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WFED (1500 AM) is a 50,000-watt Class A radio station in Washington, D.C. The station owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, and branded "Federal News Network", broadcasts a news/talk format focused on issues and news pertaining to members and staff of the United States government.
Some stations also derive a portion of their funding from federal, state and local governments and government-funded colleges and universities, in addition to receiving free use of the public radio spectrum. The local stations then contract with program distributors and also provide some programming themselves.
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.
Map of European Public and State-run Radio Broadcasters. This article contains publicly-funded radio channels. [1]Some are run by public service broadcasters who have editorial independence from the government, though most are run by state media which does not have editorial independence.
List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters KT–KZ) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WA–WF) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WG–WM) List of AM radio stations in the United States by call sign (initial letters WN–WS)
The federal and state governments do not operate stations or networks directed toward domestic audiences, although the federal government does operate overseas through the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent agency. The federal government instead subsidizes nonprofit radio programming through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. [10]
Voice of America worked with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to launch Radio Farda, a Persian-language radio program targeting youth. [citation needed] In 2006, VOA initiated TV Ashna, a one-hour televised news broadcast, [16] and Radio Deewa, a daily radio program of sports, music, and local and international news. [17]
The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. [10] In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and its radio hosts have used the tag line "This ... is NPR" for many years. [10]