The Voice of America (VOA) is a dynamic international multimedia broadcaster with service in more than 40 languages.  Serving an estimated weekly global audience of 141 million, VOA provides news, information, and cultural programming through the Internet, mobile and social media, radio, and television.  VOA is funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

• The Beginning: An American Voice Greets the World

  The Beginning: An American Voice Greets the World

• VOA in the Postwar Years

  Post-World War II Era

• VOA's Mission in the 1960s and 1970s

  VOA's Mission in the 1960s and 1970s

• Modernizing in the 1980s

  Modernizing in the 1980's

• Restructuring US International Broadcasting in the 1990s

  Restructuring US International Broadcasting in the 1990s

• Innovations for a New Century – Multimedia Expansion

  Innovations for a New Century – Multimedia Expansion

• Language Services

  Today, VOA broadcasts in more than 40 languages to audiences around the world.

• VOA Directors

  The Voice of America's first organizational home was the U.S. Foreign Information Service, which later became the overseas branch of the Office of War Information. FIS' first director was Robert E. Sherwood; Joseph Barnes was his deputy and chief of the New York Office.

• Historical Highlights - 1940s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 1950s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 1960s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 1970s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 1980s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 1990s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• Historical Highlights - 2000s

  Our Historical Highlights present a listing of significant dates and developments in VOA’s history.

• A Guide to the Voice of America Broadcast Archives

  Researching VOA at the National Archives and Library of Congress

• Bibliography

  Additional information about the Voice of America. Underlines in the entries indicate publication titles, not links.

• Willis Conover

  Jazz Ambassador to the World