Talk:Mass media in Communist Czechoslovakia

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I heard a story that the Czechoslovakia government launched "The Beatles" in the 80s as a new hot band (ie. some 25 years late), to pacify the citizens. They would show 60s videos as if they were made yesterday. I strongly presume its fiction, or at best a modification of another story involving another Communist country and another band. I have not been able to find any mention of it on the net. Does anyone know about this or some similar manipulating tactic of their government in this time? --Jens Schriver 11:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense. It wouldn't even work. Maybe this story originally said just that government/party allowed to play Beatles (and similar groups) on radio. --Podlesh 18:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Funny what people in the West think about Eastern bloc. Premiere of "A Hard Days Night" in Czechoslovakia was in the autumn 1964 and Beatles were extremly popular here in the sixties. Radio Luxembourg was popular as well. --85.207.40.58 10:00, 29 October 2006 (UTC)