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- 1996 Jan (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Siegfried Jordan, musician from Saxony, German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960, relating to the impact of broadcasts by the Radio in Amerikanischer Sektor (RIAS) in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960 including the attempts by the government of the German Democratic Republic to jam RIAS broadcasts, methods used by RIAS listeners in the German Democratic Republic to improve reception, the role of RIAS as the link to the free world, and the influence of western culture, via RIAS broadcasts, in the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960; Jordan's reaction to the news, broadcast by RIAS, of the Berlin uprising, 17 Jun 1953; the rules imposed on radio stations by the government of the German Democratic Republic to ensure that the majority of music broadcast originated in Eastern Europe, [1950-1960]; the censorship, by the government of the German Democratic Republic, of music from the West, 1949-1960; the importance of western radio broadcasts during the Cold War, 1949-1989.
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