--- Begin Message ---I just finished listening to the NPR program "The Take Away" for August 4, 2015.. http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/pulling-back-curtain/ The program included an interview with Valery Ponomarev who lived behind the iron curtain and was one of millions who formed their opinion of the USA and freedom as expressed in the music Willis Conover played on his VOA program "The Jazz Hour". There is now a campaign to put Willis Conover on a USA postage stamp in recognition of his role in helping to win the "Cold War". They discussed the continuing battle Conover waged against the VOA suits who wanted him to play rock music. The "Jazz Hour" was also my first exposure to serious jazz music (even though I lived within sight of the Empire State Building) as I tweaked my home-made regenerative receiver in defiance of the US Congress's directive to VOA to not broadcast to the USA. Little did the Congress know that one hop skip from southwest Ohio, upstate New York, or ground wave from New Jersey could be heard by a kid who new how to string an antenna, wind a coil, or solder a tube socket. Just to balance this memoir, I first heard of singer Paul Robeson on Radio Moscow as he had been banned on US radio because of his open support of Communism. I have lived in interesting times. There is a link to the program on the show's internet link above. Enjoy. Joe Buch
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