Commentary in Beijing's China Daily: "The uncertain future of the renowned BBC World Service, because of funding issues, is a symbol of the steady decline of Britain’s soft power."
asianews.network/chinas-quiet...
"As she spoke at the briefing, Taha choked up. 'I used to work for the Voice of America,' she said, with evident frustration. She had been laid off a few months earlier, after Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the near-elimination of the ... VOA."
www.cjr.org/feature/how-...
For some reason, this popped up on a Google search ...
During a 1989 House hearing, Richard Carlson, then director of the Voice of America, said (1:09):
"I would like to pay tribute to the extraordinary staff of the VOA"
www.c-span.org/clip/house-c...
Our sponsor was Short Electronics.
"If you have excitement in your electronics, you must have a Short."
The photo shows me in my Northampton, Massachusetts, apartment when I was teaching at UMass Amherst. A Sony ICF-5900W shortwave receiver is in the background.
BBC World Service listeners will remember Andy Kershaw "described by the Times as 'the BBC’s ubiquitous musical anthropologist'" for his "World of Music" program(me).
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
In the 1980s, Jack Widner, Max Thomas and I produced "Shortwave Pandemonium" for Radio Earth, transmitted weekly via WRNO. It was our contribution to the demise of shortwave broadcasting.
"answering a calling to journalism that brought her to
Washington, D.C. in 1962. ... She retired from the Voice of America on December 31, 2006"
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
Last summer, they were getting into the house (but never bothering us except for the carcasses) through a hole in the corner of a screened balcony.
With that hole patched, it's no longer a problem. Outside, need to dodge the yellow jackets occasionally, but not really a problem.
Thanks Ralph. I still have many of those in boxes in the attic, wondering what to do with them. Or if anyone wants them. They contain much history of international broadcasting.
Kim (lower left) etc decades ago ...
bsky.app/profile/medi...
Euronews: "Magyar has threatened to suspend the state broadcaster following a heated on-air clash, accusing it of spreading 'North Korean-style' propaganda and false claims about his family during the election campaign."
Euronews: "Magyar has threatened to suspend the state broadcaster following a heated on-air clash, accusing it of spreading 'North Korean-style' propaganda and false claims about his family during the election campaign."
"In 2000, an agreement transferred the broadcast records (through 1995) of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, where this essential documentation is now preserved and made available to researchers worldwide."
x.com/HooverInst/s...
Resulting in "an increase in domestic- and foreign-produced disinformation, and the loss of political protection and legal support for media under increasingly authoritarian regimes."
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
"[Iran's] information void would historically have been filled by Voice of America broadcasts into Iran. ... [The administration should] reconsider its shortsighted cuts of the communications infrastructure that serves the interests of the U.S."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"Rubio's memo instructs [embassies and consulates] to coordinate their work with the Department of Defense's psychological operations unit. ... but the Department of Defense does have very different goals from the State Department."
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/amer...
"As president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the 1990s, Mr. Klose oversaw the state-funded broadcaster’s relocation from Berlin to Prague — a post-Cold War move rife with symbolism for the organization, which had long broadcast news into communist and authoritarian societies."
"The Korean Service of VOA has built credibility over decades. That credibility cannot be surged. It cannot be improvised. It is earned slowly and lost quickly."
www.upi.com/Voices/2026/...
"VOA broadcast constantly in Albanian from 1951 until last year. ... 'VOA during [Albania's] transition remained a reference source because of their professionalism and ethical standards'"
balkaninsight.com/2026/04/15/h...
This pertains to BBC inside the UK, but BBC World Service derives benefits from the resources of the domestic BBC.
www.breakingnews.ie/entertainmen...
"Director of [Australia's] 9Now and Programming, Hamish Turner said: 'At a time when misinformation is prevalent, we are proud to provide Australians with a 24-hour window into the world’s most important stories.'"
www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-releas...
A lawsuit filed by Voice of America journalists accuses Trump appointees of trying to turn VOA into a government mouthpiece. #SaveVOA
Learn more at savevoa.com/court-cases/...
RT network was among the pro-Russia sources pushing a phony document to claim that Hungary’s opposition party planned a coup if tt lost Sunday's election. open.substack.com/pub/newsguar...
And, therefore, he won't be admitted to the club.
bsky.app/profile/kaed...
There should be a club, an exclusive club, with amenities, and nice location, for heads of government who peacefully concede defeat and transfer leadership. They could meet yearly and bolster democracy.
Perhaps Stephen Harper could be the founding leader.
