The goal of the broadcasts was to "entice Arabs to join British and British-backed military forces, as well as to maintain political and economic stability in Palestine".
The British also looked beyond World War II, as they wanted to remain an influence in the Middle East, where oil had been discovered in the early 1930s.
[2] After the war, it became a Foreign Office responsibility and, although its legal status was changed into that of a commercial broadcaster, the British government kept firm control.
In the early 1950s the potential audience size increased greatly, as the station also started transmitting on a medium-wave transmitter.
Renamed the "Voice of Britain", it started broadcasting anti-Nasser news and messages asking civilians to keep clear of military targets.