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Did Radio and TV Pioneer David Sarnoff Coin the Voice of America name?

Curator — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:50:47 +0000

Summary David Sarnoff, the pioneer of the radio and television industry in the United States and the founder of the NBC network, was most likely the first American with access to the White House to present a comprehensive plan for U.S. government-funded international radio broadcasting and one of the first to suggest for it the […]

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Polish Radio Host Who Resigned from Voice of America to Avoid Broadcasting Soviet Propaganda Lies About Katyn Massacre

Curator — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 22:18:09 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum By Ted Lipien We know of only one Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Konstanty Broel Plater, who resigned from his job at the U.S. government radio station during World War II in protest against the orders from the VOA management and the editors in the Office of War Information (OWI) in […]

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Broel Plater Resigns In Protest Against Soviet Propaganda On Voice Of America

Curator — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:34:00 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum We know of only one Voice of America (VOA) journalist, Konstanty Broel Plater, who during World War II resigned in protest against being forced by the VOA management and editors in the Office of War Information (OWI) in New York to broadcast Soviet propaganda lies. The […]

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Hollywood’s Polish Latin lover who terrorized Voice of America broadcasters

Curator — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:35:24 +0000

For Cold War Radio Museum By TED LIPIEN The name of the handsome man with a tanned Latin complexion in the 1942 publicity photo was Edward Raquello. He was a Hollywood actor, but he soon became known as a “very talented terror” at the Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government radio station broadcasting abroad, […]

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