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 a couple of segments. First, we have a May 1 report from CBS on the initial reports of the death of Adolf Hitler. Our second segment is a VOA rebroadcast of NBC’s coverage of the surren…
Today we have the April 29, 1945, edition of NBC’s News of the World. It includes reports on the continued rumors of a German surrender, plus updates from Germany, San Francisco, Washington, and New …
Today we have three segments. First, two news updates as U.S. and Soviet troops meet in Germany. There is also a brief report on rumors of a German surrender.
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Today we have Lowell Thomas & the News, as it aired over NBC on April 24, 1945. Hugh Gibson substitutes for Thomas on this broadcast.
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Today we have a few broadcasts from this week in 1945. First, an April 21 update from the BBC on Soviet victories in Berlin. Then, from NBC, an April 22 update from Drew Pearson. We end with an April…
Today we have several brief broadcasts from this week in 1945. First is Harry Truman’s April 16 address to Congress following the death of FDR. That is followed by brief news updates from first the C…
Today’s episode features broadcasts from April 13. First, you’ll hear coverage of the arrival of the funeral train that brought thepresident from Warm Springs to Washington, D.C., and the procession …
Eighty years ago today, U.S President Franklin Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, stunning the nation and the world. Today, we have two episodes memorializing that pivotal event.
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Eighty years ago today, U.S President Franklin Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, stunning the nation and the world. Today, we have two episodes memorializing that pivotal event.
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Today we have the April 8, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Germany, London, Moscow, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have a report from Edward Ward of the BBC on the Buchenwald concentration camp. He describes the situation there as he arrives on site a week after the liberation of the camp.
Today we have the April 1, 1945, edition of NBC’s News of the World, as the news breaks of the invasion of Okinawa. There are also updates on the war in Europe.
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Today we have the March 29, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and dra…
Today we have NBC’s Don Hollenbeck and the News, as it aired the evening of March 27, 1945. It focuses mostly on developments on the Western front, and addresses false rumors of a German surrender.
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Today’s episode has two segments from March 24, 1945. First, we have a breaking news report from CBS on the news of the Allies crossing the Rhine. The second segment is Alex Drier’s Weekly News Analy…
Today we have Feature Story with Harry Marble as it was broadcast over CBS this week in 1945. Marble was a long time broadcaster for CBS, covering the war in the 1940s and continuing on with the netw…
Today we have the March 18, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have the March 15, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and dra…
Today we have the March 12, 1945, evening news broadcast from KORM radio in Portland, Oregon. It offers updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, as well as news from the home front.
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Today we have the February 22, 1945, episode of The March of Time as it was heard over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. Sponsored by Time magazine, the series featured documentaries and …