VOA 1953 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/voa-1953/ Cold War Radio History Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:48:19 +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 VOA 1953 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/voa-1953/ 32 32 Walter Lippmann, the Voice of America, and the Limits of Liberal and Conservative Thought https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/walter-lippmann-the-voice-of-america-and-the-limits-of-liberal-and-conservative-thought/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/walter-lippmann-the-voice-of-america-and-the-limits-of-liberal-and-conservative-thought/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:32:34 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=24988 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. Lippmann’s Prestige—and the Context He Carried With Him A Celebrated Journalist in a Contested Information Environment In August […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/walter-lippmann-the-voice-of-america-and-the-limits-of-liberal-and-conservative-thought/feed/ 0 Voice of America Russian Branch Chief Alexander Barmine Was An Ex-Soviet General and Ex-Spy Who Testified Before Senator McCarthy https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-russian-branch-chief-alexander-barmine-was-an-ex-soviet-general-and-ex-spy-who-testified-before-senator-mccarthy/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-russian-branch-chief-alexander-barmine-was-an-ex-soviet-general-and-ex-spy-who-testified-before-senator-mccarthy/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:54:34 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=15814 Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum On March 5, 1953, the day Joseph Stalin died but before the news of his death became public, Alexander Gregory Barmine (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Бармин – Alexander Grigoryevich Barmin), the chief of the Russian Branch of the Voice of America (VOA) U.S. government international radio broadcasting station complained while testifying […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-russian-branch-chief-alexander-barmine-was-an-ex-soviet-general-and-ex-spy-who-testified-before-senator-mccarthy/feed/ 0 United States Information Agency (USIA) Becomes Parent Agency For Voice of America https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/united-states-information-agency-usia-becomes-parent-agency-for-voice-of-america/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/united-states-information-agency-usia-becomes-parent-agency-for-voice-of-america/#respond Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:55:00 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=14795 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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