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Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2001 – The Voice of America (VOA) will spotlight North Carolina’s Research Triangle, Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham, to millions around the globe next week. 

A team of VOA radio and television reporters will visit the area on Sept. 24-28 to report on the history, current activities, and day-to-day life in this popular southern state.  Reporters from VOA’s English, Arabic, Bangla, Amharic, Indonesian, and Mandarin language services will interview educators, students, and local residents to give overseas audiences a sense of life in the Tar Heel State.

Coverage will include features on Duke University and its medical school’s research programs; student protests against local NIKE factories; and North Carolina’s support of the film industry. 

VOA is no stranger to North Carolina.  For nearly four decades, its’ Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville has carried shortwave, medium wave, and now, satellite-borne signals around the world.  The Voice of America is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government. VOA broadcasts over 900 hours of news, informational, educational, and cultural programming each week to a worldwide audience of 91 million.  Radio, television, and Internet programs are produced and broadcast in English and 52 other languages. 

For additional information, please contact the Office of External Affairs at (202) 619-2538 or send email to pubaff@voa.gov.