Cold War broadcasting Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/cold-war-broadcasting/ Cold War Radio History Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:56:45 +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 Cold War broadcasting Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/cold-war-broadcasting/ 32 32  “Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe”: Transcription Disc from the Crusade for Freedom Era (c. 1958–1962) https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/broadcasters-for-radio-free-europe-transcription-disc-from-the-crusade-for-freedom-era-c-1958-1962/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/broadcasters-for-radio-free-europe-transcription-disc-from-the-crusade-for-freedom-era-c-1958-1962/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:41:20 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=25422 These two images document a 33⅓ RPM transcription disc titled “Broadcasters for Radio Free Europe.” The names listed and the format place it in the late 1950s to early 1960s, during the period when Radio Free Europe (RFE) operated publicly through the Free Europe Fund and the Crusade for Freedom campaign. The disc contains a sequence of short recorded statements by […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/broadcasters-for-radio-free-europe-transcription-disc-from-the-crusade-for-freedom-era-c-1958-1962/feed/ 0 Farewell to Stefan Korboński in Washington (1989) — Recording and Memory https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/farewell-to-stefan-korbonski-in-washington-1989-recording-and-memory/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/farewell-to-stefan-korbonski-in-washington-1989-recording-and-memory/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:52:34 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=25391 An archival audio cassette preserving a fragment of the funeral service for Stefan Korboński in Washington, D.C., in 1989, forms part of the documentary record of the Polish émigré community and its media institutions in the West. The recording presented here is one of the few surviving audio traces of the memorial Mass held on April 27, 1989, […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/farewell-to-stefan-korbonski-in-washington-1989-recording-and-memory/feed/ 0 A Free Voice at Christmas: RIAS Berlin, Edward R. Murrow, and the Sound of the Cold War (1961) https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:26:09 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=24021 Recovering a forgotten Voice of America / RIAS relay preserved on magnetic tape At a glance Jump to a section I. Introduction – Why This Tape Matters In December 1961 — just months after the Berlin Wall divided Berlin and reshaped Cold War realities — the Voice of America (VOA) presented a special World-Wide English […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-free-voice-at-christmas-rias-berlin-edward-r-murrow-and-the-sound-of-the-cold-war-1961/feed/ 0 Voice of America Polish Service Broadcast – April 23, 1986 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/#respond Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:06:42 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23766 Digitally restored 30-minute archival recording by VOA Central Recording for the National Security Agency (NSA) Introduction In April 1986, amid Cold War tension and the slow but steady rebirth of democracy in Poland, the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service continued its expanded shortwave schedule—five hours daily—broadcasting from Washington, D.C. to a country still under some martial […]

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