Re: [Swprograms] JOE ADAMOV PASSED AWAY

[Bill B <ka2emz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glenn, Russia and the World- Update at 0213 today (Dec 20) has announced 
Joes passing; so like you I agree the 2000 is a mistake, but they have 
announced it on the air.

73s

Bill
KA2EMZ



Glenn Hauser wrote:

>I was just checking the Voice of Russia website and came across this notice
>that Joe Adamov had passed away. It's undated so I don't know if this old news
>or not. http://www.vor.ru/English/JAdamov.html
>(Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, Dec 19, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz., illustrated:
>
>We are sad to inform you that after a long illness, our colleague and friend –
>Joe Adamov passed away. 
>
>In 1942, at the age of 21, after graduation from Moscow’s Pedagogical
>Institute, Joe came to work as an announcer at the foreign language service of
>Radio Moscow. In due time he became a top-class journalist. He had no holds
>barred to him. He interviewed ambassadors, government ministers and top
>officials of foreign states. For over 40 years had Joe hosted one of the most
>popular programs with the Voice of Russia English language service – Moscow
>Mailbag. His profound knowledge, all-around education and versatile knack for
>the English language helped Joe handle any questions, including tricky ones. 
>
>His keen sense of humor always enlivened his answers and appealed to his
>listeners. Joe was frequently invited to visit overseas, where he gave lectures
>and participated in popular talk-shows in the United States, Canada, Britain
>and Australia. He was recognized by moguls of international journalism, such as
>Walter Cronkite, Phil Donahue, Larry King. 
>
>Joe was also greatly respected in our office. Over many years of his service
>with us he trained several generations of professional announcers, translators
>and journalists. We will miss greatly his kind advice and instructions. 
>
>Joe Adamov has made a great contribution into this country’s foreign language
>broadcasting and was bestowed multiple government awards. With millions of our
>English-language listeners we mourn our dear Joe. 
>Copyright © 2000 The Voice of Russia (via DXLD)
>
>I think if he died 5 years ago we would already have heard about it. Why put a
>2000 © on it? Yes, our recollexions of Joe go back as far as we can remember on
>Radio Moscow. Many of us got to meet him at an ANARC convention, or was it
>Monitoring Times (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
>
>Here is another link which is dated 19 December 2005:
>http://www.vor.ru/index_eng.phtml?act=6257
>(Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
>
>He was known to foreign listeners as Joe. For them his voice was as magic as
>the legendary baritone of Levitan for Russians. Joe Adamov was a top-notch
>expert on Britain and had a perfect command of the English language. He worked
>at the Voice of Russia radio for more than 60 years, and for many years he was
>the author and the presenter of the Moscow Mail Bag, one of the most popular
>programmes at the Voice of Russia. Adamov had many government awards (VOR via
>DXLD) 
>
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