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Radio News and Interviews -- This Week in History

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 April 13 to April 19. Dates change at midnight Eastern Time.


Broadcasts that ran on today's date, April 13


Hear It Now

Broadcast Date:   April 13, 1951
Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow and Voices in the News


Stories of the week, including the firing of General MacArthur by President Harry Truman.
Length:   59:33
Program Producer:   CBS Radio News


The Broadcasts Below are From April 14 to April 19.



Flyer, Come Home

Broadcast Date:   April 14, 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:   29:48
Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


Edward R. Murrow Reports on Buchenwald

Broadcast Date:   April 15, 1951
Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow


Edward R. Murrow reports from London.
Length:   10:40
Program Producer:   CBS


News and Features with John Cameron Swayze

Broadcast Date:   April 15, 1951
Speaker(s):   John Cameron Swayze


John Cameron Swayze was an American news commentator and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s who later became best known as a product spokesman.
Length:   13:17
Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


Robert Arden News Commentary

Broadcast Date:   April 15, 1940
Speaker(s):   Robert Arden


Length:   12:52
Program Producer:   KFWB Radio, Los Angeles


Will the Machine Dominate Man?

Broadcast Date:   April 16, 1936
Series:   America's Town Meeting of the Air

Guest experts are Herman H. Lynn, National Machine Tool Builders Association; and Ralph Barsodi, author of This Ugly Civilization (1928) and founder of The School For Living at Suffern, NY.
Length:   58:35
Program Producer:   NBC


Meet the Press: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Broadcast Date:   April 17, 1960
Speaker(s):   Ned Brooks (host) with panelists and the guest, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Length:   27:11
Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


The Undeclared War is Over

Broadcast Date:   April 17, 1936
Series:   The March of Time

WABC, New York City aircheck. Sponsored by Wrigley's Spearmint Gum. A man has been found living in the Capitol Building for over a year, with no one being aware of him. Italy threatens to bomb Ethiopia, Mussolini's forces are within ninety-three miles of Addis Ababa. "The undeclared war is over." Federal Judge Ritter has been impeached, found guilty and removed from the bench. A speech therapist advises President Roosevelt to avoid a "sour voice." A Serbian diplomat, who was instrumental in starting the world war, died this week.
Length:   14:50
Program Producer:   CBS


The Latest Nazi Claims About Sinking a Navy Ship

Broadcast Date:   April 18, 1943
Series:   Gabriel Heater News and Commentary
Speaker(s):   Gabriel Heater


Length:   10:16
Program Producer:   Mutual Broadcasting System


We The People

Broadcast Date:   April 18, 1937

This program brought in people from around the country to tell their stories.
Length:   30:27
Program Producer:   CBS


Comments on the Korean War and a Good-bye to Congress

Broadcast Date:   April 19, 1951
Speaker(s):   General Douglas MacArthur


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Meet the Press: Dr. Fidel Castro

Broadcast Date:   April 19, 1959
Speaker(s):   Ned Brooks (host) with panelists and the guest, Fidel Castro


It had been less than four months since the end of the Cuban Revolution, the armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and ended when the rebels ousted Batista on December 31, 1958. Here, Dr. Fidel Castro is questioned by the Meet the Press panelists.
Length:   27:49
Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network