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| PBS was just after the WWII ended in Europe broadcasting Korczaks best-known book "King Mathew I", the moving story of a child-king's entry into adulthood. The broadcasting of the book started in 2nd week of May and ended in June. The novel was divided into three parts. |
Korczaks book in the Palestine Broadcasting Service in May 1945, just after WWII ended in Europe!
The Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS) is inaugurated by British Mandatory Authority from Ramallah with studios and one transmitter on 668 kc/s (kHz) 449 meters with a power of 20 kW. Staff are recruited for daily broadcasts in English, Arabic and Hebrew and training given by the BBC. The station is born at a time of great tension between Arabs and Jews that within weeks erupts into violence. The Hebrew name of the station is eventually agreed to be 'Kol Yerushalyim' (The Voice of Jerusalem) after argument rages with Arab leaders when the Jews originally want to call it 'Kol Eretz Israel' (The Voice of the Land of Israel).
