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• VOA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Special English
• RAE 15345 Logged
• Trial Issues of DSWCI Publications

VOA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Special English Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:28 PM PDT Washington, D.C., October 19, 2009 – The Voice of America's (VOA) Special English celebrated its 50th anniversary today, with speakers saying the teaching program is more popular than ever because of its credible, quality journalism. "Even with the changes in technology … in journalism, information still matters," said keynote speaker Frank Sesno, director of George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs. "Credibility still matters. Quality still matters." Sesno, a former CNN anchor who started his journalism career as an intern with Special English, said the Service has a long tradition of helping people learn American English by broadcasting news and information at a slow pace. Using a core vocabulary of 1,500 words and short, simple sentence structure, Special English, launched on October 19, 1959, keeps listeners informed about current events while helping them improve their language skills.VOA Director Danforth Austin said Special English has expanded on new platforms so it is available on radio, television and on the Internet. The Special English website, one of VOA's most popular, will also soon have a Twitter page, a YouTube video channel and a "verb phrase of the day" SMS service. The ceremony also honored Walter Roberts, part of VOA's original staff in 1942. "It's good to be home," Roberts said. Calling Special English an "ingenious invention," he said, "People with a minimum knowledge of English listened, and understood the message of the Voice of America."Special English also produced a slideshow of viewers, listeners and Internet users in their everyday surroundings. Nearly 1,000 users submitted photos of themselves. They can be seen at www.VOASpecialEnglish.com. Links to view or listen to today's ceremony are available at www.VOANews.com/english/About/2009-10-02-SpEnglish-Anniversary.cfm (VOA Press Release)

RAE 15345 Logged Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:15 PM PDT Its my pleasure to inform that I logged RAE i.e. RADIODIFUSION ARENTINA AL EXTERIOR Argentia English on October 1st, 2009 on 15345 kHz by my Grundig YB400 Rx with just a few meters of copper wire as external antenna from 1844 UTC onwards. There was perhaps DX Programme cum tourist Infos feature was going on (guessed).I was very surprised at first time & couldn't believe myself ..but later listening further ...upto..a few moments..I've no doubt it is indeed RAE..though the signal varied from fair to poor plus with occasional fading plus more displeasure was QRN..atmospheric noise..after English transmission signing off announcement by YL at 1856UTC there was interval signal of RAE plus ID announcement in Spanish perhaps..plus repeated for nearly four minutes or so sometime ID was announced in Male voice, around 1900UTC came the time signal & then music, another spell of ID announcements etc seems to me opening announcements of next service in perhaps either in Spanish or Italian.. 73 & 55, Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK) Abhayapuri (Assam), India

Trial Issues of DSWCI Publications Posted: 18 Oct 2009 08:09 PM PDT This message especially to our not-yet-members: We have uploaded new trial issues of DSWCI publications. Amongst them are the latest DX Window (No. 387 of 14th October 2009) and the September/October issue of Shortwave News. You can download them at www.dswci.org/try This page also gives an overview of the free material the DSWCI offers on the Internet. Most material is for members only though, as members fees are essential for the existence of a DX club. Best 73 Rolf Wernli webmaster @ dswci.org Danish SW Clubs International