Radio Free Asia
Many countries in Asia suffer from over-bearing governments that restrict the flow of media down to what is shown or not shown or what is talked about. Thus the creation of Radio Free Asia in 1951 under the name of "Committee for Free Asia" broadcasting anti-communist propaganda to China. RFA broadcasted from facilities in Manilla in the Philippians, Dacca and Karachi in Pakistan, as well as from Tokyo, there may have been other sites but those were not listed. Starting in 1955 RFA went off the air followed shortly after CIA involvement ended as well. The formally covert run RFA came under the wing of the Board of International Broadcasting. The current Radio Free Asia is a US-funded organization, incorporated in March 1996, and began broadcasting in September 1996. Although senators debated a name change, Richard Richter, the then president of Radio Free Asia, was instructed to change the name back from Asia-Pacific Network to Radio Free Asia, as "we must have the c...