Zofia Korbonska Archives - Cold War Radio Museum

Voice of America in 1957 and 1972 – VOA’s International Broadcasting Successes and Failures

Curator — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:30:57 +0000

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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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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Discrimination of Refugee Broadcasters by Voice of America Management Has Been Hidden for Decades

Curator — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:14:34 +0000

Treated for decades as second-class citizens and denied direct access to wire services by U.S.-born, mostly white, mostly left-leaning, and mostly male Voice of America (VOA) managers and reporters, these VOA immigrant broadcasters, some of them outstanding women journalists who spent time in communist prisons, did their best to win the propaganda war with the […]

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Mira Złotowska – Michałowska — VOA journalists who opposed her communist propaganda

Curator — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:47:36 +0000

By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum Soviet influence at Voice of America during World War II — documents and analysis Soviet influence at WWII Voice of America From VOA to communist regime journalist Choices of VOA’s pro-Soviet journalist VOA journalist marries Communists A pro-Soviet propagandist at OWI and VOA VOA communist partner Stefan […]

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Voice of America 1951 – ‘Drab’ ‘Unconvincing’

Curator — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:57:21 +0000

Cold War Radio Museum In 1951, the Voice of America (VOA), which was at that time located in New York but managed from Washington by the State Department, was under heavily criticism, particularly from Republicans in the U.S. Congress, for failing to counter Soviet propaganda. Voice of America listeners in communist ruled Poland, in letters […]

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