August Broadcasts by Day of the Month
42 broadcasts
That Was the Year - 1927
Broadcast Date: August 2, 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
Kissinger Avoids Speaking About Watergate
Broadcast Date: August 3, 1973
Series: First Line Report
Speaker(s): Marvin Kalb
Length: 5:58
Program Producer: CBS
The Unsolved Murder of Paula Kohler Eubanks
Broadcast Date: August 3, 1950
Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:48
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
The Class of 1940
Broadcast Date: August 4, 1946
Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:24
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The Prisons We Deserve (Our Thinking About Prisons)
Broadcast Date: August 4, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert McCormack (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: 29:19
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
President Nixon Resigns the Presidency
Broadcast Date: August 8, 1974
Speaker(s): Richard M. Nixon
This is the key portion of President Nixon's resignation address from the Oval Office.
Length: 3:35
How Audio Tapes are Doctored
Broadcast Date: August 8, 1971
Series: CBS News and Analysis
Speaker(s): Roger Mudd (anchor)
Today, audio recordings can be edited electronically. In 1971, it was done with razor blades and tape. This program asks whether the Watergate tapes, if ever released, can be trusted to represent the words actually spoken.
Length: 6:06
Program Producer: CBS
The U.S. Waits for Japan to Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 9, 1945
Series: Gabriel Heater News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
Length: 12:57
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Meet the Press
Broadcast Date: August 9, 1959
Speaker(s): The guest is former President Herbert Hoover
Length: 28:45
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1915
Broadcast Date: August 9, 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: 13:32
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
When Napoleon Tried to Invade England
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1940
Series: The Human Adventure
A drama / documentary about Napoleon and his attempt to cross the English Channel and conquer the British Isles. Program #35 in this series produced in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Length: 24:01
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Let's Talk About You
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1954
Speaker(s): Norman Vincent Peale, Jimmy Doolittle
At this time, CBS ran "Let's Talk About You" each weekday evening. This evening the guest was General Jimmy Doolittle. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) was an American minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking. James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993) was an American general and aviation pioneer. He made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races and, most significantly, helped develop instrument flying.
Length: 12:51
Program Producer: CBS
Did the Assassins Know the Watergate Burglers?
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1973
Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
Length: 6:08
Program Producer: CBS
The Unsolved Murder of Samuel I. Paris
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1950
Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:45
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Herbert Hoover Accepts the Nomination to Run for President
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1932
Speaker(s): Herbert Hoover
Length: 1:05:40
A Question of Moral Indebtedness
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1946
Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:06
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The World's Worst Insurance Risk is a Nazi
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1945
Series: Alex Dreier's Weekly News Analysis
Speaker(s): Alex Dreier
Our forces are along the Rhine near Dusseldorf. The guest commentator is Ed Wallace, of WTAM, Cleveland, talking about Allied Pacific strategy. Dreier is amazed John L. Lewis is threatening a coal strike while Marines are dying off Iwo Jima.
Length: 14:03
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Sunday Afternoon in America (How We Enjoy Ourselves)
Broadcast Date: August 11, 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: 29:04
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Still Waiting for Japan to Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 13, 1945
Series: Gabriel Heater News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
Length: 14:20
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Special Commentary on the Japanese Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 14, 1945
Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
This program cuts off after the major news story.
Length: 5:28
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
President Nixon Addresses the Nation About the Watergate Hearings
Broadcast Date: August 15, 1973
Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Richard Pierpoint, Richard M. Nixon
White House correspondent Richard Pierpoint provides the introduction and analysis. President Nixon talks about the Watergate investigation and hearings.
Length: 37:31
Program Producer: CBS
Elvis is Dead
Broadcast Date: August 16, 1977
Radio station WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky has learned that Elvis Presley has died. They spend their next 45 minutes talking with callers about their memories of Elvis.
Length: 45:00
Program Producer: WHAS Radio
That Was the Year - 1921
Broadcast Date: August 16, 1937
Speaker(s): `
"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
Interview with Audie Murphy
Broadcast Date: August 17, 1960
Series: The Army Hour
Speaker(s): Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy was the most-decorated U.S. soldier of World War II. He later became an actor an is interviewed while on location for a movie in Germany.
Length: 7:54
Program Producer: Armed Forces Network
The Unsolved Murder of Jean Croyle Long
Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950
Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:29
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
It was Batesburg, South Carolina
Broadcast Date: August 18, 1946
Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:23
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
A Plane in Every Garage (Aviation for the Average Man)
Broadcast Date: August 18, 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: 29:18
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Senator George McGovern Talks About the Watergate Tapes
Broadcast Date: August 20, 1973
Series: Face the Nation
Speaker(s): George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern (1922-2012) was an American historian, author, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. In this Face the Nation program, he is asked about President Nixon and the Watergate tapes. He is questioned by reporters Connie Chung, Martin Nolen, and Barry Sarafin.
Length: 28:35
Program Producer: WBEN, Buffalo / CBS Network
Eisenhower Accepts the Presidential Nomination for Second Term
Broadcast Date: August 23, 1956
Speaker(s): Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower speaks at the Republican National Convention, accepting the nomination to run for re-election as president.
Length: 30:56
Should the President's Civil Rights Program be Adopted?
Broadcast Date: August 23, 1948
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Speaker(s): Includes Roger Baldwin, Senator John Sparkman, Senator Morris, and Donald Richberg
This is the 501st edition of this broadcast series. The debate is over the president's proposed program that would abolish the pole tax and would make lynching a federal crime, among other changes. The debaters are Roger Baldwin of the ALCU, Senator John J Sparkman (D-AL), Senator William Morris (R-OR), and Donald Richberg, the former president of the NRA.
Length: 60:18
Program Producer: ABC Network
That Was the Year - 1902
Broadcast Date: August 23, 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
The Unsolved Murder of the Black Dahlia
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950
Series: Somebody Knows
The CBS program, "Somebody Knows" raised up the 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia", a young woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime, which included her corpse having been mutilated and bisected at the waist.
Length: 28:23
Program Producer: CBS
The Story of Chicago
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1940
Series: The Human Adventure
The story of a city that became the master of a midland empire, a city born from a national catastrophe (the Civil War). A portrait of a metropolis. -- A drama / documentary about the city of Chicago.
Length: 23:46
Program Producer: CBS
Strange Week in the White House
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1973
Series: First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
Length: 5:47
Program Producer: CBS
Banned in Aiken, South Carolina
Broadcast Date: August 25, 1946
Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:13
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
Oil, Our Deepest Frontier (Are We Running Out of Oil?)
Broadcast Date: August 25, 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: 28:53
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: August 27, 1935
Length: 15:15
Program Producer: CBS
I Have a Dream
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1963
Speaker(s): Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the famous speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
Length: 16:23
European Countries Hope to Avoid War
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1939
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow reports from London by shortwave radio as the nations of Europe jockey to avoid a world war.
Length: 4:01
Program Producer: CBS
The Shortwave War Machine
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1935
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine. Guglielmo Marconi and Mussolini discuss Marconi's new invention, which can be directed against airplanes and mechanized war machines...and stop their engines! The Canadian "Baby Race," with a $500,000 prize is up for grabs. A socialist has been elected to head the Alberta, Canada government. He plans to pay all citizens $25 per month. A mother and her twelve-year-old daughter are rescued from the desert of Death Valley.
Length: 15:30
Program Producer: CBS
Infantile Paralysis Vaccine
Broadcast Date: August 29, 1935
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by: Remington-Rand. Huey Long predicts that he might be elected president. William Randolph Hearst hasn't yet decided whom to support for president, but he does like Al Smith (his old political enemy.) Dr. Brody and Dr. Parks in New York City have invented a vaccine for Infantile Paralysis. A Polish journalist has been expelled from the U.S.S.R., King Leopold of Belgium has been in a car wreck, his wife Astrid has been killed.
Length: 15:34
Program Producer: CBS
That Was the Year - 1918
Broadcast Date: August 30, 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
42 broadcasts
That Was the Year - 1927
Broadcast Date: August 2, 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
Kissinger Avoids Speaking About Watergate
Broadcast Date: August 3, 1973 Series: First Line Report
Speaker(s): Marvin Kalb
Length: 5:58
Program Producer: CBS
The Unsolved Murder of Paula Kohler Eubanks
Broadcast Date: August 3, 1950 Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:48
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
The Class of 1940
Broadcast Date: August 4, 1946 Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:24
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The Prisons We Deserve (Our Thinking About Prisons)
Broadcast Date: August 4, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert McCormack (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: 29:19
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
President Nixon Resigns the Presidency
Broadcast Date: August 8, 1974 Speaker(s): Richard M. Nixon
This is the key portion of President Nixon's resignation address from the Oval Office.
Length: 3:35
How Audio Tapes are Doctored
Broadcast Date: August 8, 1971 Series: CBS News and Analysis
Speaker(s): Roger Mudd (anchor)
Today, audio recordings can be edited electronically. In 1971, it was done with razor blades and tape. This program asks whether the Watergate tapes, if ever released, can be trusted to represent the words actually spoken.
Length: 6:06
Program Producer: CBS
The U.S. Waits for Japan to Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 9, 1945 Series: Gabriel Heater News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
Length: 12:57
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Meet the Press
Broadcast Date: August 9, 1959 Speaker(s): The guest is former President Herbert Hoover
Length: 28:45
Program Producer: NBC
That Was the Year - 1915
Broadcast Date: August 9, 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: 13:32
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
When Napoleon Tried to Invade England
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1940 Series: The Human Adventure
A drama / documentary about Napoleon and his attempt to cross the English Channel and conquer the British Isles. Program #35 in this series produced in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Length: 24:01
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Let's Talk About You
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1954 Speaker(s): Norman Vincent Peale, Jimmy Doolittle
At this time, CBS ran "Let's Talk About You" each weekday evening. This evening the guest was General Jimmy Doolittle. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) was an American minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking. James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993) was an American general and aviation pioneer. He made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races and, most significantly, helped develop instrument flying.
Length: 12:51
Program Producer: CBS
Did the Assassins Know the Watergate Burglers?
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1973 Series: CBS First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
Length: 6:08
Program Producer: CBS
The Unsolved Murder of Samuel I. Paris
Broadcast Date: August 10, 1950 Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:45
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
Herbert Hoover Accepts the Nomination to Run for President
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1932 Speaker(s): Herbert Hoover
Length: 1:05:40
A Question of Moral Indebtedness
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1946 Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:06
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The World's Worst Insurance Risk is a Nazi
Broadcast Date: August 11, 1945 Series: Alex Dreier's Weekly News Analysis
Speaker(s): Alex Dreier
Our forces are along the Rhine near Dusseldorf. The guest commentator is Ed Wallace, of WTAM, Cleveland, talking about Allied Pacific strategy. Dreier is amazed John L. Lewis is threatening a coal strike while Marines are dying off Iwo Jima.
Length: 14:03
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Sunday Afternoon in America (How We Enjoy Ourselves)
Broadcast Date: August 11, 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: 29:04
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Still Waiting for Japan to Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 13, 1945 Series: Gabriel Heater News and Commentary
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
Length: 14:20
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Special Commentary on the Japanese Surrender
Broadcast Date: August 14, 1945 Series: H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
This program cuts off after the major news story.
Length: 5:28
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
President Nixon Addresses the Nation About the Watergate Hearings
Broadcast Date: August 15, 1973 Series: CBS News Special Report
Speaker(s): Richard Pierpoint, Richard M. Nixon
White House correspondent Richard Pierpoint provides the introduction and analysis. President Nixon talks about the Watergate investigation and hearings.
Length: 37:31
Program Producer: CBS
Elvis is Dead
Broadcast Date: August 16, 1977 Radio station WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky has learned that Elvis Presley has died. They spend their next 45 minutes talking with callers about their memories of Elvis.
Length: 45:00
Program Producer: WHAS Radio
That Was the Year - 1921
Broadcast Date: August 16, 1937 Speaker(s): `
"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
Interview with Audie Murphy
Broadcast Date: August 17, 1960 Series: The Army Hour
Speaker(s): Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy was the most-decorated U.S. soldier of World War II. He later became an actor an is interviewed while on location for a movie in Germany.
Length: 7:54
Program Producer: Armed Forces Network
The Unsolved Murder of Jean Croyle Long
Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950 Series: Somebody Knows
News meets drama - In the summer of 1950, "Somebody Knows" presented, in dramatic documentary style, the facts of real unsolved homicide cases. Listeners were offered a reward of $5,000 for clues that led to an arrest and conviction. These programs were created by James L. Saphier and written by Sidney Marshall. They were directed and narrated by radio legend Jack Johnstone.
Length: 29:29
Program Producer: CBS Radio Network
It was Batesburg, South Carolina
Broadcast Date: August 18, 1946 Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:23
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
A Plane in Every Garage (Aviation for the Average Man)
Broadcast Date: August 18, 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: 29:18
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Senator George McGovern Talks About the Watergate Tapes
Broadcast Date: August 20, 1973 Series: Face the Nation
Speaker(s): George McGovern
George Stanley McGovern (1922-2012) was an American historian, author, U.S. representative, U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota, where he was a renowned debater. In this Face the Nation program, he is asked about President Nixon and the Watergate tapes. He is questioned by reporters Connie Chung, Martin Nolen, and Barry Sarafin.
Length: 28:35
Program Producer: WBEN, Buffalo / CBS Network
Eisenhower Accepts the Presidential Nomination for Second Term
Broadcast Date: August 23, 1956 Speaker(s): Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower speaks at the Republican National Convention, accepting the nomination to run for re-election as president.
Length: 30:56
Should the President's Civil Rights Program be Adopted?
Broadcast Date: August 23, 1948 Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Speaker(s): Includes Roger Baldwin, Senator John Sparkman, Senator Morris, and Donald Richberg
This is the 501st edition of this broadcast series. The debate is over the president's proposed program that would abolish the pole tax and would make lynching a federal crime, among other changes. The debaters are Roger Baldwin of the ALCU, Senator John J Sparkman (D-AL), Senator William Morris (R-OR), and Donald Richberg, the former president of the NRA.
Length: 60:18
Program Producer: ABC Network
That Was the Year - 1902
Broadcast Date: August 23, 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
The Unsolved Murder of the Black Dahlia
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950 Series: Somebody Knows
The CBS program, "Somebody Knows" raised up the 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the "Black Dahlia", a young woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Her case became highly publicized due to the graphic nature of the crime, which included her corpse having been mutilated and bisected at the waist.
Length: 28:23
Program Producer: CBS
The Story of Chicago
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1940 Series: The Human Adventure
The story of a city that became the master of a midland empire, a city born from a national catastrophe (the Civil War). A portrait of a metropolis. -- A drama / documentary about the city of Chicago.
Length: 23:46
Program Producer: CBS
Strange Week in the White House
Broadcast Date: August 24, 1973 Series: First Line Report
Speaker(s): Dan Rather
Length: 5:47
Program Producer: CBS
Banned in Aiken, South Carolina
Broadcast Date: August 25, 1946 Series: ABC Commentary with Orson Welles
Speaker(s): Orson Welles
Length: 14:13
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
Oil, Our Deepest Frontier (Are We Running Out of Oil?)
Broadcast Date: August 25, 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: 28:53
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: August 27, 1935 Length: 15:15
Program Producer: CBS
I Have a Dream
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1963 Speaker(s): Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the famous speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
Length: 16:23
European Countries Hope to Avoid War
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1939 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow reports from London by shortwave radio as the nations of Europe jockey to avoid a world war.
Length: 4:01
Program Producer: CBS
The Shortwave War Machine
Broadcast Date: August 28, 1935 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Time Magazine. Guglielmo Marconi and Mussolini discuss Marconi's new invention, which can be directed against airplanes and mechanized war machines...and stop their engines! The Canadian "Baby Race," with a $500,000 prize is up for grabs. A socialist has been elected to head the Alberta, Canada government. He plans to pay all citizens $25 per month. A mother and her twelve-year-old daughter are rescued from the desert of Death Valley.
Length: 15:30
Program Producer: CBS
Infantile Paralysis Vaccine
Broadcast Date: August 29, 1935 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by: Remington-Rand. Huey Long predicts that he might be elected president. William Randolph Hearst hasn't yet decided whom to support for president, but he does like Al Smith (his old political enemy.) Dr. Brody and Dr. Parks in New York City have invented a vaccine for Infantile Paralysis. A Polish journalist has been expelled from the U.S.S.R., King Leopold of Belgium has been in a car wreck, his wife Astrid has been killed.
Length: 15:34
Program Producer: CBS
That Was the Year - 1918
Broadcast Date: August 30, 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