The goal of this podcast is to deliver radio broadcasts as you would have heard them 80 years ago, during the days of World War 2. Our episodes will be a mix of entertainment, news and other information. You’ll hear each episode as close to the original date as possible, with some additional bonus episodes thrown in that include related content.
Today we have the CBS World News of the morning of January 7, 1943. It includes updates on the war from Australia, Moscow, London, Algiers, Washington and New York.
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Today we have an episode of NBC’s The Story Behind the Headlines, focusing on Russia’s Winter Offensive. It first aired on January 3, 1943.
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Today we have “This We Have Done,” a syndicated broadcast that recapped the 1942 war efforts of the United States and its allies. It was produced by the Press Association, the radio subsidiary of the…
Today we have the CBS World News Today broadcast of December 27, 1942. It includes updates on the war from London, Algiers, Cairo, Honolulu, Buenos Aires, Washington and New York.
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Today’s episode consists of two segments from December 24, 1942. The first is a brief report from Edward R. Murrow on Christmas in England.
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Today we have the CBS World News broadcast of the morning of December 22, 1942. It includes updates on the war from London, Algiers, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the CBS World News Today broadcast of December 20, 1942. It includes updates on the war from Algiers, London, Cairo, Washington and New York.
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Today we have an episode of Wings to Victory as it aired over the NBC Blue Network in late 1942. It tells the stories of aviators serving in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war.
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Today we have The Case of the Industrial Spy Ring, the December 14, 1942, episode of Counterspy. Counterspy was a long-running radio series that aired over the NBC Blue Network, ABC and Mutual from 1…
Today we have the CBS World News from the morning of December 12, 1942. It includes updates on the war from Australia, China, London, Washington and New York.
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Today we have an episode of Soldiers of the Press, a syndicated series that told the stories of United Press correspondents during the war. This episode tells the story of Joe James Custer, a reporte…
Today we have the CBS World News Today broadcast of December 7, 1942. It marks the one-year anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and includes updates on the war from Algiers, London, Honolulu, F…
Today we have a War Bond Special as it was broadcast over Seattle’s KIRO radio this week in December 1942. It urges listeners to support the war effort as they mark the one-year anniversary of the at…
Today we have the NBC News of the World broadcast from the morning of December 1, 1942. It includes updates on the war from Moscow, Australia, London, Cairo, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the CBS World News Today broadcast of November 29, 1942. It includes updates on the war from Cairo, Honolulu, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the NBC News of the World from the morning of November 24, 1942. It includes updates on the war from London, Cairo, Australia, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the NBC News of the World from the evening of November 21, 1942. It includes updates on the war from London, Algiers, Washington and New York.
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Today we have the Roma Nightly News as it was broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System on November 19, 1942.
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Today we have CBS coverage of the New York Herald Tribune’s Forum of November 17, 1942, featuring a talk by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the government’s policy on war news.
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This week we have, the Nov. 15, 1942, episode of the Grape Nuts Flakes Program starring Jack Benny. It was broadcast from the Naval Air Station at Terminal Island, California.
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