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Greta Van Susteren on Voice of America

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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/372664-van-susteren-gets-her-own-show-on-voice-of-america

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...a-1082556?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Interesting to see a former cable talk show host go to the VOA though and it will be interesting how this plays out though.

The former Fox News, CNN and MSNBC anchor is a VOA contributor and is doing the show on a volunteer basis.
On Wednesday morning, Voice of America will debut a new show from contributor Greta Van Susteren called Plugged In With Greta Van Susteren.

Van Susteren joined VOA as a contributor this fall, and is doing her new show on a volunteer basis. The show will be broadcast on television outside the U.S. and streamed online here. A veteran of the Big Three cable news networks, Van Susteren left MSNBC after her show was abruptly canceled in late June.

"Because it is VOA, it is not just three minutes with a guest and good-bye," Van Susteren told The Hollywood Reporter in an email. "We get to really explore the issues."

A blurb about the show on Voice of America's YouTube page describes it this way: "Plugged In With Greta Van Susteren examines various aspects of United Sates policy by interviewing policy makers and discussions [sic] with opinion shapers. After hosting news programs for CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, Greta Van Susteren brings her interviewing skills and curiosity to VOA for a weekly 30 minute dive into America’s relationships with the world."
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TheBigA said:
Of course, VOA is not actually heard in the US. It's an international radio service.
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Actually, it is. As long as you can get the VOA app, you can hear it. It works here where I live in Florida.
 
TheBigA said:
But not as a broadcast station. The federal government is not allowed to own radio stations.
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The VOA is still on shortwave, from transmitters around the globe. While it's not permitted to target the United States with any of its transmissions, that doesn't mean one can't hear them in the United States. In fact, the VOA has always been a major presence on HF in this country, and even acknowledged reception with QSL cards to SWLs like me when we were in the hobby. So yes, I can hear it as a broadcast station, on analog radio, loud and clear. I'm not an intended listener, but there's nothing preventing me from doing so.
 
CTListener said:
The VOA is still on shortwave, from transmitters around the globe. While it's not permitted to target the United States with any of its transmissions, that doesn't mean one can't hear them in the United States. In fact, the VOA has always been a major presence on HF in this country, and even acknowledged reception with QSL cards to SWLs like me when we were in the hobby. So yes, I can hear it as a broadcast station, on analog radio, loud and clear. I'm not an intended listener, but there's nothing preventing me from doing so.
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The VOA is but a mere shadow of its Cold War self, but it's still around. And it IS a radio station owned by the Federal Government, but licensed by the NTIA, not the FCC. There is also no problem with US citizens listening to them, but they aren't allowed to directly target the US with its broadcasts. I have several VOA QSLs from the early 1970s to prove it.

But then again, NO American SW station is "officially" allowed to target the US with its broadcasts. We know that is complete and utter BS, given the plethora of FCC-licensed shortwave stations, both secular and religious, that market directly at US listeners. Including those that operate in the tropical bands (60 and 90 meters), that are supposed to be prohibited to US stations.
 
CTListener said:
So yes, I can hear it as a broadcast station, on analog radio, loud and clear. I'm not an intended listener, but there's nothing preventing me from doing so.
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My point was that this is this is the "National Radio" board, and VOA is not really national radio, as it's not intended to be heard nationally. As I said it's International Radio.
 
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