RFE/RL History in Images

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A broadcast from the first Radio Free Europe studio in Munich. RFE began broadcasting from Munich in May 1951. From 1953 to 1956, due to jammed signals, RFE floated balloons filled with news reports over the Iron Curtain. RFE was embroiled in controversy following the 1956 Hungarian revolt when it was accused of inciting people to violence. A broadcaster prepares a music program, 1960s. Banned cultural offerings have always been a part of RFE\'s programming. Future U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is interviewed by Radio Free Europe in 1962. Singer Tom Jones is interviewed by Radio Free Europe, March 1968. During the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, RFE was the main source of accurate information for citizens. Aftermath of the February 1981 terrorist bombing on the RFE headquarters in Munich. Pro-RFE graffiti in Gdansk, Poland, 1981. The bottom line reads: “We demand the liberation of political prisoners! The master control room of the RFE Munich headquarters, 1980s. Prague. First the Czechoslovak Stock Exchange and later the Communist Parliament building, RFE moved here in 1995. RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine cuts the symbolic ribbon to begin Radio Free Afghanistan broadcasts on January 30, 2002. Radio Farda broadcaster Maryam Ahmadi, reading the first news broadcast of the new Radio Farda, December 18, 2002. Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel speaks at the 10th anniversary of Radio Free Europe in Prague, 2005. As of June 2009, all of RFE/RL’s operations will be based at our new, custom built home in Prague.
 

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