{"id":32415,"date":"2018-05-23T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32415"},"modified":"2018-05-23T09:14:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:14:04","slug":"95th-anniversary-of-czech-radios-first-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/95th-anniversary-of-czech-radios-first-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"95th anniversary of Czech radio’s first broadcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Czech Radio\u2019s main headquarters in Vinohradsk\u00e1 street in the centre of Prague, photo: Lenka \u017di\u017ekov\u00e1<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following news items from Radio Prague regarding the 95th anniversary of Czech Radio’s first broadcasts:<\/p>\n

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Listening Sessions at a Prague Cinema: Czech Radio\u2019s First Broadcasts Recalled, 95 Years Later<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A historic moment occurred at 20:15 on Saturday May 18, 1923 when the first ever broadcast by Czechoslovak Radio was made from a tent at a military air base in Prague\u2019s Kbely district.<\/p>\n

After the United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia was the second country in Europe to launch regular radio broadcasting.<\/p>\n

Zuzana Foglarov\u00e1 is communications manager at today\u2019s Czech Radio. Speaking at a new exhibition of radio technology at the station, she describes the scene in May 1923.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbove all it was very simple. There was one tent, which had been borrowed from the scouts. On the floor in the tent was a piano and stool. There was also a table for the presenter, technicians and so on. There was only one microphone, and the story goes that if somebody was playing the piano and somebody else was singing, the latter had to sit under the piano so the microphone could pick up all the sounds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Many of the first listeners 95 years ago were waiting to hear the signal come through at a cinema just off Prague\u2019s Wenceslas Square.[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nhttp:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_prague_media\/rebel.radio.cz\/mp3\/podcast\/en\/curraffrs\/listening-sessions-at-a-prague-cinema-czech-radios-first-broadcasts-recalled-95-years-later.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download recording.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article at Radio Prague.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The spectacular Rudgers?v Palace built in the Neo-Classicist style is home to Czech Radio\u2019s Ostrava studios, photo: Daniel Mart\u00ednek, Czech Radio (Source: Radio Praha)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Past and Present: A Gallery of Czech\u00b4s Radio Buildings<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Czech Radio is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year. The Czech national radio broadcaster has come a long way since its pioneering days. Today it is the biggest radio broadcaster in the country with 9 channels, manned not only by its Prague staff but 14 regional branches providing news and reports from around the country. The station\u2019s buildings are also an important part of its history. On the occasion of Czech Radio\u2019s 95th anniversary we have prepared a photo gallery of its buildings, some of them valuable architectural landmarks.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the photo gallery at Radio Prague.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following news items from Radio Prague regarding the 95th anniversary of Czech Radio’s first broadcasts: Listening Sessions at a Prague Cinema: Czech Radio\u2019s First Broadcasts Recalled, 95 Years Later A historic moment occurred at 20:15 on Saturday May 18, 1923 when the first ever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,288,43],"tags":[4895,222,223],"class_list":["post-32415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-prague","tag-radio-praha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8qP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-prague-now-radio-prague-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":32415,"position":0},"title":"Radio Prague now Radio Prague International","author":"Thomas","date":"September 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Prague International via David Iurescia) For 83 years now listeners of Czech Radio\u2019s external service broadcasts have been accustomed to hearing our specific call-sign. 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