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title: USIS radio poster, 'America Today' (今日美國) (Chinese-language poster distributed in Taiwan)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uscis-radio-poster-america-today-chinese-1952/
description: A red, blue and cream sheet showing two radio towers sending out signals above a microphone marked USIS. The Chinese text announces a programme titled
section: Collection
---

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# USIS radio poster, 'America Today' (今日美國) (Chinese-language poster distributed in Taiwan)

A red, blue and cream sheet showing two radio towers sending out signals above a microphone marked USIS. The Chinese text announces a programme titled 'America Today', relayed by the Taiwan Broadcasting Station nightly from 7:30 to 8:00, in two parts on alternate days. It is chiefly a schedule notice; the only persuasive device is transfer, the USIS-marked microphone and towers lending the programme institutional authority.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
今日美國

廣播時間：每晚七時半至八時
台灣廣播電台代播
第一廣播部份：每星期二,四,六
第二廣播部份：每星期一,三,五

[on microphone:] USIS
[imprint:] 美國新聞處製 (printed right to left as 製處聞新國美) USIS
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
America Today

Broadcast time: every evening 7:30 to 8:00
Relayed by Taiwan Broadcasting Station
First broadcast section: every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Second broadcast section: every Monday, Wednesday, Friday

[on microphone:] USIS
[imprint:] Made by the American News Service (USIS)
```

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