 Its substation in Flensburg, known as the Reichssender Flensburg, broadcast the last announcements from the headquarters of the German army, OKW, over local cable radio and announced the death of Adolf Hitler to the German people on 1 May 1945.All radio broadcasting ceased at the end of World War II and implementation of the Allied occupation of Germany.In the British Zone of occupation, the military authorities quickly established a station known as "Radio Hamburg" to provide information to the population of the area.