Radio and TV Stations

VoA Radio

  • New York, NY
    Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government.
  • VoA broadcasts in special English have a core vocabulary of 1500 words and are read at a slower pace, about two-thirds the speed of standard English.
  • Interesting features
      News - Special English in archive,
    updated daily    		   5 minute news followed by 25 minute features on all kinds of topics.
      Features - Special English in archive   Features of various lengths on all kinds of topics; with transcripts.
      Encounter - regular English in archive, updated every Sunday   20 minute discussions and debates of a critical issue in the news.
      Issues in the News - regular English in archive, updated every Sunday   30 minute panel discussions of the week's top news stories.
      This Is America - special English in archive, updated every Monday   15 minute program about life and issues in the United States.