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Polish Radio Host Who Resigned from Voice of America to Avoid Broadcasting Soviet Propaganda Lies About Katyn Massacre

Curator — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:18:09 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien We know of only one Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Konstanty Broel Plater, who resigned from his job at the U.S. government radio station during World War II in protest against the orders from the VOA management and the editors in the Office of War Information (OWI) in […]

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USAGM honors VOA Polish broadcaster Zofia Korbońska in 2020

Curator — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:49:17 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum During the short tenure of Michael Pack, the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO appointed by the Trump administration, the agency honored the former Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service editor and broadcaster, World War II anti-Nazi Polish Underground Army (Armia Krajowa) member, Zofia Korbońska, who died in 2010. […]

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Broel Plater Resigns In Protest Against Soviet Propaganda On Voice Of America

Curator — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:34:00 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum We know of only one Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Konstanty Broel Plater, who during World War II resigned in protest against being forced by the VOA management and editors in the Office of War Information (OWI) in New York to broadcast Soviet propaganda lies. The […]

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Solidarity Leader Praises Ronald Reagan, Voice Of America

Curator — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:56:00 +0000

Right after the declaration of the martial law in Poland in December 1981, U.S.-funded Voice of America and Radio Free Europe expanded their radio broadcasts. These broadcasts continued during the martial law. VOA and Radio Free Europe interviewed Solidarity leaders who escaped imprisonment and reported on their statements and activities. VOA also reported on U.S. […]

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Maciej Wierzyński at Voice of America – ‘the Most Frustrating Period’ in the Life of a Refugee Journalist

Curator — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 23:39:25 +0000

Maciej Wierzyński at Voice of America One of the most successful and popular Polish-American refugee journalists, Maciej Wierzyński, described his tenure at the Voice of America in the 1990s as the “most frustrating period of his life.” By Ted Lipien My successor as the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service chief from 1994 until 2000 […]

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Soviet Union Resumes Jamming of Voice of America Over Solidarity Trade Union Rise in Poland

Curator — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:35:00 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum On August 20, 1980, the Soviet Union resumed jamming radio broadcasts by the Voice of America (VOA), the BBC, and the Deutsche Welle (DW). Soviet jamming was a sign of the effectiveness of Western radio broadcasts. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were consistently jammed during the Cold War. The Voice […]

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Voice of America Polish Service Olympic Studio 1984 – Studio olimpijskie Głosu Ameryki Los Angeles-Waszyngton – Live Coverage – Archiwalne nagranie

Curator — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:42:28 +0000

by Ted Lipien Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will open on July 23, 2021. Today I offer a recording from the Cold War Radio Museum to show how the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service covered the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The communist government in Poland, […]

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Soviet Bloc Jamming of Western Freedom Radios

Curator — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:54:18 +0000

Toward the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, the Republican administration of conservative President Ronald Reagan greatly increased spending on U.S. international broadcasting to the Soviet Union and to other communist-ruled nations. Broadcasts to nations behind the Iron Curtain were carried out by the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe (RFE) and […]

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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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Martial Law Prisoners in Poland Praised Reagan, VOA and RFE

Curator — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 02:05:36 +0000

Originally posted on December 4, 2013 Today’s political prisoners who are fighting for democracy and human rights are still being held in China, Iran and in many other countries. While much of Central and Eastern Europe, previously under Soviet domination is now free, Belarus and Russia are still ruled by autocratic leaders and pro-democracy forces […]

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