Radio Monte Carlo was founded by the Nazis in March 1942,[1] ceased transmission in June 1944 and was back on the air with American help as a joint venture with the Principality of Monaco in August 1944.
In 1998, the French government sold its share to a private holding group made up of Sud Radio and la Depeche du Midi[citation needed].
Radio Monte Carlo's transmission network includes some high power Longwave and Mediumwave transmitters located at Roumoules in France.
For many years the MW unit has been hired out at nighttime to the Middle East Reformed Fellowship through Trans World Radio, with programming in various languages including Arabic and English.
Armstrong claimed that while the Voice of America was jammed by the Soviet Union, his Russian-language broadcast was heard loud and clear in Moscow.