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 March 4, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Germany, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have the March 1, 1945, address by President Franklin Roosevelt to a joint session of Congress. He reports on the recent summit in Yalta with other Allied leaders and discusses the future of…
Today we have the February 27, 1945, morning edition of the NBC News of the World. It includes analysis and updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, with reports from Manila, London, Washington,…
Today we have the February 25, 1945, episode of The Story Behind the Headlines. Hosted by Cesar Saerchinger, the show was a joint venture between NBC and the American Historical Association that took…
Today we have several short broadcasts reporting on the beginning of the Battle of Iwo Jima. These broadcasts all originally aired on February 19 and 20, 1945.
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Today we have the February 18, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Belgium, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have “Into Berlin,” the March 3, 1945, episode of The Man Called X as it aired over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. It was sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
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Today’s episode features a program from New York’s WOR radio saluting Purple Heart recipients from the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Today we have the February 9, 1945, evening news from New York radio station WEAF. It offers updates on the war from both the Western and Eastern Fronts in Europe, as well as news from the Pacific.
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Today we have “The Bid Was Four Hearts” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on February 27, 1945. It is based on the book “Faith of our Fighters” by Ellwood C. Nance.
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Today we have a little taste of the home front, the February 13, 1945, episode of the Alan Young Show as it aired over ABC. This episode also was a fundraiser for the U.S. Treasury Department’s War B…
Today we have the January 28, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Belgium, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on January 20, 1945. Usually broadcast from London, it offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in th…
Today we have the January 19, 1945, noontime news from Minneapolis radio station WCCO. It offers updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, as well as news from the home front. That is followed by…
Today we have the January 14, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.
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Today we have an episode of “Yanks in the Orient” as it aired over the Blue Network this week in 1945. The series featured recordings and reports from U.S. forces in India and Burma.
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Today we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on January 6, 1945. Usually broadcast from London, it offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in the…
Today we have President Franklin Roosevelt delivering his Fireside Chat of January 6, 1945. It is a presentation of the State of the Union message he had sent to Congress earlier that day.
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Today we have the NBC afternoon news update with Morgan Beatty from January 3, 1945, reporting on the Allied counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge and other war news.
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