VoA on Shortwave from Botswana, apparently for Tests

New HFCC registrations for USAGM Moepeng Hill effective from 22 May 2026 list English to Africa on Tuesdays and Fridays. As of 22 May, filler music was being broadcast for a short time, presumably for test purposes, indicating that Voice of America programmes in English for Africa may return very soon,

according to the BDXC’s radio news website. Most likely days, times and frequencies available there.

Kari Lake, Who Led Effort to Shutter Voice of America, Is Named Ambassador to Jamaica

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/kari-lake-jamaica-ambassador.html

NASB Conference 2026 / “America@250: Due Diligence” on WRMI

The NASB, the U.S. National Association of Broadcasters, holds its annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 28 and 29, 2026. Eike Bierwirth and Steve Herman will be among the speakers there. Bierwirth is scheduled to present his publicly available online databases of shortwave transmissions. Herman, Voice of America national reporter, is currently on an "excused absence" and/or among the VoA staff on "administrative leave" while the Trump administration continues its campaign to gain control over the country’s external broadcasters, including VoA.

Herman currently works as is now the Executive Director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation at the University of Mississippi, and will "announce details of his organization’s new weekly podcast and radio program (including on shortwave)".

The program, "America@250: Due Diligence", is set to air June through December on more than 50 radio stations as part of the country’s semiquincentennial". Among thesebroadcasters is WRMI, where it can be heard on Saturdays at 16:00 UTC on 9395 kHz and on Sunday mornings at 00:00 UTC on 5050 kHz shortwave.

VOA Hitting the Target in Korea

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/voa-hitting-the-target-in-korea/

#DanGreenall #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica

Kim Andrew Elliott: Why Congress Should Fund VOA

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/kim-andrew-elliott-why-congress-should-fund-voa/

#InternationalBroadcasting #KimAndrewElliott #VoiceOfAmerica

(Posting in my personal capacity.) A #SaveVOA team at Del Ray’s Farmers Market, VA, explains what #taxpayers get for $1.20—and how to support vulnerable VOA #journalists ahead of #WorldPressFreedomDay on May 3. #VoiceofAmerica

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Canada and Finland on the Air, and other Shortwave News

Pop Shop Radio is scheduled to air on 3975 and 6160 kHz on Sunday, from 19:00 to 20:00 UTC.

Both Scandinavian Weekend Radio (6170/11690 kHz) and Realmix (5950 kHz) will be on the air on Saturday, from 21:00 UTC on Friday night to 21:00 UTC on Saturday night and from 06:00 UTC to 06:00 UTC to 21:00 UTC respectively. Realmix will also be on air on Sunday, at the same times as on Saturday.

A map especially for shortwave listeners is available online, based on data by Aoki and by Eibi (updated on April 2).

The latest edition of Takahito Akabayashi’s Shortwave Monthly is out, and U.S. foreign radio station Voice of America remains in the doldrums as the judicial process keeps dragging along.

The Real Housewives of Pennsylvania Avenue are at it again. Judge Royce Lamberth finds that, because Kari Lake was never lawfully appointed, she had no authority to fire Voice of American employees, and they must be allowed to return to work.

#law #contracts #KariLake #VoiceOfAmerica #EmploymentLaw #Litigation

https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/03/judge-lamberth-to-kari-lake-no-youre-fired/