Kol Mevaser is a Yiddish news hotline. It has reports on news, weather, the lottery, traffic, and interviews with important figures, as well as scholarly lectures on various issues which are of interest to the Haredi world.
Contents
Frequency of reports
The main news is updated three times a day, breaking news is reported 24 hours a day, & the political news is updated throughout the day by Yossi Gestetner.
Function
Kol Mevaser serves as a replacement for radio broadcasting in the Haredi world, which prefers to avoid news sources from outside the community.
History
Kol Mevaser was established in 2003 by Zalmen Wieder. As of November 2015, Wieder is still the main news reporter on the hotline.
References
Kol Mevaser (Yiddish broadcasting) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA