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“Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe”: Transcription Disc from the Crusade for Freedom Era (c. 1958–1962)

Curator — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:41:20 +0000

These two images document a 33⅓ RPM transcription disc titled “Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe.” The names listed and the format place it in the late 1950s to early 1960s, during the period when Radio Free Europe (RFE) operated publicly through the Free Europe Fund and the Crusade for Freedom campaign. The disc contains a sequence of short recorded statements by […]

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Farewell to Stefan Korboński in Washington (1989) — Recording and Memory

Curator — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:52:34 +0000

An archival audio cassette preserving a fragment of the funeral service for Stefan Korboński in Washington, D.C., in 1989, forms part of the documentary record of the Polish émigré community and its media institutions in the West. The recording presented here is one of the few surviving audio traces of the memorial Mass held on April 27, 1989, […]

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A Free Voice at Christmas: RIAS Berlin, Edward R. Murrow, and the Sound of the Cold War (1961)

Curator — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:26:09 +0000

Recovering a forgotten Voice of America / RIAS relay preserved on magnetic tape At a glance Jump to a section I. Introduction – Why This Tape Matters In December 1961 — just months after the Berlin Wall divided Berlin and reshaped Cold War realities — the Voice of America (VOA) presented a special World-Wide English […]

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Voice of America Polish Service Broadcast – April 23, 1986

Curator — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:06:42 +0000

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) Polish Service continued its expanded shortwave schedule—five hours daily—broadcasting from Washington, D.C. to a country still under some martial […]

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Recording of a VOA Polish Service Broadcast – April 21, 1986

Curator — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:54:18 +0000

🎙️ 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 Suss and Renata Lipińska. The program includes a full newscast, a brief VOA Editorial—the short, official segment that states the United […]

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Rare Recording of the Voice of America 1986 Polish Broadcast – July 21, 1986

Curator — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:16:58 +0000

Summary of the Voice of America Polish Service Broadcast July 21, 1986 — 8:00 p.m. Warsaw time This rare recording of a Voice of America Polish Service evening program from July 21, 1986, survives because it was made at the request of the National Security Agency. It was likely used as a Polish-language training aid […]

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Voice Of America Launched Long-Delayed, Soft Broadcasts to Soviet Russia

Curator — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:39:00 +0000

The first Voice of America broadcast in Russian aired from New York on February 17, 1947. Before that date, VOA did not broadcast in Russian or in Ukrainian, not even during World War II. Russian was the only major language missing in the VOA wartime broadcasting schedule. Testifying on February 28, 1946 before the subcommittee […]

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