{"id":66593,"date":"2026-07-15T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66593"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:27:29","slug":"90-years-of-radio-prague-founded-to-fight-nazi-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/90-years-of-radio-prague-founded-to-fight-nazi-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"90 Years of Radio Prague: Founded to Fight Nazi Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia for sharing the first installment of a fascinating look at how Radio Prague became a powerful weapon against Nazi propaganda in the years leading up to World War II.<\/p>\n

You can read the full article here<\/a>, and\/or listen to the Radio Prague Episode below:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/english.radio.cz\/sites\/default\/files\/audios\/e75b8c678f25c4967dc50521d9b12c38.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia for sharing the first installment of a fascinating look at how Radio Prague became a powerful weapon against Nazi propaganda in the years leading up to World War II. You can read the full article here, and\/or listen to the Radio Prague Episode below: https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/english.radio.cz\/sites\/default\/files\/audios\/e75b8c678f25c4967dc50521d9b12c38.mp3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[4895,222],"class_list":["post-66593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-prague"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hk5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/radio-prague-now-radio-prague-international\/","url_meta":{"origin":66593,"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! Note that Radio Prague is still on shortwave via WRMI on 9,395 kHz (though, at the moment,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","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\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23351,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/2017-radio-prague-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":66593,"position":2},"title":"2017 Radio Prague QSL cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: Hi Thomas: As every year, Radio Prague has a new collection of QSL cards for its listeners. 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":66593,"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. 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