VOA 1953 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ctl-stories/voa-1953/ Cold War Radio History Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:42:01 +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/ctl-stories/voa-1953/ 32 32 United States Information Agency (USIA) Becomes Parent Agency For Voice of America https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/united-states-information-agency-usia-is-created-becomes-parent-agency-for-voice-of-america/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:46:35 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14793 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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]]> Senator Hickenlooper Questions Voice of America Audience Claims For VOA English Broadcasts, Notes Improvement Of News To Soviet Block https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/senator-hickenlooper-questions-voice-of-america-audience-claims-for-voa-english-broadcasts-notes-improvement-of-news-to-soviet-block/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:38:54 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14637 Cold War Radio Museum At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on Overseas Information Programs on April 20, 1953, Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Republican-Iowa) noted the lack of audience for the Voice of America English-language broadcasts and various management and program delivery deficiencies. But the lawmaker who would become later […]

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