Radio Free Europe (RFE), broadcasting organization established in 1950 with the stated mission of promoting democratic values and institutions. Its original purpose was to broadcast news to countries behind the "Iron Curtain" during the cold war . In 1975, it was merged with Radio Liberty (RL), a similar enterprise that broadcast to the nations inside the Soviet Union. RFE receives most of its funding from the U.S. Congress. Until 1971, the funds were channeled through the Central Intelligence Agency; since that time the funds have been received in the form of grants through the Broadcasting Board of Governors of the U.S. Information Agency. The collapse of the USSR brought about changes including budget cuts and the relocation of headquarters from Munich, Germany, to Prague, the Czech Republic, in 1995. Broadcasts were ended in some areas but added in others. They are now sent to E and SE Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East. They continue to include news, political commentaries, sports, and music, and to be written, produced, and broadcast by nationals from the audience countries. RFE/RL now broadcasts over shortwave, AM/FM channels, and the Internet.
Bibliography: See R. Holt, Radio Free Europe (1958); A. A. Michie, Voices through the Iron Curtain (1963); D. Shanor, The New Voice of Radio Free Europe (1968).
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Debate Over Usefulness of Radio Free Europe
All Things Considered (NPR); 1/6/1994; 939 words;
... the same thing. But Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty have survived ... leaders across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet ... to argue that the radio services should be ... provide. [sounds of Radio Liberty] Radio Liberty service to ... concentrate on local news, ...
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Radio Free Europe's impact on the Kremlin in the Hungarian crisis of 1956: three hypotheses.(introduction in French)
Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2004; Granville, Johanna; 15736 words;
... RFE's former Deputy European Director Allan Michie ... regime by American radio, and Legation feels ... Hungarian leader. IV. Radio Broadcasts As irksome ... balloon operations, the radio broadcasts nettled ... throughout Eastern Europe were scrambling for ... for five shortwave radio ...
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Bureaucrats stalk Radio Free Europe
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/19/1991; Rowland Evans; Robert Novak; 538 words;
... close to choking off Radio Free Europe from three seedling East European democracies that want and need it. Radio Free Europe, the main source of accurate domestic news in Eastern Europe since World War II ... asking continuance of Radio Free ...
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THOMAS A. DINE PRESIDENT OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY THOMAS A. DINE DISCUSSES DISAPPEARANCE OF RUSSIAN SERVICE CORRESPONDENT ANDREI BABITSKY AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
Washington Transcript Service; 2/25/2000; 5488 words;
00-00-0000 RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY PRESIDENT THOMAS ... DINE, PRESIDENT OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY [*] DINE: First ... authorities. And we at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as his employers ... has now become regular news ... .
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Analysis: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is asked to be removed from Prague by the Czech government
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR); 2/3/2002; LISA SIMEONE; 1028 words;
... someone wanted to blow up Radio Free Europe, they would have done ... I don't think that Radio Free Europe or the building of the Radio Free Europe is such a target, no ... language spoken) RAZ: At a news conference this past ... Dine, the president of ...
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Radio Free Europe and the Catholic Church in Poland During the 1950s and 1960s
Canadian Slavonic Papers; 9/1/2004; Kasprzak, Michal; 7778 words;
... workings of Radio Free Europe during the Cold War ... and George R. Urban's Radio Free Europe and the Pursuit of ... depicting how a small radio station "engaged in ... Poles who worked for Radio Free Poland.13 Jan Z. Nowak-Jeziorans ... confused picture of Radio ...
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Inside Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Partisan Review; 1/1/2003; Miller, Stephen; 4545 words;
... the new President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty--James R ... far from being hack radio stations that droned ... people in Eastern Europe--including Vaclav ... reliable source of news. RFE/RL had a core ... newspapers in Western Europe and the U.S. For the ... Laqueur says, ...
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Tide of Democracy in Eastern Europe Clouds the Future of Radio Free Europe
The Washington Post; 8/1/1990; Marc Fisher; 1383 words;
... Party called the local Radio Free Europe correspondent and asked ... sold-out tribute to Radio Liberty organized by ... government, tune in Radio Free Europe-the U.S.-funded station ... decades transmitted news of the underground ... countries of Eastern Europe. These ...
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From Communism to Clinton: U.S. Radio Free Europe Switches to New Focus
The Washington Post; 4/3/1993; Marc Fisher; 969 words;
... United States built Radio Free Europe's headquarters on ... not last in Eastern Europe, the planners figured, so the U.S. radio station should double ... vanished from Eastern Europe, but there is no sign ... nurses here. Not that Radio Free Europe - the U.S.-funded ...
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Close Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, panel says
The Boston Globe; 8/4/1992; Associated Press; 375 words;
WASHINGTON -- Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, founded more ... recommended in December that Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty continue operations ... commission said broadcasts of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty increasingly ...
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UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS R. NICHOLAS BURNS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS R. NICHOLAS BURNS IS INTERVIEWED BY RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY
Washington Transcript Service; 8/20/2007; 8442 words;
... countries and the European countries to limit ... from the Central News Room. I just returned ... working with the European Union allies to support ... Russia and China, the European countries and the ... made 20 trips to Europe and Asia to be involved ... the Indians and the Europeans to ...
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Sending cross-border static: on the fate of Radio Free Europe and the influence of international broadcasting. (an interview with former chair of the Board for International Broadcasting Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.) (Power of the Media in the Global System) (Interview)
Journal of International Affairs; 6/22/1993; Raghavan, Sudarsan V. Johnson, Stephen S. Bahrenburg, Kristi K.; 5034 words;
... services, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia and the Voice ... necessary, particularly in Europe. The discussion became ... cutting the potential Radio Free Asia Service, which ... Until that time, those radio stations had ...
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Post-Cold War Message May Be Muted; Radio Free Europe, Sister Station Threatened by U.S. Budget Cuts and Political Maneuvering
The Washington Post; 10/17/1995; Michael Dobbs; 1483 words;
... stridently anti-communist radio station. "The message ... on Sept. 8 to mark Radio Free Europe's transformation from ... Scarcely a month after Radio Free Europe and its sister station Radio Liberty moved from ... two American-funded radio stations is again ... general ...
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Radio Free Europe journalists join Wiesel's protest
Jerusalem Post; 12/19/2004; AP; 214 words;
... 12-19-2004 Headline: Radio Free Europe journalists join Wiesel ... Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 05 Sunday, December ... Fifteen journalists from Radio Free Europe said in a letter published ... country's communist era, when Radio Free Europe was the only ...
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HUNGARY'S FALSE HOPE DETAILED : RADIO FREE EUROPE FOMENTED UPRISING.(NEWS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/29/1996; 741 words;
... released documents concerning Radio Free Europe broadcasts during the 1956 Hungarian ... the broadcasts is an internal Radio Free Europe memorandum written by William ... At the time of the revolt, Radio Free Europe was covertly financed in part ...
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