Karmazyn appointed chief of VOA's Ukrainian Service (05/07/06)

Karmazyn appointed chief of VOA's Ukrainian Service

WASHINGTON - Veteran Voice of America journalist Adrian Karmazyn has been appointed chief of VOA's Ukrainian Service, it was announced on April 20.

Mr. Karmazyn, 45, joined VOA in 1988, as an international radio broadcaster in the Ukrainian Service. He served in this capacity as a reporter, writer, producer, translator and announcer, and also served as a correspondent in Kyiv.

Since 1999 Mr. Karmazyn has served as program manager of VOA's Ukrainian Service. During that period the Ukrainian Service significantly expanded its network of reporters in Ukraine and its cooperation with FM affiliates. In addition, Mr. Karmazyn oversaw the reorganization of "Vikno v Ameryku" (Window on America), a weekly TV magazine program, the launch of the daily "Chas-Time" television program and regular interactive satellite feeds with TV networks in Ukraine.

Mr. Karmazyn is a native of Cleveland. He completed a B.A. in history at Ohio State University and a M.A. in Russian and East European studies at the University of Michigan.

He is a member of the Ukrainian National Association's Washington branch. He resides in Olney, Md., with his wife, Sonia, and children, Melania and Levko.

VOA's Ukrainian television and radio programs have a combined weekly audience of 12.7 percent, a rating which means that 12.7 percent of adults (defined as anyone 15 or older) in Ukraine have seen or heard a VOA program at least once in the past week, making the Voice of America the No. 1 international broadcaster in Ukraine. For programming information readers may visit VOA's Ukrainian Service website at: http://www.VOANews.com/Ukrainian.

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The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multi-media international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 100 million people. Programs are produced in 44 languages, including English.

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