Europe - On Air: Interwar Projects for Radio Broadcasting

Suzanne Lommers

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2012

Europe - On Air

Interwar Projects for Radio Broadcasting

Suzanne Lommers

Volume 7 in the series Technology and European History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048516650

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About this book

During the interwar years, broadcast radio became a popular way for Europeans to consume local, national, and international news. The medium not only began to shape European policy and politics, but also laid the foundation for European unification and global interconnectedness. In Europe On Air, Suzanne Lommers has documented the rich and often underexposed history of broadcast radio through the lens of international European relations. She specifically explores the roles of Radio Moscow, Radio Luxembourg, Vatican Radio, and the International Broadcasting Union as institutions that played an important role in national identities and establishing standards for broadcasting. The radio also offered new opportunities to politicians, who seized upon a vibrant and more direct way to communicate with their constituents.

Essential reading for scholars of technology and European history, Europe–On Air reveals broadcast radio to be a technology that revolutionized international relations during the brief respite between the chaos of war in Europe.

Author / Editor information

Suzanne Lommers is communications manager and web editor of the Inventing Europe Virtual Exhibit and a researcher for the Marking Europe Book Project.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	5
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	9
List of Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	11
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	13
1. Introduction: European Broadcasting Visions Open Access Download PDF	15
2. Elites on the Barricades for Broadcasting Open Access Download PDF	41
3. Europe in the Making Open Access Download PDF	73
4. Battles over Europe’s Borders Open Access Download PDF	137
5. War and Peace in the Sky Open Access Download PDF	179
6. Broadcasting a Musical Culture Open Access Download PDF	235
7. Conclusion: Internationalism in Practice Open Access Download PDF	289
Appendix Open Access Download PDF	296
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	303
Summary Open Access Download PDF	320

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 326
Illustrations
- Other: 15 halftones

eBook

Published: February 15, 2013
ISBN: 9789048516650