bbc somali out, voice of america launching a somali program.

[musika man]

Somalia: Voice of America to Launch Daily Radio Broadcasts to Country

Voice of America (Washington, DC)

PRESS RELEASE
February 6, 2007
Posted to the web February 6, 2007

Washington, D.C.

Starting February 12, the Voice of America (VOA) begins a new daily radio broadcast in the Somali language to the Horn of Africa.

A group of Somali broadcasters at VOA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. will team up with freelance reporters in Africa and elsewhere around the world to provide millions of Somali speakers with accurate, up-to-date news and information.

"We look forward to joining the information community in Somalia," said VOA Director Dan Austin. "Providing accurate, objective, and timely news and information to the people of Somalia is vital during this critical time in the region's history," he added.

The new half-hour VOA program will air seven days a week and will include world news as well as news of Somalia and entire Horn of Africa region. The broadcast will also offer music and discussion features that will allow leaders and ordinary listeners alike to express their opinions on topics of interest.

VOA's Somali-language service is being funded by a grant from the U.S.

Department of State. The new service will supplement VOA's current broadcasts to the Horn of Africa in Amharic, Afan Oromo and Tigrigna. VOA previously broadcast in Somali between 1992 and 1994.

The VOA Somali broadcast will air on AM, FM and shortwave radio at 1600 UTC (7:00 p.m. in Somalia) and repeats at 1700 UTC (8:00 p.m. in Somalia). The 1700 UTC broadcast will also air on HornAfrik (88.8 FM), a VOA-affiliated station. The programs will also be available live and on demand on the service's website.

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200702061253.html

[GeneraleQ]

So?

[musika man]

so, what? did you choke on your words? unlike bbc, voa will be tribal free and unbiased news.

[GeneraleQ]

If you think VOA will be less biased, then you really are a focking dumb@ss!

[musika man]

[quote="GeneraleQ"]If you think VOA will be less biased, then you really are a focking dumb@ss![/quote]

we don't know yet, but what we know is bbc somali program is biased towards their boss's ayr tribe and the hutu courts. did you see the big somali demonstration infront of the bbc in london last week? they don't want peace in somalia.

[Ugaas Diini]

Who will chair this new program?

[GeneraleQ]

[quote="musika man"

we don't know yet, but what we know is bbc somali program is biased towards their boss's ayr tribe and the hutu courts. did you see the big somali demonstration infront of the bbc in london last week? they don't want peace in somalia.[/quote]

Is the demonstration you're talking about the few majeerteen former xaaraan-ku-naaxyaal, who are disgruntled because their houses are occupied by Cayr families?

They protest BBC Somali service, but don't protest about all the other problems in Somalia?

Fock'em!

[musika man]

[quote="Ugaas Diini"]Who will chair this new program?[/quote]

^^^^^^

a non somali or a somali from the minortiy clans who are not part of somali civil war. they can be the only non-biased people to chair. i know your are related to the ayrs, were you thinking of them or, a marexan guy?

[musika man]

[quote="GeneraleQ"][quote="musika man"

we don't know yet, but what we know is bbc somali program is biased towards their boss's ayr tribe and the hutu courts. did you see the big somali demonstration infront of the bbc in london last week? they don't want peace in somalia.[/quote]

Is the demonstration you're talking about the few majeerteen former xaaraan-ku-naaxyaal, who are disgruntled because their houses are occupied by Cayr families?

They protest BBC Somali service, but don't protest about all the other problems in Somalia?

Fock'em![/quote]

^^^^

lol, there were many marexans and other darod tigres in that demonstration. even somalilanders were there, cause they ain't happy with the bbc cause they always call them the breakaway republic and the bbc is anti-somaliland just like the hutu courts were.

[Ugaas Diini]

I was asking for a name......I guess you don't know.

[musika man]

[quote="Ugaas Diini"]I was asking for a name......I guess you don't know.[/quote]

contact voa and lemme know if they give you a name.

[Ugaas Diini]

I am not interested. Besides it would ruin my day it turned out to be a shaanshi/mj faggot. I had a good day today and I ain't trying to ruin it.

[abwaan1]

[quote="Ugaas Diini"]Who will chair this new program?[/quote]


Thanks God, we know it is not going to be Yousf garaad.

[Demure]

Interesting.

This should appease the Anti-BBC listerners.