{"id":40526,"date":"2019-11-16T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40526"},"modified":"2019-11-11T07:32:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T11:32:35","slug":"short-film-about-rias-rundfunk-im-amerikanischen-sektor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/short-film-about-rias-rundfunk-im-amerikanischen-sektor\/","title":{"rendered":"Short film about RIAS (Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40527\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43.jpg 830w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-05.54.43-624x366.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Gerhart, who shares links to this short 1994 film, produced by Deutsche Welle TV, about the West Berlin radio station, RIAS:<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4MfDs89WXt4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 1:<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MfDs89WXt4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D-BJw0W-E6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 2:<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D-BJw0W-E6c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious if any <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers ever listened to or logged RIAS while living or travelling in West\/East Berlin during the Cold War years. Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gerhart, who shares links to this short 1994 film, produced by Deutsche Welle TV, about the West Berlin radio station, RIAS: Part 1: Part 2: I&#8217;m curious if any SWLing Post readers ever listened to or logged RIAS while living or travelling in West\/East Berlin during the Cold War [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,3,288],"tags":[8123,752,328,8121,8122],"class_list":["post-40526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-berlin","tag-cold-war","tag-deutsche-welle","tag-rias","tag-rundfunk-im-amerikanischen-sektor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-axE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40083,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/iconic-berlin-tv-tower-turns-50\/","url_meta":{"origin":40526,"position":0},"title":"Iconic Berlin TV Tower turns 50","author":"Thomas","date":"October 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Deutsche Welle via David Iurescia) It served as a symbol of communist power and remains a remarkable landmark of the now reunited city: the Fernsehturm on Alexanderplatz was inaugurated on October 3, 1969. 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Paul shared the following links: Current shortwave schedule: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133929\/b17webkw.pdf Linked from this page: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/dw-radio-programs\/a-1777509 English only gets one hour a day on satellite http:\/\/www.dw.com\/downloads\/41133930\/b17websat.pdf","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dw-scedule.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dw-scedule.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dw-scedule.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7189,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/shortwave-radio-recordings-deutsche-welle\/","url_meta":{"origin":40526,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Deutsche Welle","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: a recording of the Deutsche Welle English service\u00a0made this morning, September 3rd, starting at 04:00 UTC. 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