by Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum April 22 is not a date usually remembered in the history of the Voice of America (VOA). Yet it deserves to be. On this day in 1954, at the Hotel McAlpin in New York, Howard Fast — a former chief news writer...
Voice of America, OWI, and the Polish Desk: A Reconsideration The history of the wartime Voice of America (VOA) is most often presented as a story of broadcasting truthful news in defense of freedom and democracy. That description, while not...
A reexamination of Walter Lippmann’s critique of the Voice of America (VOA) in light of wartime propaganda, Soviet influence operations, and the practical realities of Cold War broadcasting—revealing both the insight and the limits of his analysis...
An early preserved recording documenting the program’s beginnings — and the later rise of Pat Gates as one of the Voice of America’s rare internationally recognized broadcasting personalities. The Breakfast Show was a worldwide English-language...
Recovering a forgotten Voice of America / RIAS relay preserved on magnetic tape At a glance Listen first: Murrow’s introduction + RIAS Christmas segments (VOA WW English relay, Dec. 1961) Why it matters: A rare example of Cold War broadcasting as...
How the Radio Free Europe Fund used civic pageantry, fundraising, and public campaigns to support a covert Cold War broadcasting operation. Illustrated with archival photographs and documents.
A Paycheck from the “National Committee for a Free Europe”: A Small Document from a Covert Cold War Operation Payroll Statement (P/R Statement), National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc., New York, early 1950s. A routine wage and tax document that...
Identification photograph of John Houseman from his Office of War Information (OWI) personnel file in New York, circa 1942. Houseman played a leading role in organizing U.S. wartime radio broadcasts, including foreign-language programming that later...
Digitally restored 30-minute archival recording by VOA Central Recording for the National Security Agency (NSA) Introduction In April 1986, amid Cold War tension and the slow but steady rebirth of democracy in Poland, the Voice of America (VOA)...
🎙️ The VOA Polish Service in the Cold War Context The Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service broadcast was aired from Washington and hosted by Bogusław Jerke, who read the newscast together with Zdzisław Mikulski. Field reports were read by Sławomir...