Historical Radio News ~ News and Commentary Radio Broadcasts from This Week in History: 1930s to 1970s

Below are news, interview, commentary, and event broadcasts from the week of March 15 to March 21. Dates change at midnight Eastern Time.

Broadcasts that ran on today's date, March 15

Report on Vatican Policies

Broadcast Date: March 15, 1945
Series: The March of Time

Length: 29:30
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC

Samuel Pepys

Broadcast Date: March 15, 1946
Series: The Human Adventure

From WGN, Chicago: "Samuel Pepys". The program is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 29:38
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System

The Broadcasts Below are From March 16 to March 21.

The Kefauver Crime Hearings

Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)

Length: 59:45
Program Producer: CBS

The Future of Small Business in America

Broadcast Date: March 17, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)

NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II.
Length: 29:59
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network

The Supreme Court and the Constitution

Broadcast Date: March 19, 1936
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air

Guests on this edition of the program are: Howard Lee McBain, Professor of Constitutional Law and author of The Living Constitution; and David I. Walsh, Governor and five time U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Length: 1:00:21
Program Producer: ABC Network

ABC Radio News

Broadcast Date: March 20, 1964
Speaker(s): Don Gardner, anchor

Length: 5:02
Program Producer: ABC

Stiff Opposition to United Nations Troops

Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951
Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)

Length: 14:01
Program Producer: CBS

United Nations Troops Face Stiff Opposition in Korea

Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951
Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)

Length: 14;03
Program Producer: CBS