Kol Mevaser (Yiddish broadcasting)
- This article is about the Yiddish information hotline. For the historical newspaper, see Kol Mevasser (periodical).
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Kol Mevaser is a Yiddish news hotline. It has reports on news, weather, the lottery, traffic, and interviews with important figures, as well as scholarly lectures on various issues which are of interest to the Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish community.
Frequency of reports
The world news, Jewish news, community information, weather, lottery and traffic sections are updated daily. The main broadcaster is Zalmen Wieder and the political and business analysis are given by Yossi Gestetner. Current event interviews are conducted by Yitzchok Shloma Dresnser.
Function
Kol Mevaser serves as a replacement for radio broadcasting for the Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish community, which relies heavily on news and information within the community that is delivered in Yiddish.
History
Kol Mevaser was established in 2005 by Zalmen Wieder. To date it is considered as a main source of information for the Yiddish-speaking community globally with the largest audience in the USA, Canada, Israel and the U.K.