February Broadcasts by Day of the Month
37 broadcasts
How are American Wives Faring?
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1938
Series: The March of Time
Speaker(s): Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Length: 29:30
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Special Report on Detroit, and other stories.
Length: 59:42
Program Producer: CBS
Edward R. Murrow with the news
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1951
Speaker(s): Don Hollenbeck (anchor)
Don Hollenbeck filled in for Edward R. Murrow.
Length: 14:19
Program Producer: CBS
What is the Future of Plastics?
Broadcast Date: February 3, 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: 28:57
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Mayor Laguardia's Midwest Tour
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1938
Series: The March of Time
Length: 28:56
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
What Does Democracy Mean?
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1938
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
The guests on this edition of the program are Salvado di Madariaga, Spanish historian, author and diplomat; Clarence Hathaway, Central Committee of the Communist Party and editor of The Daily Worker; Isaac Don Levine, author and Hearst Newspaper columnist; Max Lerner, editor of The Nation; and Dr. Ruth Alexander, Political Economist and Lecturer.
Length: 1:00:20
Program Producer: ABC Network
About Radio
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1947
Series: Time for Reason
Speaker(s): Lyman Bryson
The host, Lyman Bryson, was a prominent educator and the CBS Director of Education. During his tenure, his educational and public affairs programs, such as "The People's Platform," were broadcast over CBS affiliate stations, which included WBAB in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Here, he reads listener letters and discusses facts about radio broadcasting.
Length: 14:36
Program Producer: CBS Radio, WBAB
The Day the Music Died
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1959
This is a news bulletin from "Action Central News". It reports the deaths of three popular singers. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to their next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Richardson (the Big Bopper) as well as pilot Roger Peterson in a crash later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his song "American Pie".
Length: :52
Newsreel Digest
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1950
A news wrap-up of the events from the previous week.
Length: 16:04
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1944
Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:32
Program Producer: CBS
Canadian News Aircheck
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1969
Speaker(s): Dick Smyth (anchor)
Length: 7:44
Program Producer: Radio Station CKLW
That Was the Year - 1907
Broadcast Date: February 8, 1937
Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:17
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
A train wreck in New Jersey, Josephy McCarthy speaks in Washington, other stories.
Length: 59:31
Program Producer: CBS
Winston Churchill's "Give Us the Tools" Speech
Broadcast Date: February 9, 1941
Speaker(s): Winston Churchill
Length: 36:25
Program Producer: BBC
Spock on The Spock Generation
Broadcast Date: February 10, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Dr. Benjamin Spock, Del Shields (host)
Dr. Benjamin M. Spock (1903-1998) was an American pediatrician whose book "Baby and Child Care" (1946) is one of the best-selling volumes in history. The book's premise to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do." Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals. By the time of this program, Spock was an activist in the New Left and anti- Vietnam War movements. His books were criticized for propagating permissiveness and an expectation of instant gratification which allegedly led young people to join these movements. Spock denied his books had that effect. In this program, he says the new generation was less focused on money and more on integrity than earlier generations. He said young people were more concerned with education and health. Callers want to talk mostly about anti-war issues, but some call to push their own, somewhat off-subject, issues.
Length: 59:06
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
The War Against Inflation
Broadcast Date: February 10, 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: 29:20
Program Producer: NBC
Being Prepared to Destroy Any Power That Would Dare to Attack
Broadcast Date: February 10, 1938
Series: The March of Time
Length: 28:44
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
News of the World
Broadcast Date: February 11, 1941
Recording stops before the end of the program. The quality of reports on shortwave is not good.
Length: 14:57
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: February 12, 1961
Speaker(s): The guest is Adam Clayton Powell
Length: 28:01
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1920
Broadcast Date: February 15, 1937
Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:17
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Isolationist Debate in Washington DC
Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:24
Program Producer: CBS
What Now for the Marines?
Broadcast Date: February 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: 29:44
Program Producer: NBC
The Singing Valentine
Broadcast Date: February 17, 1938
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine and Life Magazine. Postal Telegraph Valentines prove overwhelmingly popular. Tenant farmers suffer in the South. The Bankhead-Jones Tenancy Act is passed. A Constitutional "Equal Rights Amendment" is debated. Gracie Fields ("the highest paid actress in the world") receives an honor from King George. Dunninger reads minds for Vice President and Mrs. Gardner. A biography of New York columnist Oscar O. McIntyre, who died this week. Hitler dominates the government of Austria in a bloodless coup.
Length: 28:21
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: February 19, 1961
Speaker(s): Abraham Ribicoff (guest)
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1910-1998) was an American Democratic Party politician. He served as a United States Senator, as the 80th Governor of Connecticut, and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was Connecticut's first and, to-date, only Jewish governor.
Length: 26:31
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Live Coverage of U.S. Marines Landing on Iwo Jima
Broadcast Date: February 19, 1945
Speaker(s): Unknown Announcer
Length: 4:47
The First American in Orbit
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1962
Speaker(s): Stephen Flanders (anchor)
NBC News runs a recap of the day's top story: John Glenn was launched into space and orbited the planet three times. The 5-hour mission was a success and many of the key parts of the mission are heard in this special report.
Length: 4:10
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Jimmy Carter Foreign Policy Problems
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1979
Series: CBS News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Walter Cronkite
Cronkite reports and comments on President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy issues and an address Carter made this day.
Length: 4:48
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1944
Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:21
Program Producer: CBS
Adlai Stevenson's Congo Speech / United Nations Melee
Broadcast Date: February 22, 1961
Series: NBC Special Report
Speaker(s): Adlai Stevenson
The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1960 and 1965.On February 15, 1961, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the Congo crisis. He pledged American support for the U.N.'s peacekeeping efforts and warned against Cold War politics in the civil war. This was broadcast of that speech a few days later. At about 19-minutes into this recording, the worst fist-bearing fight in the history of the U.N. took place.
Length: 36:56
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1904
Broadcast Date: February 22, 1937
Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:29
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
President Truman Names a Tank
Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:43
Program Producer: CBS
The Railroads of America
Broadcast Date: February 24, 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: 29:24
Program Producer: NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: February 24, 1941
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 14:01
Program Producer: NBC
Atomic City USA (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
Broadcast Date: February 25, 1950
CBS Radio Network explores life at the place where the U.S. developed atomic energy systems. What's it like to live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1950?
Length: 29:45
Program Producer: CBS
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: February 25, 1945
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 10:25
Program Producer: ABC
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944
Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:35
Program Producer: CBS
Seabiscuit Loses to Rosemont "by an eyelash" at Santa Anita
Broadcast Date: February 27, 1937
Arguably the most famous horse to ever win the Santa Anita Handicap was Seabiscuit, the hard-knock horse with a jockey named Red Pollard. But in 1937, in a race worth over $125,000, Seabiscuit and rider Red Pollard were seemingly home free until a horse named Rosemont flew up on their right side. In the shadow of the wire, Rosemont put his nose down first. It was later revealed that Pollard had not seen the horse due to the fact that Pollard was blind in his right eye.
Length: 4:11
37 broadcasts
How are American Wives Faring?
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1938Series: The March of Time
Speaker(s): Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Length: 29:30
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1951Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Special Report on Detroit, and other stories.
Length: 59:42
Program Producer: CBS
Edward R. Murrow with the news
Broadcast Date: February 2, 1951Speaker(s): Don Hollenbeck (anchor)
Don Hollenbeck filled in for Edward R. Murrow.
Length: 14:19
Program Producer: CBS
What is the Future of Plastics?
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1946Series: 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: 28:57
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Mayor Laguardia's Midwest Tour
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1938Series: The March of Time
Length: 28:56
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
What Does Democracy Mean?
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1938Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
The guests on this edition of the program are Salvado di Madariaga, Spanish historian, author and diplomat; Clarence Hathaway, Central Committee of the Communist Party and editor of The Daily Worker; Isaac Don Levine, author and Hearst Newspaper columnist; Max Lerner, editor of The Nation; and Dr. Ruth Alexander, Political Economist and Lecturer.
Length: 1:00:20
Program Producer: ABC Network
About Radio
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1947Series: Time for Reason
Speaker(s): Lyman Bryson
The host, Lyman Bryson, was a prominent educator and the CBS Director of Education. During his tenure, his educational and public affairs programs, such as "The People's Platform," were broadcast over CBS affiliate stations, which included WBAB in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Here, he reads listener letters and discusses facts about radio broadcasting.
Length: 14:36
Program Producer: CBS Radio, WBAB
The Day the Music Died
Broadcast Date: February 3, 1959This is a news bulletin from "Action Central News". It reports the deaths of three popular singers. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered an airplane to travel to their next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Buddy Richardson (the Big Bopper) as well as pilot Roger Peterson in a crash later referred to by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his song "American Pie".
Length: :52
Newsreel Digest
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1950A news wrap-up of the events from the previous week.
Length: 16:04
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1944Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:32
Program Producer: CBS
Canadian News Aircheck
Broadcast Date: February 6, 1969Speaker(s): Dick Smyth (anchor)
Length: 7:44
Program Producer: Radio Station CKLW
That Was the Year - 1907
Broadcast Date: February 8, 1937Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:17
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
A train wreck in New Jersey, Josephy McCarthy speaks in Washington, other stories.
Length: 59:31
Program Producer: CBS
Winston Churchill's "Give Us the Tools" Speech
Broadcast Date: February 9, 1941Speaker(s): Winston Churchill
Length: 36:25
Program Producer: BBC
Spock on The Spock Generation
Broadcast Date: February 10, 1969Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Dr. Benjamin Spock, Del Shields (host)
Dr. Benjamin M. Spock (1903-1998) was an American pediatrician whose book "Baby and Child Care" (1946) is one of the best-selling volumes in history. The book's premise to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do." Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals. By the time of this program, Spock was an activist in the New Left and anti- Vietnam War movements. His books were criticized for propagating permissiveness and an expectation of instant gratification which allegedly led young people to join these movements. Spock denied his books had that effect. In this program, he says the new generation was less focused on money and more on integrity than earlier generations. He said young people were more concerned with education and health. Callers want to talk mostly about anti-war issues, but some call to push their own, somewhat off-subject, issues.
Length: 59:06
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
The War Against Inflation
Broadcast Date: February 10, 1946Series: 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: 29:20
Program Producer: NBC
Being Prepared to Destroy Any Power That Would Dare to Attack
Broadcast Date: February 10, 1938Series: The March of Time
Length: 28:44
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
News of the World
Broadcast Date: February 11, 1941Recording stops before the end of the program. The quality of reports on shortwave is not good.
Length: 14:57
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: February 12, 1961Speaker(s): The guest is Adam Clayton Powell
Length: 28:01
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1920
Broadcast Date: February 15, 1937Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:17
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Isolationist Debate in Washington DC
Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:24
Program Producer: CBS
What Now for the Marines?
Broadcast Date: February 17, 1946Series: 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: 29:44
Program Producer: NBC
The Singing Valentine
Broadcast Date: February 17, 1938Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine and Life Magazine. Postal Telegraph Valentines prove overwhelmingly popular. Tenant farmers suffer in the South. The Bankhead-Jones Tenancy Act is passed. A Constitutional "Equal Rights Amendment" is debated. Gracie Fields ("the highest paid actress in the world") receives an honor from King George. Dunninger reads minds for Vice President and Mrs. Gardner. A biography of New York columnist Oscar O. McIntyre, who died this week. Hitler dominates the government of Austria in a bloodless coup.
Length: 28:21
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: February 19, 1961Speaker(s): Abraham Ribicoff (guest)
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1910-1998) was an American Democratic Party politician. He served as a United States Senator, as the 80th Governor of Connecticut, and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. He was Connecticut's first and, to-date, only Jewish governor.
Length: 26:31
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Live Coverage of U.S. Marines Landing on Iwo Jima
Broadcast Date: February 19, 1945Speaker(s): Unknown Announcer
Length: 4:47
The First American in Orbit
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1962Speaker(s): Stephen Flanders (anchor)
NBC News runs a recap of the day's top story: John Glenn was launched into space and orbited the planet three times. The 5-hour mission was a success and many of the key parts of the mission are heard in this special report.
Length: 4:10
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Jimmy Carter Foreign Policy Problems
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1979Series: CBS News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Walter Cronkite
Cronkite reports and comments on President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy issues and an address Carter made this day.
Length: 4:48
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 20, 1944Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:21
Program Producer: CBS
Adlai Stevenson's Congo Speech / United Nations Melee
Broadcast Date: February 22, 1961Series: NBC Special Report
Speaker(s): Adlai Stevenson
The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1960 and 1965.On February 15, 1961, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the Congo crisis. He pledged American support for the U.N.'s peacekeeping efforts and warned against Cold War politics in the civil war. This was broadcast of that speech a few days later. At about 19-minutes into this recording, the worst fist-bearing fight in the history of the U.N. took place.
Length: 36:56
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1904
Broadcast Date: February 22, 1937Speaker(s): Host: Gerald Mohr, Announcer: Lindsey MacHarrie
"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: 13:29
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
President Truman Names a Tank
Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:43
Program Producer: CBS
The Railroads of America
Broadcast Date: February 24, 1946Series: 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: 29:24
Program Producer: NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Broadcast Date: February 24, 1941Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 14:01
Program Producer: NBC
Atomic City USA (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
Broadcast Date: February 25, 1950CBS Radio Network explores life at the place where the U.S. developed atomic energy systems. What's it like to live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1950?
Length: 29:45
Program Producer: CBS
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: February 25, 1945Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 10:25
Program Producer: ABC
World News Today
Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944Produced by CBS, recorded on WBBM, Chicago.
Length: 24:35
Program Producer: CBS
Seabiscuit Loses to Rosemont "by an eyelash" at Santa Anita
Broadcast Date: February 27, 1937Arguably the most famous horse to ever win the Santa Anita Handicap was Seabiscuit, the hard-knock horse with a jockey named Red Pollard. But in 1937, in a race worth over $125,000, Seabiscuit and rider Red Pollard were seemingly home free until a horse named Rosemont flew up on their right side. In the shadow of the wire, Rosemont put his nose down first. It was later revealed that Pollard had not seen the horse due to the fact that Pollard was blind in his right eye.
Length: 4:11