1951 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/1951/ Cold War Radio History Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:16:33 +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 1951 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/1951/ 32 32 Voice of America had no audience in pre-Castro Cuba and initially supported Soviet socialism in Eastern Europe https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-had-no-audience-in-pre-castro-cuba-did-poorly-in-exposing-failures-of-soviet-socialism/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-had-no-audience-in-pre-castro-cuba-did-poorly-in-exposing-failures-of-soviet-socialism/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:31:08 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=9125 Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien As reported by CNN and other media, Senator Bernie Sanders said on CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired on February 23, 2020 that “It’s unfair to simply say everything is bad” with the way Fidel Castro ruled Cuba. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: “When Fidel Castro came into […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-had-no-audience-in-pre-castro-cuba-did-poorly-in-exposing-failures-of-soviet-socialism/feed/ 0 How a refugee journalist exposed Voice of America censorship of the Katyn Massacre https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/how-refugee-journalist-exposed-voice-of-america-katyn-censorship/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/how-refugee-journalist-exposed-voice-of-america-katyn-censorship/#respond Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:59:45 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=2421 Cold War Radio Museum Fascinating and until now generally unknown details of how a single refugee journalist, Julius Epstein, exposed Voice of America’s (VOA) censorship designed to cover up Soviet responsibility for the 1940 Katyn Forest massacre of nearly 22,000 Polish POW officers and intellectual leaders can be found in several volumes of  the Congressional […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/how-refugee-journalist-exposed-voice-of-america-katyn-censorship/feed/ 0 Voice of America 1951 – ‘Drab’ ‘Unconvincing’ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/02/23/voice-of-america-1951-drab-and-unconvincing-rep-wiggleswoth-quotes-listeners-in-poland/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/02/23/voice-of-america-1951-drab-and-unconvincing-rep-wiggleswoth-quotes-listeners-in-poland/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:57:21 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=1782 Cold War Radio Museum In 1951, the Voice of America (VOA), which was at that time located in New York but managed from Washington by the State Department, was under heavily criticism, particularly from Republicans in the U.S. Congress, for failing to counter Soviet propaganda. Voice of America listeners in communist ruled Poland, in letters […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/02/23/voice-of-america-1951-drab-and-unconvincing-rep-wiggleswoth-quotes-listeners-in-poland/feed/ 0 Voice of America 1951 – Presidents’ Day and Debates on VOA’s Future https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/02/20/voice-of-america-1951-presidents-day-and-debate-on-voas-future/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/02/20/voice-of-america-1951-presidents-day-and-debate-on-voas-future/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:07:34 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=1765 Cold War Radio Museum In 1951, the Voice of America (VOA), which was at that time located primarily in New York but managed from Washington by the State Department, was under heavy criticism, particularly from Republicans in the U.S. Congress, for failing to counter Soviet propaganda. There was a spirited debate as to whether VOA […]

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