Radio Free Europe Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/radio-free-europe/ 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 Radio Free Europe Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/radio-free-europe/ 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 The Radio Free Europe Fund: Civic Pageantry and Covert Funding in the Cold War https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:55:54 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23954 How the Radio Free Europe Fund used civic pageantry, fundraising, and public campaigns to support a covert Cold War broadcasting operation. Illustrated with archival photographs and documents.

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-radio-free-europe-fund-civic-pageantry-and-covert-funding-in-the-cold-war/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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-polish-service-broadcast-april-23-1986/feed/ 0 ‘Tu Mówi Warszawa’ – Polish Radio Propaganda Abroad Before 1981 Martial Law https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tu-mowi-warszawa-polish-radio-propaganda-abroad-before-1981-martial-law/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tu-mowi-warszawa-polish-radio-propaganda-abroad-before-1981-martial-law/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:41:52 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=19402 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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tu-mowi-warszawa-polish-radio-propaganda-abroad-before-1981-martial-law/feed/ 0 Voice of America in 1957 and 1972 – VOA’s International Broadcasting Successes and Failures https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-in-1957-and-1972-voas-international-broadcasting-successes-and-failures/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-in-1957-and-1972-voas-international-broadcasting-successes-and-failures/#respond Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:30:57 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=19275 Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum In February 1972, the U.S. government-funded and managed Voice of America (VOA), then part of the United States Information Agency (USIA), observed the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1942, during World War II. The Voice of America commissioned a bronze medal to mark 30 years of VOA’s […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-in-1957-and-1972-voas-international-broadcasting-successes-and-failures/feed/ 0 Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The Hill https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/why-are-us-funded-usagm-journalists-defending-russia-iran-over-the-hamas-massacre-ted-lipien-op-ed-in-the-hill/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/why-are-us-funded-usagm-journalists-defending-russia-iran-over-the-hamas-massacre-ted-lipien-op-ed-in-the-hill/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:57:22 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=19272 My new op-ed in The Hill includes comments on the latest barbaric attacks by Hamas terrorists on Israeli civilians—defenseless Jewish women, children, and the elderly. I discuss the hard-to-understand and explain defense of propaganda and disinformation from Iran and Russia by U.S. government-managed and funded U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) journalists, including federal employees working for the Voice […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/why-are-us-funded-usagm-journalists-defending-russia-iran-over-the-hamas-massacre-ted-lipien-op-ed-in-the-hill/feed/ 0 Ukraine is the area of decision between Russia and the Free World https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ukraine-is-the-area-of-decision-between-russia-and-the-free-world/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ukraine-is-the-area-of-decision-between-russia-and-the-free-world/#respond Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:23:02 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=13394 Ukraine is today “the area of decision between Russia and the Free World” and “the one big problem” for Russia’s ex-KGB leader Vladimir Putin. By Ted Lipien Ukraine is today “the area of decision between Russia and the Free World” and “the one big problem” for Russia’s ex-KGB leader Vladimir Putin. The “Communist Timetable” in […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ukraine-is-the-area-of-decision-between-russia-and-the-free-world/feed/ 0 Radio Free Europe Fundraising During the Cold War https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-fundraising-during-cold-war/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-fundraising-during-cold-war/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=8893 This Cold War Radio Museum updated post covers Radio Free Europe advertising as well as a specific example of fundraising through the Federal Service Joint Crusade Campaigns in 1963. RADIO FREE EUROPE   80,000,000   Captive People Are Depending On You   The Communist-dominated people of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria depend on your […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/radio-free-europe-fundraising-during-cold-war/feed/ 0 Advertising for Radio Free Europe During the Cold War https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/advertising-for-radio-free-europe-during-the-cold-war/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/advertising-for-radio-free-europe-during-the-cold-war/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:31:26 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=4230         This ad for Radio Free Europe was placed in American magazines in 1969 toward the end of the CIA’s involvement with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Such advertising by Radio Free Europe in American media would also soon end. This particular ad, as opposed to previous Crusade for Freedom and […]

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