ABSIE

After two years of argument, experiment and preparation, OWI at last had its own broadcasting station in England. OWI Overseas Director Robert E. Sherwood told all the peoples of Europe about it last week, as the all-American transmitters opened up for the first time. Said he: "This is the American Broadcasting Station in Europe. . . . We Americans are here to join with the BBC in telling the truth of this war to our friends in Europe --and to our enemies. . . ." He warned against premature action, promised that Gen. Eisenhower from England and Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson from the Middle East would jointly announce the invasion.

ABSIE is no teapot station. It has 12 medium-wave transmitters, rooms full of U.S.-built technical equipment, modern studios, offices, and a staff of 90 Americans, stuffed into a vast warehouse in a corner of London. Its output will not differ greatly from BBC's--primarily news and its interpretation, feature talks, advice for the European underground, popular and straight music--but it will present the U.S. viewpoint, in six languages.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.