During the Cold War, Voice of America (VOA) broadcast mostly radio programs. Most of the radio transmissions were delivered through shortwave. VOA would send out QSL cards as a written confirmation of reception to those listeners who requested...
By Ted Lipien As more and more questions are being asked by members of Congress and scandals reported by liberal and conservative press about the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) — the tax-funded, U.S...
At Voice of America, history repeats itself because of poor USAGM leadership, partisan bias and violations of VOA Charter. Washington Examiner Op-Ed and USAGM Watch Media Commentary According to the former Voice of America journalist and manager...
Józef Czapski (1896-1993) was a major artistic and literary figure of the Cold War period Polish refugee community in the West. He was a painter, writer, a pacifist who became a military officer, a prisoner in the Soviet Union, and a witness to...
General Lucius D. Clay, Rtd. on Difference Between Radio Free Europe and Voice of America by Ted Lipien Because it is devoted to the single most important job in the world-to help keep World War III from happening. If...
Zofia Korbońska, a Voice of America refugee journalist, was a remarkable Polish-American woman who fought against two of the 20th century’s deadliest totalitarian ideologies. She was a World War II anti-Nazi resistance hero during the German...
VOA Broadcasts in Russian from Munich – A Backstory 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...
Envelope for a Letter to the Voice of America from Sweden 1949 By Ted Lipien for Cold War Radio Museum and Voice of America – Hidden History The letter from Güteborg, Sweden to “The Voice of Amerika,”...
This post includes a reproduction image of the envelope for a letter sent to the Voice of America German Service, Die Stimme Amerikas, in New York with a postmark from Karlsruhe, Baden 2, February 3, 1949. We also include an article (in German)...
By Ted Lipien With the exception of a few broadcasters who were quickly silenced or marginalized by the management of the Office of War Information (OWI), the entire wartime Voice of America (VOA) glorified Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin not only...
In a new multipart series presenting many primary sources, the Cold War Radio Museum is looking at President Harry S. Truman’s “Campaign of Truth” (1950-1952) against Soviet propaganda and at problems with its implementation at the U.S...
In April 1949, someone mailed a letter from Ravenna, Italy to the Voice of America (VOA) office in Rome at Via Vittorio Veneto 62. The envelope was addressed to “LA VOCE DELL ‘ AMERICA” (THE VOICE OF AMERICA). It had no return...
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