Some Voice Of America Stations Already Off The Air

The New York Times reports:

For more than 80 years, Voice of America transmitted the news into countries, many of them authoritarian, where reliable sources of information about the outside world were often hard to come by. Now those broadcasts — long viewed as an important part of U.S. efforts to promote democracy and transparency overseas — are flickering out.

Hours after President Trump signed an executive order on Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees Voice of America, hundreds of journalists, executives and other employees at the organization’s headquarters in Washington were informed that they were being put on paid leave. Employees said they quickly lost access to their work email and other communications programs.

Much of Voice of America’s content is produced in Washington and then transmitted to a network of affiliates worldwide. With most of Voice of America’s work force locked out, at least some of its radio frequencies in Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere went dark or began airing nothing but music, employees said.

Read the full article.

As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/b…

[image or embed]

— Dan Frazier (@danrfrazier.bsky.social) March 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM