[1][2][3] Voice of Freedom was established in November 1955 by a group of local activists, including Vaman Sardesai, Libia Lobo, and Nicolau Menezes, who aimed to challenge Portuguese rule in India and promote the idea of an independent Goa.
[3][7][8] The station primarily used shortwave radio frequencies, allowing it to reach a broad audience, including remote areas of Goa and international sympathizers of the Goan independence cause.
[1][2] The station played an important role in shaping public opinion against Portuguese rule, countering the official news broadcasts at a time when the major newspapers were heavily censored.
Content also included updates on the Indian independence movement, discussions on the global context of decolonization, and calls for the Goans to join the struggle for their freedom.
Major Filipe de Barros Rodrigues of the Portuguese army wrote that the station had "assumed the command of the entire propaganda and maintained its aggressiveness and its militancy.