September Broadcasts by Day of the Month
42 broadcasts
Douglas MacArthur Announces Victory Over Japan
Broadcast Date: September 1, 1945
Speaker(s): Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur announces the final victory over Japan to end World War II. MacArthur, was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
Length: 1:41
Labor Day
Broadcast Date: September 1, 1941
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Labor Day broadcast.
Length: 12;28
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
G. I. Joe College (Veterans at the College Campuses of America)
Broadcast Date: September 1, 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: 29:17
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Truman Announces the Surrender of Japan
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945
Speaker(s): Harry Truman
President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, completed on board the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Harbor.
Length: 2:04
NBC Celebrates Victory with Beethoven
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945
Speaker(s): NBC Announcer
Immediately following its coverage of Japan's surrender aboard the USS Missouri, the National Broadcasting System celebrated with a live presentation of the Eroica Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, with the network orchestra, lead by Arturo Toscanini. About 25 seconds of the symphony is heard on this recording.
Length: 3:40
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today - on VJ Day
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945
Series: CBS World News Today
Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
This was a regular weekly broadcast of World News Today, but this time, it came on VJ Day - Victory over Japan. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Tonight from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 23:19
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Notice of the Surrender ot Japan to End World War II
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945
Speaker(s): Various Correspondents by Shortwave
This was a radio network broadcast announcing the end of WWII. This consists mainly of correspondents covering the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Much of this broadcast is poor quality audio due to the shortwave connections. This recording ends abruptly.
Length: 31:21
Moment of Lucidity
Broadcast Date: September 3, 1960
Series: The Jean Shepherd Show
Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Length: 1:30:53
Program Producer: WOR Radio, New York
Britain Goes to War with Germany
Broadcast Date: September 3, 1939
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Length: 14:30
Program Producer: CBS
Young Americans for Freedom Withdraw Support for President Nixon
Broadcast Date: September 5, 1971
From Saigon, came this report on the Armed Forces Vietnam Network, probably during the first week of September 1971. Meeting in Houston, the 70-thousand member Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative group, withdrew its support of President Richard Nixon.
Length: :38
Program Producer: Armed Forces Vietnam Network
The Power of the Black Vote
Broadcast Date: September 5, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Shilrley Chisholm, Del Shields (host)
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States, and the first woman ever to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Length: 59:28
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
That Was the Year - 1929
Broadcast Date: September 6, 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
All the News That's Fit to Print (The New York Times)
Broadcast Date: September 8, 1946
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): John McVane (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: 29:27
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 9, 1945
Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
In this program, the main subject is the occupation of Japan and the surrender of the Japanese Army in China, Indochina, Korea, and Hong Kong. Another story covered is the meeting of the Big 5 foreign ministers in London. And President Truman is pushing for unemployment insurance for Americans. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Tonight from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 25:33
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
WWII Address by Winston Churchill
Broadcast Date: September 9, 1941
Speaker(s): Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister Winston Church declares "We are still masters of our fate; we are captains of our souls."
Length: 19:59
Program Producer: BBC
The Jean Shepherd Show
Broadcast Date: September 10, 1960
Series: Jean-Shepherd.jpg
Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd talks about returning from a U.S. Navy ship in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. military base known as "Gitmo" is at the waterfront on the eastern end of the island.
Length: 1:30:06
Program Producer: Radio Station WOR
Charles Lindbergh Speaks to the America First Committee in Des Moines, Iowa
Broadcast Date: September 11, 1941
Speaker(s): Charles Lindbergh
Aviator Charles Lindbergh was opposed to the U.S. getting engaged in World War II, as was the America First Committee he speaks to.
Length: 9:14
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 11, 1960
Speaker(s): The guest is Richard M. Nixon
Length: 27:40
Program Producer: NBC
FDR's Warning to the Axis Powers
Broadcast Date: September 12, 1941
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Arden talks about the major speech made the night before by President Roosevelt, and about Nazi psychology.
Length: 13:50
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 13, 1959
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (anchor) with Carl Sandberg and Edward Steichen
Brooks and the panelists talk with Poet Carl Sandberg and his brother-in-law, photographer Edward Steichen. The guests had just returned from a trip to the Soviet Union where they served as cultural ambassadors.
Length: 28:21
Program Producer: NBC Radio News
That Was the Year - 1899
Broadcast Date: September 13, 1937
Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Vanishing American (The Native Americans)
Broadcast Date: September 15, 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: 29:14
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 16, 1945
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Today from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 25:49
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Congressional Medal of Honor is Given to General Jonathan Wainwright
Broadcast Date: September 19, 1945
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1883-1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during the fall of the Philippines.
Length: 23:25
Program Producer: NBC
CBS News of Europe
Broadcast Date: September 19, 1939
Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
This is a world news report on the war in Europe.
Length: 15:07
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Between Bookends
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1945
Speaker(s): Ted Malone (anchor)
Between the Bookends was broadcast each weekday on the ABC / Westinghouse Radio Network. In this program Ted Malone highlights a plan to write a book of letters sent in by American servicemen overseas. The collector of the letters was Dr. W. Francis English, head of the History Department at the University of Missouri.
Length: 13:36
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
Rooftop Report During Blitz of London
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1940
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
This in an excerpt of a report by Edward R. Murrow from a London rooftop during a German blitz bombing of the city during World War II.
Length: :46
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Uses for Plutonium: Destructive and Creative
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1945
Speaker(s): J. Frank Willis and guest scientist
Canadian broadcaster J. Frank Willis (1908-1969) talks with a scientist about plutonium - used for massive bombs, yet also potentially useful for producing power and for medical applications.
Length: 5:24
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
That Was the Year - 1923
Broadcast Date: September 20, 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: 13:19
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Military Government Installed In Romania
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1939
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn talks about the installation of a military government in Romania, and other war issues of the day.
Length: 13:24
Program Producer: CBS
Interview with Titanic Sinking Survivor Ruth Blanchard
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1986
Series: Studio E Magazine
Speaker(s): Ruth Blanchard, interviewed by Mike Hickcox
In 1912, Ruth Blanchard was just 12 years old when she rode the Titanic on its final voyage, along with her mother, brother, and sister. Her father was a missionary in India. She describes that night from her perspective of 74 years later. This was a "Studio E Magazine" public affairs program on WHEB-AM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Blanchard died in California in 1990.
Length: 27:58
Program Producer: WHEB, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Middletown USA
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1940
Series: The Human Adventure
The Story Of Middletown - produced in collaboration with the University of Chicago. A drama / documentary based on the books, "Middletown" and "Middletown In Transition."
Length: 24:27
Program Producer: CBS
Assassination Attempt on President Gerald Ford
Broadcast Date: September 22, 1975
Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor) with correspondents
This was the special report that appeared on CBS radio news when the attempt was made on the life of President Gerald Ford.
Length: 8:11
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Report to Date (The Final Show in This Series)
Broadcast Date: September 22, 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: 29:28
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 23, 1945
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Today from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 24:55
Program Producer: CBS
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 24, 1961
Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (anchor) with guest Robert F. Kennedy and reporters
Robert F. Kennedy was Attorney-General of the United States at the time of this program. Reporters on this program include James Reston, Richard Wilson, and NBC reporter Herbert Kaplow.
Length: 25:38
Program Producer: NBC Radio News
Do You Want Your Children to be Taught Sex Education in Schools?
Broadcast Date: September 26, 1969
Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Margaret Mead, Del Shields (host)
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was a cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. Mead felt sex education should be in public schools to reach all children with real information. She said children now receive much of their knowledge from television, film, and books. She also says doctors have limited views on this subject, not understanding sex education in schools does not stimulate children, but gives them real information, as opposed to what they receive in the mass media. She says ethics is important in this education, but not morals, which are determined by different groups and religions. She also says much opposition to public sex education is political. Mead earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University. As an Anglican Christian, Mead played a considerable part in the drafting of the 1979 American Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.
Length: 59:18
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
Joe Louis / Ezzard Charles Fight
Broadcast Date: September 27, 1950
On September 27, 1950, Ezzard Charles did what so many before him couldn't do: he out-boxed, out-maneuvered, outlasted and won a decision victory over the great Joe Louis, becoming the only man to go the full fifteen rounds with "The Brown Bomber" and win. Charles befuddled the bigger man and kept him off balance for most of the fight. He even had the Bomber in serious trouble and on the verge of a knockout in round 14, but Louis held on. The judges scored it unanimously: 10-5, 13-2 and 12-3.
Length: 32:30
Warsaw Has Surrendered
Broadcast Date: September 27, 1939
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:12
Program Producer: CBS
That Was the Year - 1905
Broadcast Date: September 27, 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: 13:26
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Amazing Catch
Broadcast Date: September 29, 1954
This was the play-by-play of an amazing center field catch by Willie Mays off the bat of Jack Brickhouse.
Length: :47
FDR Fireside Chat on Industry and Labor
Broadcast Date: September 30, 1934
Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Length: 27:30
42 broadcasts
Douglas MacArthur Announces Victory Over Japan
Broadcast Date: September 1, 1945 Speaker(s): Douglas MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur announces the final victory over Japan to end World War II. MacArthur, was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.
Length: 1:41
Labor Day
Broadcast Date: September 1, 1941 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Labor Day broadcast.
Length: 12;28
Program Producer: KFWB Radio, Los Angeles
G. I. Joe College (Veterans at the College Campuses of America)
Broadcast Date: September 1, 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: 29:17
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Truman Announces the Surrender of Japan
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945 Speaker(s): Harry Truman
President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, completed on board the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Harbor.
Length: 2:04
NBC Celebrates Victory with Beethoven
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945 Speaker(s): NBC Announcer
Immediately following its coverage of Japan's surrender aboard the USS Missouri, the National Broadcasting System celebrated with a live presentation of the Eroica Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, with the network orchestra, lead by Arturo Toscanini. About 25 seconds of the symphony is heard on this recording.
Length: 3:40
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today - on VJ Day
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945 Series: CBS World News Today
Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
This was a regular weekly broadcast of World News Today, but this time, it came on VJ Day - Victory over Japan. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Tonight from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 23:19
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Notice of the Surrender ot Japan to End World War II
Broadcast Date: September 2, 1945 Speaker(s): Various Correspondents by Shortwave
This was a radio network broadcast announcing the end of WWII. This consists mainly of correspondents covering the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Much of this broadcast is poor quality audio due to the shortwave connections. This recording ends abruptly.
Length: 31:21
Moment of Lucidity
Broadcast Date: September 3, 1960 Series: The Jean Shepherd Show
Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Length: 1:30:53
Program Producer: WOR Radio, New York
Britain Goes to War with Germany
Broadcast Date: September 3, 1939 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
Length: 14:30
Program Producer: CBS
Young Americans for Freedom Withdraw Support for President Nixon
Broadcast Date: September 5, 1971 From Saigon, came this report on the Armed Forces Vietnam Network, probably during the first week of September 1971. Meeting in Houston, the 70-thousand member Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative group, withdrew its support of President Richard Nixon.
Length: :38
Program Producer: Armed Forces Vietnam Network
The Power of the Black Vote
Broadcast Date: September 5, 1969 Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Shilrley Chisholm, Del Shields (host)
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States, and the first woman ever to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Length: 59:28
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
That Was the Year - 1929
Broadcast Date: September 6, 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
All the News That's Fit to Print (The New York Times)
Broadcast Date: September 8, 1946 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): John McVane (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: 29:27
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 9, 1945 Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
In this program, the main subject is the occupation of Japan and the surrender of the Japanese Army in China, Indochina, Korea, and Hong Kong. Another story covered is the meeting of the Big 5 foreign ministers in London. And President Truman is pushing for unemployment insurance for Americans. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Tonight from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 25:33
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
WWII Address by Winston Churchill
Broadcast Date: September 9, 1941 Speaker(s): Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister Winston Church declares "We are still masters of our fate; we are captains of our souls."
Length: 19:59
Program Producer: BBC
The Jean Shepherd Show
Broadcast Date: September 10, 1960 Series: Jean-Shepherd.jpg
Speaker(s): Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd talks about returning from a U.S. Navy ship in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. military base known as "Gitmo" is at the waterfront on the eastern end of the island.
Length: 1:30:06
Program Producer: Radio Station WOR
Charles Lindbergh Speaks to the America First Committee in Des Moines, Iowa
Broadcast Date: September 11, 1941 Speaker(s): Charles Lindbergh
Aviator Charles Lindbergh was opposed to the U.S. getting engaged in World War II, as was the America First Committee he speaks to.
Length: 9:14
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 11, 1960 Speaker(s): The guest is Richard M. Nixon
Length: 27:40
Program Producer: NBC
FDR's Warning to the Axis Powers
Broadcast Date: September 12, 1941 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden
Arden talks about the major speech made the night before by President Roosevelt, and about Nazi psychology.
Length: 13:50
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 13, 1959 Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (anchor) with Carl Sandberg and Edward Steichen
Brooks and the panelists talk with Poet Carl Sandberg and his brother-in-law, photographer Edward Steichen. The guests had just returned from a trip to the Soviet Union where they served as cultural ambassadors.
Length: 28:21
Program Producer: NBC Radio News
That Was the Year - 1899
Broadcast Date: September 13, 1937 Length: 13:27
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Vanishing American (The Native Americans)
Broadcast Date: September 15, 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: 29:14
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 16, 1945 The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Today from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 25:49
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Congressional Medal of Honor is Given to General Jonathan Wainwright
Broadcast Date: September 19, 1945 Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (1883-1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during the fall of the Philippines.
Length: 23:25
Program Producer: NBC
CBS News of Europe
Broadcast Date: September 19, 1939 Speaker(s): Robert Trout (anchor) with several correspondents
This is a world news report on the war in Europe.
Length: 15:07
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Between Bookends
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1945 Speaker(s): Ted Malone (anchor)
Between the Bookends was broadcast each weekday on the ABC / Westinghouse Radio Network. In this program Ted Malone highlights a plan to write a book of letters sent in by American servicemen overseas. The collector of the letters was Dr. W. Francis English, head of the History Department at the University of Missouri.
Length: 13:36
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
Rooftop Report During Blitz of London
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1940 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
This in an excerpt of a report by Edward R. Murrow from a London rooftop during a German blitz bombing of the city during World War II.
Length: :46
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Uses for Plutonium: Destructive and Creative
Broadcast Date: September 20, 1945 Speaker(s): J. Frank Willis and guest scientist
Canadian broadcaster J. Frank Willis (1908-1969) talks with a scientist about plutonium - used for massive bombs, yet also potentially useful for producing power and for medical applications.
Length: 5:24
Program Producer: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Commission)
That Was the Year - 1923
Broadcast Date: September 20, 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: 13:19
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
Military Government Installed In Romania
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1939 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Kaltenborn talks about the installation of a military government in Romania, and other war issues of the day.
Length: 13:24
Program Producer: CBS
Interview with Titanic Sinking Survivor Ruth Blanchard
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1986 Series: Studio E Magazine
Speaker(s): Ruth Blanchard, interviewed by Mike Hickcox
In 1912, Ruth Blanchard was just 12 years old when she rode the Titanic on its final voyage, along with her mother, brother, and sister. Her father was a missionary in India. She describes that night from her perspective of 74 years later. This was a "Studio E Magazine" public affairs program on WHEB-AM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Blanchard died in California in 1990.
Length: 27:58
Program Producer: WHEB, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Middletown USA
Broadcast Date: September 21, 1940 Series: The Human Adventure
The Story Of Middletown - produced in collaboration with the University of Chicago. A drama / documentary based on the books, "Middletown" and "Middletown In Transition."
Length: 24:27
Program Producer: CBS
Assassination Attempt on President Gerald Ford
Broadcast Date: September 22, 1975 Speaker(s): Douglas Edwards (anchor) with correspondents
This was the special report that appeared on CBS radio news when the attempt was made on the life of President Gerald Ford.
Length: 8:11
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Report to Date (The Final Show in This Series)
Broadcast Date: September 22, 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: 29:28
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
CBS World News Today
Broadcast Date: September 23, 1945 The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) aired World News Today from 1942-1945. The programs ran on Sunday afternoons at 2pm Eastern Time with an anchor in New York and correspondents around the world, brought in by shortwave radio.
Length: 24:55
Program Producer: CBS
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: September 24, 1961 Speaker(s): Ned Brooks (anchor) with guest Robert F. Kennedy and reporters
Robert F. Kennedy was Attorney-General of the United States at the time of this program. Reporters on this program include James Reston, Richard Wilson, and NBC reporter Herbert Kaplow.
Length: 25:38
Program Producer: NBC Radio News
Do You Want Your Children to be Taught Sex Education in Schools?
Broadcast Date: September 26, 1969 Series: Night Call
Speaker(s): Margaret Mead, Del Shields (host)
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was a cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. Mead felt sex education should be in public schools to reach all children with real information. She said children now receive much of their knowledge from television, film, and books. She also says doctors have limited views on this subject, not understanding sex education in schools does not stimulate children, but gives them real information, as opposed to what they receive in the mass media. She says ethics is important in this education, but not morals, which are determined by different groups and religions. She also says much opposition to public sex education is political. Mead earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University. As an Anglican Christian, Mead played a considerable part in the drafting of the 1979 American Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.
Length: 59:18
Program Producer: The United Methodist Church
Joe Louis / Ezzard Charles Fight
Broadcast Date: September 27, 1950 On September 27, 1950, Ezzard Charles did what so many before him couldn't do: he out-boxed, out-maneuvered, outlasted and won a decision victory over the great Joe Louis, becoming the only man to go the full fifteen rounds with "The Brown Bomber" and win. Charles befuddled the bigger man and kept him off balance for most of the fight. He even had the Bomber in serious trouble and on the verge of a knockout in round 14, but Louis held on. The judges scored it unanimously: 10-5, 13-2 and 12-3.
Length: 32:30
Warsaw Has Surrendered
Broadcast Date: September 27, 1939 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 11:12
Program Producer: CBS
That Was the Year - 1905
Broadcast Date: September 27, 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: 13:26
Program Producer: Transcription Company of America, recorded at KHJ in LA
The Amazing Catch
Broadcast Date: September 29, 1954 This was the play-by-play of an amazing center field catch by Willie Mays off the bat of Jack Brickhouse.
Length: :47
FDR Fireside Chat on Industry and Labor
Broadcast Date: September 30, 1934 Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Length: 27:30