RFE/RL Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/rferl/ Cold War Radio History Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:21:04 +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 RFE/RL Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/rferl/ 32 32 Congress must save the good journalists at VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, Radio TV Marti, MBN | LIPIEN in THE HILL https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:38:40 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=23221 I published my op-ed in The Hill today (March 17, 2025) about the the Trump administration’s sudden, drastic and counterproductive action of shutting down all journalistic operations serving audiences abroad under the umbrella of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). By Ted Lipien President Trump’s decision to shut down the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, Radio Free […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/congress-must-save-the-good-journalists-at-voa-rfe-rl-rfa-radio-tv-marti-mbn-lipien-in-the-hill/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 Jamming Was a Sign of Effectiveness of Western Broadcasts https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:33:39 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=13445 Soviet jamming was a sign of the effectiveness of Western radio broadcasts. Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were consistently jammed. The Voice of America was jammed only during some periods. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum In his book Operation Suicide: “Those Strange Bridges to Communism,” published in 1967, American journalist Eugene Lyons, a former communist […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/jamming-was-a-sign-of-effectiveness-of-western-broadcasts/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 ‘Shouldn’t they hear both sides? Radio Free Europe 1967 ad https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/shouldnt-they-hear-both-sides-radio-free-europe-1967-ad/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/shouldnt-they-hear-both-sides-radio-free-europe-1967-ad/#comments Sun, 10 May 2020 19:24:34 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=9383 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 1967 and appeared in […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/shouldnt-they-hear-both-sides-radio-free-europe-1967-ad/feed/ 2 The Year 1968 in the History of Samizdat https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-year-1968-in-the-history-of-samizdat/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-year-1968-in-the-history-of-samizdat/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:50:46 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=4338   Cold War Radio Museum   The recent death of Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva brings into focus not only her contributions to improving the lives of millions of people but also the historic role played by the American-supported Radio Liberty (RL), which together with its sister station, Radio Free Europe, contributed to breaking […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/the-year-1968-in-the-history-of-samizdat/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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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/advertising-for-radio-free-europe-during-the-cold-war/feed/ 1 Voice of America 1980-1981 Program Schedule with Pat Gates and Breakfast Show https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-1980-1981-program-schedule-with-pat-gates-and-breakfast-show/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-1980-1981-program-schedule-with-pat-gates-and-breakfast-show/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2018 19:43:14 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=3848 Cold War Radio Museum Patricia Gates Lynch Ewell — known to international listeners as Pat Gates — was one of the most recognizable English-language broadcasters of the Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster. A gifted interviewer and warm on-air presence, she became closely identified with The Breakfast Show, VOA’s flagship English-language morning program […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-1980-1981-program-schedule-with-pat-gates-and-breakfast-show/feed/ 3 Cold War Lessons for Voice of America in China https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/cold-war-lessons-for-voice-of-america-in-china/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/cold-war-lessons-for-voice-of-america-in-china/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2018 05:45:22 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=3814 Cold War Radio Museum During the Cold War, it would have been unthinkable for the United States government to put in charge of U.S. international broadcasting through the Voice of America (VOA) an American businessman like Armand Hammer who had made millions for his company in various business deals with Soviet Russia. U.S. international broadcasting […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/cold-war-lessons-for-voice-of-america-in-china/feed/ 1 SOLZHENITSYN Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship by Voice of America https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/solzhenitsyn-target-of-kgb-propaganda-and-censorship-by-voice-of-america/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/solzhenitsyn-target-of-kgb-propaganda-and-censorship-by-voice-of-america/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2017 07:09:24 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=1446 OPINION Cold War Radio Museum How Voice of America Censored Solzhenitsyn SOLZHENITSYN, Target of KGB Propaganda and Censorship by Voice of America By Ted Lipien This research article, written for Cold War Radio Museum website to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik coup in Russia, deals primarily with censorship at the U.S. […]

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