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VOA Kurdish Celebrates 15th Anniversary
26.4.2007 |
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April
26, 2007
The Voice of America Wednesday marked its 15th
anniversary of Kurdish broadcasts on radio and the
Internet.
VOA Director Dan Austin said that the VOA Kurdish
service has distinguished itself by providing native
speakers in Iraq and other countries with a daily
source of accurate, reliable news and cultural
programming.
In a recent survey, nearly a third of Kurds
interviewed said they had listened to VOA Kurdish in
the prior week.
VOA's Kurdish language programming includes
interviews with experts and newsmakers, stringer
reports, panel discussions and call-in shows. The
service also provides a popular children's program,
"Shining Star," listener mail and Kurdish and
American music.
VOA Kurdish has listeners in the Middle East,
Eurasia, Europe and North America. It can be reached
online at
www.voanews.com/kurdish .
VOA first broadcast on short-wave radio to Europe in
1942. It has since grown into a multimedia
international broadcasting service, providing more
than 1,000 hours of programming every week to an
estimated worldwide audience of more than 115
million people.
voanews com
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