Making Waves: Admiral Mountbatten's Radio Seac 1945-49 Hitchcock Eric
Making Waves: Admiral Mountbatten's Radio Seac 1945-49 Hitchcock Eric The story of British Forces Broadcasting began officially on 1st January 1944 in North Africa. However, this approach was not…
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Making Waves: Admiral Mountbatten's Radio Seac 1945-49 Hitchcock Eric
The story of British Forces Broadcasting began officially on 1st January 1944 in North Africa. However, this approach was not suitable for the war east of Suez. Mobile stations were used in the advance northwards through Italy, and followed closely behind the troops after D-Day as they fought their way across Europe into Germany.
A start had been made in Delhi in 1944, where a station had been set up which used air time provided by All-India Radio on one of its transmitters. The India and South-East Asia Commands (SEAC) covered such a huge area that other means were needed to deliver programs to the forces in that theater. Efforts to improve welfare facilities were made by Vice-Admiral Mountbatten, soon after he arrived to take up his appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia.
He set up a forces newspaper, and started experimental radio transmissions, but found there were
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