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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 January 22 to January 28. Dates change at midnight Eastern Time.


We Have No Broadcast From Today's Date: January 22.


The Broadcasts Below are From January 23 to January 28.



The Champion of the Living Law

Broadcast Date:   January 23, 1946
Series:   The Human Adventure

A drama / documentary about Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes from WGN, Chicago. The series is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length:   29:14
Program Producer:   Mutual Broadcasting System


Muhammed Ali News Conference at the United Nations

Broadcast Date:   January 24, 1979
Speaker(s):   Muhammed Ali, others


Length:   32:53

Four Foreign Correspondents Recall Their Best Stories

Broadcast Date:   January 26, 1956

Four of the Canadian Broadcasting Commissions's most experienced foreign correspondents tell the best stories they have covered.
Length:   13:16
Program Producer:   CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)


Hear It Now

Broadcast Date:   January 26, 1951
Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow (anchor)


The cost of a pound of steak, and other stories.
Length:   59:15
Program Producer:   CBS


Will President Roosevelt Run for a 3rd Term?

Broadcast Date:   January 26, 1943
Series:   H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s):   H. V. Kaltenborn


Length:   11:57

Apollo 1 Fire on Launchpad Kills 3 Astronauts

Broadcast Date:   January 27, 1967

The Apollo program changed forever on Jan. 27, 1967, when a flash fire swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a launch rehearsal test. Here, radio station WCCO in Minneapolis gets word of the tragedy. The recording is of several newscasts as they learn of the death of all three astronauts: Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom. They soon switch to the CBS radio network newscasts. The three men inside perished despite the best efforts of the ground crew. It would take more than 18 months, and extensive redesigns, before NASA sent more men into space.
Length:   23:33
Program Producer:   WCCO. Minneapolis


The Fight to Protect the Money We Save

Broadcast Date:   January 27, 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:   29:08
Program Producer:   NBC


The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937

Broadcast Date:   January 27, 1937

In January 1937, one of the largest floods in American history inundated the Ohio River Valley. Many cities and towns on the Ohio and its tributaries were affected. Louisville and Southern Indiana were among those most devastated. Torrential rain, together with some sleet and freezing rain, fell from January 9 to January 23, raising the Ohio River to its highest recorded level. On January 23 the river at Louisville crested at 51.1 feet, and eventually reached 57.15 feet above flood stage on the upper gauge.Here, on January 27, Nashville radio station WSM carried live flood information, and Baltimore radio station WFBR aired the news from WSM.
Length:   15:19
Program Producer:   WSM / WFBR


The March of Time

Broadcast Date:   January 27, 1938

Length:   28:56
Program Producer:   Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network