Blog Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/blog/ Cold War Radio History Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:55:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-CWRM-Mic2022-32x32.jpg Blog Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/blog/ 32 32 The Radio Free Europe Fund: Civic Pageantry and Covert Funding in the Cold War https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:55:54 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23954 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.

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/feed/ 0 A Paycheck from the “National Committee for a Free Europe”: A Small Document from a Covert Cold War Operation https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-paycheck-from-the-national-committee-for-a-free-europe-a-small-document-from-a-covert-cold-war-operation/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-paycheck-from-the-national-committee-for-a-free-europe-a-small-document-from-a-covert-cold-war-operation/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:05:46 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23924 A Paycheck from the “National Committee for a Free Europe”: A Small Document from a Covert Cold War Operation Artifact Description Payroll Statement (P/R Statement)Issuer: National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc.Date: Period ending September 30, early 1950sPlace of issue: New York, N.Y.Medium: Printed NCR payroll form on security-pattern paperCollection: Cold War Radio Museum This […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-paycheck-from-the-national-committee-for-a-free-europe-a-small-document-from-a-covert-cold-war-operation/feed/ 0 Voice of America Polish Service Broadcast – April 23, 1986 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/#respond Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:06:42 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23766 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/feed/ 0 Recording of a VOA Polish Service Broadcast – April 21, 1986 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/recording-of-a-voa-polish-service-broadcast-april-21-1986/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/recording-of-a-voa-polish-service-broadcast-april-21-1986/#respond Sat, 01 Nov 2025 22:54:18 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23730 🎙️ 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/recording-of-a-voa-polish-service-broadcast-april-21-1986/feed/ 0 Rare Recording of the Voice of America 1986 Polish Broadcast – July 21, 1986 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/rare-recording-of-the-voice-of-america-1986-polish-broadcast/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/rare-recording-of-the-voice-of-america-1986-polish-broadcast/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:16:58 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23702 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/rare-recording-of-the-voice-of-america-1986-polish-broadcast/feed/ 0 Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:38:40 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23221 I published my op-ed in The Hill today (March 17, 2025) about the the Trump administration’s sudden, drastic and counterproductive action of shutting down all journalistic operations serving audiences abroad under the umbrella of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). By Ted Lipien President Trump’s decision to shut down the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Radio Free […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/feed/ 0 A Book for Experts and Students of Cold War History https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-book-for-experts-and-students-of-cold-war-history/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-book-for-experts-and-students-of-cold-war-history/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:26:22 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=14819 Mark Pomar’s new book about the Cold War political radio could help American government officials unfamiliar with the history of U.S. international broadcasting. By Ted Lipien Mark Pomar’s book Cold War Radio [Mark G. Pomar, Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Lincoln: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University […]

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