[HCDX] VOA Launches 24 Hour-a-Day Radio Broadcast in Ghana:

["Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin" <alamin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Voice of America Launches 24 Hour-a-Day Radio Broadcast in Ghana:

The Voice of America has officially launched a 24-hour-a-day FM radio 
programming stream in the capital city of Accra. Ghanaians can now listen 
to their favorite VOA Africa programming all day, every day, by tuning in 
to 98.1 FM on their dial.
In addition to daily shortwave broadcasts to the region, VOA-FM offers a 
rich mixture of VOA's international and local news, updates on current 
events in Africa and worldwide, as well as a wide range of cultural 
features. Programming will also includes listener favorites such as Healthy 
Living with Josephine Kamara, a 30-minute health magazine program featuring 
reports on medical issues affecting Africa; Sonny Young's Sonny Side of 
Sports; and Straight Talk Africa with Shaka Ssali, a call-in show which 
examines topics targeted specifically to Africans, including politics, 
health, social issues and conflict resolution.
U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Mary Carlin Yates commented on the launch during a 
ceremony held today in Accra. "I truly believe that having a free and open 
media is one of the key elements of democracy," she said. "When people have 
choices in what to listen to and what to read, they can better form their 
own opinions about politics and about the world."
Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor also praised the launch of VOA's 
24-hour broadcast during a special appearance on yesterday's Straight Talk 
Africa program.
Accra becomes the seventh capital city in Africa to receive continuous VOA 
FM broadcasts. Surveys show that 97 percent of Ghanaians use radio as a 
primary source of news. VOA's FM broadcasts will reach an estimated 
audience of one million people. Twenty-four-hour VOA broadcasts are also 
heard in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; Djibouti, 
Djibouti; Nairobi, Kenya; Kigali, Rwanda; and Freetown, Sierra Leone. 
(Source : PRESS RELEASE- Washington, D.C., May 26, 2005 via Kim Andrew 
Elliott's webstie)

Best regards,

MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN
E-65, GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA
RAJSHAHI-6100
BANGLADESH
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