October Broadcasts by Day of the Month
41 broadcasts
FDR Stumps for Re-election in Pittsburgh
Broadcast Date: October 1, 1936
Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt gives a campaign speech in his run for re-election. This speech is at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh with about 60-thousand people in attendance.
Length: 31:18
Program Producer: National Democratic Committee
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: October 3, 1960
Speaker(s): The guest is John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts and was the Democratic presidential candidate.
Length: 26:13
Program Producer: NBC
NBC Radio 50th Anniversary Program
Broadcast Date: October 3, 1976
Speaker(s): John Chancellor, host
This is a review of 50 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 1:37:10
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
First-ever Satellite is Launched
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1957
In this very short excerpt, a Radio Moscow English-language broadcast announces the launch of Sputnik, the first-ever satellite.
Length: :16
Program Producer: Radio Moscow
Hitler to Address the Reichstad
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1939
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
H,. V. Kaltenborn reports on the plan for Hitler to address the Reichstad.
Length: 11:17
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1911
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1937
"That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hugh S. Johnson Resigns from the NRA
Broadcast Date: October 5, 1934
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine. General Hugh S. Johnson leaves the leadership of the N.R.A. Coverage of the Hauptmann trial.
Length: 28:41
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
The March of Chimes (Spoof of The March of Time)
Broadcast Date: October 5, 1938
Speaker(s): Various
The announcers and engineers at KFI made time to record this spoof of "The March of Time", the weekly news magazine's famous documentary program, and the NBC Chimes. Because KFI and its sister station KECA were NBC affiliates but not owned by the network, they were not allowed to play the famous three-note sequence, although that rule would be relaxed during the 1940s.
Length: 13:23
Program Producer: KFI and KECA, Los Angeles
Nixon Proposes Cease-fire in Vietnam
Broadcast Date: October 6, 1970
The Armed Forces Vietnam Network reports on a cease-fire plan and withdrawal of troops to be proposed by President Nixon.
Length: 2:48
Program Producer: Armed Forces Vietnam Network
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 6, 1939
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 10:55
Program Producer: CBS
NBC News
Broadcast Date: October 7, 1941
Speaker(s): Alex Drier, other reporters
War news from Alex Dreier in Berlin, other reports in London and in Berne, Switzerland.
Length: 14:35
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Analysis of a Hitler Speech
Broadcast Date: October 10, 1939
Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 13:45
Program Producer: NBC
Meet the Press
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1959
Speaker(s): Edmund "Pat" Brown and panelists
This interview was done during Pat Brown's first run as Governor of California.
Length: 27:56
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Who Will Replace Spiro Agnew as Vice-president?
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1973
Series: The World Tonight
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards, Roger Mudd, others
News includes the question of who will replace Spiro Agnew as vice-president, and the war in the Sinai.
Length: 14:07
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1898
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1937
"That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
FDR's 10th Fireside Chat
Broadcast Date: October 12, 1937
Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt is calling Congress back for a special session on November 15 to deal with domestic and foreign issues.
Length: 27:44
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Britain Sinks Three German Subs
Broadcast Date: October 13, 1939
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 10:57
The 1960 Presidential Election
Broadcast Date: October 16, 1960
Series: Meet The Press
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (host) with panelist, and the guest, John F. Kennedy
Senator John F. Kennedy was running for president. Here, in the last three weeks of the campaign, he meets the press.
Length: 27:13
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
A German Air Raid on Scotland
Broadcast Date: October 16, 1939
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:35
Program Producer: CBS
"Tomorrow"
Broadcast Date: October 17, 1956
Speaker(s): Orson Welles (announcer) and cast
In this one-hour radio play, the Federal Civil Defense Organization makes the case that a Civil Defense Organization is necessary. The play depicts the United States under atomic attack, with and without such an organization.
Length: 58:18
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network and the Federal Civil Defense Organization
That Was the Year - 1931
Broadcast Date: October 18, 1937
"That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
President Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
Broadcast Date: October 20, 1973
Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather, Anchor
Dan Rather reports on the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. He reports the firing was met with outrage, the Congress was stunned, the public is negative, and the calls for impeachment are loud.
Length: 5:54
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
I'd Rather Be Right
Broadcast Date: October 21, 1937
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine and Life Magazine. "I'd Rather Be Right" opens in Boston with George M. Cohan. A Cohan imitator sings, "We're Going To Balance The Budget" (making Roosevelt the first living president to be the subject of a musical.) U.S. Steel leads the stock market downward. "Wall Street spirits [are] the lowest since 1929." In "The Tampa Flogging Case," five policemen have been released due to "insufficient evidence." A frozen mammoth has been found near Siberia (the sound effects of the dying mammoth are chillingly realistic.) The bodies of seven hundred dead German soldiers have been brought back from Spain. The Cathedral of Rheims, severely damaged during the war, is consecrated after reconstruction.
Length: 30:10
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
Nixon Agrees to Turn Over Watergate Tapes
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1973
Series: World News Roundup
Speaker(s): Richard C. Hottelet (anchor) and reporters
President Nixon will comply with a federal judge's orders to turn over the Watergate tapes. The House starts to move toward impeachment.
Length: 8:45
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Eliot Richardson Explains his Decision to Resign
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1973
Series: The World at 6:00
Evening news from the CBC in Toronto: President Nixon turns over the Watergate tapes, and Eliot Richardson explains his decision to resign as Attorney-General.
Length: 29:22
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
Build a People's Front and the American Workers Party
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1937
Speaker(s): Ben Davis Jr., introduced by Timothy Holmes
Ben Davis Jr. was an African-American attorney and a writer for the Daily and Sunday Worker, a progressive newspaper. Davis spoke on behalf of equal rights for Black citizens.
Length: 14:18
Program Producer: The New York State Committee of the Communist Party
JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech to the Nation
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1962
Speaker(s): President John F. Kennedy
On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a nation-wide radio and TV address about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. plan of action during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The confrontation ended six days later, on October 28, 1962, when Kennedy and United Nations Secretary-General U Thant reached a public and secret agreement with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Length: 17:36
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 23, 1939
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:34
Program Producer: CBS
Indictments in the Nuremberg War Trials
Broadcast Date: October 23, 1945
Series: Quoting America
In this series called "Quoting America" this is a roundup of stories about the indictment of 24 high-raking Nazis for the upcoming Nuremberg War Trials. These were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, and their decisions marked a turning point between classical and contemporary international law.
Length: 13:17
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Broadcast Date: October 24, 1962
Russian nuclear missiles were stationed on the island of Cuba. A possible nuclear confrontation had the world on edge. This hotline report came from the meeting at the United Nations.
Length: 24:32
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Germany Seizes the U.S. Ship: The City of Flint
Broadcast Date: October 24, 1939
Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Commentary
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 13:33
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Edward R. Murrow with the News
Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951
Speaker(s): Bill Shidell, Edward R. Murrow
Murrow reports from London about the British election.
Length: 14:28
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
That Was the Year - 1917
Broadcast Date: October 25, 1937
"That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Middle East War and Watergate News
Broadcast Date: October 27, 1973
Series: World News Roundup
Speaker(s): Dallas Townsend, Richard C. Hottelet, others
The Middle East War rages as a joint US/USSR cease-fire proposal is explained. Following the "Saturday Night Massacre" calls increase for the impeachment of President Nixon, and the president agrees to turn over Watergate tapes to Judge Sirica.
Length: 14:00
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Crisis of Confidence
Broadcast Date: October 27, 1973
Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
This Front Line Report looks at the government shakeup of the past seven days, and the White House efforts to blame much of it on the news media.
Length: 5:51
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Speaks at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Statue of Liberty
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1936
Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Length: 5:58
The Mayoral Election in New York City
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1937
Series: The March of Time
Coverage of the New York mayoral election (La Guardia is described as "Jewish-Italian"). Political unrest in Hungary, Bela Kuhn moves to the Soviet Union. Ireland's vice laws bring jail time for a kiss! Massengill medicine has been found to be poisonous! Hitler says that if he could have spoken to the Duke Of Windsor for one hour, he would not have abdicated! Parliament opens, with George VI on the throne. Another British ship has been attacked in the Mediterranean by a submarine. Sponsored by Life Magazine and Time Magazine.
Length: 29:32
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
The End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1962
Series: NBC News Special
Speaker(s): Ray Shearer
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This broadcast begins with an announcement from Moscow.
Length: 28:27
Program Producer: NBC
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 30, 1939
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
European War News and other news of import.
Length: 11:39
Program Producer: CBS
Donald Segretti's Dirty Tricks
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1973
Series: CBS News
Speaker(s): Walter Cronkite
This CBS News report is on the dirty tricks of the Nixon re-election campaign in 1972, and the work of the Senate Watergate Committee.
Length: 5:50
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Final Harry Houdini Seance
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1936
This radio program played significant portions of Bess Houdini's tenth and final attempt to contact her husband from beyond the grave. The event was held with great fanfare in Hollywood, and you can hear it here.
Length: 24:25
41 broadcasts
FDR Stumps for Re-election in Pittsburgh
Broadcast Date: October 1, 1936 Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt gives a campaign speech in his run for re-election. This speech is at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh with about 60-thousand people in attendance.
Length: 31:18
Program Producer: National Democratic Committee
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: October 3, 1960 Speaker(s): The guest is John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts and was the Democratic presidential candidate.
Length: 26:13
Program Producer: NBC
NBC Radio 50th Anniversary Program
Broadcast Date: October 3, 1976 Speaker(s): John Chancellor, host
This is a review of 50 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 1:37:10
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
First-ever Satellite is Launched
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1957 In this very short excerpt, a Radio Moscow English-language broadcast announces the launch of Sputnik, the first-ever satellite.
Length: :16
Program Producer: Radio Moscow
Hitler to Address the Reichstad
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1939 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
H,. V. Kaltenborn reports on the plan for Hitler to address the Reichstad.
Length: 11:17
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1911
Broadcast Date: October 4, 1937 "That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hugh S. Johnson Resigns from the NRA
Broadcast Date: October 5, 1934 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine. General Hugh S. Johnson leaves the leadership of the N.R.A. Coverage of the Hauptmann trial.
Length: 28:41
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
The March of Chimes (Spoof of The March of Time)
Broadcast Date: October 5, 1938 Speaker(s): Various
The announcers and engineers at KFI made time to record this spoof of "The March of Time", the weekly news magazine's famous documentary program, and the NBC Chimes. Because KFI and its sister station KECA were NBC affiliates but not owned by the network, they were not allowed to play the famous three-note sequence, although that rule would be relaxed during the 1940s.
Length: 13:23
Program Producer: KFI and KECA, Los Angeles
Nixon Proposes Cease-fire in Vietnam
Broadcast Date: October 6, 1970 The Armed Forces Vietnam Network reports on a cease-fire plan and withdrawal of troops to be proposed by President Nixon.
Length: 2:48
Program Producer: Armed Forces Vietnam Network
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 6, 1939 Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 10:55
Program Producer: CBS
NBC News
Broadcast Date: October 7, 1941 Speaker(s): Alex Drier, other reporters
War news from Alex Dreier in Berlin, other reports in London and in Berne, Switzerland.
Length: 14:35
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Analysis of a Hitler Speech
Broadcast Date: October 10, 1939 Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 13:45
Program Producer: NBC
Meet the Press
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1959 Speaker(s): Edmund "Pat" Brown and panelists
This interview was done during Pat Brown's first run as Governor of California.
Length: 27:56
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Who Will Replace Spiro Agnew as Vice-president?
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1973 Series: The World Tonight
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards, Roger Mudd, others
News includes the question of who will replace Spiro Agnew as vice-president, and the war in the Sinai.
Length: 14:07
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1898
Broadcast Date: October 11, 1937 "That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
FDR's 10th Fireside Chat
Broadcast Date: October 12, 1937 Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt is calling Congress back for a special session on November 15 to deal with domestic and foreign issues.
Length: 27:44
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Britain Sinks Three German Subs
Broadcast Date: October 13, 1939 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 10:57
The 1960 Presidential Election
Broadcast Date: October 16, 1960 Series: Meet The Press
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (host) with panelist, and the guest, John F. Kennedy
Senator John F. Kennedy was running for president. Here, in the last three weeks of the campaign, he meets the press.
Length: 27:13
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
A German Air Raid on Scotland
Broadcast Date: October 16, 1939 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:35
Program Producer: CBS
"Tomorrow"
Broadcast Date: October 17, 1956 Speaker(s): Orson Welles (announcer) and cast
In this one-hour radio play, the Federal Civil Defense Organization makes the case that a Civil Defense Organization is necessary. The play depicts the United States under atomic attack, with and without such an organization.
Length: 58:18
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network and the Federal Civil Defense Organization
That Was the Year - 1931
Broadcast Date: October 18, 1937 "That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
President Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox
Broadcast Date: October 20, 1973 Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather, Anchor
Dan Rather reports on the firing of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. He reports the firing was met with outrage, the Congress was stunned, the public is negative, and the calls for impeachment are loud.
Length: 5:54
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
I'd Rather Be Right
Broadcast Date: October 21, 1937 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine and Life Magazine. "I'd Rather Be Right" opens in Boston with George M. Cohan. A Cohan imitator sings, "We're Going To Balance The Budget" (making Roosevelt the first living president to be the subject of a musical.) U.S. Steel leads the stock market downward. "Wall Street spirits [are] the lowest since 1929." In "The Tampa Flogging Case," five policemen have been released due to "insufficient evidence." A frozen mammoth has been found near Siberia (the sound effects of the dying mammoth are chillingly realistic.) The bodies of seven hundred dead German soldiers have been brought back from Spain. The Cathedral of Rheims, severely damaged during the war, is consecrated after reconstruction.
Length: 30:10
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
Nixon Agrees to Turn Over Watergate Tapes
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1973 Series: World News Roundup
Speaker(s): Richard C. Hottelet (anchor) and reporters
President Nixon will comply with a federal judge's orders to turn over the Watergate tapes. The House starts to move toward impeachment.
Length: 8:45
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Eliot Richardson Explains his Decision to Resign
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1973 Series: The World at 6:00
Evening news from the CBC in Toronto: President Nixon turns over the Watergate tapes, and Eliot Richardson explains his decision to resign as Attorney-General.
Length: 29:22
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
Build a People's Front and the American Workers Party
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1937 Speaker(s): Ben Davis Jr., introduced by Timothy Holmes
Ben Davis Jr. was an African-American attorney and a writer for the Daily and Sunday Worker, a progressive newspaper. Davis spoke on behalf of equal rights for Black citizens.
Length: 14:18
Program Producer: The New York State Committee of the Communist Party
JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech to the Nation
Broadcast Date: October 22, 1962 Speaker(s): President John F. Kennedy
On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a nation-wide radio and TV address about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. plan of action during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The confrontation ended six days later, on October 28, 1962, when Kennedy and United Nations Secretary-General U Thant reached a public and secret agreement with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Length: 17:36
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 23, 1939 Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:34
Program Producer: CBS
Indictments in the Nuremberg War Trials
Broadcast Date: October 23, 1945 Series: Quoting America
In this series called "Quoting America" this is a roundup of stories about the indictment of 24 high-raking Nazis for the upcoming Nuremberg War Trials. These were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, and their decisions marked a turning point between classical and contemporary international law.
Length: 13:17
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Broadcast Date: October 24, 1962 Russian nuclear missiles were stationed on the island of Cuba. A possible nuclear confrontation had the world on edge. This hotline report came from the meeting at the United Nations.
Length: 24:32
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Germany Seizes the U.S. Ship: The City of Flint
Broadcast Date: October 24, 1939 Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Commentary
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 13:33
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Edward R. Murrow with the News
Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951 Speaker(s): Bill Shidell, Edward R. Murrow
Murrow reports from London about the British election.
Length: 14:28
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
That Was the Year - 1917
Broadcast Date: October 25, 1937 "That Was the Year" is a fascinating radio show that dramatizes the major historical events between the years 1896 and 1934. The show was produced from the viewpoint of the show's creators in 1937, adding unique interest to modern listeners. Every episode ends with a performance of a popular song from that year. Just over 1-minute of choral music at the beginning has been removed. It was there for stations to add local commercials.
Length: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Middle East War and Watergate News
Broadcast Date: October 27, 1973 Series: World News Roundup
Speaker(s): Dallas Townsend, Richard C. Hottelet, others
The Middle East War rages as a joint US/USSR cease-fire proposal is explained. Following the "Saturday Night Massacre" calls increase for the impeachment of President Nixon, and the president agrees to turn over Watergate tapes to Judge Sirica.
Length: 14:00
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Crisis of Confidence
Broadcast Date: October 27, 1973 Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
This Front Line Report looks at the government shakeup of the past seven days, and the White House efforts to blame much of it on the news media.
Length: 5:51
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Speaks at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Statue of Liberty
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1936 Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Length: 5:58
The Mayoral Election in New York City
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1937 Series: The March of Time
Coverage of the New York mayoral election (La Guardia is described as "Jewish-Italian"). Political unrest in Hungary, Bela Kuhn moves to the Soviet Union. Ireland's vice laws bring jail time for a kiss! Massengill medicine has been found to be poisonous! Hitler says that if he could have spoken to the Duke Of Windsor for one hour, he would not have abdicated! Parliament opens, with George VI on the throne. Another British ship has been attacked in the Mediterranean by a submarine. Sponsored by Life Magazine and Time Magazine.
Length: 29:32
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
The End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1962 Series: NBC News Special
Speaker(s): Ray Shearer
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This broadcast begins with an announcement from Moscow.
Length: 28:27
Program Producer: NBC
Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: October 30, 1939 Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
European War News and other news of import.
Length: 11:39
Program Producer: CBS
Donald Segretti's Dirty Tricks
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1973 Series: CBS News
Speaker(s): Walter Cronkite
This CBS News report is on the dirty tricks of the Nixon re-election campaign in 1972, and the work of the Senate Watergate Committee.
Length: 5:50
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Final Harry Houdini Seance
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1936 This radio program played significant portions of Bess Houdini's tenth and final attempt to contact her husband from beyond the grave. The event was held with great fanfare in Hollywood, and you can hear it here.
Length: 24:25