From: WinstonSalemVE@Yahoo.Com   
      
   "Von Fourche"  wrote in message   
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   > How many shortwave relay stations does the VOA still use around the   
   > world?   
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   >Do they broadcast via shortwave from any relay stations in the U.S.   
   >anymore?   
      
   Good question! Bethany,Ohio (actually Mason, north of Cincinnati) was torn   
   down several years ago. The only RF emitted from that site now is WLW 700   
   KHz.   
   Greenville is also off the air.   
   I don't know about Delano, or the other relay station in California.   
      
   The Broadcasting Board of Governors (The US government Board that controls   
   the VOA,RFE,etc) has been consistently cuuting back SW program hours and   
   abandoning HF SW Broadcasting, in favor of buying time on local AM and FM   
   stations overseas and the internet.   
   This is a very stupid thing to do.   
    It puts you at the mercy of local officials.   
   If the Local Supreme leader, or Imams, Gaulieter decides to not to relay   
   your programs on local radio, or to filter out your internet feed, you are   
   off the air NOW with no recourse or back-up program path   
      
   Many third world countries do not have high bandwidth internet connections,   
   and most third world people don't have any internet connectivity at all.   
   Basically the BBG is just abandoning large parts of their third world   
   audience.   
      
   HF SW has a large installed base compared to any other transmission means,   
   and it goes DIRECTLY   TO THE PROGRAM RECIPIENT without any other agency   
   involved in its transmission.   
      
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   >  Does be BBC have any relay stations in the U.S. broadcasting to the   
   > Caribbean and Central/South America?   
      
   Radio Marti.   
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