Kim Andrew Elliott
@kaedotcom.bsky.social
News about international broadcasting.
Retired VOA audience research/media news broadcaster.
Gradually migrating from eponymous account on X.
See also:
mediafreedomusa.bsky.social
swradiogram.bsky.social
Retired VOA audience research/media news broadcaster.
Gradually migrating from eponymous account on X.
See also:
mediafreedomusa.bsky.social
swradiogram.bsky.social
The self-described CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) unwittingly performs a public service by drawing attention to a video compiled by two US senators and four US representatives ("Scumbags" as she calls them) ...
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The self-described CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) unwittingly performs a public service by drawing attention to a video compiled by two US senators and four US representatives ("Scumbags" as she calls them) ...
Seems they are even auctioning the hastily abandoned workspace of an RFA official.
[Quick, leave the building: Independent journalism is about to be destroyed.]
[Quick, leave the building: Independent journalism is about to be destroyed.]
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Seems they are even auctioning the hastily abandoned workspace of an RFA official.
[Quick, leave the building: Independent journalism is about to be destroyed.]
[Quick, leave the building: Independent journalism is about to be destroyed.]
"BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"We saw ... our greatest ally in Europe get a wonderful welcome at the White House."
[And maybe the remains of RFE Hungarian as a trophy?]
[I have walked the streets of Washington for 53 years and have never been mugged.]
[And maybe the remains of RFE Hungarian as a trophy?]
[I have walked the streets of Washington for 53 years and have never been mugged.]
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"We saw ... our greatest ally in Europe get a wonderful welcome at the White House."
[And maybe the remains of RFE Hungarian as a trophy?]
[I have walked the streets of Washington for 53 years and have never been mugged.]
[And maybe the remains of RFE Hungarian as a trophy?]
[I have walked the streets of Washington for 53 years and have never been mugged.]
In my December 2024 column for the North American Shortwave Association, I predicted that RFE Hungarian would be among the first to be eliminated by the second Trump Administration.
Actually, RFE Hungarian outlasted most USAGM language services.
Actually, RFE Hungarian outlasted most USAGM language services.
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In my December 2024 column for the North American Shortwave Association, I predicted that RFE Hungarian would be among the first to be eliminated by the second Trump Administration.
Actually, RFE Hungarian outlasted most USAGM language services.
Actually, RFE Hungarian outlasted most USAGM language services.
Self-described acting CEO of USAGM Kari Lake accuses Radio Free Europe of "trying to cause chaos" in Hungary and "trying to undermine other allies that are pushing for sovereignty for their nations."
x.com/KariLake/sta...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Self-described acting CEO of USAGM Kari Lake accuses Radio Free Europe of "trying to cause chaos" in Hungary and "trying to undermine other allies that are pushing for sovereignty for their nations."
x.com/KariLake/sta...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
"after members of Rockwell’s family published an opinion piece Sunday in USA Today condemning the use of his art, DHS doubled down with another post of his work — this time paired with a quote attributed to the American painter."
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"after members of Rockwell’s family published an opinion piece Sunday in USA Today condemning the use of his art, DHS doubled down with another post of his work — this time paired with a quote attributed to the American painter."
Mix Radio on 6850 had a continuous waterfall ID above its USB audio ...
November 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Mix Radio on 6850 had a continuous waterfall ID above its USB audio ...
Voice of America's acting CEO retweeted this.
And VOA will mostly be unavailable to cover all these wars.
x.com/VlogdoLisboa...
And VOA will mostly be unavailable to cover all these wars.
x.com/VlogdoLisboa...
October 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Voice of America's acting CEO retweeted this.
And VOA will mostly be unavailable to cover all these wars.
x.com/VlogdoLisboa...
And VOA will mostly be unavailable to cover all these wars.
x.com/VlogdoLisboa...
VOA ceded nothing to RFE/RL or RFA until Trump/Lake reduced VOA to four language services in March 1995.
The RFE/RL grantee system was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1973, so Richard Nixon was the "swamp creature."
x.com/kaedotcom/st...
The RFE/RL grantee system was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1973, so Richard Nixon was the "swamp creature."
x.com/kaedotcom/st...
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
VOA ceded nothing to RFE/RL or RFA until Trump/Lake reduced VOA to four language services in March 1995.
The RFE/RL grantee system was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1973, so Richard Nixon was the "swamp creature."
x.com/kaedotcom/st...
The RFE/RL grantee system was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1973, so Richard Nixon was the "swamp creature."
x.com/kaedotcom/st...
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What's bad for freedom of the press is generally good for international broadcasting audience numbers. But VOA is mostly shut down and RFE/RL and RFA are struggling, with uncertain futures.
www.barrons.com/news/freedom...
www.barrons.com/news/freedom...
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What's bad for freedom of the press is generally good for international broadcasting audience numbers. But VOA is mostly shut down and RFE/RL and RFA are struggling, with uncertain futures.
www.barrons.com/news/freedom...
www.barrons.com/news/freedom...
Results from the 0800-0830 UTC broadcast, 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida, received 1) here in northern Virginia and 2) via SDR in Alaska.
September 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Results from the 0800-0830 UTC broadcast, 5850 kHz from WRMI Florida, received 1) here in northern Virginia and 2) via SDR in Alaska.
USAGM is, sadly, number four on this list of US Government workforce reductions.
www.visualcapitalist.com/federal-layo...
www.visualcapitalist.com/federal-layo...
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
USAGM is, sadly, number four on this list of US Government workforce reductions.
www.visualcapitalist.com/federal-layo...
www.visualcapitalist.com/federal-layo...
Kari Lake RIF'ing 532 USAGM (mostly VOA) employees will somehow "improve its ability to function and provide the truth to people across the world" ...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
August 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Kari Lake RIF'ing 532 USAGM (mostly VOA) employees will somehow "improve its ability to function and provide the truth to people across the world" ...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
x.com/KariLake/sta...
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
(1/4) Nonsense. Since the Cold War, US international broadcasting came into its own as an independent, authoritative source of news, attracting a weekly audience of over 400 million.
www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
August 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
(1/4) Nonsense. Since the Cold War, US international broadcasting came into its own as an independent, authoritative source of news, attracting a weekly audience of over 400 million.
www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
Also embedded in the VOA Chinese story is an X commentary in English linking to a commentary in which former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo writes: "Feeding starving people shouldn’t be political."
August 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Also embedded in the VOA Chinese story is an X commentary in English linking to a commentary in which former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo writes: "Feeding starving people shouldn’t be political."
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
July 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excerpt of the National Security Presidential Memorandum on June 30 ...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
July 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Excerpt of the National Security Presidential Memorandum on June 30 ...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"If I have to get on a flight with them and make sure they get back to the home country, I will do that."
Yes, let's put Kari Lake on that flight to Kabul.
x.com/KariLake/sta...
Yes, let's put Kari Lake on that flight to Kabul.
x.com/KariLake/sta...
July 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"If I have to get on a flight with them and make sure they get back to the home country, I will do that."
Yes, let's put Kari Lake on that flight to Kabul.
x.com/KariLake/sta...
Yes, let's put Kari Lake on that flight to Kabul.
x.com/KariLake/sta...