Radio

Since 1925 all German radio had been regulated by the 'Reich Radio Company' (RRG). It was 51% owned by government and the remaining was owned by 9 regional broadcast companies. In 1933 these were taken over by Nazi Reich governors and by April 1934 the Nazis established a unified radio system and announced they had purged it of all hostile elements. Radio became one of the most powerful tools of propaganda and indoctrination, Goebbels described it as 'the spritual weapon of the totalitarian state.' The radios effect was made greater by the mass ownership of the basic radio receiver with over 7 million sets being owned in 1933 alone, by 1943 16 million (70% of all households) owned one. Hitler was NOT very keen on radio sets as he found he got a greater effect if he addressed a real audience in outside broadcasts. In 1933 50 broadcasts were transmitted and the estimated audience totalled 56 million (at the time the total population of Germany was 70 million). The key speeches were often announced by sirens and all work had to stop so all could listen to public loudspeakers. These were considered 'Important National Moments'.

This meant that the Nazi party again through control could persuade and create support from the German people as they never heard anything bad about the Nazi party only good. From Hitler himself or many other controlled german radio stations.