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  • Voice of AmericaOn the 1st of February 1942, a broadcast began from the San Francisco office of the Foreign Information Service. It was transmitted via General Electric's…
  • France 24On the 6th of December 2006, a new television signal began broadcasting from the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. This moment marked the culmination of…
  • Al Jazeera EnglishThe 15th of November 2006 marked the moment Al Jazeera English began broadcasting to a global audience. This date initiated the first twenty-four-hour news…
  • Radio France InternationaleThe year 1975 marked the official birth of Radio France Internationale. This new entity replaced a long line of colonial-era broadcasters that stretched back…
  • RT (TV network)On the 10th of December 2005, a new television channel named Russia Today began broadcasting from Moscow. The Russian government established this network to…
  • Deutsche WelleThe first shortwave broadcast of Deutsche Welle took place on the 3rd of May 1953. An address by West German President Theodor Heuss marked the beginning of…
  • EuronewsOn the first day of 1993, a new television channel began its transmission from Écully, near Lyon. Ten European public broadcasters had joined forces to…
  • Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyAllen Dulles formed the National Committee for a Free Europe in New York City during 1949. This front organization created Radio Free Europe to target Soviet…
  • UkrinformThe Bureau of Ukrainian Press opened its doors in 1918 during the height of the Ukrainian War of Independence. Dmytro Dontsov served as the first director…
  • Sputnik (news agency)On the 10th of November 2014, a new entity named Sputnik emerged from the Russian government-owned news agency Rossiya Segodnya.