RRI World Service, Voice of Indonesia ( id, Layanan Dunia RRI, Suara Indonesia) is an

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division under

Radio Republik Indonesia ''Radio Republik Indonesia'' (Radio of the Republic of Indonesia, abbreviated as RRI), legally ''Lembaga Penyiaran Publik (LPP) Radio Republik Indonesia'' ( Public Broadcasting Institution Radio of the Republic of Indonesia), is a public radio ...

(RRI), an Indonesian

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service. It is a national

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that broadcasts all over

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and abroad to serve all

citizens anywhere in the country and abroad. RRI also provides information about Indonesia to people around the world. Voice of Indonesia is the division for abroad broadcasting. As an autonomous division, VOI has its own independent structure so it can find their own financial resources through

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History

When

declared its independence on 17 August 1945, the new country needed an effective tool to announce its

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to the whole nation and to the world audience. At 19:00 on the same day, M. Jusuf Ronodipuro, founder of the RRI, has read the proclamation of news on Hoso Kyoku, Japanese occupation Radio. He was also supported by Dr. Abdulrahman Saleh, who had a passion for radio broadcasting. Both of them then launched the ''Voice of Free Indonesia'' on 23 August 1945. The first Indonesian President

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delivered a speech on this radio on 25 August and

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, did the same on 29 August. At that time,

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was the most powerful media in order to deliver the message to reach the audiences around the world. To carry out this mission, the new

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took over the former

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Government Radio station in

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. The Indonesian broadcasting across the world was named ''Voice of Free Indonesia'' On 11 September 1945, the radio station became

(RRI), the head organization of ''Voice of Indonesia''. During the

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, a

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woman named K'tut Tantri, who was sympathetic to the Indonesian republicans, made several English language-broadcasts on the Voice of Free Indonesia. Her broadcasts were targeted at Western listeners and she gained the nickname "Surabaya Sue" due to her support for the Indonesian nationalists. During the early days of Indonesian independence,

played an important role in sending the new nation's message to overseas audiences, which helped other nations recognize the

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of Indonesia. In addition, the ''Voice of Free Indonesia'' was also the name of an Indonesian Republican magazine that was marketed at Western correspondents. In 1950, ''Voice of Free Indonesia'' was renamed the ''Voice of Indonesia''.

Operations

The target audience of VOI was recently mentioned as ‘general audience’. Generally, there are three types of audience: Indonesian citizen abroad, Indonesian Diaspora and all the people across the globe. Before, VOI serves people abroad in 11-different languages. It has several programmes that broadcast in

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, French,

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

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Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

and

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. Until 2010, each language broadcasts 2 hours of programming a day with total of 13 hours for the whole language broadcasting. There are four main programs of VOI: News and Information, Rhythm of

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; programme about Indonesian music, Getting to know Indonesia; programme about unique and typical culture of the country, and the

Sketches; programme about regional

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policy that implements throughout the country. These programmes are first produced in

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and then translated into 11 different languages. The content of all foreign language programs are practically the same. Since 2018, VOI broadcasts 24 hours on internet and 12 hours on SW with 4750 and 3325 kHz. The 9525, 11785 and 15150 are inactive for the time being. In history, VOI broadcasts abroad using short wave frequencies 9525, 11785 and 15150 kHz, which it has used since it first went on the air.Voice of Indonesia - Vision and Mission
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is the main core to deliver its product, VOI also operates a

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. Within the web site, audience may find written news in 11 different languages, as well as

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radio service which is started on 1 April 2008. However, the

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service is not as fully functioned as the

. But since 2010 audio and video streaming is fully functioned as additional medium of broadcast. VOI uses social media such as

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, and

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to update information about Indonesia. And just recently to provide the service to mobile and smartphone user Voice of Indonesia has launched RRI World Service Play and RRI Play Go on

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. The Voice of Indonesia has the visual program on RRI Net.

Frequencies

*S.W. 3325 kHz - 10 Kw (

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Transmitter) *S.W. 4750 kHz - 10 kW (

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Transmitter) *S.W. 9525 kHz (inactive) - 250 Kw *S.W. 11785 kHz (inactive) - 250 Kw *S.W. 15150 kHz (inactive) - 250 Kw 17:00 – 04:00 WIB / 10:00 – 21:00 UTC

Language

SW 3325 and 4750 kHz: # English WIB = 17:00 - 18:00, UTC 10:00 - 11:00 # Chinese WIB = 18:00 - 19:00, UTC 11:00 - 12:00 # Japanese WIB = 19:00 - 20:00, UTC 12:00 - 13:00 # English II WIB = 20:00 - 21:00, UTC 13:00 - 14:00 # Bahasa Indonesia WIB = 21:00 - 22:00, UTC 14:00 - 15:00 # Chinese II WIB = 22:00 - 23:00, UTC 15:00 - 16:00 # Arabic WIB = 23:00 - 24:00, UTC 16:00 - 17:00 # Spanish WIB = 24:00 – 01:00, UTC = 17:00 – 18:00 # German WIB = 01:00 - 02:00, UTC = 18:00 - 19:00 # English WIB = 02:.00 – 03:00, UTC = 19:00 – 20:00 # French WIB = 03:00 - 04:00, UTC = 20:00 - 21:00

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