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Learning English (previously known as Special English) is a controlled version of the English language first used on October 19, 1959, and still presented daily by the United States broadcasting service Voice of America (VOA). World news and other programs are read one-third slower than regular VOA English.
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international broadcasting state media network funded by the federal government of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S. international broadcasters. [3] [4] [5] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the ...
Site A main area, Greenville Transmitting Station. Site A, which comprised 2,821 acres (1,142 ha), is near Beargrass in Beaufort County.Its last use was in 2006. Sites A and B are the only known places where the Henslow's sparrow breeds reliably in North Carolina, [7] [8] ownership was transferred to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the remaining antenna structures were ...
None of the VOA sites are using the phrase "Special English" anymore in new materials, it they appear to be using the term "Learning English", which conflicts with the BBC's use of the same. I think the article should be changed to reflect this - I've seen one post referring to it as "VOA Learning English" to distinguish it from the BBC's.
As jazz was frequently banned in the Soviet Union and its satellite countries, Voice of America was often the only way people in those countries could listen to jazz. . Willis Conover's politics-free broadcasts are widely credited for keeping interest in jazz active in Soviet satellite
Cant, J. Fifty years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton 1943–1993: A social and technical history of a Short Wave Station (3.7MB PDF) Woofferton's entry at mb21 Archived 11 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine; BBC Woofferton 60 years on Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Chao has worked for more than 40 years for the Voice of America (VOA). [4]She was the VOA's first Language Programming Director from 2001 to 2007. She also worked as a VOA editor, VOA's Mandarin Service Chief, VOA's East Asia Division Director, VOA's Hong Kong Bureau Chief, a field reporter, and radio announcer.
Vincent Makori is Managing Editor Television at Voice America and host of VOA’s weekly TV interview program Straight Talk Africa . Voice of America’s English television live news magazine show that broadcasts daily from Washington D.C. The program brings information about Africa, the United States, and the world to viewers across Africa. [1]