Podcast #265 – Inside the “Little Known” Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Podcast #265 – Inside the “Little Known” Voice of America and the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Author: Radio Survivor September 30, 2020 Duration: 1:22:45

Over the past few months, there’s been a flurry of media attention focused on the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Some reports describe it as a “little-known” agency and, in fact, it may seem mysterious to many in the United States, since it oversees international broadcasting programs all over the world, including Voice […]

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