Voice of America switches-off radio broadcast service in Persian. The TV and online sections will remain active.
Voice of America's Persian Radio started its activities in 1979 and specially in 1980s and 1990s was among the most popular Persian-language news sources.
In a short press release which has been published by VOA, they have mentioned "taste change" and "age change" of their audience as the main reasons of this decision.
The Persian Service of this US-funded media in the past few years has been full of tensions. They have fired many famous producers and presenters such as Bijan Farhoudi and Siamak Dehghanpour for unclear reasons. It caused a lot of criticism in the social media but no one from the station gave a comment.
But are we really reaching the age of radio death? I just read that Radio Norway is also going to stop its radio broadcast in 2017...
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