{"id":37048,"date":"2019-04-30T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37048"},"modified":"2019-04-30T16:29:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:29:53","slug":"rfi-the-power-of-radio-during-british-mandated-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/rfi-the-power-of-radio-during-british-mandated-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"RFI: “The power of radio during British-mandated Palestine”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Radio engineer Moshe Rubin transmits the special broadcast during the opening of the Palestine Broadcasting Service, Ramallah, March 30, 1936. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, via RFI<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Alan Roe, who writes:<\/p>\n

There is an interesting article\/podcast by R France Int
\nentitled “The power of radio during British-mandated Palestine”.<\/a><\/p>\n

“On 30 March 1936, the British High Commissioner of Palestine, Arthur <\/strong>
\nWauchope, inaugurated the Palestinian Broadcasting Service, the PBS. It <\/strong>
\nwas the second broadcaster to be established in the Middle East, after <\/strong>
\nRadio Cairo in 1934, and featured programmes in Arabic, Hebrew and English.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It covered the region of Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well <\/strong>
\nas parts of Egypt. The new transmitter was in Ramallah and the <\/strong>
\nbroadcasting offices were in Jerusalem.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full article and pictures at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.rfi.fr\/middle-east\/20190329-power-radio-during-british-mandated-palestine<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n