The general background of the first two weeks of April was characterized by widespread defeatism, exemplified in the welcome often displayed with the arrival of US troops and, in addition, the general rejection of official radio output, including anti-western atrocity propaganda and the official Military Communiques. Specific examples are given of the absurdity of Nazi statements, as well as the varying approach to the impending disaster adopted in radio talks. Pure propaganda, including accounts of atrocities, became more frequent, including in the daily magazine, “Mirror of the Times”. There was a growing resort to tape recordings. Typical broadcasting in the first two weeks of April 1945 is described, often characterized by “normality” taken to extremes. Radio’s reaction to rumours of Gauleiter Florian of Düsseldorf deserting his post, as well as to the short propaganda “orgy” after news of Roosevelt’s death, are given detailed attention.