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‘Tu Mówi Warszawa’ – Polish Radio Propaganda Abroad Before 1981 Martial Law

Curator — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:41:52 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum On December 13, 1981, the communist government of the Polish People’s Republic subservient to Moscow introduced martial law and formed a military junta in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to crush the Solidarity (Solidarność) independent trade union movement. December 13, 2023 marks the 42nd anniversary of the mass arrests and further […]

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USCGC Courier – Voice of America Radio Transmitting Ship – Reception Problems and False VOA Audience Claims PART I

Curator — Wed, 11 May 2022 21:55:22 +0000

Senator Bourke Hickenlooper The launching of the Voice of America radio transmitting ship Courier in 1952 was an important part of the “Campaign of Truth,” the international broadcasting and public diplomacy initiative announced by President Harry Truman in a speech two years earlier. The design and the use of the ship by VOA, but mostly […]

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Radio Free Europe’s 10th anniversary—a success story

Curator — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 01:39:54 +0000

For Cold War Radio Museum By TED LIPIEN As described by Sig Mickelson in his 1983 book America’s Other Voice: The Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe began broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain on July 4, 1950. On July 4, 1950, only 13 months after the founding of the Free […]

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