HOLLAND RADIO - Radio Wereld Kaart om Hollandia.

Poster showing a world map in a double hemisphere projection.
Showing distances from New Guinee to other parts of the world. The year 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World war a number of significant events in radio broadcasting took place.
Telegraphy became an important way to connect with other parts in the world. BBC among other engineers received the order to begin closing down all transmitters in preparation for wartime broadcasting: this marks the end of the National and Regional Programmes of the BBC.