Radio Prague turns 75

Radio Prague is celebrating its 75th birthday. The country’s foreign service was established in 1936 at the instigation of the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry and first went on air on August 31st of the same year. Although severe budget cuts led to the termination of the station’s shortwave broadcasts as of this year, Radio Prague is still providing listeners with daily news, current affairs and reports about the Czech Republic with its main platform now the Internet. The station broadcasts daily half-hours on satellite in six languages and offers podcasting and reception via mobile phone.