History of Radio Hmong
Broadcasting
Radio Hmong Broadcasting was founded by
Kou Her Chialy, also known as (AKA Doua Her) in
1989. He went to Austin Technical College
to pursue the degree of TV/Radio Broadcasting.
When graduated from the program, Doua wanted to
produce a 24 Hours Radio Hmong Broadcasting
program, but there was not enough financial
supports. Therefore, he was not able to pursue
further.
Mr. Doua Her's vision for Radio Hmong
Broadcasting is to be the main source of
communication where the microphones and speakers
are all over the world. Radio Hmong Broadcasting
can be utilized by businesses and individuals as
tool to conduct outreach or promote products and
services into the Hmong community.
The purpose of the Radio Hmong Broadcasting
is to bridge the gap of communication in our
communities. The Radio Hmong Broadcasting
programs keep the audience well informed on
news, current events, and announcements. Each
program on Radio Hmong Broadcasting is designed
with the intention to help the individual
listener to be become more knowledgeable citizen
because we believe that a well informed person
makes better decision.
* History of the Hmong People
Hmong is a group of people from the
Northern Regions of Laos. During the Vietnam
War, they fought under the Royal Laos Army and
they received financial support from the US
Central Intelligence Agency. Many Hmong were the
persecuted remnants of a guerilla army trained
and paid by the United States to fight a covert
war in Laos from 1961-74 against communist
Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
General Vang Pao was the Region II commander of
the Royal Laos Army which the CIA provided
weapons and financial support. As the Vietnam
War progress the power of the communist
expansion in the Southeast Asia region was too
much for the United States of American
government to detain, it ordered American
soldiers pulled out of Laos, Vietnam and
Cambodia leaving thousand of soldiers and their
family members vulnerable to the communist
regimes. For the Hmong soldiers and their family
members, there was a general understanding that
the United States of America and its CIA would
allow soldiers and their family members to take
a refuge in America should Laos fall under
communist controls.
When the Pathet Lao won and established a
communist regime in 1975, hundreds of thousands
of Laos, including many Hmong, fled to refugee
camps in neighboring Thailand. The first wave of
Hmong refugees arrived in America in 1976. In
the 1980s, the Hmong had resettled through out
the major cities in the United States. The mains
stream Social Services systems had to learn how
to respond to the needs of the newly arrived
Hmong. Language and basic survival skills were
identified as the greatest barrier of all for
the New Americans. Many applied for public
assistance and attended English as a Second
Language classes.
*The Hmong of Today
Hmong has contributed to the US economy.
After 32 years of resettlement in the
greatest country on earth, the majority of Hmong
people have became self-sufficient. They are
homeowners, investors, medical doctors,
pharmacists, chiropractors, bankers, lawyers,
teachers and school principals and politicians
such as State Senator-Mee Moua of Minnesota. The
Hmong people are consumers, tax payer and
business owners. A large number of Hmong men and
women have proven to be successful in other
industries of real estate, mortgage, investment,
insurance, restaurants, groceries and
fashion-clothing stores and technology.
Hmong people are strong consumers of goods
and services. With the estimated of
a large number of Hmong populations living in
major cities across the US as cited above, these
people have a strong demand for accessing to
information on goods and services in their own
language right in the comfort of their own
homes. The abundance of utilizing today’s
technology to showcase goods and services
available for everyone to access shall be our
priority.
Radio Hmong Broadcasting's Timeline:
Year / Service.
2008 - Mr. Her converted telephones to be a
24/7 radio.
This feature allows individual who has a
telephone to listen to the Radio Hmong
Broadcasting through phone. It means ANY kind of
telephones! Yes, we guarantee you will be able
to listen to our broadcast from around the
world.
2007 - Mr. Her Added a Radio Hmong
Broadcasting Channel to the Asian Satellite
A Satellite Dish is
another device that we use.
Introducing, and using the Asian Satellite Dish
in order to listen to Radio Hmong Broadcasting
and other programs besides using the internet
and/or telephone connections.
2005 - Mr. Her Added Netcom Digital Radio as
a Device.
A device other than using your computer enables
you to listen to our broadcast through your
phone line or DSL/Cable.
2003 - Mr. Her brought the Radio Hmong
Broadcasting Live
Online.
The live broadcast captured many active
listeners across the world.
2001 - The beginning of Radio Hmong, downloadable
internet
radio mp3s.
You were able to listen to the broadcast by
downloading the radio mp3 files onto your
computer.
Future - There will be more
features/services.
We will be updating this timeline from time
to time.