The programming in Yiddish and Ladino still exists to this day through Kan REKA, although only one hour per week for each language.
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Kari Lake previews her plans for Voice of America in the next Administration.
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I thought Kan REKA was streamed only. I doubt much time is being spent this week working on their website.
I'm surprised. There couldn't be more than a few thousand speakers of those languages still alive. Of course, thanks to movies and TV, everyone knows at least a few Yiddish words that have become part of English. I'm talking about people who can and do converse in the language.
It's on FM throughout Israel and free-to-air satellite within the Middle East, in addition to streaming and podcasts available internationally.
Here's a table of frequencies for the 8 IPBC radio stations that broadcast on FM within Israel
Kan REKA website
Yiddish is making a comeback, mostly thanks to several Hasidic and Haredi sects from Russia and Eastern Europe who speak it. Many of them have emigrated to the US and continue to speak Yiddish in their communities. Yiddish is also taught in many universities around the globe and the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst MA (Yiddishbookcenter.org) devotes itself to preserving both the language and the culture that spawned the language more than a millennium ago.
Anyone who thinks Yiddish isn’t going to come back is a schmuck!
FWIW, there was one Iranian guy on a SW forum who was asking how to build or buy a SW radio, because he saw this war coming several months ago. Sure, it's just one guy. But Iranians are well aware of their government's ability to cut off internet access to the rest of the world. The current regime has jailed people in the past for having satellite dishes. They may not have absolute control over the information access of their citizens, but they do want to control it.
It is harder to control access to a radio, especially when many, if not most, Iranian households have a radio. Undoubtedly, there are still households with SW radios there, although most radios are probably FM/MW only.
As with any other news media, word of mouth is used when there aren't many people in a neighborhood or building with access to news from the outside world. This is how it worked in WW2, and also how it worked in the Soviet Union in the 1950's and 60's when the government discouraged listening to foreign broadcasts.
Careful. Among Yiddish speakers, "schmuck" is an obscenity. Its literal meaning has to do with a part of the male anatomy.
Correct. The euphemism "shmo" was coined to clean up "schmuck" for conversation.
Kari Lake sent out termination letters to 600 more VOA staffers today:
www.kten.com
She keeps talking about "bias" and "unaccountable," but both of those things are management problems. If she's in charge, she should fix the problems. The legislation that created this group still exists. Firing everyone doesn't repeal the legislation.
According to the linked article, some of the employees brought back for the Persian service last week received termination notices today.
Kari Lake follows through on Trump order, axes most of Voice of America’s staff
(CNN) — After three months of legal battles and lobbying, the Voice of America network is officially being reduced to a fraction of its pre-Trump form.
She keeps talking about "bias" and "unaccountable," but both of those things are management problems. If she's in charge, she should fix the problems. The legislation that created this group still exists. Firing everyone doesn't repeal the legislation.
According to the linked article, some of the employees brought back for the Persian service last week received termination notices today.
I hate whipsaw tactics.
Why bother bringing back anyone if you're going to fire them again less than a week later?
This reeks of profoundly bad management, and if this were a private sector company and she were the CEO, she would be ousted unanimously without a second thought by the board of directors.
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Why bother bringing back anyone if you're going to fire them again less than a week later?
This reeks of profoundly bad management, and if this were a private sector company and she were the CEO, she would be ousted unanimously without a second thought by the board of directors.
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I'm not aware that she has any management experience.
Miami-based Radio and TV Martí avoid Kari Lake's latest layoff ax at Voice of America
The Miami-based Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and TV Martí and the Martí Noticias website, was spared from layoffs at Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
www.wlrn.org
Still no resumption of the shortwave broadcasts; appears the 1180 signal from Marathon is the only remaining RM transmission.
My first question when I saw that was "what are they programming?" So I checked, and it sounds like talk programming.
My Spanish is pretty weak, but they seemed to be talking a lot about California.
It also smacks of how Elon Musk manages his companies from some outside sources I've read. But you're right! I can tell you from my own educational background that this is absolutely *not* how to run a business, whether it's public or private.
Radio Farda, the persian language service of UASGM, towards Iran is back on. Not using any VOA owned sites
From Jean-Michel Aubier on WOR list:
Radio Farda back on shortwave since today:
1700-1900 on 9450 (DHA)
2300-0400 sur 9620 (WOF) wooferton
0400-0700 sur 12035 (DHA) Dhabaya, UAE
1300-1700 sur 12035 'DHA)
1900-2300 sur 12035 (WOF)
0700-1000 sur 13710 (DHA)
1000-1300 sur 15720 (DHA)
HFCC June 20
From Jean-Michel Aubier on WOR list:
Radio Farda back on shortwave since today:
1700-1900 on 9450 (DHA)
2300-0400 sur 9620 (WOF) wooferton
0400-0700 sur 12035 (DHA) Dhabaya, UAE
1300-1700 sur 12035 'DHA)
1900-2300 sur 12035 (WOF)
0700-1000 sur 13710 (DHA)
1000-1300 sur 15720 (DHA)
HFCC June 20
There are a lot of managers that behave that way; I’ve had to deal with more than a few of them in my career. One commonality I realized is that they tend to be hyper focused on only a few specific things, while turning a blind eye to all kinds of mitigating factors that influence outcomes. It’s like being obsessed with a crooked picture on a wall while ignoring the fact the house is on fire.
Such managers like to foment chaos in their organizations, and then take credit for cleaning up the mess that was the result of their own actions. It’s a sort of “Munchausen by Proxy” applied to the business environment.
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Radio Farda is under the auspices of RFE/RL and is based in Prague. That somewhat loosens the grip that the current U.S. administration has over the operation.
Of course virtually all of the USAGM transmitter engineers and operators have been fired, so nothing coming out of those facilities.
At a check of the UTwente SDR around 1640 UT today I’m hearing Radio Farda on 12035 via fhe UAE site.
The BBC’s take on the latest USAGM firings: Voice of America: Hundreds of reporters fired as Trump guts agency
The BBC World Service is also facing more budget cuts, so what’s left of it’s shortwave output could be further reduced in the very near future.
The BBC World Service is also facing more budget cuts, so what’s left of it’s shortwave output could be further reduced in the very near future.