1954 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/1954/ Cold War Radio History Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:10:07 +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 1954 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/1954/ 32 32 Jamming Was a Sign of Effectiveness of Western Broadcasts https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:33:39 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=13445 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 book Operation Suicide: “Those Strange Bridges to Communism,” published in 1967, American journalist Eugene Lyons, a former communist […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/feed/ 0 Kirk Douglas on Radio Free Europe and Voice of America https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/kirk-douglas-on-radio-free-europe-and-voice-of-america/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/kirk-douglas-on-radio-free-europe-and-voice-of-america/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:08:46 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=8906 By Ted Lipien As Putin’s propagandists are again spreading lies around the world and trying to undermine American democracy, it would have been useful for the Voice of America (VOA) to have mentioned in a short VOA obituary for Hollywood actor and producer Kirk Douglas his defense of free speech behind the Iron Curtain. Kirk Douglas, who […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/kirk-douglas-on-radio-free-europe-and-voice-of-america/feed/ 0 Stalin Peace Prize Voice of America Editor Duped by Soviet Propaganda https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/stalin-peace-prize-voice-of-america-editor-duped-by-soviet-propaganda/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/stalin-peace-prize-voice-of-america-editor-duped-by-soviet-propaganda/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=8844 Cold War Radio Museum As Vladimir Putin and his propagandists intensify their campaign to falsify history and interfere in  U.S. elections, it is helpful to remember that such Russian attempts to present lies to influence American politics and media are not new.  Americans, including top political leaders and journalists, had been previously deceived on a […]

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