Reception ban

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A reception ban is the ban on receiving an electromagnetic broadcast, i.e. radio traffic , a radio or television broadcast or a data broadcast .

In the history of radio there have always been and still are reception bans. They are usually issued by government agencies and are intended to prevent information from reaching people for whom it was not intended. In most cases, however, reception bans were issued for political reasons.

German Empire

On September 1, 1922, the "Wirtschaftsrundspruchdienst" started in Germany via the long-wave transmitter in Königs Wusterhausen as the first regular radio service in the German Reich . The government issued a general ban on receiving the broadcasts. In the German Reich, only those who owned a post- owned , sealed rental device from the Reichspost were allowed to listen to the paid broadcast . The general reception ban for private individuals was lifted in 1923.

National Socialism

After the Nazis took over power, they banned radio Moscow . With the start of the war in 1939 , the Nazi regime passed numerous new laws and bans, including a. the “ Ordinance on Extraordinary Broadcasting Measures ” of September 1, 1939. It imposed heavy penalties on listening to foreign radio stations. The Gestapo warned listeners to satirical contributions or music programs in which jazz and swing were played . They also had to expect the radio set or even a prison sentence. Disseminating tapped messages from enemy broadcasters could be punished with imprisonment or even death . The military force decomposition paragraph was interpreted more and more in the course of the war.

GDR

Contrary to popular opinion, there was no legal and explicit West-Reception ban in the GDR , FDJ -controlled attempts to “ turn the antenna” in 1961 failed miserably, and in 1973 Erich Honecker declared : “Everyone can switch radio and television in the Federal Republic on and off at will ".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information and communication in the past and present. (No longer available online.) In: www.ib.hu-berlin.de. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016 ; accessed on August 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Der Spiegel, November 3, 1980