April Broadcasts by Day of the Month
43 broadcasts
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: April 2, 1961
Speaker(s): The guest is Hubert H. Humphrey
Length: 28:05
Program Producer: NBC
I Remember Kaltenborn
Broadcast Date: April 4, 1952
Hans von Kaltenborn (1878-1965), generally known as H. V. Kaltenborn, was an American radio commentator. He was heard regularly on the radio for over 30 years, beginning with CBS in 1928. He was known for his highly precise diction, his ability to ad-lib, and his depth of knowledge of world affairs.Radio historian James F. Widner described Kaltenborn's skill as a news analyst: Kaltenborn was known as a commentator who never read from a script. His "talks" were extemporaneously created from notes he had previously written. His analysis was welcomed into homes especially during the war and the time leading up to America's entry into it. He had an international reputation and was able to speak intelligently about events because he had interviewed many of those involved. From the contacts he developed in his travels and his ability to speak fluent German and French, Kaltenborn seemed chosen for the role he developed at CBS. One of his most famous periods was during the Munich crisis in 1938. Much of what listeners heard was Kaltenborn speaking without script even after sometimes having been up for most of a night covering the breaking news.
Length: 29:57
Program Producer: NBC
The MLK Assassination - The Aftermath
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1968
Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor)
The assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rocked the nation. This special report looks at the effects the day after. This recording cuts off just before the end of the broadcast.
Length: 28:11
Program Producer: CBS
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1935
Sponsored by Time Magazine. Anthony Eden has left Berlin, Germany is demanding to be re-armed. Eden is now in Moscow. A dramatization of what went on "behind closed doors" with Eden and Joseph Stalin (how did they know?). A doctor at the Lamson murder trial experiments on himself in order to give accurate testimony. Eleanor Roosevelt defends Frances Perkins, who has been "snubbed." The decision in the trial of "The Scotsboro Boys" has been announced in Alabama...guilty! The punishment is death! The Supreme Court rules that a denial of "equal protection" has taken place and reverses the conviction. Author Carl Cromer says, "They've got to burn in the electric chair." Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the manager of the Metropolitan Opera, has retired. An announcement is made that the second edition of "The March Of Time" on the screen is at theaters now (Harry Von Zell reads a long list of theater chains around the country which are now showing it).
Length: 29:46
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
First Recorded Sounds of a Mosquito
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1945
Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:40
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow - The Story of Saturday (Episode 003)
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1935
Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow was an unusual 39-episode, 4-minute, rapid-fire history series produced by Transco in 1934 (and early 1935) that explored historical events related to specific days of the week. The program was designed to air on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, covering the following day's history.
Length: 4:07
Program Producer: Transco
The Cool Revolution
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1960
Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Howard K. Smith, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 25:30
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1909
Broadcast Date: April 5, 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: 13:12
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: April 6, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Episode 17 of Hear It Now ... the week's national news in the voices of the newsmakers. Includes the recording of a parachute jump.
Length: 59:44
Program Producer: CBS
Senator Joseph McCarthy Responds to Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: April 6, 1955
Series: See It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, Senator Joseph McCarthy
This is a radio simulcast of the CBS TV broadcast, "See It Now". One month earlier, Murrow ran a program critical of Senator McCarthy. He allowed the senator to record his own response and he ran it on this program.
Length: 26:11
Program Producer: CBS
The Case of Flying Saucers
Broadcast Date: April 7, 1950
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
For three years, there had been reports of flying saucer sightings around the country and around the world. CBS News reports on what can be known at this point. Are they real?
Length: 27:55
Program Producer: CBS
The Balkan Situation
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1941
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Length: 13:59
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
The Jean Shepherd Show
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1976
Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Length: 46:10
Program Producer: WOR Radio / Mutual Broadcasting System
General Douglas MacArthur's Farewell Address to Congress
Broadcast Date: April 11, 1951
Speaker(s): General Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur ends his 52-year military career with this address to Congress, carried to the nation by radio.
Length: 38:42
The Einstein Theory
Broadcast Date: April 12, 1946
Series: The Human Adventure
Sponsored by: Revere Copper and Brass. A humorous but accurate and informative explanation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity (no kidding!), with the help of Colonel Stoopnagle.
Length: 26:06
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
That Was the Year - 1919
Broadcast Date: April 12, 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: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
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
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
Pre-war Commentary and War News
Broadcast Date: April 15, 1940
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Length: 12:52
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
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
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
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
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
Comments on the Korean War and a Good-bye to Congress
Broadcast Date: April 19, 1951
Speaker(s): General Douglas MacArthur
Length:
That Was the Year - 1896
Broadcast Date: April 19, 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: 13:26
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: April 20 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Episode 19 of Hear It Now ... the week's national news in the voices of the newsmakers. Includes General Douglas MacArthur speaking to Congress.
Length: 59:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Army Air Force - On Wings of the Future
Broadcast Date: April 21, 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: 30:35
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: April 22, 1945
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 10:36
Program Producer: ABC
150,000 Murderers At-Large?
Broadcast Date: April 24, 1936
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by: Wrigley's Spearmint Gum. Parliament debates the budget, preparing for war while considering the American war debt. Winston Churchill addresses Commons (poorly impersonated), J. Edgar Hoover announces that 150,000 murderers are still at large in the country (and other frightening statistics). A French coal mine inspector has been arrested for spying by the Nazis in the Saar. A resolution for state relief has been voted down in New Jersey. The British freighter "Saxleby" sends an S-O-S and sinks, leaving behind only a message in a cocoa tin.
Length: 14:48
Program Producer: CBS
Fighting in Okinawa
Broadcast Date: April 26, 1945
Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:46
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
That Was the Year - 1924
Broadcast Date: April 26, 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: 13:36
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Babe Ruth's Farewell to Baseball
Broadcast Date: April 27, 1947
Speaker(s): Babe Ruth, Albert B. Chandler, Larry Cutler
On April 27, 1947, baseball legend Babe Ruth, diagnosed with a terminal case of throat cancer, attended "Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium. A 13-year-old boy representing the American Legion baseball program introduces Babe Ruth, who delivers a speech to the crowd from home plate.
Length: 3:49
Ships to Sea: The Future of the Merchant Marine
Broadcast Date: April 28, 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: 30:13
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Nixon Denies Wrongdoing in the Watergate Affair
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973
Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Richard M. Nixon
President Nixon calls a news conference to deny he had any part in the Watergate Affair.
Length: 24:51
Program Producer: CBS
The White House is Swept Clean
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973
Series: CBS News and Analysis
Speaker(s): Richard C. Hottelet (anchor)
All Watergate-implicated members of the White House staff are gone.
Length: 5:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Fall of Saigon
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1975
This newscast reports the fall of Saigon, the capitol of South Vietnam; the end of the war. The South Vietnamese government prepares to turn over all rule to the Viet Cong.
Length: 3:32
Program Producer: WCCO Radio, Minneapolis / St. Paul and CBS
Watergate Coverage: Staff Leaves White House
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973
This is local news from WBEN, a Buffalo NY radio station, and moves to CBS Network coverage of the firing and resignation of several White House staff in the Watergate affair, including Dean, Haldeman, and Erlichman.
Length: 16:49
Program Producer: WBEN, Buffalo / CBS Network
Lord Haw-Haw's Final Broadcast
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1945
Speaker(s): William Brooke Joyce (Lord Haw Haw)
Lord Haw-Haw was the name British listeners gave to William Joyce (1906-1946), a German radio propaganda broadcaster during World War II. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1906, Joyce moved with his English mother and Irish-American father to England in 1921. He joined the Nazi movement in England in the mid-'30s and fled to Germany just before war broke in 1939 and became a broadcaster for Joseph Goebbel's Propaganda Ministry. His radio program reached England weekly from 1939 to 1945. On the night of April 30, 1945, a drunken Joyce made his last broadcast from Hamburg as British troops entered the city. With his adopted world crashing down around him, but still committed to the Nazi cause, Joyce rambled on through his farewell speech. Joyce was convicted of one count of high treason in 1945 and sentenced to death, with the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords both upholding his conviction. He was hanged on January 3, 1946, making him the last person to be executed for the conviction of treason in the United Kingdom.
Length: 1:47
Program Producer: German state radio
This is Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1965
Speaker(s): Robert Trout, narrator
Narrated by Robert Trout, this program was broadcast following the passing of Mr. Murrow on April 27, 1965 - as broadcast on WFAU, Augusta, Maine.
Edward Roscoe Murrow, born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS.
Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) is best known as a CBS broadcaster and producer during the formative years of U.S. radio and television news programs from the 1930s to the 1950s, when radio still dominated the airwaves although television was beginning to make its indelible mark, particularly in the US. Over the decades, numerous publications have portrayed Murrow as one of the architects of U.S. broadcast news, but in the political climate of recent years, he is increasingly viewed as a defender of rights against McCarthy-type witch hunts.
Murrow's most powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast, March 1954, on See It Now, helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Length: 42:20
Program Producer: CBS News
43 broadcasts
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: April 2, 1961 Speaker(s): The guest is Hubert H. Humphrey
Length: 28:05
Program Producer: NBC
I Remember Kaltenborn
Broadcast Date: April 4, 1952 Hans von Kaltenborn (1878-1965), generally known as H. V. Kaltenborn, was an American radio commentator. He was heard regularly on the radio for over 30 years, beginning with CBS in 1928. He was known for his highly precise diction, his ability to ad-lib, and his depth of knowledge of world affairs.Radio historian James F. Widner described Kaltenborn's skill as a news analyst: Kaltenborn was known as a commentator who never read from a script. His "talks" were extemporaneously created from notes he had previously written. His analysis was welcomed into homes especially during the war and the time leading up to America's entry into it. He had an international reputation and was able to speak intelligently about events because he had interviewed many of those involved. From the contacts he developed in his travels and his ability to speak fluent German and French, Kaltenborn seemed chosen for the role he developed at CBS. One of his most famous periods was during the Munich crisis in 1938. Much of what listeners heard was Kaltenborn speaking without script even after sometimes having been up for most of a night covering the breaking news.
Length: 29:57
Program Producer: NBC
The MLK Assassination - The Aftermath
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1968 Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor)
The assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rocked the nation. This special report looks at the effects the day after. This recording cuts off just before the end of the broadcast.
Length: 28:11
Program Producer: CBS
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1935 Sponsored by Time Magazine. Anthony Eden has left Berlin, Germany is demanding to be re-armed. Eden is now in Moscow. A dramatization of what went on "behind closed doors" with Eden and Joseph Stalin (how did they know?). A doctor at the Lamson murder trial experiments on himself in order to give accurate testimony. Eleanor Roosevelt defends Frances Perkins, who has been "snubbed." The decision in the trial of "The Scotsboro Boys" has been announced in Alabama...guilty! The punishment is death! The Supreme Court rules that a denial of "equal protection" has taken place and reverses the conviction. Author Carl Cromer says, "They've got to burn in the electric chair." Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the manager of the Metropolitan Opera, has retired. An announcement is made that the second edition of "The March Of Time" on the screen is at theaters now (Harry Von Zell reads a long list of theater chains around the country which are now showing it).
Length: 29:46
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
First Recorded Sounds of a Mosquito
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1945 Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:40
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow - The Story of Saturday (Episode 003)
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1935 Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow was an unusual 39-episode, 4-minute, rapid-fire history series produced by Transco in 1934 (and early 1935) that explored historical events related to specific days of the week. The program was designed to air on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, covering the following day's history.
Length: 4:07
Program Producer: Transco
The Cool Revolution
Broadcast Date: April 5, 1960 Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Howard K. Smith, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 25:30
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
That Was the Year - 1909
Broadcast Date: April 5, 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: 13:12
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: April 6, 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Episode 17 of Hear It Now ... the week's national news in the voices of the newsmakers. Includes the recording of a parachute jump.
Length: 59:44
Program Producer: CBS
Senator Joseph McCarthy Responds to Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: April 6, 1955 Series: See It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, Senator Joseph McCarthy
This is a radio simulcast of the CBS TV broadcast, "See It Now". One month earlier, Murrow ran a program critical of Senator McCarthy. He allowed the senator to record his own response and he ran it on this program.
Length: 26:11
Program Producer: CBS
The Case of Flying Saucers
Broadcast Date: April 7, 1950 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
For three years, there had been reports of flying saucer sightings around the country and around the world. CBS News reports on what can be known at this point. Are they real?
Length: 27:55
Program Producer: CBS
The Balkan Situation
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1941 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Length: 13:59
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
The Jean Shepherd Show
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1976 Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Length: 46:10
Program Producer: WOR Radio / Mutual Broadcasting System
General Douglas MacArthur's Farewell Address to Congress
Broadcast Date: April 11, 1951 Speaker(s): General Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur ends his 52-year military career with this address to Congress, carried to the nation by radio.
Length: 38:42
The Einstein Theory
Broadcast Date: April 12, 1946 Series: The Human Adventure
Sponsored by: Revere Copper and Brass. A humorous but accurate and informative explanation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity (no kidding!), with the help of Colonel Stoopnagle.
Length: 26:06
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
That Was the Year - 1919
Broadcast Date: April 12, 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: 13:28
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
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
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
Pre-war Commentary and War News
Broadcast Date: April 15, 1940 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Length: 12:52
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
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
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
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
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
Comments on the Korean War and a Good-bye to Congress
Broadcast Date: April 19, 1951 Speaker(s): General Douglas MacArthur
Length:
That Was the Year - 1896
Broadcast Date: April 19, 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: 13:26
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: April 20 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Episode 19 of Hear It Now ... the week's national news in the voices of the newsmakers. Includes General Douglas MacArthur speaking to Congress.
Length: 59:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Army Air Force - On Wings of the Future
Broadcast Date: April 21, 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: 30:35
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: April 22, 1945 Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 10:36
Program Producer: ABC
150,000 Murderers At-Large?
Broadcast Date: April 24, 1936 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by: Wrigley's Spearmint Gum. Parliament debates the budget, preparing for war while considering the American war debt. Winston Churchill addresses Commons (poorly impersonated), J. Edgar Hoover announces that 150,000 murderers are still at large in the country (and other frightening statistics). A French coal mine inspector has been arrested for spying by the Nazis in the Saar. A resolution for state relief has been voted down in New Jersey. The British freighter "Saxleby" sends an S-O-S and sinks, leaving behind only a message in a cocoa tin.
Length: 14:48
Program Producer: CBS
Fighting in Okinawa
Broadcast Date: April 26, 1945 Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:46
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
That Was the Year - 1924
Broadcast Date: April 26, 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: 13:36
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Babe Ruth's Farewell to Baseball
Broadcast Date: April 27, 1947 Speaker(s): Babe Ruth, Albert B. Chandler, Larry Cutler
On April 27, 1947, baseball legend Babe Ruth, diagnosed with a terminal case of throat cancer, attended "Babe Ruth Day" at Yankee Stadium. A 13-year-old boy representing the American Legion baseball program introduces Babe Ruth, who delivers a speech to the crowd from home plate.
Length: 3:49
Ships to Sea: The Future of the Merchant Marine
Broadcast Date: April 28, 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: 30:13
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Nixon Denies Wrongdoing in the Watergate Affair
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973 Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Richard M. Nixon
President Nixon calls a news conference to deny he had any part in the Watergate Affair.
Length: 24:51
Program Producer: CBS
The White House is Swept Clean
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973 Series: CBS News and Analysis
Speaker(s): Richard C. Hottelet (anchor)
All Watergate-implicated members of the White House staff are gone.
Length: 5:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Fall of Saigon
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1975 This newscast reports the fall of Saigon, the capitol of South Vietnam; the end of the war. The South Vietnamese government prepares to turn over all rule to the Viet Cong.
Length: 3:32
Program Producer: WCCO Radio, Minneapolis / St. Paul and CBS
Watergate Coverage: Staff Leaves White House
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1973 This is local news from WBEN, a Buffalo NY radio station, and moves to CBS Network coverage of the firing and resignation of several White House staff in the Watergate affair, including Dean, Haldeman, and Erlichman.
Length: 16:49
Program Producer: WBEN, Buffalo / CBS Network
Lord Haw-Haw's Final Broadcast
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1945 Speaker(s): William Brooke Joyce (Lord Haw Haw)
Lord Haw-Haw was the name British listeners gave to William Joyce (1906-1946), a German radio propaganda broadcaster during World War II. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1906, Joyce moved with his English mother and Irish-American father to England in 1921. He joined the Nazi movement in England in the mid-'30s and fled to Germany just before war broke in 1939 and became a broadcaster for Joseph Goebbel's Propaganda Ministry. His radio program reached England weekly from 1939 to 1945. On the night of April 30, 1945, a drunken Joyce made his last broadcast from Hamburg as British troops entered the city. With his adopted world crashing down around him, but still committed to the Nazi cause, Joyce rambled on through his farewell speech. Joyce was convicted of one count of high treason in 1945 and sentenced to death, with the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords both upholding his conviction. He was hanged on January 3, 1946, making him the last person to be executed for the conviction of treason in the United Kingdom.
Length: 1:47
Program Producer: German state radio
This is Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: April 30, 1965 Speaker(s): Robert Trout, narrator
Narrated by Robert Trout, this program was broadcast following the passing of Mr. Murrow on April 27, 1965 - as broadcast on WFAU, Augusta, Maine. Edward Roscoe Murrow, born Egbert Roscoe Murrow, was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) is best known as a CBS broadcaster and producer during the formative years of U.S. radio and television news programs from the 1930s to the 1950s, when radio still dominated the airwaves although television was beginning to make its indelible mark, particularly in the US. Over the decades, numerous publications have portrayed Murrow as one of the architects of U.S. broadcast news, but in the political climate of recent years, he is increasingly viewed as a defender of rights against McCarthy-type witch hunts. Murrow's most powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast, March 1954, on See It Now, helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Length: 42:20
Program Producer: CBS News