VOA's News and English Broadcast Newswire via FTP and Gopher

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

[ Note


> In accordance with U.S. law, program materials such as the News and
> English Broadcasts newswire are provided exclusively for recipients
> outside the United States.


.. djf]




From: ck () VOA GOV (Chris Kern)
Subject: Voice of America News Now Available on Internet


The Voice of America's international News and English Broadcasts radio
newswire is now available via anonymous FTP and the Internet Gopher,
along with a variety of other information from VOA and Worldnet
Television.


The News and English Broadcasts wire service includes the texts, in
English, of radio reports prepared by VOA staff correspondents, contract
news reporters ("stringers"), and feature and documentary writers.  The
wire provides a comprehensive daily report of news events, worldwide.
It is one of the core news products of the Voice of America, and is used
as the basis for much of VOA's programming in all languages.  The public
Internet server is updated within a few minutes of the issuance of each
report by the VOA central news department; a seven-day archive of the
wire is available on the public server.


In accordance with U.S. law, program materials such as the News and
English Broadcasts newswire are provided exclusively for recipients
outside the United States.


Selected VOA and Worldnet program schedules, shortwave radio frequency
and satellite downlink information, public announcements from the Voice
of America and Worldnet, and technical documents on international radio
and television broadcasting are also available on the public Internet
server.


All the materials on the server are available by anonymous FTP and the
Internet Gopher.  Schedules and other general information materials may
also be requested via electronic mail; the News and English Broadcasts
newswire is not available via email because its contents change so
rapidly.


The Voice of America and Worldnet are, respectively, the international
radio and television networks of the United States Information Agency,
and operate out of headquarters in Washington, D.C.  VOA has news
bureaus in many major world cities.




Anonymous FTP Access
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Host:           ftp.voa.gov
Logon:          anonymous
Password:       <your electronic mail address>




Internet Gopher Access
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Host, Port:     gopher.voa.gov, 70


Link Info:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type=1+
Name=Voice of America and Worldnet Television
Path=
Host=gopher.voa.gov
Port=70
Admin=VOA Computer Services Division, +1-202-619-2020 <postmaster () VOA GOV>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------




Electronic Mail Access
======================


Address:        info () voa gov


To request emailed instructions on how to use the server, send a message
with the contents "send help" to the above address.


To request emailed instructions on how to use the server plus an index
of available files, send a message with the contents "send index" to the
above address.






[Note: We are still in the early stages of transition from a uucp-only
 site.  Some client programs may temporarily have difficulty resolving
 the IP address of our public server (ftp.voa.gov or gopher.voa.gov)
 until their local name server receives updated information on the
 VOA.GOV DNS zone.  If you experience difficulty connecting to these
 symbolic address, the IP address of the server is 152.75.16.1.]



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Chris Kern     ck () voa gov     ...uunet!voa3!ck     +1 202-619-2020