John F. Kennedy Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/john-f-kennedy/ Cold War Radio History Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:25:21 +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 John F. Kennedy Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/john-f-kennedy/ 32 32 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 President Kennedy Comments On Voice Of America and RFE https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/president-kennedy-comments-on-voice-of-america-and-rfe/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/president-kennedy-comments-on-voice-of-america-and-rfe/#respond Sat, 26 Feb 2022 16:54:00 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=14152 Cold War Radio Museum   https://youtu.be/XFl1x2veHx0 Commentary for Cold War Radio Museum by Ted Lipien In his February 26, 1962 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America (VOA), President John Kennedy discussed the necessity of freedom of information and complete truthfulness of the press, but he also argued that the Voice of America […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/president-kennedy-comments-on-voice-of-america-and-rfe/feed/ 0 Radio Free Europe 1966: A Girl Behind Barbed Wire Fence Ad https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-1966-a-girl-behind-barbed-wire-fence/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-1966-a-girl-behind-barbed-wire-fence/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:08:33 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=2136 Cold War Radio Museum The Crusade for Freedom was the name of an advertising campaign designed to get Americans to contribute money to Radio Free Europe which broadcast radio programs in various languages to the captive nations behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. The ad seen here is from 1966 and appeared in […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-1966-a-girl-behind-barbed-wire-fence/feed/ 0 JFK on VOA and RFE 1962 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/03/24/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/2018/03/24/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:33:51 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=1897 Cold War Radio Museum     Commentary by Ted Lipien In his February 26, 1962 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America (VOA), President Kennedy discussed the necessity of freedom of information and complete truthfulness of the press, but he also argued that the Voice of America is different from private […]

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