Origins of RNE
Radio Nacional de España officially came into existence in Salamanca on 19 January 1937, at the height of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and was dependent on the recently created Delegación de Estado para Prensa y Propaganda (State Delegation for Press and Propaganda). The station's studios were in Palacio de Anaya, the headquarters of the Oficina de Prensa y Propaganda (Office for Press and Propaganda) whose first directors were also those of RNE.
The first transmitter, made by Telefunken and having a broadcasting power of 20 kW, was a gift from Nazi Germany to the Francoist Estado Nuevo.
It was then that the immense propaganda potential of radio became apparent, and beginning 14 June 1937 RNE became the nationalist’s radio masthead. Until then, this distinction had been held by Radio Castilla de Burgos, which produced the information and propaganda that all of the radio stations that had fallen into the hands of the nationalist forces had been obliged to transmit.
During this era and the early years of the Second World War, until the arrival of the Allies in Italy in 1943 and the German retreat from Stalingrad, RNE collaborated with the Axis powers to retransmit in Spanish news from the official radio stations of Germany and Italy.
Source: Wikipedia
Tasks:
1. As Radio, TV and Mass Media are included in PAU topics, how about starting reading about RNE origins and evolution to present days. It may be a good way to celebrate its 75 bithday.
2. Then, you can revise some vocabulary and terms related to radio.
You can also look up words related to radio in the urban Dictionary:
3. Listen to Kerri talks about she gets her news and info to keep in touch with the world.
4. There are some great British and American Radio Broadcasts free to listen to. So you haven´t got excuses! Visit the link and choose among them: BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7. BBC World Service. NP12, One Word, Radio Australia and VOA.
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