Post Cold-War VOA Archives - Cold War Radio Museum

The Breakfast Show: From Institutional Voice to Pat Gates — Voice of America, 1961–1978

Curator — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:18:28 +0000

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 morning program inaugurated by the Voice of America (VOA) in 1961. Produced in Washington, D.C., it combined international news reporting, […]

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A Voice of America Journal for Promoting Transatlantic Dialogue

Curator — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:41:25 +0000

As of March 20, 2025, it is unclear if and when the Voice of America (VOA) radio and television broadcasts and online publications will resume following the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, which affected the agency’s workforce at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) federal entities, the […]

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Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL

Curator — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:38:40 +0000

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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For Poland’s Freedom From Beyond The Green Border – The Story of Radio Free Europe and Voice of America Broadcaster Marek Walicki

Curator — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:31:14 +0000

Summary Marek Walicki, a journalist and former broadcaster of the Polish Service of Radio Free Europe (RFE) and the Polish Service of the Voice of America (VOA), is the author of a book, Z Polski Ludowej do Wolnej Europy (From People’s Poland to Free Europe), a memoir of his life and radio career. First published in Polish […]

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Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The Hill

Curator — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:57:22 +0000

My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israeli civilians—defenseless Jewish women, children, and the elderly. I discuss the hard-to-understand and explain defense of propaganda and disinformation from Iran and Russia by U.S. government-managed and funded U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) journalists, including federal employees working for the Voice […]

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Voice of America Broadcasting to the World 1993 Udorn, Thailand QSL Card

Curator — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:52:07 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum The new VOA relay station at Udorn, Thailand, began test transmissions in early 1993. When completed, this station will improve VOA reception in many parts of Asia. From Voice of America (VOA) QSL postcard, dated July 22, 1993.

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Voice of America Worldwide English Service Circa 1995

Curator — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:06:42 +0000

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United States Information Agency (USIA) Becomes Parent Agency For Voice of America

Curator — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:55:00 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum The United States Information Agency (USIA) was created on August 1, 1953, by Executive Order 10477 issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. USIA served as the public diplomacy agency of the United States during most of the Cold War period and included the Voice of America (VOA) international radio broadcasting […]

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Polish-English VOA Newscast 1990

Curator — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 05:07:20 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum The Cold War was almost over in 1989-1990. The Voice of America was looking for new ways to deliver news to Eastern Europe. The bilingual VOA Polish-English newscast was one of several projects initiated in the VOA Polish Service. The ten-minute bilingual newscast was eventually rebroadcast daily on Program One of […]

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VOA Europe 1994

Curator — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 01:57:23 +0000

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