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 late-night edition of the NBC news from July 3, 1945. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Berlin, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have an episode of We, the People a series that told stories of average Americans at home and at war.
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Today we have an address from U.S President Harry Trumanfrom June 26, 1945. Truman was speaking at the closing of the United Nations conference in San Francisco.
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Today’s episode has three segments, all from this week in 1945. First, we have a brief NBC news report announcing the surrender of Okinawa on June 21, 1945. This is followed by another NBC program, f…
Today we have an episode of Inner Sanctum, one of the mostpopular radio shows of the World War 2 era. This episode, Dead Man’s Holiday, first aired on June 19, 1945, on CBS stations.
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Today we have the June 16, 1945, edition of Alex Drier’s Weekly News Analysis as it aired over NBC. We’ve followed that news report with a few short war PSAs, advertisements, and songs.
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Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have a June 12,1945, address delivered by U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower to a British audience at Guildhall in London. Our second segment is an episode …
Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on June 9, 1945, offering updates on the war from London. That is followed by a speech from U.S. General George Patton…
Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have a June 4, 1945, update from the Army News Service on the United Nations negotiations in San Francisco.
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Today’s episode has two segments. First, we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on June 2, 1945. That is followed by a re-recording of U.S. President Harry Truman’s address to a joint session of Con…
Today, we have an episode of I Was There, telling the story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle.
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Today, we have a special episode of NBC’s University of the Air, reporting on U.S. foreign policy. It was broadcast from San Francisco, site of the United Nations conference planning for the post-war…
Today we have the May 23, 1945, edition of NBC News of theWorld. The top story is the news of political turmoil in Great Britain as the Labour Party pulls out of the governing coalition with Winston …
Today we have “On a Note of Triumph,” a special presentationwritten by Norman Corwin for CBS. It celebrates theAllied victory in Europe. It first aired on May 8, but was rebroadcast several times dur…
Today we have a May 13, 1945, address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He speaks of the victory in Europe and his five years as prime minister. He also addresses the future and ongoing fi…
Today we have the May 13, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from London, Paris, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have a salute to the troops from a bevy of entertainers. This broadcast went out over the Armed Forces Radio Service to men and women serving all over the world, celebrating the victory in E…
Today we have a celebration of V-E Day – Victory in Europe as the Germans surrender to the Allies. We’ll hear from U.S. President Harry Truman, then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. That is …
Today, we have three reports as news breaks of the surrender of Germany. The news came early in the morning and as you can hear from our first NBC segment, there was some doubt that it was true. You’…
Today, we start the week off with a few short segments. We have news updates from the Mutual network and the CBC, then a report from NBC from Drew Pearson.
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