Radio Sawa

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Radio Sawa is an Arabic language radio station, funded by the United States government. The station's goal is to provide its vision of news and information to youth in Arabic-speaking countries, as local news in many Middle Eastern countries is considered by the U.S. government not suitable for American interests. In contrast to the Voice of America station it replaced, Radio Sawa blends news with music and other lighter programming.[1]

The station's playlist includes popular Arabic, English and Spanish songs so as to attract the Arabic listener.

Radio Sawa's first broadcast was on March 23, 2002. Its newscasts are broadcast live on air from its studios in Washington, DC and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Radio Sawa has bureaus and reporters throughout the Middle East.

Radio Sawa is controlled by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an agency of the U.S. government, such that staff are not civil servants under direct government control.

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  1. ^ Anthony York. "Propaganda or journalism?", salon.com, April 21, 2003. 

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