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— Office of War Information announcer William Harlan Hale. February 1942.

  During World War II, the federal government’s Office of War Information (OWI), which launched Voice of America (VOA) radio..Members of Congress Exposed Domestic U.S. Government Propaganda in 1943

Cold War Radio Museum On May 3, 1943, the Office of War Information (OWI) Director Elmer Davis was heard in..OWI Director Supports Soviet Katyn Propaganda Lie On Voice of America And Domestic Radio

In his Executive Order 9608 issued on August 31, 1945, President Truman abolished the functions of the Office of War..Read More

The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-402), known as the Smith–Mundt Act was signed into..Read More

Cold War Radio Museum On December 11, 1950, a member of the U.S. Congress revealed the Voice of America censorship..Voice of America Censors Soviet Massacre Survivor Józef Czapski And Lies About Its Actions

In the early 1950s, the U.S. State Department launched its public diplomacy program called “The Campaign of Truth” designed to..U.S. State Department Describing Voice of America for ‘The Campaign of Truth’ Circa 1952

Cold War Radio Museum In its final report issued on December 22, 1950, the bipartisan Madden Committee of the U.S...Read More

– Walter Lippmann, “Why the Voice of America Should Be Abolished,” Reader’s Digest, August 1953. Condensed from New York Herald..Read More

Cold War Radio Museum Direct Voice of America broadcasts from Washington, DC to Italy ended on July 7, 1957. The..VOA Discontinues Direct Broadcasts to Italy

  In his February 26, 1962 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America (VOA), President John Kennedy discussed..President Kennedy Comments On Voice Of America and RFE

On February 24, 1982, the Voice of America held a celebration to mark the 40th anniversary of its founding. It..Voice of America 1982 40th Anniversary Broadcast

Cold War Radio Museum 1990 VOA Polish Service Bilingual Polish-English Newscast The Cold War was almost over in 1989-1990. The..Polish-English VOA Newscast 1990

Cold War Radio Museum During testimony on January 23, 2013 before the House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting chaired by Rep...Hillary Clinton Declares U.S. Broadcasting “Practically Defunct”

Cold War Radio Museum On October 6, 2017, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) released a highly critical study of..Read More

Cold War Radio Museum During the short tenure of Michael Pack, the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO..USAGM honors VOA Polish broadcaster Zofia Korbońska in 2020