From: "ron trotto" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:54:56 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
Subject: today is voice of America day
Sunday, February 24, 2008
VOICE OF AMERICA DAY It was an historic day in radio broadcasting, as the
Voice of America (VOA) signed on for the first time on this day in 1942. The
worldwide, shortwave radio service, a department of the United States
Government, continues to beam a variety of programming around the globe under
the auspices of the United States Information Agency (USIA). The VOA
transmits from modern studios in Washington, DC and beams much of its
programming via satellite to transmitters worldwide. In addition, the VOA
maintains huge transmitters in the U.S. and around the world in order to
provide distinctly American information, culture and entertainment, in dozens
of languages, to every corner of the globe. For years, the tune, Yankee Doodle,
has opened each sign-on broadcast. More than 40 years after the VOA was
launched, the USIA started Radio Marti, an immensely powerful radio transmitter
tethered from a huge blimp in the Florida Keys. The controversial station
broadcast to
Cuba, irritating Cuban Premier Fidel Castro enough for him to jam the signals
of U.S. broadcasters. The Radio Marti blimp crashed after deflating while
airborne a number of years ago. The station returned to the air and has been
joined by TV Marti as well.
RON TROTTO - WDX-4KWI
ym - rontrotto1
aim - rontrotto5
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