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100 Years of Czech Radio

The millionth licence holder

  • In the 1930s, the Radiojournal radio company persistently organised a large number of promotional events intended to spread awareness of the significance of the radio among the citizens of Czechoslovakia and to acquire new licence holders. A promotional bus equipped with speakers for group listening sessions often travelled around the country, especially to rural areas. In 1937, the number of licence holders in Czechoslovakia reached one million. | Photo: Czech Radio

    The promotional bus equipped with speakers for group listening sessions often travelled around the country, especially to rural areas. In 1937, the number of licence holders in Czechoslovakia reached one million. |Photo: Czech Radio

  • 1928 – 1932: The rapid development of radio, The photograph from 27 October 1928 im - mortalises the president in the audience hall at Prague Castle during a  speech to the representatives of the government upon the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. The recording of this speech was only the second audio recording to be stored in the Radiojournal archive on a gramophone record: the first was a recording of his speech to some children one day earlier. | Photo: archive of Czech Radio

    The photograph from 27 October 1928 im - mortalises the president in the audience hall at Prague Castle during a  speech to the representatives of the government upon the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic.|Photo: archive of Czech Radio

  • May 1923, broadcast of a musical performance from the scout tent in Kbely | Photo: archive of Czech Radio

    May 1923, broadcast of a musical performance from the scout tent in Kbely|Photo: archive of Czech Radio

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‘The Hour of Truth’- the protest against the chronic underfunding of the humanities in Czechia

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Anaïs Chesnel, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

  • Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

    Photo: Martina Kutková, Radio Prague International

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Video

Author of the painting for graphics: Johana Trejtnar

A Stitch in Time

I was approached by Leah Gaffen from Class Acts, an initiative that works with bilingual children in Czechia, with a particular focus on drama and writing.
British ambassador Matt Field | Photo: Barbora Navrátilová, Radio Prague International

EP72: Matt Field

The recently installed UK ambassador to Prague, Matt Field, discusses Czech-British relations, learning Czech, his experience of life in the city so far and much more.

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