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...
Anti-communist atheist Bertram D. Wolfe discovered that Voice of America (VOA) English-language service writers could not write persuasively about religion in communist-ruled nations in the early 1950s. Religious programming was then and continues...
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...
Soviet jamming was a sign of the effectiveness of Western radio broadcasts. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were consistently jammed. The Voice of America was jammed only during some periods. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum In his...
By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum and Voice of America – Hidden History Information Bulletin, The Office of US High Commissioner for Germany, June 1952. The Information Bulletin of the Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany had a...
For Cold War Radio Museum By TED LIPIEN Radio Free Europe 1960 10th anniversary West German commemorative postcard. As described by Sig Mickelson in his 1983 book America’s Other Voice: The Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, Radio...
Cold War Radio Museum The recent death of Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva brings into focus not only her contributions to improving the lives of millions of people but also the historic role played by the American...
This ad for Radio Free Europe was placed in American magazines in 1969 toward the end of the CIA’s involvement with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Such advertising by Radio Free Europe in American media would...
OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn SOLZHENITSYN, Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship by Voice of America By Ted Lipien This research article, written for Cold War Radio Museum website to coincide with the...
OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn China, Iran, Cuba, North Korea By Ted Lipien When in 1974 the Voice of America (VOA) banned Alexandr Solzhenitsyn from its programs, the push for the ban may have originated...