March Broadcasts by Day of the Month
40 broadcasts
That Was the Year - 1925
Broadcast Date: March 1, 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: March 2, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Cold War News, and other stories.
Length: 58:59
Program Producer: CBS
The First-ever Round-the-World Flight
Broadcast Date: March 2, 1949
Series: Sunoco News
Speaker(s): Lowell Thomas, unknown intro announcer
Lowell Thomas, for Sunoco News, reports on the U.S. Air Army's successful flight around-the-world. The airplane was in the air the entire time and was refueled as it circled the globe.
Length: 6:15
The Streamlining of Congress
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:36
Program Producer: NBC
Austria Pledges Friendship with Germany
Broadcast Date: March 3, 1939
Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Life Magazine. The first commercial features the endorsement of Joseph Kennedy, newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain. "Austria has pledged friendship with Germany," says the Austrian government. Open revolt of the Austrian Nazis is near. Joseph Kennedy's departure for Europe, representing President Roosevelt, is dramatized. The wife of Civil War General Sheridan has died. An unemployed carpenter stabs the Hoboken (New Jersey) Relief Administrator. Glenn Martin predicts that a airplane with the carrying capacity of a destroyer will be developed. Gabriella D'Anunzio, the Italian hero, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. Milton Cross announces a broadcast of "Aida," as Giovanni Martinelli's voice gives out during the performance. Tenor Frederick Jagel takes his place with no notice. Milton Cross may actually be on the program, the part of one of Jagel's sons sounds just like Bobby Breen.
Length: 28:54
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: March 6, 1931
This was the first show of the series. Stories dramatized: Big Bill Thompson wins re-election in Chicago, the sons of Joseph Pulitzer try to sell the the World Telegram, despite the will of their father, 774 convicts leave for Devil's Island. Royalty in the news, the treasures of the Romanov's are auctioned in New York City, the House Of Representatives adjourns its seventy-first session.
Length: 29:33
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: March 7, 1948
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
This report includes the story of the rescue of seven American airmen.
Length: 14:39
Program Producer: ABC
That Was the Year - 1913
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Edward R. Murrow: Spring in England
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1941
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Length: 7:12
Program Producer: CBS
Extra-Sensory Perception
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1956
Series: CBS Radio Workshop
Speaker(s): John McIntyre (anchor)
This program focuses on ESP: clairvoyance, telepathy, extra-sensory perception.What can science learn about this sixth sense?
Length: 29:19
Program Producer: CBS
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
A biography of a labor union, and other stories.
Length: 59:04
Program Producer: CBS
The Problems of Post-war Youth
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:29
Program Producer: NBC
Five Star Final
Broadcast Date: March 10, 1936
An Inner City Presentation, sponsored by the Remington Rand Typewriter Company. An evening report of a man who hired an architect to design his mausoleum and is subsequently murdered, election day in Nazi Germany, and the Lindbergh baby kidnapper.
Length: 11:41
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Broadcast Date: March 12, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Ayn Rand, Del Shields (host)
Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum in Russia and moved to the U.S. in 1926. She was a writer and philosopher known for her two best-selling novels, "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged." Rand developed a philosophical system she named Objectivism, which she says she had to develop because other philosophies were not consistent with her own beliefs and fictional writings. In this program, she begins by explaining Objectivism. This program is an edition of "Night Call", a coast-to-coast call-in show in the late 1960's.
Length: 59:05
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
NBC Radio News
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1961
Speaker(s): Martin Agronsky, anchor
Length: 4:58
Program Producer: NBC
Senator Joseph McCarthy Talks about Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1954
Speaker(s): Senator Joseph McCarthy
Length: 10:19
News on the Hour
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1961
Speaker(s): Martin Agronsky (anchor)
NBC National news on 3/13/61.
Length: 5:00
Program Producer: NBC
Samuel Pepys
Broadcast Date: March 15, 1946
Series: The Human Adventure
From WGN, Chicago: "Samuel Pepys". The program is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 29:38
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Report on Vatican Policies
Broadcast Date: March 15, 1945
Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:30
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
That Was the Year - 1932
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Kefauver Crime Hearings
Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Future of Small Business in America
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:59
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
The Supreme Court and the Constitution
Broadcast Date: March 19, 1936
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Guests on this edition of the program are: Howard Lee McBain, Professor of Constitutional Law and author of The Living Constitution; and David I. Walsh, Governor and five time U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Length: 1:00:21
Program Producer: ABC Network
ABC Radio News
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1964
Speaker(s): Don Gardner, anchor
Length: 5:02
Program Producer: ABC
Stiff Opposition to United Nations Troops
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951
Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 14:01
Program Producer: CBS
United Nations Troops Face Stiff Opposition in Korea
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951
Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 14;03
Program Producer: CBS
Robert Frost Meets the Press
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1959
Series: Meet The Press
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (host) reporters, and Robert Frost
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. He frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works.
Length: 27:24
Program Producer: CBS
The Black Marketeers of France
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1945
Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:50
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
The Radio Newsreel
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1940
Voices of people in the news - a relatively new capability in 1940.
Length: 11:15
That Was the Year - 1900
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:30
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951
Includes coverage of the Costello Crime Hearings.
Length: 59:49
Program Producer: CBS
The Purchase of Life and Health
Broadcast Date: March 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: 30:09
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Fred Rogers: Pastor with Puppets
Broadcast Date: March 26, 1966
Series: Man with the Mike
Speaker(s): Fred Rogers, Eric Robinson (host)
Early in 1966, Eric Robinson talked with a youth pastor at a Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh. Rev. Fred Rogers, later known as "Mr. Rogers," talked about his use of puppets to talk with children at his church and on local television. Interview produced in March 1966 - the year Rogers started "The Childrens Corner" on WQED-TV in Pittsbugh.
Length: 4:38
Program Producer: The Methodist Church
Special Report: The Alaska Earthquake
Broadcast Date: March 28, 1964
Speaker(s): Art Van Horne, anchor
Length: 14:52
Program Producer: ABC
The Kitchen of Tomorrow
Broadcast Date: March 29, 1945
Series: The March of Time
How free Japanese are fighting against their homeland, the story behind the photographs of one of the war's strangest episodes, is 60 million jobs an empty slogan or a post-war possibility, who is to blame for lagging war production: labor or management?
Length: 29:05
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
Criminal Enticement
Broadcast Date: March 29, 1935
Series: The March of Time
There is a small break at 5:54 where a more modern-day Emergency Broadcast System check was removed from this apparent re-broadcast. In the program, two boys in the Dakotas are given horses by the army. The Seminole Indians refused to move to Arkansas 100 years ago. Today, they are negotiating for a peace treaty with U.S. government. A case of "criminal enticement." The story of the Greely expedition to the north pole. General Greely is being awarded the Medal of Honor. "What does Nazi Germany want?" Germany wants the return of her colonies and union with Austria. Test pilot Jimmy Collins (a well-known aviation writer) crashes and dies during his last test flight before retirement.
Length: 28:59
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
That Was the Year - 1926
Broadcast Date: March 29, 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
NBC News
Broadcast Date: March 30, 1965
Among the top stories: the bombing of the U. S. Embassy in Saigon, President Johnson labels the KKK "a hooded society of bigots."
Length: 8:00
Program Producer: NBC
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 30, 1951
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
The Human Tick, and other stories.
Length: 58:52
Program Producer: CBS
The United States Army: Operation Peacetime
Broadcast Date: March 31, 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: 30:14
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
40 broadcasts
That Was the Year - 1925
Broadcast Date: March 1, 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: March 2, 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Cold War News, and other stories.
Length: 58:59
Program Producer: CBS
The First-ever Round-the-World Flight
Broadcast Date: March 2, 1949 Series: Sunoco News
Speaker(s): Lowell Thomas, unknown intro announcer
Lowell Thomas, for Sunoco News, reports on the U.S. Air Army's successful flight around-the-world. The airplane was in the air the entire time and was refueled as it circled the globe.
Length: 6:15
The Streamlining of Congress
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:36
Program Producer: NBC
Austria Pledges Friendship with Germany
Broadcast Date: March 3, 1939 Series: The March of Time
Sponsored by Life Magazine. The first commercial features the endorsement of Joseph Kennedy, newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain. "Austria has pledged friendship with Germany," says the Austrian government. Open revolt of the Austrian Nazis is near. Joseph Kennedy's departure for Europe, representing President Roosevelt, is dramatized. The wife of Civil War General Sheridan has died. An unemployed carpenter stabs the Hoboken (New Jersey) Relief Administrator. Glenn Martin predicts that a airplane with the carrying capacity of a destroyer will be developed. Gabriella D'Anunzio, the Italian hero, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. Milton Cross announces a broadcast of "Aida," as Giovanni Martinelli's voice gives out during the performance. Tenor Frederick Jagel takes his place with no notice. Milton Cross may actually be on the program, the part of one of Jagel's sons sounds just like Bobby Breen.
Length: 28:54
Program Producer: ABC Blue Network
The March of Time
Broadcast Date: March 6, 1931 This was the first show of the series. Stories dramatized: Big Bill Thompson wins re-election in Chicago, the sons of Joseph Pulitzer try to sell the the World Telegram, despite the will of their father, 774 convicts leave for Devil's Island. Royalty in the news, the treasures of the Romanov's are auctioned in New York City, the House Of Representatives adjourns its seventy-first session.
Length: 29:33
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: March 7, 1948 Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
This report includes the story of the rescue of seven American airmen.
Length: 14:39
Program Producer: ABC
That Was the Year - 1913
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Edward R. Murrow: Spring in England
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1941 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Length: 7:12
Program Producer: CBS
Extra-Sensory Perception
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1956 Series: CBS Radio Workshop
Speaker(s): John McIntyre (anchor)
This program focuses on ESP: clairvoyance, telepathy, extra-sensory perception.What can science learn about this sixth sense?
Length: 29:19
Program Producer: CBS
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 9, 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
A biography of a labor union, and other stories.
Length: 59:04
Program Producer: CBS
The Problems of Post-war Youth
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:29
Program Producer: NBC
Five Star Final
Broadcast Date: March 10, 1936 An Inner City Presentation, sponsored by the Remington Rand Typewriter Company. An evening report of a man who hired an architect to design his mausoleum and is subsequently murdered, election day in Nazi Germany, and the Lindbergh baby kidnapper.
Length: 11:41
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Broadcast Date: March 12, 1969 Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Ayn Rand, Del Shields (host)
Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum in Russia and moved to the U.S. in 1926. She was a writer and philosopher known for her two best-selling novels, "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged." Rand developed a philosophical system she named Objectivism, which she says she had to develop because other philosophies were not consistent with her own beliefs and fictional writings. In this program, she begins by explaining Objectivism. This program is an edition of "Night Call", a coast-to-coast call-in show in the late 1960's.
Length: 59:05
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
NBC Radio News
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1961 Speaker(s): Martin Agronsky, anchor
Length: 4:58
Program Producer: NBC
Senator Joseph McCarthy Talks about Edward R. Murrow
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1954 Speaker(s): Senator Joseph McCarthy
Length: 10:19
News on the Hour
Broadcast Date: March 13, 1961 Speaker(s): Martin Agronsky (anchor)
NBC National news on 3/13/61.
Length: 5:00
Program Producer: NBC
Samuel Pepys
Broadcast Date: March 15, 1946 Series: The Human Adventure
From WGN, Chicago: "Samuel Pepys". The program is produced in collaboration with The University Of Chicago.
Length: 29:38
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
Report on Vatican Policies
Broadcast Date: March 15, 1945 Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:30
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
That Was the Year - 1932
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Kefauver Crime Hearings
Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951 Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 59:45
Program Producer: CBS
The Future of Small Business in America
Broadcast Date: March 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: 29:59
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
The Supreme Court and the Constitution
Broadcast Date: March 19, 1936 Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Guests on this edition of the program are: Howard Lee McBain, Professor of Constitutional Law and author of The Living Constitution; and David I. Walsh, Governor and five time U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Length: 1:00:21
Program Producer: ABC Network
ABC Radio News
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1964 Speaker(s): Don Gardner, anchor
Length: 5:02
Program Producer: ABC
Stiff Opposition to United Nations Troops
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951 Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 14:01
Program Producer: CBS
United Nations Troops Face Stiff Opposition in Korea
Broadcast Date: March 20, 1951 Series: Edward R. Murrow Reports
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Length: 14;03
Program Producer: CBS
Robert Frost Meets the Press
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1959 Series: Meet The Press
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (host) reporters, and Robert Frost
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet. He frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works.
Length: 27:24
Program Producer: CBS
The Black Marketeers of France
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1945 Series: The March of Time
Length: 29:50
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
The Radio Newsreel
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1940 Voices of people in the news - a relatively new capability in 1940.
Length: 11:15
That Was the Year - 1900
Broadcast Date: March 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: 13:30
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951 Includes coverage of the Costello Crime Hearings.
Length: 59:49
Program Producer: CBS
The Purchase of Life and Health
Broadcast Date: March 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: 30:09
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Fred Rogers: Pastor with Puppets
Broadcast Date: March 26, 1966 Series: Man with the Mike
Speaker(s): Fred Rogers, Eric Robinson (host)
Early in 1966, Eric Robinson talked with a youth pastor at a Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh. Rev. Fred Rogers, later known as "Mr. Rogers," talked about his use of puppets to talk with children at his church and on local television. Interview produced in March 1966 - the year Rogers started "The Childrens Corner" on WQED-TV in Pittsbugh.
Length: 4:38
Program Producer: The Methodist Church
Special Report: The Alaska Earthquake
Broadcast Date: March 28, 1964 Speaker(s): Art Van Horne, anchor
Length: 14:52
Program Producer: ABC
The Kitchen of Tomorrow
Broadcast Date: March 29, 1945 Series: The March of Time
How free Japanese are fighting against their homeland, the story behind the photographs of one of the war's strangest episodes, is 60 million jobs an empty slogan or a post-war possibility, who is to blame for lagging war production: labor or management?
Length: 29:05
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC
Criminal Enticement
Broadcast Date: March 29, 1935 Series: The March of Time
There is a small break at 5:54 where a more modern-day Emergency Broadcast System check was removed from this apparent re-broadcast. In the program, two boys in the Dakotas are given horses by the army. The Seminole Indians refused to move to Arkansas 100 years ago. Today, they are negotiating for a peace treaty with U.S. government. A case of "criminal enticement." The story of the Greely expedition to the north pole. General Greely is being awarded the Medal of Honor. "What does Nazi Germany want?" Germany wants the return of her colonies and union with Austria. Test pilot Jimmy Collins (a well-known aviation writer) crashes and dies during his last test flight before retirement.
Length: 28:59
Program Producer: Time Magazine / CBS
That Was the Year - 1926
Broadcast Date: March 29, 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
NBC News
Broadcast Date: March 30, 1965 Among the top stories: the bombing of the U. S. Embassy in Saigon, President Johnson labels the KKK "a hooded society of bigots."
Length: 8:00
Program Producer: NBC
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: March 30, 1951 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
The Human Tick, and other stories.
Length: 58:52
Program Producer: CBS
The United States Army: Operation Peacetime
Broadcast Date: March 31, 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: 30:14
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network