Voices of Freedom - Western Interference?: 60 Years of Radio Free Europe

Voices of Freedom - Western Interference?: 60 Years of Radio Free Europe

Voices of Freedom - Western Interference?: 60 Years of Radio Free Europe

Voices of Freedom - Western Interference?: 60 Years of Radio Free Europe

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English summary: The authors of this anthology look at the background, program and influence of the radio station Radio Free Europe during the Cold War. Foreign radio stations played a major role during the Cold War. Radio Free Europe (RFE), which was founded in Munich in 1951, was for many people on the other side of the "iron curtain" one of the most important alternative sources of information available. Although it was crucial to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent democratization of Eastern Europe, its history has to date seen little research. The contributions in this volume illuminate the political background of RFE and analyze the journalistic practices as well as the contents and reception of its programs. German description: In den Auseinandersetzungen zwischen West und Ost im Kalten Krieg erlangten Rundfunksender eine neue Bedeutung: Anders als die traditionellen Printmedien konnten Radiowellen den Eisernen Vorhang durchdringen. Im Mai 1951 nahm das amerikanische Radio Free Europe (RFE) in Munchen seinen Sendebetrieb auf. Es beschaftigte Emigranten, die mit ihren Sendungen fur ihre Heimatlander eine alternative Berichterstattung uber die politische und gesellschaftliche Lage im Land sowie uber die westliche Kultur bereitstellten. Wahrend die sozialistischen Staaten versuchten den Empfang von RFE zu verhindern, war der Sender fur viele Menschen in der Tschechoslowakei, Polen, Ungarn, Rumanien und Bulgarien uber Jahrzehnte eine der wenigen alternativen Informationsquellen. Obwohl RFE damit grosse Bedeutung fur die (Wieder-)Etablierung der Demokratie im ostlichen Europa zukommt, ist die Geschichte des Senders bislang kaum erforscht.Die Beitrage des vorliegenden Bandes nahern sich dem Thema aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Sie beleuchten die politischen Hintergrunde und analysieren die sich wandelnde journalistische Praxis, Programminhalte sowie die Rezeption der Sendungen. Der Band stellt damit den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Thema dar. Er umfasst Beitrage etablierter Wissenschaftler und jungerer Forscher aus Europa und den USA, Erinnerungen von Zeitzeugen runden den Band ab.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783525373101
Publisher: V&R Academic
Publication date: 09/16/2015
Series: Veroffentlichungen des Collegium Carolinum , #130
Pages: 294
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anna Bischof ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Collegium Carolinum und Doktorandin an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen. Dr. Zuzana Jurgens ist bis Januar 2014 Direktorin des Tschechischen Zentrums in Munchen.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms vii

Preface xi

Radio Free Europe: Research and Perspectives. An Introduction Anna Bischof Robert Luff 1

Institutionalizing Radio Free Europe during the Cold War

The "Freedom Radios" in the US Cold War Strategy: A Discussion of the Projects and Objectives that Led to the Establishment of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty Simo Mikkonen 15

The Tangled Web: Central Intelligence Agency and the Crusade for Freedom and Radio Free Europe-the Early Years Richard H. Cummings 35

Strategies of Legitimization and Structural Circumstances

Sight Radio: Radio Free Europe on Screen, 1951-1965 Yuliya Komska 55

The Uninvited Guest-Radio Free Europe in the Federal Republic of Germany A. Ross Johnson 77

In the Juridical Loophole: Radio Free Europe and the International Legality of Broadcast Transmissions across the Iron Curtain Christian Henrich-Franke 93

Journalistic Practice and Program Content

The Intricacies of a (Cold) War of Ideas: Radio Free Europe from Above and from Below Ioana Macrea-Toma 109

Radio Free Europe's Central Newsroom: Journalists as Émigrés Susan D. Haas 147

The Fall of Communism in Romania-as Heard on Radio Free Europe Anamaria Neag Helena Sandberg 177

The Role of Radio Free Europe's Romanian and Hungarian Language Services in Raising Public Awareness about the Ceausescu Regime's National Policy towards Ethnic Minorities Petru Weber 195

Reception and Responses in Central and Eastern Europe

Radio Free Europe and the Polish Elite: Trusting the Enemy Station More Than Your Own Jane L. Curry 203

The Response to RFE Broadcasting in Czechoslovakia: An Attempt at Evaluation Prokop Tomek 219

Accounts from Contemporaries

The Unique Situation and Difficulties of the Czechoslovak Service of Radio Free Europe (1950-1995) Martin K. Bachstein 235

Short Accounts 253

RFE Employees:

Polish Broadcasting Service Wieslaw Wawrzyniak 253

Bulgarian Broadcasting Service Jenny Georgiev-Keiser 258

Czechoslovak Broadcasting Service Agnes Kalinová (†) 261

Broadcast Analysis Department Martin K. Bachstein 263

RFE Listeners:

Hungary György Varga 266

Czechoslovakia Petr Pospíchal 268

Bulgaria Ludmil Janev 273

Experts in International Broadcasting:

Head of the Eastern Europe Division and Head of the Russian Program Ingo Mannteufel Deutsche Welle 275

Hamburg University Hans J. Kleinsteuber (†) 278

Contributors 283

Index 289

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