One hundred years since the radio first broadcast a voice from abroad

Radio Prague International - latest articles · Sep 7, 2026

On September 6, 1926, Czechoslovak Radio connected with the wider world for the first time. From the Palace of the League of Nations in Geneva, it broadcast a speech by Foreign Minister Edvard Beneš, opening a new era of international broadcasts. The technically complex connection, routed through several European cities, was eventually completed successfully, allowing listeners in Prague to hear Beneš’s voice almost in real time. The event marked an important step forward for radio journalism, which from then on became a window onto not only cultural life, but also political and public events.