Van Vo
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Van Vo is a Vietnamese-American talk show host, who ran in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election.
Called "the Rush Limbaugh
of Little Saigon
" http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/28/local/me-vo28, Vo, a fervent anti-Communist, hosted a radio program, "Living in America" ("Đai Phat Thanh Song Tren Đat My" in Vietnamese), which (as of 2003) was the longest-running Vietnamese
-language radio talk show in California. The program was produced in Garden Grove, California
and was aired on several stations, including KXMX
in Anaheim, weekdays from 6 to 9pm and Saturdays from 2pm to midnight.http://chinesecookery.tripod.com/radio-flash/08-03.html
Vo's program was taken off the air when he decided to enter the California gubernatorial recall election in 2003. Campaigning mostly near his home of Garden Grove (but also taking trips to San Francisco and San Jose
), Vo received 7,226 votes (including 3,456 from Orange County
), good enough for 13th place.
Vo has since relocated to Las Vegas
and his radio program is now available on the internet. http://www.songtrendatmy.com/index.html
Called "the Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
of Little Saigon
Little Saigon
Little Saigon is a name given to any of several overseas Vietnamese immigrant and descendant communities outside Vietnam, usually in the United States...
" http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/28/local/me-vo28, Vo, a fervent anti-Communist, hosted a radio program, "Living in America" ("Đai Phat Thanh Song Tren Đat My" in Vietnamese), which (as of 2003) was the longest-running Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
-language radio talk show in California. The program was produced in Garden Grove, California
Garden Grove, California
Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California. The population was 170,883 at the 2010 census. State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city running east-west. The city is known outside the Southern California area for being the home of Robert H...
and was aired on several stations, including KXMX
KGBN
KGBN is a Korean, brokered time AM radio station licensed to Anaheim, California, and broadcasting at a frequency of 1190 kHz. From 1997 to 2010 it was owned by Salem Communications as a sister station to KFSH and KRLA...
in Anaheim, weekdays from 6 to 9pm and Saturdays from 2pm to midnight.http://chinesecookery.tripod.com/radio-flash/08-03.html
Vo's program was taken off the air when he decided to enter the California gubernatorial recall election in 2003. Campaigning mostly near his home of Garden Grove (but also taking trips to San Francisco and San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
), Vo received 7,226 votes (including 3,456 from Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
), good enough for 13th place.
Vo has since relocated to Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
and his radio program is now available on the internet. http://www.songtrendatmy.com/index.html