Red Tape: Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969 - Paperbackby Rosamund Johnston (Author) In socialist Eastern Europe, radio simultaneously produced state power and created the conditions for it to be challenged. As the dominant form of media in Czechoslovakia from 1945 until 1969, radio constituted a site of negotiation between Communist officials, broadcast journalists, and audiences. Listeners' feedback, captured in thousands of pieces of fan mail, shows how a non democratic society established, stabilized,