{"id":18151,"date":"2016-07-23T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18151"},"modified":"2016-07-25T07:27:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T11:27:30","slug":"cold-war-clandestine-radio-from-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/cold-war-clandestine-radio-from-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War Clandestine Radio from Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14531\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"HalliDial\" width=\"625\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UPDATE: The links to Cold War Radio Radio Vignettes below became inactive just prior to publication.\u00a0Richard Cummings has kindly assembled the texts I referenced and made a PDF booklet available for SWLing Post readers. <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/update-cold-war-clandestine-radio-from-greece\/\">Click here to download<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor <a href=\"http:\/\/voaradiogram.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Elliott<\/a> who (some time ago) shared a link to a series of posts by\u00a0Richard Cummings from his website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cold War Radio Vignettes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29exF3D\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19881 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cold-War-Radio-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cold-War-Radio\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cold-War-Radio-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Cold-War-Radio.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Cummings is the author of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29exF3D\" target=\"_blank\">Cold War Radio: The Dangerous History of American Broadcasting in Europe, 1950-1989<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29ckYaT\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free Europe&#8217;s &#8220;Crusade for Freedom&#8221; Rallying Americans Behind Cold War Broadcasting, 1950-1960<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cumming&#8217;s\u00a0blog is updated frequently and features many fascinating historical &#8220;vignettes&#8221;\u00a0regarding Cold War radio broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>Kim specifically mentioned\u00a0a series of posts with a focus on Cold War American broadcasting from Greece, suggesting <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers might enjoy this bit of Cold War history. I completely agree!<\/p>\n<p>Below, I&#8217;ve linked to a total of six posts Cummings published on the topic. Enjoy:<\/p>\n<h2>Cold War American Clandestine Radio Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain from Greece<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Cold War American Clandestine Radio Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain from Greece, to Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/03\/cold-war-american-clandestine-radio_24.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1: Novaya Ukraine, 1955-1958, The Set Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/03\/cold-war-american-clandestine-radio_28.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2: Novaya Ukraine, 1955-1959<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/04\/part-3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3: Novaya Ukraine, 1955-1959<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cold War American Clandestine Radio Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain from Greece: \u201cFuture of Romania &#8212; Voice of National Resistance\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/04\/cold-war-american-clandestine-radio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part One, The Set Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/04\/cold-war-american-clandestine-radio_25.html\" target=\"_blank\">Part Two, Project SHELLAC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\/2016\/04\/cold-war-american-radio-broadcasting.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cold War American Clandestine Radio Broadcasting over the Iron Curtain from Greece: Nasha Rossiya (Our Russia)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Want more?<\/h2>\n<p>If you enjoy Cold War radio history, I strongly recommend\u00a0that you bookmark <a href=\"https:\/\/coldwarradios.blogspot.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Cold War Radio Vignettes<\/a>. I&#8217;m placing a permanent link in our sidebar.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks again for the tip, Kim!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE: It appears the posts have been removed from the Cold War Radio Vignettes site. \u00a0I will contact the owner and see if they can be re-posted.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The links to Cold War Radio Radio Vignettes below became inactive just prior to publication.\u00a0Richard Cummings has kindly assembled the texts I referenced and made a PDF booklet available for SWLing Post readers. Click here to download. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Kim Elliott who (some time ago) shared a link to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,1850,288,43],"tags":[4109,870,752,3067,5239,2095,1664,4091,5240],"class_list":["post-18151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-propaganda","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-clandestine","tag-clandestine-radio","tag-cold-war","tag-cold-war-radio","tag-cold-war-radio-vignettes","tag-greece","tag-kim-elliott","tag-radio-history","tag-richard-cummings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4IL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20144,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/update-cold-war-clandestine-radio-from-greece\/","url_meta":{"origin":18151,"position":0},"title":"Update: Cold War Clandestine Radio from Greece","author":"Thomas","date":"July 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday, I published\u00a0a post referencing Cold War Clandestine Radio from Greece\u00a0with links to Richard Cummings' excellent website Cold War Radio Vignettes. 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In doing so so, I came across a clandestine radio station called Radio Vltava that broadcast from East Germany into Czechoslovakia\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20321,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/rfe-and-the-1956-hungarian-revolution-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":18151,"position":2},"title":"RFE and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Part 1)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Richard Cummings of the website, Cold War Radio Vignettes, who notes that he has posted a new article\u00a0about Radio Free Europe and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Part 1). The article spotlights Operation FOCUS,\u00a0which was the combined balloon\/leaflet and RFE broadcast endeavours 1954-56. Richard notes that Part 2\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HalliDial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HalliDial-1024x400.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23063,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/radio-free-europe-and-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":18151,"position":3},"title":"Radio Free Europe and Christmas","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Cummings, who shares the 1951 Radio Free Europe Christmas card above. Richard also notes that he recently published a two-part series on RFE and Christmas on his blog, Cold War Radio Vignettes. 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