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by onion2k 1566 days ago
I’m sure there were listener equivalents in neutral places either via SW or MW broadcast in ww2

In WW2 there was propaganda broadcast from Germany, in English and in MW to reach the UK and SW to reach the USA, by William Joyce. He was called Lord Haw-Haw because he pretended to by posh. His broadcasts were designed to demoralize the allied countries.

No doubt people in neutral countries tuned in. But that isn't really relevant. The point of the broadcasts was to reach non-neutral people wherever they might be.

He was captured in 1945 and hanged for treason.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw