History of International Broadcasting

Tracing the development of international broadcasting, this reference work explores the history of such major broadcasting groups as the BBC World Service, the Voice of America, Deutsche Welle and Radio France International. Topics discussed include propaganda and the origins of new technology.

The origin and growth of information broadcasting (chiefly of propaganda) by radio - most renowned for its prominence in World War II and the Cold War - is outlined. The author chronicles the technological and engineering achievements that enabled long-range broadcasting to develop, but keeps them in the context of the social and political environment of the day. The appeal of the book is by no means restricted to scientists and engineers, and many will find much to stir their own memories of international radio broadcasts in wartime and peacetime alike.

Part 1 Birth of a medium: from entertainment and commercial to propaganda broadcasting. Part 2 A weapon of war: British WWII propaganda
Nazi broadcasting
US wartime broadcasting
Japanese broadcasting in the Pacific
the Cold War
the voice of America. Part 3 Radio as an instrument of foreign policy: high power transmission
jamming
the BBC World Service
the CIA
the collapse of communism
the Arab world
religious broadcasting
future of international AM broadcasting.