DX TIPS VOA Marks 63rd Anniversary : (25 February 05) The Voice of America has carried United States, regional, and world news to listeners around the globe for 63 years. Founded less than three months after the United States entered World War II, the Voice has been a beacon of hope for those deprived of news. William Harlan Hale opened the first VOA broadcast on 24 February 1942 with the words, "The Voice of America speaks. Today, America has been at war for 79 days. Daily, at this time, we shall speak to you about America and the war the news may be good or bad we shall tell you the truth." For more on VOA's history, see the History section of "VOA Information" (VOA Website)
KBS overseas service begins Vietnamese broadcast : (25 February 05) The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has changed the name of its overseas service "Radio Korea International" to "KBS World Radio". The station is also launching another foreign language broadcast, targeting Vietnamese audiences. Listeners in Vietnam will be able to tune into KBS World Radio on 9640 kHz at 10am local time beginning 2 March. KBS said in a statement that the Vietnamese service was added to reflect the station's global mission and to meet the growing demand for news and information about Korea in South Asian countries. KBS World Radio first launched under the name of "Voice of Korea" in 1953. The station currently broadcasts across the world in Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, French, and German. The internet homepage of KBS World Radio (http://world.kbs.co.kr) will be operational from 3 March. (ABU Website) Environment summit to pay tribute to evolutionist : (25 February 05) The International Media Environment Summit to be held from 30 November to 2 December in Sarawak, East Malaysia, will pay tribute to the man who inspired Charles Darwin to shape the theory of evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace. The event will mark the 150th anniversary of Wallace's revolutionising essay titled "On the Law which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species" which he completed in 1855 in the Sarawak town of Kuching. It will bring together journalists, broadcasters, educators, environmentalists and scientists from all over the world to debate and share the latest "green" thinking and the best ways of bringing eco-messages to the public's attention. Topics on the summit's agenda include how to translate science into lay terms, the impact of human development on wildlife conservation, corporate responsibility, the costs of habitat loss, the challenges of telling marine stories, and the pros and cons of eco-tourism. The summit is being organised by News World Nature with the support of the ABU. For more information, please visit the ABU website at www.abu.org.my or newsworldnature.com (ABU Website) Best Regards, MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA RAJSHAHI-6100 BANGLADESH ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
