Voice of America adds Hokkien-language programs: 美國之音增播閩南語節目 (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)
A Chinese-language poster announcing additional Voice of America programs in the Southern Min (Hokkien) dialect, with a daily 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. schedule and shortwave and mediumwave frequencies. A cartoon line of men, women and a child in varied dress walks toward a radio, where a seated man listens. The tell is bandwagon: a queue of different listeners all heading to the set implies that everyone tunes in.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 16, 1951
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- USIS Taipei (美國新聞處), for the U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. information program), Asia posters series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- 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, 16 April 1951. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730145, 306-PPA-244).
Text on the object
美國之音 增播 閩南語節目 每日 廣播時間 下午六時 至六時半 短波 中波 兆週率 千週率 11.89 920 11.79 11.73 9.515 最新增 播節目！ 國際新聞！ 時事述評！ 新聞註解！ 美國新聞處 台北襄陽路
Voice of America, additional broadcasts: Southern Min (Hokkien) language programs. Daily broadcast time: 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Shortwave (megacycles): 11.89, 11.79, 11.73, 9.515. Mediumwave (kilocycles): 920. The newest added programs! International news! Commentary on current affairs! News explained! American Information Service (USIS), Xiangyang Road, Taipei.
