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Schlesische Wellen was the name of a radio newspaper that appeared in Breslau from 1926 to 1932. It was subtitled The Cheapest Radio Program Newspaper and the Cheapest Insurance Journal in East Germany , was aimed primarily at low-income radio listeners and was published weekly by Reichsverkehrverlag. The first edition came on the radio market, just three years old, in January 1926. This made the Schlesische Wellen one of the very early radio publications. In July 1932, the newspaper went up in the Funk-Post .
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A typical issue from 1931 consisted of 16 pages and cost 15 pfennigs. The front page mostly dealt with radio-political issues, often complaints from listeners about, for example, too many radio plays, too little popular music (mostly hits) or generally poor reception. The paper saw itself as the mouthpiece of the listener who paid the license fee and who loved light entertainment and wanted to hear without interference. Pages 2 and 3 either dealt with radio technology (example: "Radio - Weather - Nervous System") or they were aimed at women and housekeeping, without reference to the radio. The core of the newspaper was the program list for the German and European stations from Sunday every week in this form:
- "Tuesday, October 27, 1931. Bucharest 761 kHz, W. 394.2. 16 kW. 13: sound pl. - 18: orchestral kzt. - 20.40: gramophone music. - 21: entertainment cat. - 21.40: lecture. - 22.15: Symphoniekzt. "
... where kHz describes the frequency, W. the wavelength and kW the transmission power. A fine distinction was made between the orchestra playing live in the studio ("Orchesterkzt.", "Symphoniekzt.") And the "gramophone music" from records . The program descriptions of transmitters of the German Reich were somewhat more detailed, in particular that of the radio hour Berlin , which broadcast on 716 kHz and was called "Reichssender Berlin" in the booklet. Here it was noted not only which piece of music was played when and by whom, but also on which grand piano.
The Schlesische Wellen also maintained an advice center for subscribers with technical problems in the Wroclaw editorial offices at Wallstrasse 1 (Jewish quarter, today Ulica Włodkowica), which was open for one hour in the early afternoon. Inquiries by mail were answered for the relatively high fee of 50 Pfg.