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- catalog abstract ""The voice of America is the nation's largest publicly funded broadcasting network, reaching more than 90 million people worldwide in over fifty languages. Since it first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, VOA has undergone a spectacular transformation, and it now employs scores of reporters worldwide and broadcasts around the clock every day of every year, reaching listeners in the four-fifths of the world still denied a completely free press. Alan L. Heil, Jr., former deputy director of VOA, chronicles this remarkable transformation from a fledgling shortwave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio, the internet, and 1,500 affiliated radio and television stations across the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12886130.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The voice of America is the nation's largest publicly funded broadcasting network, reaching more than 90 million people worldwide in over fifty languages. Since it first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, VOA has undergone a spectacular transformation, and it now employs scores of reporters worldwide and broadcasts around the clock every day of every year, reaching listeners in the four-fifths of the world still denied a completely free press. Alan L. Heil, Jr., former deputy director of VOA, chronicles this remarkable transformation from a fledgling shortwave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio, the internet, and 1,500 affiliated radio and television stations across the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Tiananmen: The Burden of Truth -- 2. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Early Years -- 3. The 1950s and 1960s: Forging a More Credible Voice -- 4. The VOA Correspondent: To the Ends of the Earth -- 5. From Here to Everywhere: Building a Global Network -- 6. Into the Citadel of "Ramshackle Excellence": A Portrait -- 7. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Charter as Law -- 8. The Independence Debate: To the Brink and Back -- 9. The Tumultuous 1980s: A Lost Horizon Regained -- 10. The Epochal Years: 1969 and 1989 -- 11. Out of Africa: The Triumph of Straight Talk -- 12. On Language: Words and Their Stories -- 13. Music: The Universal Language -- 14. To the Roof of the World: The Tibetan Service Miracle -- 15. Middle East Flashbacks: The Wars of 1967 and 1991 -- 16. Into the 1990s: The Brave New World of Multimedia -- 17. The Struggle to Get It Straight: Independence at the New Millennium -- 18. America's Voice: A Voice for the Voiceless -- 19. Yearning to Breathe Free: Tales of Great VOA Escapes -- 20. The Struggle Goes On: VOA at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century -- App. A. VOA Journalistic Code, April 12, 1995 -- App. B. Key Legislation Affecting VOA in Addition to the Charter -- App. C. Tables and Charts -- App. D. Selected Statements About VOA by Presidents.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-519) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 538 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0231126743 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0231126751 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "384.54/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HE8697.45.U6 H44 2003".
- catalog subject "International broadcasting United States History.".
- catalog subject "Voice of America (Organization) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Tiananmen: The Burden of Truth -- 2. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Early Years -- 3. The 1950s and 1960s: Forging a More Credible Voice -- 4. The VOA Correspondent: To the Ends of the Earth -- 5. From Here to Everywhere: Building a Global Network -- 6. Into the Citadel of "Ramshackle Excellence": A Portrait -- 7. The Struggle to Get It Straight: The Charter as Law -- 8. The Independence Debate: To the Brink and Back -- 9. The Tumultuous 1980s: A Lost Horizon Regained -- 10. The Epochal Years: 1969 and 1989 -- 11. Out of Africa: The Triumph of Straight Talk -- 12. On Language: Words and Their Stories -- 13. Music: The Universal Language -- 14. To the Roof of the World: The Tibetan Service Miracle -- 15. Middle East Flashbacks: The Wars of 1967 and 1991 -- 16. Into the 1990s: The Brave New World of Multimedia -- 17. The Struggle to Get It Straight: Independence at the New Millennium -- 18. America's Voice: A Voice for the Voiceless -- 19. Yearning to Breathe Free: Tales of Great VOA Escapes -- 20. The Struggle Goes On: VOA at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century -- App. A. VOA Journalistic Code, April 12, 1995 -- App. B. Key Legislation Affecting VOA in Addition to the Charter -- App. C. Tables and Charts -- App. D. Selected Statements About VOA by Presidents.".
- catalog title "Voice of America : a history / Alan L. Heil, Jr.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".