Michael wrote:

Just wondering if anyone knows the origins of the Special English broadcasts
on VOA?

My, admittedly, uneducated guess is the slower dailog was designed to be
more understandable if the listener was in a distant receiving region.

Could anyone shed some light on this?

A brief description of VOA Special English he

http://www.ew.com.cn/seniorread/ca5367.htm

VOA Schedule he

http://www.voa.gov/index.cfm?section...%20Frequencies

dxAce
Michigan
USA