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Classic Radio for August 15, 2023 - And now, the news (commentators)
Published 2 years, 6 months ago
Description
A look at the way Radio and their commentators covered news in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. In this episode:
- A portion of the 20th Century International Newsreel from February 24, 1939. Host Michael Blair interviewed arriving passengers and celebrities from the Panama-Pacific Lines SS Washington at San Pedro harbor.
- Walter Winchell’s Jergens Journal from September 12, 1943.
- Alex Dreier and the News from October 11, 1946. More chat about his just-concluded vacation than news.
- Upton Close and the News, originally broadcast April 1, 1951. Close, formerly a reporter for the Associated press, was an early America Firster, Isolationist, and anti-Communist. A commentator for Mutual Radio, his opinions brought him under attack from left-wing groups who got him thrown off of a number of big city stations. Though his conservative read-meat broadcasts remained very popular in the midwest.