Digitizing History: Palestine Broadcasting Service, 1936-1948

Religious Affairs

"...Broadcasting will be directed for the advantage of all classes of all communities. Its main object will be the spread of knowledge and of culture nor, I can assure you, will the claims of religion be neglected..."
Quoting the High Commissioner Arthur Wauchope from his keynote address at the inauguration of the Ramallah Radio Transmitter, March 30, 1936.

How was this put into practice?

The three main religions: Christian, Moslem, Jewish

Christian: Music; The Church; YMCA; Sunday; Easter; Christmas.
Moslem: Music; The Quran Readings; Ramadan; Druze; Bedouin.
Jewish: Music; Bible Readings; Sabbath; Festivals and Holy Days (Chanukah; Tu B'Shvat (New Year for Trees); Purim; Passover; Shavuot; Sukkot; Tisha B'Av ; Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year); Yom Kippur (Holiest Day of the Jewish Year). Cantors (Chazanut).