VOA 1942 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ctl-stories/voa-1942/ Cold War Radio History Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:04:46 +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 1942 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ctl-stories/voa-1942/ 32 32 Quote: “We must sell the ‘religion of democracy’”– First Unofficial Voice of America Mission Statement By Nelson Poynter, Office Of The Coordinator of Information https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/quote-we-must-sell-the-religion-of-democracy-first-unofficial-voice-of-america-mission-statement-by-nelson-poynter-office-of-the-coordinator-of-information/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:40:09 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14736 The post Quote: “We must sell the ‘religion of democracy’”– First Unofficial Voice of America Mission Statement By Nelson Poynter, Office Of The Coordinator of Information appeared first on Cold War Radio Museum.

]]> Quote: “ The news may be good for us. The news may be bad. But we shall tell you the truth.” — William Harlan Hale https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/quote-the-news-may-be-good-for-us-the-news-may-be-bad-but-we-shall-tell-you-the-truth-william-harlan-halle/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 02:35:44 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14664   Cold War Radio Museum   The first “Voice of America” radio broadcast in German aired in February 1942. There has been some uncertainty as to the exact date of the first German-language VOA broadcast. Moreover, for the first several years, the name “Voice of America” was not yet used. The early U.S. government’s Office […]

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]]> FDR Creates Office of War Information https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/fdr-creates-office-of-war-information/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:17:01 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14180   President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Office of War Information (OWI) on June 13, 1942 through the Executive Order 9182. The OWI operated within the Office for Emergency Management in the Executive Office of the President. FDR appointed the OWI director who reported directly to him. The new agency combined several pre-existing U.S. federal government […]

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]]> First Radio Broadcast of Future Voice of America https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/first-radio-broadcast-of-future-voice-of-america/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:24:35 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14110 On February 1, 1942, the first Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcast in German may have gone on the air. There has been some uncertainty as to the exact date when in February 1942 the first such VOA shortwave radio program reached the listeners in Europe. Moreover, for the first several years, the name “Voice […]

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