Washington : The Voice of America (VOA) has launched special broadcasts to Sudan and created a content-rich website on elections more than a month before Sudanese are to vote in the country’s first free presidential contest since 1986.
“The people of Sudan suffered through years of civil war. Now, they’re getting a chance to vote in [...]

BBC World Service will launch a special lifeline programme in the Haitian Creole language from Saturday 23 January 2010.
This will be the first time the BBC has broadcast in the Haitian national language.
This follows other special BBC programming for listeners affected by the Haitian disaster in the French, Spanish and English languages.
The new 20-minute daily [...]

BBC Arabic has entered a partnership with AudioNow that will see its broadcasts available live across the United States via any mobile or fixed-line phone.
AudioNow uses proprietary technology to enable people to listen to live broadcasts and streams from a number of internet and terrestrial broadcasters, simply by dialling a number.
From this week, BBC Arabic [...]

Washington D.C.: Voice of America (VOA) Creole-language broadcasts to earthquake-stricken Haiti are now being heard throughout that country on multiple radio frequencies, many delivered by transmitters aboard a U.S. Defense Department-sponsored aircraft that began flying Saturday.
The added service features a five-hour afternoon FM program providing news and disaster relief information for the Haitian people, struggling [...]

London: Pop star Shania Twain is putting her journalism skills to the test as she will interview Jordan’s Queen Rania for a Canadian radio programme.
 
The singer will guest-host an episode for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) later this month, reports dailystar.co.uk
The singer will guest-host an episode for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) later this month, reports dailystar.co.uk

James Findlay, a 20-year-old singer, guitarist and fiddle player from Dorset, has won BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Award 2010.
James and five other finalists performed at an evening of music at the BBC Radio Theatre. He was presented with his trophy by musician and singer Jon Boden.
Highlights from the final, which includes performances by each [...]

The UK’s top weekly subscription title Radio Times has worked with PURE, the world’s leading radio maker, to launch a co-branded digital radio targeting the Christmas market.
Each radio purchase comes with an exclusive Radio Times subscription offer of 12 issues for £1, perfect for radio enthusiasts to sample Radio Times’ uniquely extensive radio listings.
The PURE [...]

BBC Radio 4 has added more than 750,000 listeners to achieve its biggest audience under current methodology, according to data released today by RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd).
The station is now listened to by 10.22 million people every week – up from 9.45 million last year and 10 million last quarter – and has [...]

Washington, D.C. : The Voice of America’s (VOA) Special English celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday, with speakers saying the program is more popular than ever because it continues to provide credible, quality journalism for English learners on a wide variety of media and social networking platforms.
“Even with the changes in technology … in journalism, [...]

Washington anelists emphasized the role of free press in promoting democracy at a Town Hall in Hargeisa, Somaliland today as the Voice of America (VOA) launched a new radio station in the Somalia breakaway region.
“We expect this station to serve our people impartially and to inform us – not just with news – but [...]