Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Radio Romania's 81st Anniversary on 31st Oct

Radio Romania's 81st Anniversary on 31st OctThe first ever transmission in Romanian had taken place a year earlier, when the specialists at the Electro-technical Institute produced in their laboratory the first Romanian receiver with a 200 Watt power. So Romanians were already acquainted with the radio receiver, which they called the talking box or the airtight cage, and could listen to programmes broadcast by foreign radio stations. After November 1st 1928, the radio became more popular and the talking box, despite being very large and occupying a lot of space, became a familiar presence in middle class homes. The newspapers hosted ads presenting the smallest and most sophisticated radio receivers produced, while the broadcasting programmes of local and foreign stations held pride of place in various publications.
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