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Voice of America
The Voice of America, or VOA, is a global radio network operated by
the United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C. VOA broadcasts
news, talk, editorials, current affairs, and cultural and entertainment
programs in English and more than 50 other languages. VOA has 17 correspondent
bureaus around the world and ten domestic bureaus. VOA reaches about 90
million listeners through shortwave transmissions, plus millions more over
the Internet and through rebroadcasts on local affiliate stations in Asia,
Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. More information on
VOA--including the newswire, frequency and program schedules, as well as
audible newscasts in several languages--can be assessed via the Internet
at VOA's website: www.voa.gov
The Voice of America's South Asia Bureau, based in New Delhi, is headed
by a South Asia Bureau chief. The South Asia Bureau covers news
events in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives.
Its correspondent provides voiced reports for VOA's 24-hour Worldwide English
service, and scrips are often translated and broadcast by VOA language
services. VOA transmits English broadcasts via shortwave to India from
6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. VOA also transmits morning
and evening shows via shortwave to the Indian subcontinent in Bangla, Hindi
and Urdu. VOA's New Delhi office is at: B-2, Marble Arch |
