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Voice of America Polish Service Broadcast – April 23, 1986

Curator — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:06:42 +0000

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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‘Tu Mówi Warszawa’ – Polish Radio Propaganda Abroad Before 1981 Martial Law

Curator — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:41:52 +0000

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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Why are US-funded USAGM journalists defending Russia, Iran over the Hamas massacre? – Ted Lipien Op-Ed in The Hill

Curator — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:57:22 +0000

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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USAGM honors VOA Polish broadcaster Zofia Korbońska in 2020

Curator — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:49:17 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum During the short tenure of Michael Pack, the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO appointed by the Trump administration, the agency honored the former Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service editor and broadcaster, World War II anti-Nazi Polish Underground Army (Armia Krajowa) member, Zofia Korbońska, who died in 2010. […]

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Office of War Information Photos of Polish Students 1942

Curator — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:56:54 +0000

A story about U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) and Voice of America (VOA) pro-Soviet propaganda. Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum September 1, 2016 The Office of War Information (O.W.I.), established by Executive Order No. 9182 of June 13, 1942, was the WWII-era domestic and foreign propaganda agency of the U.S. Executive Branch […]

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Jamming Was a Sign of Effectiveness of Western Broadcasts

Curator — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:33:39 +0000

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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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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Solidarity Leader Praises Ronald Reagan, Voice Of America

Curator — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:56:00 +0000

Right after the declaration of the martial law in Poland in December 1981, U.S.-funded Voice of America and Radio Free Europe expanded their radio broadcasts. These broadcasts continued during the martial law. VOA and Radio Free Europe interviewed Solidarity leaders who escaped imprisonment and reported on their statements and activities. VOA also reported on U.S. […]

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VOA Broadcasts in Russian from Munich – A Backstory

Curator — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 23:43:26 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum and Voice of America – Hidden History The Information Bulletin of the Office of the US High Commissioner for Germany had a short report in its June 1952 issue on the Voice of America (VOA) Russian-language broadcasts originating from Munich, West Germany, from what was called the […]

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Voice of America Polish Service Olympic Studio 1984 – Studio olimpijskie Głosu Ameryki Los Angeles-Waszyngton – Live Coverage – Archiwalne nagranie

Curator — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:42:28 +0000

by Ted Lipien Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will open on July 23, 2021. Today I offer a recording from the Cold War Radio Museum to show how the Voice of America (VOA) Polish Service covered the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The communist government in Poland, […]

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