The mobile radio unit “Barbara” used to broadcast Radio Free Europe’s first program on July 4, 1950, to Czechoslovakia. "Barbara" was not one vehicle, but a set of seven vehicles: studio van, the transmitter van, generators, a fuel supply truck, jeep and trailer, camping and housekeeping equipment, and a flatbed truck for the antenna towers.
Beginning on July 4, 1950, the first programs to Czechoslovakia only consisted of music and spot announcements advising the listener that full programming of news and commentary would begin on July 14, 1950. On that date, “Barbara” also sent its first broadcast to Romania.
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