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Upon the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, the BBC had merged its two nationwide radio stations – the National Programme and the Regional Programme (which were begun broadcasting on 9 March 1930) – into a single BBC Home Service.
Radio Oranje (Dutch: [ˈraːdijoː oːˈrɑɲə]; "Radio Orange") was a Dutch radio programme on the BBC European Service broadcast to the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was transmitted from London and broadcast programmes of approximately 15 minutes.
On the outbreak of World War II, the British Admiralty took over control from the GPO, and the embryo merchant ship broadcast system, called GBMS came into force. Ships listened at routine times to the Rugby Radio Station and to area stations, otherwise keeping watch on the international distress frequency at 500 kHz. After the fall of France ...
"On December 7, 1941, you started getting those messages and you listened to it unfold, delivered directly to our homes, sometimes through live [recorded] broadcast from Normandy."
The first radio station began in Delta Junction, Alaska, on what was then known as Fort Greely. It was called KODK and was operated by on base personnel. In the years just before World War II, there were several radio stations based in American military bases, but none were officially recognized until 1942. The success of these individual radio ...
Initially, the station was on the air from 11.00 am until 11.00 pm. However from Sunday 16 June 1940, the station would commence its broadcasting day from 6.30 am and would continue until 11.00 pm. These broadcasting hours remained in place until the new BBC General Forces Programme began on Sunday 27 February 1944, with the service maintaining ...
The station was the idea of the Political Warfare Executive's Sefton Delmer and broadcast from the Aspidistra in Sussex, England, between 1943 and 1945. The radio station's transmission signal was strong enough to be received in all the Atlantic Ocean, and thus reach its intended audience, German submariners.
Germany Calling was an English language propaganda radio programme, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in the British Isles and North America during the Second World War. Every broadcast began with the station announcement: "Germany calling! Here are the Reichssender Hamburg, station Bremen".