MUSIC ON THE SOCIALIST BULGARIAN RADIO AS A TOOL FOR ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL (SOCIALIST) IDENTITY
Abstract
The text deals with the problems related to the Bulgarian state radio strivings during the socialism period to assist in the establishment of the national identity through the prism of the particular issue of music broadcasts. The analysis is based on archival documents consisting of minutes of the meetings of radio management, as well as relevant documents from the Bulgarian Communist Party archives. The question about the ratio of Bulgarian to foreign music on the radio not only as an element of media cultural significance but also as a national state policy arises. The presence of Western music on the radio program is studied as a result of the pressure exerted from public and state power.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Angelova, Vyara. Bulgarskoto radio prez sozialisma/ Bulgarian radio during socialism (1944-1989) (Doctor of science diss.). Sofia: University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2020.
Angelova, Vyara. “Forming the ‘Socialist nation’ through television (1960–1980) in Bulgaria. TV programs for children”. Rhetoric and Communication 34 (2018a). Accessed 10 June 2020. Available at: http://rhetoric.bg/viara-angelova-forming-the-socialist-nation-through-television-1960-1980-in-bulgaria-tv-programs-for-children
Angelova, Vyara. “Bulgarskoto radio prez sozialisma. Profesionalnite medijni izdania/ Bulgarian Radio During Socialism. Professional Media Outlets (1944–1989)”. Medialog 4 (2018b). Accessed 10 June 2020. Available at: http://www.medialog-bg.com/?p=1523
Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso Editions and New Left Books, 1983.
Antova, Svetlana. “Prisustvie na jugoslavskite medii vuv vsekidnevnia zivot na horata ot belogradchishkata granochna zona pres 70-te I 80-te godini na 20 vek/ Presence of the Yugoslav media in the daily life of the people from the Belogradchik border area in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century”. In Through the Past to the Future. Collection in Honor of Prof. DNA Margarita Karamihova, edited by Petko Petkov. Prosveta, 2018.
Badenoch, Alexander, Andreas Fickers and Christian Henrich-Franke. Airy Curtains in the European Ether: Broadcasting and the Cold War. Nomos, 2013.
Beutelschmidt, Thomas and Richard Oehmig. “Connected Enemies? Programming Transfer Between East and West during The Cold War and The Example of East German Television”. VIEW – Journal of European Television History and Culture 3, 5 (2014).
Georgiev, Momchil. Za balgarskoto nazionalno radio i bulgarskata muzikalna kultura / About Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian music culture. Sofia: Grajdanski institute, 2015.
Dimov, Ventsislav. Muzika za naroda na medijnia front (Mekata vlast na narodnata i populyarnata muzika) / Music for the People on the Media Front (The Soft Power of Peoples and Popular Music in Socialist Bulgaria). “St. Kliment Ohridski” University Press, 2019.
Louw, Eric. The Media and Political Process. London: SAGE, 2005.
Radoslavova-Dojcheva, Antoaneta. Iz istoriyata na Radio Sofia/ From the History of Radio Sofia. V. Turnovo: DAR-RH, 2013.
Radoslavova-Dojcheva, Antoaneta. Muzikata v bulgarskoto radio / The Music in Bulgarian Radio (1930–1944). Sofia: Petko and Pencho Slaveykovi, 2010
Sorescu-Marinkovic, Annemarie. S druge strane granice, Jugoslovenska televizija i druge uspomene iz svakodnevnog zivota Rumuna u Banatu / On the Other Side of the Border. Yugoslav TV and Memories of Everyday Life of Romanians in Banat. Timişoara: Uniunea Sârbilor din România, 2018.
Statelova, Rosemarie. Estrada i sozializam – problyasazi / Estrada and Socialism – Reflections. Sofia: Riva, 2019.
Statelova, Rosemarie. Prez godinite. Rosemarie Statelova na 70 godini / Through the years. Rosemarie Statelova of 70 years. IAS-BAS, 2011.
Tartakovsky, Eugene. “National identity”. In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, edited by Roger J. R. Levesque, 1850-1962. New York: Springer, 2011.
Documents from Central State Archive, Republic Bulgaria (CSA) and State Archive – Sofia (SA-Sofia), cited in the text:
CSA, f. 206, i 2-13 – Administration of Radio information and Television
Contains: PMS, orders, decisions, etc. on creation, organization, registration and re-registration (1945–1990); structures (1970–1985); minutes with annexes from meetings of the EB (1950-1985), the Program Council (1968-1970), the TEC (1973-1985); activity programs (1980); concepts for development up to 2000 (1981); reports and information from the management to higher organizations on the activity (1972–1980); work protocols, reports, information, etc. on international activity (1960–1985); the COMECON agreements (1981-1985); regulations by the President on the use of the Golden Fund (1980-1985); instructions and regulations (1974–1980); five-year plans and plans for the overall activity (1978–1980; 1990); annual plans and reports, reports, inquiries, information, etc. by qualification of the staff (1978–1985); reports, information and analyzes on the social development of the team (1981–1985); national occupational safety program (1981–1985); annual labor protection plans (1976–1984); annual reports and budgets (1979-1984); annual balance sheets with explanatory notes (1949, 1980–1985); staffing schedules (1961–1984).
SA- Sofia, f. 4040B, i. 2 - Institutional Party Committee (CPC) at the Committee for Television and Radio – Sofia.
Contains: Minutes of: the reporting and election conference of the CPC (1975), the meetings of the CPC (1974-1975), etc.
SA-Sofia, f.2920, i.7 - Institutional Party Committee (CPC) at the Committee for Television and Radio – Sofia
Contains: Minutes of meetings of the CPC and the materials to them (1978-1979); Minutes of the reporting and election conference and the materials to it (1978).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22190/FUPSPH2002153A
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
ISSN 1820-8495 (Print)
ISSN 1820-8509 (Online)