Listening is considered as the most important skill for its role as the prerequisite to master the other skills. However, many students face difficulties to master the skill because their vocabularies are limited and students do not put attention during the learning process. To overcome the problem, this study used VOA news video to find the effect on students' listening ability. Therefore, the research objectives are 1) How is the effectiveness of using VOA news video on students' listening ability? 2) How is the students' perception on the use of VOA news video on their listening ability? This quasi experimental research populations were students of SMAN 1 Babakan 2017/2018, the samples were students of X IPA 1 consisted of 36 students and X IPA 2 consisted of 35 students. The instruments were two tests; pre-test and post-test and a questionnaire. The finding showed there was an effect from pre-test and post-test score in experimental class after listening VOA news video. The mean score of pre-test was 60.42 and the post-test was 87.14. The hypothesis test showed the significant score of regression was 0.000 because of significant score < 0.05 and t count (4.168) > t table (2.03452). Thus, H 0 could not be accepted since there was an effect using VOA news video in students' listening ability. In addition, most students responded positively of VOA news video as the media in teaching listening. Therefore, VOA news video is recommended as a media for English teachers to teach listening skill.