
rumor if true doesn't surprise me at all. VOA doesn't have the
political champions it once had in the cold war so it is very
vulnerable. Bush is looking in all the corners of government for ways
to partially offset the ever increasing cost of our committment to a
long multi-front war and a low visibility project like VOA is a good
choice from his perspective.