[Swprograms] VOA expands Thai and English broadcasting to Thailand...including shortwave!

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frequencies included.  Shortwave additions are in Thai and Special
English only.  The 1130 UTC mediumwave feed should be available in the
live News Now stream.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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See http://www.voanews.com/english/About/2006-09-21-thai-expansion.cfm

Washington, DC, 20 September 2006: The Voice of America (VOA) has
added additional live and direct broadcasts to its broadcasting to
Thailand in Thai and English as part of VOA's coverage of the coup
that removed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

"At a time when the people of Thailand were most in need of reliable
information, VOA's Thai service went from broadcasting a 15- minute
daily news feed to a daily 60-minute direct broadcast, transmitted via
the internet and on special shortwave frequencies," said VOA Director
David S. Jackson. VOA's Worldwide English and Special English, which
is designed for non-native speakers, also pre- empted their normal
programmes to provide live updates focusing on events in Thailand.
Said Jackson: "This shows once again how VOA can provide a valuable
service to audiences in times of crisis or uncertainty, particularly
when local news is unavailable, as it was in this case."

VOA will continue the special programming as events warrant, at the
following times and on the frequencies below:

2300-2400 UTC Thai Language Broadcast 7215, 9685 [all frequencies in kHz]

1130-1200 UTC Worldwide English Broadcast 1575

1530-1600 UTC Special English Broadcast 1575, 6160, 9590, 9760, 12040, 15550
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