At the end of the 19th century, Russian physicist Popov invented the world's first wireless system for exchanging radio signals. He presented his invention at a meeting of the Russian Physicochemical Society. And since 1925, on the day of this meeting, namely May 7, Radio Day began to be celebrated.
The advent of radio was perceived as a miracle. Nowadays, not a single person can live without mobile communications and television. Engineers, scientists, and technical workers take part in the creation and improvement of this industry. Today is a reason to congratulate them on World Radio Day and show our gratitude for their work.
history of the holiday
The holiday was first held in the USSR in 1925. The resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR dated May 4, 1945 established the annual Radio Day on May 7. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated October 1, 1980 No. 3018-X “On holidays and memorable days” renamed it Radio Day, a holiday for workers in all communications sectors. The holiday is not provided for in the legislation of the Russian Federation, but it continues to be celebrated in Russia according to Soviet traditions.
The date of Radio Day is dedicated to the demonstration of the world's first radio receiver in action. On May 7, 1895, Russian physicist Alexander Popov carried out the first radio communication session. He transmitted the message using Morse code.
Portal about modern mobile and wireless communication technologies
On May 7, all communications workers celebrate their professional holiday - “Radio Day”. But how to congratulate your colleague, friend or relative of the signalman? After all, one gift for communication day is not enough. Communication workers deserve warm words and bright congratulations. And that is why the 1234G portal has prepared interesting congratulations on the Day of Communication Workers for its readers, but first I would like to know which holiday in the field of communications, telecommunications and IT is most significant for you?
Holiday traditions
On Radio Day, communication workers receive certificates, letters of gratitude, and bonuses for their labor merits from management. Radio technology exhibitions are held in museums. Festive concerts are broadcast on television channels.
Radio engineering universities organize alumni meeting evenings and radio engineering design competitions. Students congratulate each other with the phrase “Popov has reached out!”, to which it is customary to respond “Truly Popov!”, They exchange painted receivers. They organize festive processions to the monument to A. Popov and along the streets of the city.
Students living in the dormitory at the Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) traditionally throw old electronics out of the windows on this day: televisions, refrigerators, monitors, radios.
Cool congratulations on communication day
Songs for the most demanding tastes, News, music and analytics, Radio again confessing my love, Covers forecasts and politics for us.
I will congratulate everyone on Radio Day, who is involved in this necessary area, I want to wish you guys happiness, so that every action is approved!
I like to listen to the radio and lift my spirits, I always turn it on in the morning, so as not to oversleep on my way to work. DJs laugh merrily, turn on music, sing, and sometimes they even give gifts on the radio. Today is a holiday for DJs, Radio Day has arrived for them! I congratulate you guys! Thank you for not oversleeping!
On Radio Day, I thank those who broadcast, And I give you a compliment to the whole wide world!
You bring news to the house, to the dacha and to the car, so that we are aware of where, who, why and what.
Having covered one hundred thousand miles, the Wave carries warmth: Ether will tell you about everything, congratulate you and sing!
Amateurs and professionals, who have connected their fate with the wave, Swear: if they didn’t know the radio, Their whole earthly journey would have been in vain! Without radio, brains will decay! Without radio, the whole world is wretched and sir... Happy Radio Day, accept the congratulations that I am sending you on the air today!
Thousands of waves, millions of broadcasts, Radio always gives us joy! Well, today, the whole world congratulates you on Radio Day. Yes! May full houses always await you, May your phones be lit with calls. Everything that happens will be for good, And every day is illuminated by love!
On this day full of fun, I want to wish you to always be so cheerful, never to know grief. You are an interesting radio operator, you know a lot of names. Your humor is by no means insipid, we call you to bow! I wish you only happiness, a lot of money and love. So that you can find your sweetheart in the vast kingdom.
Wherever we are, the waves penetrate, people simply call them “radio”. I sincerely congratulate you on your professional holiday in this bright hour!
May your voice always be heard on the air, May you always be closer to your listeners, May only your work give you joy, And may only it bring you pleasant worries.
What waves are there, what systems are there, How does this signal get into our house, All these transistors and microcircuits... I don’t understand much about your business. But I’m not sad, something else is important to me: Today is your holiday, you are my radio operator! I will not hide my admiration, You are a radio magician, you are a magician, dear!
No one has ever seen a radio wave, But everyone hears music and news. Turn on the radio station, the same one, that you like - let all sorrows go away! Happy Radio Day, it is with us forever, It will tell you what’s what and make you laugh. And let your beloved FM talk to you about secrets in the evenings!
The stations are chirping like birds, Bringing us music and news, Giving us mood and dancing, How good it is that we are together with the radio! We now congratulate you on Radio Day, prosper today and always, We wish you good luck in broadcasting, May you please us at night and in the morning!
Amateurs and professionals, who have connected their fate with the wave, Swear: if they didn’t know the radio, Their whole earthly journey would have been in vain! Without radio, brains will decay! Without radio, the whole world is wretched and sir... Happy Radio Day, accept the congratulations that I am sending you on the air today!
How great everyone is, and how glad I am! Today is a great Radio Day, yes! On short and long invisible waves Songs float about love, about dreams! I congratulate everyone who loves radio, Who makes radio: Happy holiday, people! I wish everyone many years on the radio for bringing joy and light to people!
What waves are there, what systems are there, How does this signal get into our house, All these transistors and microcircuits... I don’t understand much about your business. But I’m not sad, something else is important to me: Today is your holiday, you are my radio operator! I will not hide my admiration, You are a radio magician, you are a magician, dear!
I'm walking down a spring street, the rain is dripping straight into my face. Well, I don’t care, because I am with my favorite wave. Whether it’s “Echo of Moscow”, or “Vedo”, Or radio “PiterFM”, I smile at any time, When everyone listens to music. I get up and turn on the radio. I take a shower with it, and then I put on an earphone and work to the tune of “Brigade U.” I don’t even need another life, If only the radio was with me. That’s why everyone is happy to celebrate this glorious Amateur Radio Day.
How great everyone is, and how glad I am! Today is a great Radio Day, yes! On short and long invisible waves Songs float about love, about dreams! I congratulate everyone who loves radio, Who makes radio: Happy holiday, people! I wish everyone many years on the radio for bringing joy and light to people!
A voice sounds on the air, distant but dear! He is with me in the morning, and sometimes with me at night! He will greet me with kindness, he will sing to me soulfully, he will tell me all the news, and shed light on secrets! And my radio became a close friend to me, And it fills my life with meaning! So may all those who live in it be healthy, who writes, who reads, who sings songs to me!
A voice sounds on the air, distant but dear! He is with me in the morning, and sometimes with me at night! He will greet me with kindness, he will sing to me soulfully, he will tell me all the news, and shed light on secrets! And my radio became a close friend to me, And it fills my life with meaning! So may all those who live in it be healthy, who writes, who reads, who sings songs to me!
Who will please you and me in the morning, Wake us up with a cheerful song? Of course, this is our radio, What happened to us, is and will be. In the village there was singing with a loudspeaker, The chimes were counting down with ringing... Starting with an antenna with an inductor, It came with a mobile phone. On the seventh of May, congratulations to everyone: both DJs and signalmen. On this day, radio birth, “Seven - Three” to all radio operators!
Interesting Facts
- In 2008, the Russian comedy film “Radio Day” was released based on the play of the same name.
- The world's first radio message was transmitted by A. Popov on March 24 (March 12, old style) 1896 at a distance of 250 m. The text consisted of two words - “Heinrich Hertz.”
- The first Internet radio appeared in 1993. It was called InternetTalkRadio.
- Radio saved the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built for the 1889 World's Fair and was planned to be removed after 20 years. After the advent of radio, antennas began to be installed on the tower. Thanks to this, it was not demolished.
- There are shortwave radio stations in the world that broadcast encrypted messages in the form of a set of numbers, letters or words. They are read out by a distorted announcer's voice or a computer voice. The ownership and purpose of these stations is unknown. They are attributed to intelligence services, spies, drug mafias and other secret organizations.
Popov or Marconi?
The first area of application of these inventions was the Russian Navy. At first, with the help of Popov and Rybkin’s instruments, they detected the approach of thunderstorms and storms - and quite successfully. And in 1902, on the Black Sea, Popov managed to establish radio communications between coastal services, lighthouses and ships in the coastal zone from Odessa to Sevastopol.
Popov made no secret of his invention and even published its description. And about a year later, the Italian inventor Marquis Guglielmo Marconi filed a patent application for a very similar device. Plagiarism or simultaneous insight? In the history of science it often happens both. Marconi was a talented radio engineer and, importantly, knew how to attract patrons to his experiments.
It was he who, in November 1897, built and equipped the world's first stationary radio station - off the British coast, on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. Of course, this is also a major and spectacular historical event, and Marconi’s merits cannot be underestimated. But, in essence, the establishment of a radio station on the Isle of Wight is associated with the modernization of Popov’s invention.
Guglielmo Marconi with the apparatus he used in his first radio broadcasts in the 1890s
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Public domain
During the First World War, the technical foundations were created for the first radio broadcasts to a wide audience. This industry developed surprisingly quickly: by the early 1930s, a whole galaxy of radio professionals, real artists in their field, had appeared.
Toasts
“Dear radio and communications workers! We are glad to congratulate you on your professional holiday! You connect hearts and souls, thoughts and human affairs, you are mediators of our connection with the outside world, information magicians and inspirers! Thank you for your timely communication, reliable information, interesting radio programs, and for your highly qualified and conscientious work! We wish you high salaries, patience, inspiration and constant improvement, successful broadcasts, modern radio equipment, fast transport, generous sponsors and patrons of the arts! We wish you interesting business trips, travels and adventures, exciting events in life and at work, a beautiful holiday, home comfort and warmth, tender love and universal happiness!
“Congratulations on Radio Day! I wish you good news, great ideas, good work, successful activities, funny stories, useful information, exciting activities and great happiness on the path of life.”
“Congratulations on Radio Day and I want to wish the frequency of happy megahertz and radio waves great luck. Let every day be full of only good news, interesting facts and wonderful songs, let your favorite radio give not only a good mood, but also a lot of ideas, inspiration and optimistic notes of cheerfulness!
Beautiful congratulations on World Radio Day in verse
Radio Day is a wonderful holiday, without a doubt. We send sincere congratulations to all employees, We wish you to always be in excellent shape, to respect and appreciate your work. Let the troubles of work disappear forever, Let the frequencies of happiness be picked up by the radio wave, We wish you good health, good luck, And a wonderful mood to boot.
Radio waves fly through the air, There will be a holiday - people are all happy! We will not pass this day in silence, the radio will not let us sit in silence! We will hasten to congratulate those who are engaged in radio broadcasting! Don't sit on the Internet today: Let's celebrate Radio Day fun!
Hello to all radio broadcasters, There is no more beautiful profession in the world, We are looking forward to our favorite radio waves, They bring positivity and a great mood. May your life flow like a full river, may your health never fail, may you have a high rating, love, joy, peace, and a prosperous destiny.
The seventh of May... We strictly know that this day has become special. After all, it means a lot in life, That the first signal was caught! From a high frequency of broadcasting Sound takes its flight, But in the sphere of radio knowledge we have already stepped forward! Today there are many radio frequencies broadcasting on the planet, and satellite network communications have reached the heights of space! Let the rivers not turn back, No matter what the broadcast is about, But sound single tracks are “lighting up” the world today. We hasten to congratulate the radio operators, give them the highest praise, set such people as an example, give the signal: “Hurry to the table”!
Let your radio bring joy to everyone, guys, Let the broadcasts every day be rich in humor! Let love live in our hearts and a plague mood, Young inspiration helps again and again! Let the listener call you, Love you and understand, Never lose your glorious wave!
Is there music on the air, Or maybe a news release, In the car, in the player, in the apartment? Favorite radio DJ Will please you with your favorite song, Always ready to make you laugh, Bring together People from different cities on the air. Let fatigue be alien to you, So that not a minute of silence Lives on your radio wave.
There are so many radio presenters, They all seem to be omnipresent: They talk and talk, They want to lure us in. The young people are not lazy, and they all have one reason: to raise the rating to the heights, to maintain the mood. May you, fellow presenters, have more joys, so that the listener loves and calls you more often!
There is no limit to the flight of the word, and the universe has none, The radio has opened the whole world to us and a bouquet of joyful thoughts! The heart has been disturbed, the mind has been excited by beautiful singing for a long time, And his unhurried conversation warms the soul with a passionate sound. It is like an incorruptible knight that stands against darkness, But radio, of course, is the people whom we congratulate! Their invisible, hard work sounds from dawn to dark, And a huge country lives in these daily sounds!
Congratulations on Radio Day to you Engineers, fitters, signalmen And we want to wish you now, Raising our sparkling glass: May the air always be light, May the machines not break down May the cashier give out more often More bonuses in addition to salaries!
It's time for speed. Let's move faster. Without slowing down the pace of life, man keeps in touch with the world. He hardly remembers what our radio dad was like - Popov, who discovered the radio broadcast, but the whole world has become closer to us. Radio brings people together, Life with it is richer, more lively. Everyone needs information, What the country breathes and lives in, its own, someone else's, the whole world - The air can tell us. We value connection in every way in life. We won’t fall into loneliness, Locking ourselves behind apartment doors, The radio will save us! Included in the communication process is a reliable friend, a telephone. Now everyone needs it. On Communications Day, we thank everyone who brought the world of people closer to us in the age of crazy speeds!
On the radio around the clock we listen to songs and jokes. We listen to the news greedily, And we scold the stars mercilessly. Thank you for being with us, giving support with words, and keeping us informed of events, as well as the latest discoveries. Life is impossible without radio, it is very difficult to imagine. And therefore we wish you good luck, endless luck. More happy moments, And always warm compliments. Let everything be great in life, Salary? Of course it's decent!
Radio Day is a wonderful holiday, And you can’t forget about it, We learn a lot of useful things, Thanks to it, it’s always with you, In the midst of everyday busyness, We turn it on sometimes, And it takes a little time, To hear everything for yourself, You don’t need to watch it at all, Like TV, everyone day, You can take a radio everywhere, Working with a radio is not too lazy, Radio will raise our tone, Things work out better with it, It’s more comfortable when someone’s voice Broadcasts news in the morning, Let this holiday be bright, Let the country know about it, Broadcast Let it be the hottest, Never fall silent, I want to congratulate you on Radio Day, And wish you more strength, So that every day brings only happiness, Peace and joy!
To the radio workers, honor and praise, You always make us happy with good news, Professional and personal success to you, May life give you a lot of joy and laughter. Go through life with a cheerful song, Be loved and love, Never stop there, May luck always accompany you.
On Radio Day, we want to say that everything is done according to the rules, that your broadcast is transparent, that your voice is recognized by the whole world, that your equipment is in good working order. We wish you glorious work!
We always look forward to the sounds of our favorite radio wave, you broadcast good, positive news, and generously reward us with a good mood. Radio workers, happy holiday to you, May luck accompany you every hour, May your health only multiply, May you have a long, long time to come.
On Radio Day, everyone who is on the air will be heard today by the whole world! Let your dreams come true! We wish you waves of purity And grateful listeners, Great salary increases!
You are professionals in your field, We wish you the best on this holiday, Radio broadcasting workers, happiness to you, good luck, and good health to boot. broadcasts that are interesting to you, peace, happiness, let all bad weather pass by, always work actively and with inspiration, bring joy to our homes.
On Radio Day, we wish you to Fly on the radio waves, Become a voice, a broadcast star And conquer all the waves of the world! So that people admire you And your fees are replenished, So that the famous Uncle Levitan himself envy you!
Today is your holiday, radio broadcasters, Please accept my best wishes, Be on the frequency of good luck and fortune, All the best to you and good mood. Let all your dreams certainly come true, let radio waves of happiness be sent on the air, pleasantly surprise with your professionalism, be optimistic, don’t be bored.
What will lift your spirits and keep you from falling asleep during a steam session? What will help us on our birthday: Have fun, be on top, Bright music will cheer us up and make us dance? This radio with rhythms does not let us feel sad! To all broadcast workers: Announcers, electricians On this day we wish you peace and working equipment!
Radio day! In essence, this is Communications of the day and messages. Send “SOS”, hear relatives, Accept the warmth of their congratulations. And tell about the Victory, So that the whole country rejoices... Happy Radio Day, I wish you happiness, And let spring bloom in your soul.
Let the wave of your life fly straighter, Leaving all your rivals behind, Let your voice resound throughout all regions, Giving words of encouragement to millions. Let your family see yours more often than they hear. More activity, higher antennas In everything and always, of course, you have time to shine as a special star on the air. Strive for the heights of success! Take a risk and fly without crashing! Good luck, there are thirty days a month!
No one has ever seen a radio wave, But everyone hears music and news. Turn on the radio station, the same one, that you like - let all sorrows go away! Happy Radio Day, it is with us forever, It will tell you what’s what and make you laugh. And let your beloved FM talk to you about secrets in the evenings!
Present
Retro receiver. A radio made in retro style will serve as an original gift idea for a radio enthusiast or radio worker.
Wireless headphones. Wireless headphones will be a useful and pleasant gift that will allow you to enjoy listening to your favorite radio station while walking, doing housework, or playing sports.
Sweet present. A cake in the shape of a radio will be an unusual thematic gift for the holiday, which can be presented individually or to a professional team.
Car audio system. A car audio system will be a wonderful gift for a driver who cannot imagine driving without a radio.
Cool wishes for communication workers
In almost every team, comic congratulations are appropriate. The main thing is to be tactful and not to offend the signalmen with your words. It’s better to remember some funny incidents during the time we worked together, but there’s no point in talking about sad things.
Along with a cool wish, you need to think about an original present.
The most popular gifts for signalmen are:
- clock with radio;
- T-shirts with photos and inscriptions;
- flash drive in the form of a microphone;
- cap with a themed image;
- wireless headphones;
- video greetings on the Internet;
- cake in the shape of a radio.
Such a surprise combined with a humorous text will be the best option. All that remains is to choose a cool congratulation to your colleagues.
Our signalman is very important, the world is becoming more and more vocal! It must be ensured so that the sound in the handset is clear! Keep the information flowing, Everyone is talking about business! So that nothing is distorted, and communicated instantly! We wish you to be in touch, of course, always! You must be happy, May the star shine brighter!
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My dear postmen, my dear signalmen! I sincerely congratulate you on spring in these difficult, difficult days! I wish you good weather, I wish you easy roads, And smiles from lovely clients, And a generous sip of champagne!
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We congratulate you on Communications Day, And we wish you to live without accidents, So that everything in your personal life without interference, You also get a decent salary! So that your racks do not burn, do not know grief and sadness! Your contacts were not naughty, strong connections to everyone in this world!
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You're always ready to go on air. You're a news anchor. Tell about important things to the world, to citizens of the entire planet.
We sincerely congratulate you, today is Radio Day. We wish you joy and love, Let no shadow of sadness fall.
We wish you good health. And may there always be peace. We congratulate you today, But tomorrow it will be broadcast again.
Competitions
Opposite meaning: Several teams with the same number of participants can take part in the competition. Teams choose a song and change the words in the chorus to antonyms to form coherent sentences. Then the received couplets are read out to the audience, inviting the guests of the holiday to guess the encrypted compositions. The most creative team wins the competition.
Continue the song Several teams take part in the competition. The presenter takes turns playing famous songs, which stop in the middle of the composition. Participants in the competition must remember the words as quickly as possible and continue the song. The team that manages to correctly continue the largest number of compositions wins.
Guess the film All guests of the holiday can take part in the competition. The presenter takes turns playing songs and melodies from famous films or cartoons. Contestants must guess and name the movie. The participant who manages to guess the largest number of films wins.
Give me the radio!
Collapse of the tower: why engineer Shukhov was “conditionally shot”
Domestic television began in a former orphanage
The first radio broadcasts in our country came from the Nizhny Novgorod laboratory in the “unforgettable 1919”. Regular radio broadcasting began in the summer of 1921. A year later, the Shukhov radio tower appeared in Moscow. Broadcasts from it went over 10 thousand km. As newspapers reported, in this sense our Shabolovka was more powerful than the Paris Eiffel Tower, which had housed radio stations since 1906.
At the beginning of September 1922, the first radio concert was given in Moscow with the participation of artists from the Bolshoi Theater and the best conservatory musicians. Everyone became aware of the “disciplining” words of the announcers: “Attention! Moscow speaks! On November 7, 1925, the first live radio report about the festive parade from Red Square was made - taking into account a foreign audience, in four languages at once. In those cities and towns of the country where radio broadcasting had not yet arrived, rallies were held with banners “Give me radio!” It was considered the second “Soviet miracle” after Ilyich’s light bulb.
We also remembered about May 7, about Popov’s first experience. The holiday was established 95 years ago, when it was widely celebrated in the Soviet Union. Renouncing the old world, the new government never denied Popov's merits. In those days he was rightly called a Russian genius, a progressive scientist and a great inventor. Radio broadcasting gained momentum and became the most important “collective agitator” and educator. From the loudspeaker people learned about reforms and repressions, about victories and defeats, about the beginning of wars and great construction projects.
Photo: SPbSETU "LETI"
In the Soviet Union, streets and villages were named after the radio - and this surprised no one. The fact is that radio helped the Soviet government solve its main tasks. Firstly, radio united the country into a single centralized organism. For this, an announcer’s voice was simply needed, sounding “from Moscow to the very outskirts.” Secondly, it was the most effective educational tool. It was radio that taught millions of people the basics of the Russian literary language. “Theater at the Microphone” taught our grandparents to the Russian literary language in the Maly and Khudozhestvenny versions. Thirdly, this is propaganda. In every sense of this compromised but necessary concept.
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About the profession
The staff of radio stations consists of editors, radio presenters, journalists, correspondents, sound engineers, and technicians. Their professional responsibilities include preparing and broadcasting programs and servicing transmitting and receiving devices. Working on the radio is suitable for creative, sociable people who like to be in the center of events. The path to the profession begins with receiving the appropriate specialized education.
Radio presenters are trained by journalism faculties of higher educational institutions. The following professional requirements are imposed on workers in this specialty: sociability, beautiful, correct and competent speech, rich vocabulary, broad outlook, erudition, sense of tact.
The salaries of radio station workers depend on the rating and budget of the radio station, and on the qualifications of specialists.
Short congratulations on Radio Day for SMS
In congratulations on Signalman's Day, we will collect the most beautiful words: Let life be beautiful, the sky be clear, May your head be spinning from success!
When we are conjuring something in the kitchen, Or we are joyfully driving on the road, The radio is like an interlocutor for us, Like a merry fellow, an informer and an adviser.
Wonderful broadcast workers, providers of priceless news! We congratulate you today with the whole world, and we are only waiting for good news!
It was not in vain that Uncle Popov tried. Now we can hear more words and music on any day, time, and it seems: we are not alone at all.
You broadcast, broadcast, Cover everything in the world, Answer questions and report the weather.
Happy holiday to you! And with all our hearts we wish that the radio broadcast only brings joy!
Radio waves are like sea waves, Each one is different in strength and size, But each one has a place in the ether. She's doing something important.
So that the wires do not break, And the modems do not break, The protocols are not naughty, So that mistakes are not made!
Music will flow in a fresh stream. Sad will make you realize yourself, And cheerful will make sadness cool down. Every soul has its own string.
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Let the broadcasts be a success, The wires don’t break at all, People laugh merrily, If they hear your laugh!
We congratulate the signalmen, We wish them to live without noise, Without noise in their personal lives, It was accepted so that it was excellent!
Happy holiday to you! And with all our hearts we wish that the radio broadcast brings only joy!
No need for black PR, Bodies of depraved porn divas! We wish you all the best, For communication, happiness is the leitmotif!
Our strong point is ETHER, WAVES are our passion, Our drink is ALCOHOL, Our credo is CONNECTION!
Happy Signalman's Day to everyone who is associated with this day! Let your home be filled with love and smiles!
We wish you good luck and warmth, Let your problems be solved! May spring bloom for you!
I wish you health and ethereal expanse! Endless connection, to any continent!
What would we all do without radio? What would we always listen to in the car? Thank you for entertaining us all together, you have dedicatedly for years!
To everyone who brings us news, communication with family simplifies. And at any time of the year, Despite the bad weather, News is brought to our house by television, radio, letter.
Who knows everything around? Who gives us first-hand news? Hosts of the airwaves, bearers of beautiful speech, Happy holiday, always be happy, Until we meet again!
I congratulate the signalmen, the engineers and radio operators, the postmen coming to us, and the ubiquitous fitters.
From the Soviet Information Bureau
Loudspeakers on the streets have become a symbol of the times. All major projects of the Soviet government would hardly have been possible without these black plates. From there, both superior directives and symphonic music were heard. Propaganda was combined with education. This is how the pre-war generation was brought up - perhaps the most “radio-friendly” in our history. The generation that became the front line.
What were the voices of Yuri Levitan and Olga Vysotskaya for the country? And for besieged Leningrad - Mikhail Melaneda and Olga Berggolts? How they were waited for, how they listened... If it weren’t for this “friend’s voice” from the loudspeaker, the fate of hundreds of thousands of Leningraders would have been even worse. In those years, radio saved lives, made people believe in the most hungry days, and gave them strength not to give up... People knew their intonations in nuances. The slightest changes in mood were detected.
Yuri Levitan, 1941
Photo: TASS/Fedor Kislov
During the war days, Yuri Levitan reported almost daily reports from the Sovinformburo and orders from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. His low baritone sounded sometimes mournful, sometimes solemn, but he was always the voice of a power that would win, in which one could not help but believe. And it is no coincidence that Adolf Hitler considered him his personal enemy: in the first years of the war, Levitan most convincingly showed millions of people that the country was not broken. And then he became a harbinger of victorious fireworks and the Victory itself, which he announced with warmth and irrepressible triumph.
