I was in the Peace Corps in the time of Watergate. VOA was crucial to all of us trying to know what was happening in the US. It is also a huge boon to oppressed people with the desire to know the truth, when they are soaked in highly biased government propaganda in tyrannical regimes. There were people building radios to be able to find out what was going on in the big wide world. For a sense of how it felt, read "All the Light You Cannot See", and recognize how crucial it is, in situations where there is no independent journalism, to know what is happening, and to have one's sense of ethics reinforced.
I think it's horrible that they've tried to silence your voice and the VOA around the globe. I'm very pleased you're determined to stay in the fight and stay vocal. May you meet with success!
This makes me incredibly sad. As a kid living in Western Ohio, my brother and I would stare in amazement at the Bethany Relay Station north of Cincinnati everytime we went to the "Big City" to watch the Reds play. Being a teenager, I would listen to the VOA Africa Service during my summers when I was at home in the afternoon. So many happy memories and what a loss of an institutution. I am sorry you are going through this Steve.
I am a 1A listener and caught your interview. I'm also an RSF supporter. Thank you and the best of luck to you and your colleagues.
I was in the Peace Corps in the time of Watergate. VOA was crucial to all of us trying to know what was happening in the US. It is also a huge boon to oppressed people with the desire to know the truth, when they are soaked in highly biased government propaganda in tyrannical regimes. There were people building radios to be able to find out what was going on in the big wide world. For a sense of how it felt, read "All the Light You Cannot See", and recognize how crucial it is, in situations where there is no independent journalism, to know what is happening, and to have one's sense of ethics reinforced.
I think it's horrible that they've tried to silence your voice and the VOA around the globe. I'm very pleased you're determined to stay in the fight and stay vocal. May you meet with success!
Thank you!
Be well!
Keep the faith!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊
VOA couldn't ask for a better "voice" to lay out to the public what's happened. Keep 'em flyin', Steve!
Best wishes. Give the administration good trouble.
Those of us who grew up under dictatorships are shouting out, LOUD
This makes me incredibly sad. As a kid living in Western Ohio, my brother and I would stare in amazement at the Bethany Relay Station north of Cincinnati everytime we went to the "Big City" to watch the Reds play. Being a teenager, I would listen to the VOA Africa Service during my summers when I was at home in the afternoon. So many happy memories and what a loss of an institutution. I am sorry you are going through this Steve.