Radio Wars

Broadcasting During the Cold War

Linda Risso

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Routledge
12 January 2018

Radio; Communication studies; The Cold War; Media studies; Sociology

During the Cold War, radio broadcasting played an important role in the ideological confrontation between East and West. As archival documents gathered in this volume reveal, radio broadcasting was among the most pressing concerns of contemporary information agencies. These broadcasts could penetrate the Iron Curtain and directly address the ‘enemy’. Radio was equally important in keeping sustained levels of support among the home public and the public of friendly nations. In the early Cold War in particular, listeners in the West had to be persuaded of the need for higher defence spending levels and a policy of containment. Later, even if other media – and in particular television – had become more important, radio continued to be used widely.

The chapters gathered here investigate both the institutional history of the radio broadcasting corporations in the East and in the West, and their relationship with other propaganda agencies of the time. They examine the ‘off-air’ politics of radio broadcasting, from the choice of theme to the selection of speakers, singers and music pieces. The key issue tackled by contributors is the problem of measuring the impact of, and qualifying the success of, information policies and propaganda programmes produced during the Cultural Cold War. This book was originally published as a special issue of Cold War History.

Edited by: Linda Risso
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138302822
ISBN 10: 1138302821
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 12 January 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda Risso is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Reading, UK. She is an expert in Cold War studies and her work focuses specifically on the interplay between intelligence and propaganda. She is the author of Propaganda and Intelligence: The NATO Information Service during the Cold War (Routledge, 2014).

Reviews for Radio Wars: Broadcasting During the Cold War

Radio Wars is a fascinating collection of articles about the role of foreign propaganda broadcasts to both Western and Eastern Europe. This subject is clearly one which deserves a wider audience. - David Harris, Radio User Magazine, May 2018 This is a collection of very well researched academic essays about the BBC, VOA, Radio Free Europe/Liberty and their role in broadcasting to Eastern Europe. - David Harris, Radio Books of the Year