p1879
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- Mar 15, 2004
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I nostalgically remember the days when propaganda shortwave stations were rather undiplomatic at times while describing their foe.
My all time favorite was R. Peking for vitriolic attacks. They often referred to any US allies as "the running dogs of imperialism". VOA and other stations condemned "Communist aggressors", and R. Hanoi spoke of the RVN "Puppet troops".
It was difficult listening to R. Moscow for me, with all the industrial production figures and sepulchral voices of the announcers. R. Havana Cuba ran a program from Hanoi called the "Voice of Vietnam", where US POW's read messages to home, along with some coerced "confessions".
Things have changed, last week I caught Habana playing sacred music in honor of the Pope, and R. Rebelde was playing Latin pop.
I am hoping that some of the old timers will chime in with some Cold War radio remembrances,and in particular some of the language used by the propagandists.
Good listening!
p1879
My all time favorite was R. Peking for vitriolic attacks. They often referred to any US allies as "the running dogs of imperialism". VOA and other stations condemned "Communist aggressors", and R. Hanoi spoke of the RVN "Puppet troops".
It was difficult listening to R. Moscow for me, with all the industrial production figures and sepulchral voices of the announcers. R. Havana Cuba ran a program from Hanoi called the "Voice of Vietnam", where US POW's read messages to home, along with some coerced "confessions".
Things have changed, last week I caught Habana playing sacred music in honor of the Pope, and R. Rebelde was playing Latin pop.
I am hoping that some of the old timers will chime in with some Cold War radio remembrances,and in particular some of the language used by the propagandists.
Good listening!
p1879