[HCDX] Somalia: Voice of America to Launch Daily Radio Broadcasts to Country

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Somalia: Voice of America to Launch Daily Radio Broadcasts to 
Country

http://allafrica.com/stories/200702061253.html
		

Voice of America (Washington, DC)

PRESS RELEASE
February 6, 2007
Posted to the web February 6, 2007

Washington, D.C.

Starting February 12, the Voice of America (VOA) begins a new daily 
radio broadcast in the Somali language to the Horn of Africa.

A group of Somali broadcasters at VOA's headquarters in Washington, 
D.C. will team up with freelance reporters in Africa and elsewhere 
around the world to provide millions of Somali speakers with accurate, 
up-to-date news and information.
Western Union

"We look forward to joining the information community in Somalia," said 
VOA Director Dan Austin.  "Providing accurate, objective, and timely 
news and information to the people of Somalia is vital during this critical 
time in the region's history," he added.

The new half-hour VOA program will air seven days a week and will 
include world news as well as news of Somalia and entire Horn of 
Africa region. The broadcast will also offer music and discussion 
features that will allow leaders and ordinary listeners alike to express 
their opinions on topics of interest.

VOA's Somali-language service is being funded by a grant from the 
U.S.
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Department of State.  The new service will supplement VOA's current 
broadcasts to the Horn of Africa in Amharic, Afan Oromo and Tigrigna. 
VOA previously broadcast in Somali between 1992 and 1994.

The VOA Somali broadcast will air on AM, FM and shortwave radio at 
1600 UTC (7:00 p.m. in Somalia) and repeats at 1700 UTC (8:00 p.m. 
in Somalia).  The 1700 UTC broadcast will also air on HornAfrik (88.8 
FM), a VOA-affiliated station.  The programs will also be available live 
and on demand on the service's website.

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 115 million people.  Programs are produced in 
44 languages.

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