Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:44:17 +0200Radio Prague’s former head receives state award for running independent broadcasts after 1968 invasionhttps://english.radio.cz/radio-pragues-former-head-receives-state-award-running-independent-broadcasts-8147188© 2026 Radio Prague International Among the recipients of the state awards handed out by President Miloš Zeman on October 28, was Karel Lánský – a legend of Czech Radio broadcasting. For eight dramatic days after the Soviet led-invasion of Czechoslovakia Lánský and his team kept independent Czechoslovak Radio on the airwaves, broadcasting from secret locations in Prague and running the operation from his flat close to the radio’s Vinohrady headquarters. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/lansky.jpg?timestamp=1590432807 Radio Prague’s former head receives state award for running independent broadcasts after 1968 invasion https://english.radio.cz/radio-pragues-former-head-receives-state-award-running-independent-broadcasts-8147188 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9