News about international broadcasting. Retired VOA audience research/media news broadcaster. See also: swradiogram.bsky.social X.com/kaedotcomhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkn5zuxbqc2k"DW will gradually close the following accounts on X: ... @dw_balkan, @dw_brasil, @dw_croatian, @dw_conflictzone, @dw_europe, @dw_greek, @dw_hindi, @dwnews, @dw_politik, @dw_polski, @dw_shqip, @plus90 and @zapovednikshow." https://corporate.dw.com/en/dw-to-close-select-accounts-on-platform-x/a-7697755629 Apr 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn5zuxbqc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mklvp5amo227"VT Sakartvelo News is a project of TVP’s International Broadcasting Centre, developed under the broader media initiative Vot Tak. The latter produces news content in multiple languages, including Russian, Romanian, Armenian, and, now, Georgian." https://oc-media.org/polands-public-broadcaster-launches-georgian-language-news-service/29 Apr 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklvp5amo227https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkmy4phqc27"the Korea Meteorological Administration’s weather communication center ... transmits and receives information through shortwave frequencies, 3–30 MHz. ... 'Even if the internet is cut off due to war, information can still be delivered'" https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/04/28/E43RDNHRPFB7HCPNGBRPO3XGTA/28 Apr 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkmy4phqc27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkmkfj5hc27"There was no internet, no cell phones, and the nearest public phone was a twenty minute drive from my house. If I wanted news of the outside world, I listened to an occasional half hour of BBC or Voice of America on shortwave radio." https://ticotimes.net/2026/04/22/living-in-costa-rica-then-and-now-after-35-years28 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkmkfj5hc27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkleff5wk27"As Switzerland’s only English-language commercial radio station, World Radio Switzerland is a proudly Swiss station with an international voice. ... World Radio Switzerland will also continue as the official Swiss partner of the BBC World Service" https://www.worldradio.ch/more/press-release/28 Apr 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkleff5wk27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkjwrnrbs27"there are now 118 English language news publishers with more than one million Youtube subscribers ... The BBC is the most-followed news publisher on Youtube with 19.7 million subscribers." https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/biggest-news-publishers-youtube/28 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkjwrnrbs27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkix62pb227"Regrettably, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees U.S. international public service media networks, was not represented due to ongoing organizational circumstances." https://corporate.dw.com/en/dg8-meeting-in-tokyo-strengthens-cooperation-among-international-public-service-media/a-7692477628 Apr 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkix62pb227https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkhfmjzzc27"beat out 3 other bidders to secure a 5-year contract to provide Case Management Services for the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of Security (SEC). ... Total Contract Value: $1,101,841.21" https://orangeslices.ai/abis-provider-datasource-beats-out-3-to-win-usagm-office-of-security-case-management-services-contract/28 Apr 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkhfmjzzc27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkgglalas27"'I learned about the tragedy not from the official channels, but from the Voice of America. That was when I understood how important it is for the truth to be told in time and how costly its absence can be'" https://www.moldpres.md/eng/society/moldovan-pm-says-learned-about-chernobyl-tragedy-from-voice-of-america28 Apr 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkgglalas27https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkkfybi2d227"Trump ... recently nominated her to lead the agency overseeing the government-funded international broadcaster Voice of America — a role she would carry out in parallel with her current post." [The agency is USAGM.] https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-voice-of-america-free-speech-crusader-maga-europe/28 Apr 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkfybi2d227https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkhzshryh22mKim's column for the May 2026 Journal of the North American Shortwave Association (NASWA) contains Kim's testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The testimony explains the role of VOA and argues for maintaining VOA's funding for FY 2027. https://www.kimandrewelliott.com/post/815048417052114944/why-should-congress-fund-voa27 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhzshryh22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkgtsmzmz22qVOA Chinese adds a new half-hour broadcast, 0630 China time, 2230 UTC ... https://x.com/VOAChinese/status/204846966037119830127 Apr 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgtsmzmz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkg3edrm6k2hIn this and other tweets today, Kari Lake blames the "mainstream media."26 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg3edrm6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkd3j5ybhk2cTownhall opinion: The lawsuit that "led to a U.S. District Court judge ruling that over 1,000 Voice of America employees fired by a Trump executive order last year had to be reinstated ... shows how determined the unelected bureaucracy is in subverting Trump’s agenda" https://townhall.com/columnists/houston-keene/2026/04/25/federal-employees-play-childish-games-with-presidential-orders-to-protect-their-own-agendas-n267499325 Apr 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd3j5ybhk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkd2nxvavk2c"'Surely, the [Appeals Court] judge said, Congress never could have intended that the VOA director be removed without the approval of a majority on the International Broadcasting Advisory Board'" https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/im-just-not-hearing-any-response-from-you-doj-lawyer-teeters-as-judge-says-kari-lake-bid-to-oust-voa-director-defeats-the-entire-purpose-of-statute/amp/25 Apr 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd2nxvavk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkak3xsavk23Non-paywalled version: https://www.aol.com/news/no-10-falkland-sovereignty-rests-110946946.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkak3xsavk23https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mkaje2hlq223"In partnership with the French human rights NGO Radio For Peace International (RFPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a new shortwave radio frequency for audiences in Iran ... available two hours a day on 9770 kHz, at midday and 11 p.m. Tehran local time" https://rsf.org/en/media-blackout-iran-rsf-launches-persian-language-radio-frequency-rfpi-deliver-reliable-independent24 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaje2hlq223https://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mk3o7s3j2s2f"RFA contributor and award-winning journalist Shin Daewe, who has been jailed in Myanmar since October 2023 and recently sentenced to 15 years in prison, was released from prison under an amnesty" https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2026/04/17/release-of-myanmar-rfa-contributor-shin-daewe/22 Apr 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3o7s3j2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mk3mzpnyys2f"USAGM is in need of serious reform and fiscal cuts, but [Open Technology Fund] OTF is one of the strongest arguments for a targeted rather than indiscriminate approach." [Probably each USAGM entity is making similar arguments.] https://www.thefai.org/posts/renewing-support-for-the-open-technology-fund22 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3mzpnyys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mk3mdxdpsc2fHouse Appropriations bill for FY 2027 includes: "Defunding the United States Agency for Global Media while investing in the new International Communications Activities account, established in the President’s request." See links to summary and text at: https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-releases-fy27-national-security-department-state-and-related-programs22 Apr 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3mdxdpsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mk3jriagfc2fIranians "who followed BBC or Voice of America (VOA) were dramatically overrepresented: 46.2% of the U.S.-favorable group versus 20.5% of the U.S.-unfavorable group before withdrawal, and 40.1% versus 17.1% after." https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-regime-change-iran/22 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3jriagfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaedotcom.bsky.social/post/3mk23hh47gk2e"Reporting on the station’s new website so far does indeed appear to avoid overt partisanship. However, any clearer editorial line may only emerge once Newsmax Polska launches its TV service, which it aims to do in late May" [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:mtxycyvfj7hpfhzakyv2pq6d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk23hh47gk2e