Editing Yankee Doodle (section)

==Notable renditions==

The American state broadcaster [[Voice of America]] (VOA) uses the tune of Yankee Doodle as their [[interval signal]]. There is uncertainty over the origin of the VOA's decision to use the tune. In his 1990 memoir ''Being Red'', [[Howard Fast]] claimed that while working as the VOA's chief news writer and news director in 1943, he selected "as a joke" Yankee Doodle for the broadcaster's interval signal.

<blockquote> I established contact at the Soviet embassy with people who spoke English and were willing to feed me important bits and pieces from their side of the wire. I had long ago, somewhat facetiously, suggested “Yankee Doodle” as our musical signal, and now that silly little jingle was a power cue, a note of hope everywhere on earth, conveyed by short wave as well as by our four-hour American BBC. When I sat down to write “Good morning, this is the Voice of America,” I now have a grasp of things.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3d3BDF1phE|title=Voice Of America (VoA) Signature Tune (Yankee Doodle)|date=10 November 2011|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bbgwatch.com/80-years-of-voa-different-names-of-the-voice-of-america/ | title=80 Years of VOA: Different Names of the Voice of America – BBG and USAGM Watch }}</ref></blockquote>