Take a look at more than 65 years of RFE/RL history in photos. Established at the beginning of the Cold War to transmit uncensored news and information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain, RFE/RL now provides uncensored news and information in 25 languages to 20 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Russia. Audiences turn to RFE/RL for what they cannot get locally: uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
RFE/RL History in Images
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In RFE's early days, the 1956 Hungarian revolution provided one of the first challenges for RFE journalists.
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Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower talks with RFE director C. Rodney Smith in front of a map showing RFE's broadcasting area in the early 1960s.
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Germany -- Czechoslovak Service Broadcaster Rozina Jadrna prepares a music program in the 1960s. RFE/RL’s programming included, and still includes, cultural items not accessible to people in its broadcast region.
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U.S. journalist Walter Cronkite narrates a film about RFE commissioned by the National Committee for a Free Europe in the 1960s.