Radio Free Europe - Revision history

James Gallagher at 18:31, 10 March 2015

2015-03-10T18:31:09Z

Tom Griffin: /* External links */

2014-02-05T14:46:20Z

External links

David: /* External links */

2009-03-13T23:52:56Z

External links

David: /* RFE People */

2008-05-16T23:53:12Z

RFE People

David at 07:31, 28 February 2008

2008-02-28T07:31:16Z

Ealasaid Munro at 11:28, 25 July 2007

2007-07-25T11:28:16Z

Ealasaid Munro: /* RFE People */

2007-07-25T11:25:56Z

RFE People

David: /* After merger with Radio Liberty */

2006-11-25T10:25:18Z

After merger with Radio Liberty

David: /* Early history */

2006-11-25T10:23:28Z

Early history

David: /* RFE People */

2006-11-24T22:43:26Z

RFE People

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 '''Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty''' ('''RFE/RL''') is a radio and communications propaganda organization which is funded by the [[Congress of the United States|United States Congress]]. The organization exists in Europe and the Middle East. It broadcasts more than 1,000 hours per week, in 28 languages, via shortwave, AM, FM and the Internet. RFE/RL's official mission statement is "To promote democratic values and institutions by disseminating factual information and ideas."[http://www.rferl.org/about/organization/mission-statement.asp]
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 [[Category:US Propaganda]]

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 * [http://hoorferl.stanford.edu/rlexhibit/timeline.php Hoover Institution Archives: Radio Liberty: 50 Years - Time Line]
 * [http://www.osa.ceu.hu/db/fa/300.htm Archive Detailed Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute]
 * [http://www.btinternet.com/~rrnotes/psywarsoc/fleaf/rfe.htm The Cold War Leaflet Campaign of Radio Free Europe]
 * [http://svoboda.org/ Radio Liberty's Russian language service]
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 * [http://radioliberty.org] (shortwave radio Liberty station in Spain)
 * [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18149/radio_free_europe_still_broadcasting.html Radio Free Europe:  Still Broadcasting], an article that chronicles RFE to the present day
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:US Propaganda]]

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 * [http://radioliberty.org] (shortwave radio Liberty station in Spain)
 * [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18149/radio_free_europe_still_broadcasting.html Radio Free Europe:  Still Broadcasting], an article that chronicles RFE to the present day
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 [[Category:US Propaganda]]

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 *[[Jeffrey Gedmin]], Director 2007-
 *[[Thomas A. Dine]], former director.
 *[[Jan Nowak-Jeziorański]] - head of the Polish section 1952-1976
 *[[Zdzisław Najder]] - head of the Polish section 1982-1987

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	* [http://radioliberty.org] (shortwave radio Liberty station in Spain)		* [http://radioliberty.org] (shortwave radio Liberty station in Spain)
	* [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18149/radio_free_europe_still_broadcasting.html Radio Free Europe: Still Broadcasting], an article that chronicles RFE to the present day		* [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18149/radio_free_europe_still_broadcasting.html Radio Free Europe: Still Broadcasting], an article that chronicles RFE to the present day
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 The collapse of the Soviet Union reduced the budget for RFE/RL: its headquarters were moved to Prague in 1995 and European operations were curtailed (save those of the South Slavic Department). However operations were expanded elsewhere; in 1998 [[Radio Free Iraq]] and a Persian service ([[Radio Farda]]) were started, in 1999 a service was started in Kosovo, and in 2002 [[Radio Free Afghanistan]] was restarted and the Persian Service was incorporated into Radio Farda. In addition, in 1994 the mission of the International Broadcasting Bureau was transferred to the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]].
 == Radio Liberty Sample Broadcast ==
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 ==RFE People==
 *[[Jeffrey Gedmin]], Director 2007-
-*[[Thomas A. Dine]], Director 2000-2007.
+*[[Thomas A. Dine]], former director.
 *[[Jan Nowak-Jeziorański]] - head of the Polish section 1952-1976
 *[[Zdzisław Najder]] - head of the Polish section 1982-1987

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 == After merger with Radio Liberty ==
-In [[1975]], RFE was merged with a very similar Congress funded [[anti-communist]] organization called Radio Liberty (RL, founded in [[1951]] by the [[American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia]]) and the group name was officially changed to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
+In 1975, RFE was merged with a very similar Congress funded [[anti-communist]] organization called Radio Liberty (RL, founded in 1951 by the [[American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia]]) and the group name was officially changed to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities regularly attempted to [[Radio Jamming|jam]] RFE/RL broadcasts and these efforts did not end until [[1988]]. From [[1985]] until [[1993]] the organization also ran [[Radio Free Afghanistan]].
+Soviet authorities regularly attempted to jam RFE/RL broadcasts and these efforts did not end until 1988. From 1985 until 1993 the organization also ran [[Radio Free Afghanistan]].
-The collapse of the Soviet Union reduced the budget for RFE/RL: its headquarters were moved to [[Prague]] in [[1995]] and European operations were curtailed (save those of the South Slavic Department). However operations were expanded elsewhere; in [[1998]] [[Radio Free Iraq]] and a [[Persian language|Persian]] service ([[Radio Farda]]) were started, in [[1999]] a service was started in [[Kosovo]], and in [[2002]] [[Radio Free Afghanistan]] was restarted and the Persian Service was incorporated into Radio Farda. In addition, in 1994 the mission of the International Broadcasting Bureau was transferred to the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]].
+The collapse of the Soviet Union reduced the budget for RFE/RL: its headquarters were moved to Prague in 1995 and European operations were curtailed (save those of the South Slavic Department). However operations were expanded elsewhere; in 1998 [[Radio Free Iraq]] and a Persian service ([[Radio Farda]]) were started, in 1999 a service was started in Kosovo, and in 2002 [[Radio Free Afghanistan]] was restarted and the Persian Service was incorporated into Radio Farda. In addition, in 1994 the mission of the International Broadcasting Bureau was transferred to the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]].
 == Radio Liberty Sample Broadcast ==

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 == Early history ==
-The [[National Committee for a Free Europe]] was founded in June [[1949]] in New York. RFE was the broadcasting arm of this organization. The headquarters was established in Munich and it transmitted its first short-wave program on July 4, 1950, to Czechoslovakia.
+The [[National Committee for a Free Europe]] was founded in June 1949 in New York. RFE was the broadcasting arm of this organization. The headquarters was established in Munich and it transmitted its first short-wave program on July 4, 1950, to Czechoslovakia.
-The organization received its funds from the [[Congress of the United States]] and until 1971 they were passed to RFE through the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. The [[Broadcasting|broadcasts]] were part of a general CIA [[psychological warfare]] campaign directed behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. The CIA created general guidelines and had daily input into the handling of news items. The CIA funding of RFE was not publicly acknowledged until [[1971]] at which point the organization was rechartered in [[Delaware]] as a [[non-profit]] corporation, oversight was moved to the [[International Broadcasting Bureau]] (IBB), and the budget was moved to open appropriations.
+The organization received its funds from the [[Congress of the United States]] and until 1971 they were passed to RFE through the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. The broadcasts were part of a general CIA [[psychological warfare]] campaign directed behind the Iron Curtain. The CIA created general guidelines and had daily input into the handling of news items. The CIA funding of RFE was not publicly acknowledged until 1971 at which point the organization was rechartered in Delaware as a non-profit corporation, oversight was moved to the [[International Broadcasting Bureau]] (IBB), and the budget was moved to open appropriations.
 == After merger with Radio Liberty ==