{"id":62803,"date":"2025-05-05T12:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62803"},"modified":"2025-05-05T06:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:10:58","slug":"radio-and-resistance-the-legacy-of-radio-plzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/radio-and-resistance-the-legacy-of-radio-plzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio and Resistance: The Legacy of Radio Plzen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo of studio via Radio Prague International<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia for sharing this excellent article from Radio Prague International, which commemorates the 80th anniversary of Radio Plzen\u2019s powerful broadcast urging resistance during World War II: https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/radio-plzen-voice-changed-history-80-years-ago-8849932<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing this excellent article from Radio Prague International, which commemorates the 80th anniversary of Radio Plzen\u2019s powerful broadcast urging resistance during World War II: https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/radio-plzen-voice-changed-history-80-years-ago-8849932<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[4895,10801,10802],"class_list":["post-62803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-plzen","tag-resistance-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gkX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-prague-now-radio-prague-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":62803,"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. Both the call sign and the station\u2019s name have changed over the years. Another small change is now in the pipeline. 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Thanks for the tip, David! 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This year, this eight different QSL cards show Means of Public Transport in the Czech Republic. You can see them at: http:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/\/qsl\/qsl-cards\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Radio-Prague-CableCar-1024x567.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16750,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/2016-radio-prague-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":62803,"position":3},"title":"2016 Radio Prague QSL Cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Hi Thomas: I hope you have started a very good year!!! I'm sending you the link where you can see the new 2016 QSLs from Radio Prague: http:\/\/radio.cz\/en\/static\/qsl\/qsl-cards These are about religious buildings in the Czech Republic. Yours from Argentina\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio-Prague-QSL","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47350,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/radio-pragues-2021-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":62803,"position":4},"title":"Radio Prague’s 2021 QSL Cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Prague International via David Iurescia) The three letters - QSL - constitute one of the codes originally developed in the days of the telegraph. All codes consisted of three letters beginning with \"Q\". Later some of these \"Q\" codes were adopted by radio-telegraphists and radio listeners. 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