Voice of America is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 49 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. Its targeted and primary audience is non-American. As of November 2022, its reporting reached 326 million adults per week across all platforms.
Voice of America headquarters
Willis Conover broadcasting with Voice of America in 1969
Martin Luther King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech
Buzz Aldrin on the moon, in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong, who can be seen in the visor reflection along with earth.
International broadcasting
International broadcasting, in a limited extent, began during World War I, when German and British stations broadcast press communiqués using Morse code. With the severing of Germany's undersea cables, the wireless telegraph station in Nauen was the country's sole means of long-distance communication.
Guglielmo Marconi carried out the first short wave transmissions over a long distance.
Joseph Goebbels headed Nazi Germany's Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. International broadcasting was an important element in Nazi propaganda.
