Reading News in a Studio at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Call Number
300-1-8:1/113

General information

Call No.:
300-1-8:1/113
Part of series
HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files
Located at
Archival photo box #1 / No. 113
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 300-1-8_001-113
Legacy ID
rfe_workflow_113
Date
1985
Level
Item
Primary Type
Still image
Language
English
Notes
The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre
Photograph
Contents Summary
Ludmilla Rakusan, a senior editor in the Czechoslovak Service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reads her program in a studio. She is sitting at a table, reading typewritten pages she is holding in her hands. She is wearing a skirt and sweater. In front of her there are microphones, a clock and a reading lamp. On her left there is a window. In front of her there is a glass pane in the wall through which the control board and a man in charge of the recording is seen. The clock on the wall reads six past eleven. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8/1:112
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Munich - Ludmilla Rakusan, a Senior Editor in the Czechoslovak Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, airs her daily commentary in a studio at the Munich headquarters of the Radio. RFE/RL broadcasts in more languages and for more hours to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe than any other Western radio station. RL broadcasts in 15 of the languages spoken in the Soviet Union, including a 24-hour Russian service. RFE broadcasts in six major languages of Eastern Europe. Together they are on the air 953 transmitter hours and 146.2 programming hours daily. Each week RFE reaches an estimated audience of 25.3 million people in Eastern Europe and RL almost seven million people in the USSR.

Context

Associated Names
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)
Associated Places
Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Munich
Germany
Collection Specific Tags
Cold War, man, microphone, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, recording, studio, woman