Hírközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány, Évkönyv, 2005
Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven
Hild Square where the first telephone switchboard was located, on what was once Fürdő Street. The centre of the composition will be a copy of a bust of Tivadar Puskás sculpted by Ferenc Trischler, the original of which is on Tivadar Puskás Street in Boly. Budapest, November 7, 2005 Piroska Farkas Krizsák: Marking anniversaries This year in our Yearbook section Marking Anniversaries, the author remembers Hungarian radio, which jus turned 80. The brief essay deals with the conditions under which programmes were broadcast, the events of the celebration and the list of broadcast history memorabilia in the Postal Museum’s collection of artefacts, documents, and designs. However, since there are several hundred radio history memorabilia in the museum, the article covers on the objects stemming from the very early times. In conclusion, to mark the anniversary, the author publishes several of the 162 entries to a contest called My Life and the Radio initiated by the Communication Museum Foundation. Although they are interesting they were not up to the level published by the Tivadar Puskas Telecommunication Technical School in the volume of gold certificate winning entries. Gábor Heckenast: National and regional radio programmes In connection with the 80th anniversary of the start of radio broadcasting in Hungary, the author focuses on the tasks of public radio, the opportunities inherent in national and regional programming, the public media as a government monopoly, and commercial radio operating under the principles of the free market. In addition, he deals with national and international companies and institutions that handle programming, broadcasting, and frequency management. Focusing specifically on Hungary, he reviews the past 80 years of radio history, including the development of transmitters, the building of studios in towns outside of Budapest, and the location and use of transmission relay stations in the light of the country’s history. Finally, he concludes that thanks to a well developed network of studios outside of Budapest, Hungary’s public radio is able to offer quick and high quality reports on important political, economic, and cultural events from anywhere in the country. Ibolya Bartók: 50th anniversary of the start of an independent Postal Museum Knowing the historical events leading up to it, the author concludes that the issue of establishing an independent Postal Museum had been delayed by exactly 59 years, calculating with its opening in 1955. It became possible to truly evaluate the museum’s collection during the Millennium Exhibition of 1896 and the items collected at that time, for the occasion was used to open a highly significant and representative exhibit. At the time, the exhibition committee of the Royal Hungarian Post Office aspired to retain the temporarily built hall of the Millennium Exhibition housing the postal, telegraphic and telephonic 250
