Thursday, March 26, 2009

VOA Khmer Launches New TV Program in Cambodia

Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009 - VOA Khmer Discovering, a new daily Voice of America (VOA) television product showcasing news features, begins airing across Cambodia on Monday, March 30, 2009.

(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009 - VOA Khmer Discovering, a new daily Voice of America ( VOA ) television product showcasing news features, begins airing across Cambodia on Monday, March 30, 2009.

VOA's first regular television segment in Khmer will be broadcast by National Television Kampuchea ( TVK ) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8:00 p.m. ( Cambodia time ), and at 8:00 a.m. Monday and Tuesday.

News feature programs on VOA Khmer Discovering will include feature stories in several areas, such as health, science, travel and life in America. The first show looks at jobs in the United States and space exploration, among other topics.

Information from the VOA Khmer Service (www.VOANews.com/Khmer), on radio and the Internet, has long been widely used in Cambodia, reprinted by blogs and other sites. VOA's weekly audience share of more than 29 percent makes it the largest international broadcaster in Cambodia.

"Television will allow us to expand our audience even more," said Chris Decherd, VOA's Khmer Service Chief.

The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 134 million people. Programs are produced in 45 languages.

For more information, call VOA Public Relations at (202) 203-4959, or e-mail askvoa@voanews.com.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good! VOA TV PROGRAMS will help cleaning up those corrupted gov't officials, and the star, moon generals too...

Anonymous said...

Go,
VOA TV Programs, don't forget to broadcast those corrupted officials, specially those high ranking gov't officials craps! these son of a bitch allowing their son and relative to robs, steal and snatching people jewels, purse, everyday on the street...

Anonymous said...

Yep! most of these kids are not afraid of cops or authority at all! co'z their family so powerful, i think this is part one of the corruptions in our country nowaday...

Anonymous said...

Cambodian Gov't officials should send those criminals to the front line and let them kills the enemy instead! don't let them eat and sleep do nothing in jail...

Anonymous said...

Yep! if they wanted to kills so bad, let them kills the enemy at the front line! don't be heroes killing, robbing, stealing your poor people at home...