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mwooldri

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23. Where it makes sense, yes.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #19)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 12:37 AM

Jan 2017

To North America? Not any more. You have the partnership with American Public Media, providing public radio stations across the country with BBC programming. Got a Google Home? Say "Play BBC World Service" and more than likely it's selecting Vermont Public Radio's HD-3 feed - generally the BBC World Service "News" feed. Got a car? Sirius-XM has BBC World Service... but then with LTE broadband you can now download an app (BBC iPlayer) and now have access to BBC World Service - plus all the BBC domestic stations.

The future for international broadcasters isn't shortwave. It's FM access, satellite, broadband, and mobile phones.

This is assuming that we continue to have a free and open Internet. Though I don't foresee us having a "Great Firewall of China", if we do there will always be ways through. Plus a Great Firewall of America would be very anti-American.

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Trump moves to put his own stamp on Voice of America [View all] mobeau69 Jan 2017 OP

ah, the VOA elmac Jan 2017 #1

Ok who wants to bet that the real plan is to try to use VOA for home propaganda? cstanleytech Jan 2017 #2

Shortwave radio is a mere shadow of its former self. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #11

It *was* prohibited, until July 2013 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #14

Well, golly. That goes to show you what I know. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #16

Doesn't the BBC still have World Service on SW? Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2017 #19

I suppose they do, but mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #21

Where it makes sense, yes. mwooldri Jan 2017 #23

Who says they have to limit it to shortwave? There is online streaming plus satellite not to mention cstanleytech Jan 2017 #18

Yeah, that's what's taken over. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #22

Of all the things that need done (appoint ambassadors, staff, etc.) THIS is what he wastes time on? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2017 #3

The Presidential Goon Squad. KatyaR Jan 2017 #4

The "Two Bobs" have arrived pfitz59 Jan 2017 #5

"So, what exactly would you say it is that you do here?" maxrandb Jan 2017 #27

I knew several retirees from the VOA operation Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #6

Early last month, a provision buried into the National Defense Authorization Act mobeau69 Jan 2017 #8

Thanks for the information. Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #9

They're still serving mobeau69 Jan 2017 #10

I think we can simply shorten that to "Twit" but feel free to replace that "i" with an cstanleytech Jan 2017 #20

There was thread here at the time. I'll see if I can find it. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #12

It is propaganda. Although it's almost always viewed as negative, propaganda isn't evil by dionysus Jan 2017 #26

It will be like QVC central scrutinizer Jan 2017 #7

Soon to be "The Voice of Patriotic Devotion, Fuck Yeah" (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #13

I can think of nothing more likely to turn billions world wide into bomb throwing anarchists, than Mc Mike Jan 2017 #15

Voice of A Liar milestogo Jan 2017 #17

VOA. American propaganda. mwooldri Jan 2017 #24

Is Tokyo Rose still available? world wide wally Jan 2017 #25

Very disturbing. Grabbing the reins of our premier broadcaster of propaganda (yes, even the Nitram Jan 2017 #28

All bdamomma Jan 2017 #29