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...
Voice of America (VOA) Spanish Service produced a special graphic to mark the death of Fidel Castro on November 16, 2016. The graphic was also used for the VOA Spanish Service Facebook page cover. VOA director in November 2016 was Amanda Bennett...
Cold War Radio Museum During World War II and the Cold War, the Voice of America (VOA) used shortwave radio transmitters operated by private U.S. companies to reach audiences in Nazi and Japanese controlled territories and later audiences in...
The Office of War Information (OWI) and the Voice of America (VOA) during the Second World War would have been the closest model for comparison to the Disinformation Governance Board (DGB), an advisory board of the United States...
Cold War Radio Museum 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...
A story about U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) and Voice of America (VOA) pro-Soviet propaganda. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum September 1, 2016 Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from Poland. Sept, 1942. The Office...
Envelope for a letter sent to the Voice of America (VOA) in New York circa late 1949-1953. The Irish stamp was issued on November 21, 1949. The Voice of America studios were in New York from 1942 through 1953. The VOA headquarters were moved from...
Soviet jamming was a sign of the effectiveness of Western radio broadcasts. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were consistently jammed. The Voice of America was jammed only during some periods. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum In his...
Disinformation governance by government propaganda experts can be dangerous, judging by the record of the early officials in charge of the Voice of America and journalists duped by Soviet propaganda. Voice of America, New York, QSL card circa 1940s...
— Senator Homer Earl Capehart, (R-Indiana) May 26, 1948. Cold War Radio Museum By 1948, the Voice of America’s failure to adjust to the reality of aggressive Soviet behavior was becoming well known and seen as a problem in Washington. Even VOA...