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
- Date
- March 26, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Service (USIS), per imprint; USIA Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 26, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730124, 306-PPA-226).
Text on the object
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
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)
