The Reception Room of the New York Headquarters of Radio Free Europe

Call Number
300-1-8:3/5

General information

Call No.:
300-1-8:3/5
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 #3 / No. 5
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 300-1-8_003-005
Legacy ID
rfe_architecture_005
Date
1965
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
A vast room with a wood paneled reception counter. Two women stand behind it working the telephones. There room is sparsely furnished with armchairs, coffee tables, a settee.On the low tables there are newspapers and ashtrays. A huge neon light is fixed on the ceiling. On the wall there is a big photo of the transmitter station in Gloria. There are two doors on two different sides of the room. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8:3/6
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
From: Free Europe Committee, Inc., Two Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Contact: Henry P. McNulty, LE 2-8900,. The reception room of the New York headquarters of Radio Free Europe, a broadcasting network that operates a complex of 28 powerful transmitters, totaling over one million watts, in West Germany and Portugal. RFE broadcasts to 79 million people of the Soviet satellite nations - 18 hours daily to listeners in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, and 6 hours a day to Bulgaria and Romania. 15% of all RFE programs are produced in the N.Y. headquarters and 85% of the programs are produced at RFE's European studios in Munich, West Germany. Ten minutes of late news, every hour on the hour, is the backbone of the programming schedule, followed by commentaries. A well rounded schedule is provided including religious, cultural music, drama, sports, entertainment, reviews of Western press, and on-the-spot coverage of major world events, in the language of each country. # # # Radio Free Europe is a division of he Free Europe Committee, Inc. a private, non-profit organization, supported by the American public through contributions to the Radio Free Europe Fund (formerly Crusade for Freedom).

Context

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

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
New York
United States
Collection Specific Tags
Cold War, headquarters, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, woman