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The Archive Hour: The War of the Airwaves

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

At the height of the Cold War, ordinary people throughout the Soviet bloc secretly tuned into radio stations funded by western governments. Radio Moscow did its best to spread the Communist gospel in English. Tim Sebastian explores the broadcasting battle that some called freedom and others called propaganda. Did the power of radio help to bring down the Berlin Wall? Producer Matthew Dodd

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Tim Sebastian
Producer:
Matthew Dodd
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