1930
Radio Budapest was established in 1925 as Budapest I. and broadcast from Csepel (then suburb of Budapest, now part of the city) with a two-kilowatt German Telefunken-made transmitter on 565 meter AM. The first experimental program began with this sentence: “Halló-halló! Itt a magyarországi rádióhírmondó 2-kilowatt-os leadó állomása az 565 méteres hullámhosszon.” (“Hallo-hallo! Here’s the transmitter of the Hungarian radio broadcasting withtwo kilowatts on 565 metres AM.”). The first headquarters were built at Rákóczi Avenue and a new three-kilowatt tower was installed in 1926. At that time the radio was available only in and around Budapest.
National broadcasting started in 1928, when Csepel transmitter was replaced with the twenty-kilowatt Lakihegy Tower. In the 1930s several new towers were built; Mosonmagyaróvár, Miskolc, Pécs, Nyíregyháza in 1932 and the new Lakihegy Tower with 120 kilowatts in 1933; then the most powerful transmitter in the world. New shows and programs were launched continuously, the most popular was the Hungarian folk music in Gypsy style, heard every afternoon. Hungarian radio stations reached 300,000 listeners in 1933.
At the end of the World War II, the German Army demolished all Hungarian radio towers. Reconstruction finished in 1948 and Budapest I was renamed in 1949 to Kossuth Rádió, after Lajos Kossuth, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Hungarian revolution of 1848-1849. Lakihegy Tower was rebuilt again in 1968, with a new three hundred kilowatt transmitter, but it was getting out of date, so the government decided to build a much powerful tower. Transmitter Solt was finished in 1977 with two thousand kilowatts as a high priority project with the cooperation of the Soviet Union. Nationwide FM transmitters were built up in the early twenty-first century.
Miklós Szedő (June 8, 1896 – August 19, 1978) was a doctor and tenor opera singer. He was the most popular singer on the “His Master’s Voice” label from 1924-1939 in Hungary. He emigrated to South America and toured Brazil, Argentina and Chile during the war. After World War II he returned to Budapest and resumed his medical career. He founded an ambulance service, and rarely sang professionally after 1948.
Transcript
Achtung, Achtung, Berlin!
Hallo, Hallo, Itt a Radio Paris!
Hallo, Hallo, Aicha de la Radio Budapest!
Hallo, Hallo, Itt a Radio Budapest!
[Hang] Hallo, Hallo, Itt a Rádió, Hallo, Itt Budapest!
A legfrissebb szenzáció, mindenki fogja ezt, dalolni télen nyáron át, hogy csak szeretni jó, hát kapcsold rá az antennát, Hallo, Itt Rádió!
[Hang] [Hang] Hallo, Hallo, Itt Rádió, Hallo, Itt Budapest!
A legfrissebb szenzáció, mindenki fogja ezt, dalolni télen nyáron át, hogy csak szeretni jó, hát kapcsold rá az antennát, Hallo, Itt Rádió!
[Hang] Hallo, Hallo, Itt Rádió, Hallo, Itt Budapest!
A legfrissebb szenzáció, mindenki fogja ezt, dalolni télen nyáron át, hogy csak szeretni jó, hát kapcsold rá az antennát, Hallo, Itt Rádió!
[Hang] Felirat – Attila
Achtung, Achtung, Berlin!
Hello, Hello, Radio Paris is here!
Hello, Hello, Aicha from Radio Budapest!
Hello, Hello, Radio Budapest is here! [Sound]
Hello, Hello, Here’s the Radio, Hello, Here’s Budapest!
The latest sensation, everyone will be singing this, winter and summer, that it’s good to love, so turn on the antenna, Hallo, Itt Rádió! [Sound]
[Sound] Hello, Hello, Here Radio, Hello, Here Budapest! The latest sensation, everyone will be singing this, winter and summer, that it’s good to love, so turn on the antenna.
Hallo, Itt Rádió! [Sound] Hello, Hello, Here Radio, Hello, Here Budapest!
The latest sensation, everyone will be singing this, winter and summer, that it’s good to love, so turn on the antenna, Hallo, Itt Rádió!
[Sound] Subtitle – Attila
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