A word of introduction
Seventy years is a long time in the life of a radio station. Several generations have come and gone and the years have seen many changes, some of them dramatic. Much too has been forgotten. So Radio Prague’s 70th anniversary provides a good opportunity to look back at our history. There are times of which we can be proud, and times we would rather forget. But that, of course, is history.
Miroslav Krupička
You might think that the archives would make it quite easy to recreate the history of Radio Prague. Far from it. The archives are incomplete and poorly classified, and a number of facts had to be confirmed by personal memories. Special thanks go to those who remember our pre-war shortwave broadcasts – Bozena Danesova-Trojanova, who lives in Prague, Helena Kronska-Stepanova, who lives in Germany, and Ivan…
