Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
New British Broadcasting Service
Other form(s) of name
- NBBS
Description area
Dates of existence
1940-1945
History
NBBS was established on February 25, 1940 and aired radio programmes until April 1945.
Functions, occupations and activities
New British Broadcasting Service (NBBS) was a German black propaganda radio station run from the Concordia Offices in Berlin, Germany as part of the English language section of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG). NBBS claimed to be run by British ... »
General context
Black propaganda is a form of propaganda which is intended to give the impression that it was created by those it is supposed to discredit.
Control area
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by NM in 2019.
Sources
Hilmes, Michele, and Jason. Loviglio. Radio Reader : Essays in the Cultural History of Radio. Routledge, 2002, p. 279.
History Matters. Department of History, University of Sheffield.