RIAS and Other Broadcasting Stations (September 1955)

Attitudes of East Germans to the radio station RIAS. Topics: listening to individual radio stations; preferences for certain radio stations; listening to radio London (German program of the BBC); times of day of listening to programs of radio London; frequency of listening to radio London; quality of reception of radio London; frequency and time of listening to RIAS; frequency and quality of reception of RIAS; programs of RIAS; development of reception quality in the last months; comparison of RIAS and the station Freies Berlin as source of information for GDR residents; significance of RIAS after start of broadcasting by the station Freies Berlin; listening to the program Voice of America; reception of the Voice of America; on which radio station is the Voice of America recieved?; use of the television station of the GDR; use of a private or public television set; reception of West German television stations; frequency of watching West German programs. Demography: occupation; possession of a radio; technical data of the radio; age; school education; state; city size; sex. Also encoded was: place of interview; interviewer number.