VOA 1961 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/voa-1961/ Cold War Radio History Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:56:54 +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 1961 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/category/voa-1961/ 32 32 The Breakfast Show: From Institutional Voice to Pat Gates — Voice of America, 1961–1978 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-breakfast-show-from-institutional-voice-to-pat-gates-voice-of-america-1961-1978/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-breakfast-show-from-institutional-voice-to-pat-gates-voice-of-america-1961-1978/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:18:28 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=24484 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-breakfast-show-from-institutional-voice-to-pat-gates-voice-of-america-1961-1978/feed/ 0 A Free Voice at Christmas: RIAS Berlin, Edward R. Murrow, and the Sound of the Cold War (1961) https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:26:09 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=24021 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/feed/ 0 Edward R. Murrow Apologizes for Censorship https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/edward-r-murrow-apologizes-for-censorship/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/edward-r-murrow-apologizes-for-censorship/#respond Sun, 07 Jun 2020 01:54:28 +0000 https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/dc/?p=138 President John F. Kennedy sworn in Edward R. Murrow as Director of the United States Information Agency  (USIA) on March  21,  1961. March 21, 1961. Swearing-in ceremony for Edward R. Murrow as Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). White House Administrative Officer, Frank K. Sanderson, administers oath to Edward R. Murrow; President John F. […]

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