December Broadcasts by Day of the Month
48 broadcasts
Sounds of the Space Age
Broadcast Date: December 1, 1969
National Geographic produced this radio piece using fascinating audio of the space efforts, from early satellites to moon landings.
Length: 10:46
Program Producer: National Geographic Magazine
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 3, 1944
World news, heavily news of WWII.
Length: 24:56
Program Producer: CBS
Edward R. Murrow Brings You on a Bombing Run Over Berlin
Broadcast Date: December 3, 1943
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
This is one of the amazing broadcasts of World War II. Edward R. Murrow hitches a ride on an RAF bomber on a bombing run over the city of Berlin, Germany. He reports on the flight the following day. His description of the sights and sounds and the demeanor of the aviators brings you on board the aircraft itself. Some airmen and two reporters failed to return from the run that night. Murrow reports: "Berlin was a kind of orchestrated hell; a terrible symphony of light and flame."
Length: 17:57
Program Producer: CBS
Has the New Deal Promoted or Retarded Business Recovery?
Broadcast Date: December 5, 1935
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
The guests discussing this week's question are Merwin K. Hart, President NY State Economic Council; and Hugo L. Black, U.S. Senator from Alabama and Supreme Court Justice (1937-1971).
Length: 57:09
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
One Year Ago Today
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1942
Series: World News Today
Speaker(s): John Daly (anchors) and reporters around the world by shortwave
This broadcast was exactly one year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The focus here is on the status one year later.
Length: 23:51
Program Producer: CBS
Russia Could Have Been Our Neighbor
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1953
Series: Stroke of Fate
Length: 29:13
Program Producer: NBC
NBC Radio 30th Anniversary Program - Part 1
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1956
Speaker(s): Many
This is a review of 30 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 1:03:30
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
NBC Radio 30th Anniversary Program - Part 2
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1956
Speaker(s): Many
This is a review of 30 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 58:00
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Japan Has Made War Upon the United States ...
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1941
Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 14:06
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
One Year After Pearl Harbor
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1942
Series: Heater.jpg
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
A special broadcast with newscaster Gabriel Heater to look at America one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Length: 3:09
Program Producer: WOR Radio / Mutual Broadcasting System
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1941
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 13:43
Program Producer: ABC
Day of Infamy
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1941
Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
This is the speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." ... the Congress then declared war on Japan.
Length: 9:47
Interview with Country Joe McDonald
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1968
Series: Richter Scale Society
Speaker(s): Country Joe McDonald, Bill Minkin (interviewer)
This interview was done by Bill Minkin for the program "Richter Scale Society" on WRVR (Riverside Radio) in New York City, following a concert at the Fillmore East Theater. The tape was found in the archives of Riverside Church, which housed WRVR. The tape ends as Minkin introduces a recording of the song, "Harlem Song". Country Joe McDonald (1942-2026) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who became a defining voice of the 1960s counterculture movement. As the lead vocalist of Country Joe and the Fish, he is most famous for his satirical anti-war anthem, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," and its iconic "Fish Cheer", which he famously performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Length: 14:18
Program Producer: Minkin / Prince
Interview with U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1957
Series: Ask Congress
Speaker(s): Congressman Adam Clayton Powerll
This is a public service program that brings members of the House of Representatives meet with members of their constituency. The citizens are selected for the program based on their participation in civic organizations.
Length: 25:27
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 9, 1941
Speaker(s): John Daly (anchor) and reporters around the world by shortwave
Length: 14:33
Program Producer: CBS
FDR's Fireside Chat
Broadcast Date: December 9, 1941
Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to the American People. Two days later, the U.S. Congress would also declare war on Germany.
Length: 28:04
Dateline, Headline, Byline
Broadcast Date: December 10, 1946
Speaker(s): Tony Morse (anchor)
Length: 14:09
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The U.S. Congress Declares War on Germany
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1941
Series: CBS Special Report
CBS News reports from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as war is officially declared on Germany.
Length: 12:37
Program Producer: CBS
King Edward VIII Abdicates the Monarchy
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1936
Speaker(s): King Edward VIII
Edward VIII (1894-1972) became king of the United Kingdom following the death of his father, George V, but ruled for less than a year. In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second. He married Simpson the following year and they remained married until his death 35 years later.
Length: 6:27
Program Producer: BBC
Stratospheric Balloon Heroes Receive National Geographic Award
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1935
Speaker(s): Gilbert Grosvenor, John J. Pershing, Albert W. Stevens, Orville A. Anderson
At Constitution Hall in Washington DC, the National Geographic awards the Hubbard Gold Medal to Captain Albert W.Stevens and Captain Orville A. Anderson. Stevens and Anderson took a balloon to more than 72-thousand feet into the stratosphere, loaded with scientific instruments in a flight sponsored by the Army Air Corps. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966) was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine. John J. Pershing (1860-1948) was an American army general who served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I from 1917 to 1920 and later worked with the National Geographic Society.
Length: 14:04
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Personal Liberty and the Government
Broadcast Date: December 12, 1935
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Guest experts include: Howard Lee McBain, Dean and Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia University; Lena Madison Phillips, President, International Federation of Professional and Business Women; Roger Baldwin, Director, Civil Liberties Union; Henry Pratt Fairchild of NYU; and Lawrence Dennis, author of The Coming American Fascism.
Length: 59:01
Program Producer: NBC
The First Week of the United States at War
Broadcast Date: December 13, 1941
Series: The March of Time
A review of the activities in the country during the first five days of the United States at war. Well done, perhaps one of the best shows of this famous series. News bulletins follow the program.
Length: 29:09
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Stories from the American Scene
Broadcast Date: December 13, 1948
This was a trial program produced by KFI Radio in Los Angeles. It provided entertaining "Paul Harvey" type stories. Apparently smog was a real problem in LA back in 1948!
Length: 17:37
Program Producer: KFI, Los Angeles
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: December 15, 1950
Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and more than 50 Voices in the News
The very first broadcast of "Hear It Now" from CBS.
Length: 59:42
Program Producer: CBS
Use of Unity to Bring the War to an End
Broadcast Date: December 16, 1942
Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden (host) and a panel that includes Charlie Chaplin
The first minute of his program is marred by clicking, but that soon clears up.
Length: 43:08
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: December 17, 1961
The guest, William George Meany ( 1894-1980), was an American labor union leader for 57 years. He was the key figure in the creation of the AFL-CIO and served as the AFL-CIO's first president, from 1955 to 1979. Meany, the son of a union plumber, became a plumber himself at a young age. He became a full-time union official 12 years later.
Length: 29:38
Program Producer: CBS
The Twenty-Hour Work Week
Broadcast Date: December 17, 1958
Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 27:59
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Should We Plan for Social Security?
Broadcast Date: December 19, 1935
Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
This session on the possibility of Social Security came from Town Hall in New York City. Francis Perkins was the U. S. Secretary of Labor. George E. Sokolski was an authority on Far Eastern Affairs and labor relations and author of Labor's Fight for Power.. They held opposing views. The program was aired on Thursday nights.
Length: 59:07
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: December 19, 1948
Series: The Jergens Journal
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
This includes a report of how the geography books are wrong.
Length: 14:59
Program Producer: ABC
Voices and Events of 1953
Broadcast Date: December 21, 1953
Speaker(s): Morgan Beatty (anchor)
The NBC Radio Network pulls from its files to look back at the events of the previous 12 months. Actuality recordings of the big stories of the year: Eisenhower's Inauguration, Robert Taft's death, Joseph McCarthy, the Queen's coronation, Stalin's death, the end of the Korean war, other stories. Sponsored by: The Traveler's Insurance Company of Hartford.
Length: 58:01
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Abe Burrows interviews Santa Claus, and other stories. This was the second broadcast of "Hear It Now," a weekly broadcast from CBS.
Length: 59:43
Program Producer: CBS
Interview with U.S. Representative Frank J. Becker
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1957
Series: Ask Congess
Speaker(s): Congressman Frank J. Becker
This is a public service program that brings members of the House of Representatives meet with members of their constituency. The citizens are selected for the program based on their participation in civic organizations.
Length: 29:01
20 Years of Radio: 1914-1934
Broadcast Date: December 23, 1934
WABC Radio in New York looks back at 20 years of radio broadcasting.
Length: 53:49
Program Producer: WABC Radio, New York
FDR's Christmas Message in War
Broadcast Date: December 24, 1941
Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The president speaks to the nation on this first Christmas Eve after the U.S. engagement in World War II.
Length: 4:23
President Franklin Roosevelt Lights the National Christmas Tree
Broadcast Date: December 24, 1935
Speaker(s): Unnamed Announcer, President Franklin Roosevelt
This does not include the actual lighting of the tree.
Length: 1:54
The Year 1945 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 25, 1945
The voices and events of 1945 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 59:19
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1943
Mostly news of WWII, as carried by station WBBM in Chicago.
Length: 24:27
Program Producer: CBS
The Year 1944 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1944
The voices and events of 1944 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 1:01:05
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
The Year 1946 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1946
The voices and events of 1946 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 1:03:43
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
Years of Crisis: 1960
Broadcast Date: December 28, 1960
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow and Network Reporters
This was the CBS Network's 12th annual review of the year past.
Length: 57:06
Program Producer: CBS
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1960
Broadcast Date: December 18, 1960
Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Eward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world.
Length: 57:05
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Korean War Front and News Around the World
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1950
Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and many others
The 3rd-ever broadcast of the CBS series: "Hear It Now", This program was heard every Friday night.
Length: 45:27
Program Producer: CBS
Mutual Broadcasting System's First Coast-to-Coast Broadcast
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1936
Length: 56:39
Years of Crisis: 1958
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1958
Speaker(s): Edward R Murrow and Network Reporters
This was the CBS Network's 10th annual review of the year past.
Length: 58:36
Program Producer: CBS
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1958 (and the decade)
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1958
Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Eward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world. Interestingly, the 1958 edition is the 10th anniversary of the program as features a review of the decade after the War.
Length: 58:35
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Predictions for 1946
Broadcast Date: December 30, 1945
Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II. Guests on this program include Bob Hope, Earl Wilson, and Bill Stern.
Length: 29:40
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Year-End Commentary and News
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1955
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater (commentary) and Virgil Pinkley (news)
Length: 25:55
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
1968: The Year in Review
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1968
Length: 54:01
Program Producer: BBC
48 broadcasts
Sounds of the Space Age
Broadcast Date: December 1, 1969 National Geographic produced this radio piece using fascinating audio of the space efforts, from early satellites to moon landings.
Length: 10:46
Program Producer: National Geographic Magazine
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 3, 1944 World news, heavily news of WWII.
Length: 24:56
Program Producer: CBS
Edward R. Murrow Brings You on a Bombing Run Over Berlin
Broadcast Date: December 3, 1943 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow
This is one of the amazing broadcasts of World War II. Edward R. Murrow hitches a ride on an RAF bomber on a bombing run over the city of Berlin, Germany. He reports on the flight the following day. His description of the sights and sounds and the demeanor of the aviators brings you on board the aircraft itself. Some airmen and two reporters failed to return from the run that night. Murrow reports: "Berlin was a kind of orchestrated hell; a terrible symphony of light and flame."
Length: 17:57
Program Producer: CBS
Has the New Deal Promoted or Retarded Business Recovery?
Broadcast Date: December 5, 1935 Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
The guests discussing this week's question are Merwin K. Hart, President NY State Economic Council; and Hugo L. Black, U.S. Senator from Alabama and Supreme Court Justice (1937-1971).
Length: 57:09
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
One Year Ago Today
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1942 Series: World News Today
Speaker(s): John Daly (anchors) and reporters around the world by shortwave
This broadcast was exactly one year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The focus here is on the status one year later.
Length: 23:51
Program Producer: CBS
Russia Could Have Been Our Neighbor
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1953 Series: Stroke of Fate
Length: 29:13
Program Producer: NBC
NBC Radio 30th Anniversary Program - Part 1
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1956 Speaker(s): Many
This is a review of 30 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 1:03:30
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
NBC Radio 30th Anniversary Program - Part 2
Broadcast Date: December 6, 1956 Speaker(s): Many
This is a review of 30 years of NBC Radio broadcasts -- news throughout the years - also variety, drama, etc.
Length: 58:00
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Japan Has Made War Upon the United States ...
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1941 Series: Kaltenborn Edits the News
Speaker(s): H. V. Kaltenborn
Length: 14:06
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
One Year After Pearl Harbor
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1942 Series: Heater.jpg
Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater
A special broadcast with newscaster Gabriel Heater to look at America one year after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Length: 3:09
Program Producer: WOR Radio / Mutual Broadcasting System
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1941 Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
Length: 13:43
Program Producer: ABC
Day of Infamy
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1941 Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
This is the speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." ... the Congress then declared war on Japan.
Length: 9:47
Interview with Country Joe McDonald
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1968 Series: Richter Scale Society
Speaker(s): Country Joe McDonald, Bill Minkin (interviewer)
This interview was done by Bill Minkin for the program "Richter Scale Society" on WRVR (Riverside Radio) in New York City, following a concert at the Fillmore East Theater. The tape was found in the archives of Riverside Church, which housed WRVR. The tape ends as Minkin introduces a recording of the song, "Harlem Song". Country Joe McDonald (1942-2026) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who became a defining voice of the 1960s counterculture movement. As the lead vocalist of Country Joe and the Fish, he is most famous for his satirical anti-war anthem, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," and its iconic "Fish Cheer", which he famously performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Length: 14:18
Program Producer: Minkin / Prince
Interview with U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell
Broadcast Date: December 8, 1957 Series: Ask Congress
Speaker(s): Congressman Adam Clayton Powerll
This is a public service program that brings members of the House of Representatives meet with members of their constituency. The citizens are selected for the program based on their participation in civic organizations.
Length: 25:27
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 9, 1941 Speaker(s): John Daly (anchor) and reporters around the world by shortwave
Length: 14:33
Program Producer: CBS
FDR's Fireside Chat
Broadcast Date: December 9, 1941 Speaker(s): Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to the American People. Two days later, the U.S. Congress would also declare war on Germany.
Length: 28:04
Dateline, Headline, Byline
Broadcast Date: December 10, 1946 Speaker(s): Tony Morse (anchor)
Length: 14:09
Program Producer: ABC Radio Network
The U.S. Congress Declares War on Germany
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1941 Series: CBS Special Report
CBS News reports from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as war is officially declared on Germany.
Length: 12:37
Program Producer: CBS
King Edward VIII Abdicates the Monarchy
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1936 Speaker(s): King Edward VIII
Edward VIII (1894-1972) became king of the United Kingdom following the death of his father, George V, but ruled for less than a year. In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing the divorce of her second. He married Simpson the following year and they remained married until his death 35 years later.
Length: 6:27
Program Producer: BBC
Stratospheric Balloon Heroes Receive National Geographic Award
Broadcast Date: December 11, 1935 Speaker(s): Gilbert Grosvenor, John J. Pershing, Albert W. Stevens, Orville A. Anderson
At Constitution Hall in Washington DC, the National Geographic awards the Hubbard Gold Medal to Captain Albert W.Stevens and Captain Orville A. Anderson. Stevens and Anderson took a balloon to more than 72-thousand feet into the stratosphere, loaded with scientific instruments in a flight sponsored by the Army Air Corps. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966) was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine. John J. Pershing (1860-1948) was an American army general who served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I from 1917 to 1920 and later worked with the National Geographic Society.
Length: 14:04
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Personal Liberty and the Government
Broadcast Date: December 12, 1935 Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
Guest experts include: Howard Lee McBain, Dean and Professor of Constitutional Law, Columbia University; Lena Madison Phillips, President, International Federation of Professional and Business Women; Roger Baldwin, Director, Civil Liberties Union; Henry Pratt Fairchild of NYU; and Lawrence Dennis, author of The Coming American Fascism.
Length: 59:01
Program Producer: NBC
The First Week of the United States at War
Broadcast Date: December 13, 1941 Series: The March of Time
A review of the activities in the country during the first five days of the United States at war. Well done, perhaps one of the best shows of this famous series. News bulletins follow the program.
Length: 29:09
Program Producer: Time Magazine / ABC Blue Network
Stories from the American Scene
Broadcast Date: December 13, 1948 This was a trial program produced by KFI Radio in Los Angeles. It provided entertaining "Paul Harvey" type stories. Apparently smog was a real problem in LA back in 1948!
Length: 17:37
Program Producer: KFI, Los Angeles
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: December 15, 1950 Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and more than 50 Voices in the News
The very first broadcast of "Hear It Now" from CBS.
Length: 59:42
Program Producer: CBS
Use of Unity to Bring the War to an End
Broadcast Date: December 16, 1942 Series: Robert Arden News Commentary
Speaker(s): Robert Arden (host) and a panel that includes Charlie Chaplin
The first minute of his program is marred by clicking, but that soon clears up.
Length: 43:08
Meet The Press
Broadcast Date: December 17, 1961 The guest, William George Meany ( 1894-1980), was an American labor union leader for 57 years. He was the key figure in the creation of the AFL-CIO and served as the AFL-CIO's first president, from 1955 to 1979. Meany, the son of a union plumber, became a plumber himself at a young age. He became a full-time union official 12 years later.
Length: 29:38
Program Producer: CBS
The Twenty-Hour Work Week
Broadcast Date: December 17, 1958 Series: The Hidden Revolution
Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow, host
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the CBS Public Affairs Department explored important social trends in US culture, like the increase in leisure time, the constant threat of nuclear war, and the American propensity for "moving on".
Length: 27:59
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Should We Plan for Social Security?
Broadcast Date: December 19, 1935 Series: America's Town Meeting of the Air
This session on the possibility of Social Security came from Town Hall in New York City. Francis Perkins was the U. S. Secretary of Labor. George E. Sokolski was an authority on Far Eastern Affairs and labor relations and author of Labor's Fight for Power.. They held opposing views. The program was aired on Thursday nights.
Length: 59:07
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Walter Winchell and the News
Broadcast Date: December 19, 1948 Series: The Jergens Journal
Speaker(s): Walter Winchell
This includes a report of how the geography books are wrong.
Length: 14:59
Program Producer: ABC
Voices and Events of 1953
Broadcast Date: December 21, 1953 Speaker(s): Morgan Beatty (anchor)
The NBC Radio Network pulls from its files to look back at the events of the previous 12 months. Actuality recordings of the big stories of the year: Eisenhower's Inauguration, Robert Taft's death, Joseph McCarthy, the Queen's coronation, Stalin's death, the end of the Korean war, other stories. Sponsored by: The Traveler's Insurance Company of Hartford.
Length: 58:01
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Hear It Now
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow (anchor)
Abe Burrows interviews Santa Claus, and other stories. This was the second broadcast of "Hear It Now," a weekly broadcast from CBS.
Length: 59:43
Program Producer: CBS
Interview with U.S. Representative Frank J. Becker
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1957 Series: Ask Congess
Speaker(s): Congressman Frank J. Becker
This is a public service program that brings members of the House of Representatives meet with members of their constituency. The citizens are selected for the program based on their participation in civic organizations.
Length: 29:01
20 Years of Radio: 1914-1934
Broadcast Date: December 23, 1934 WABC Radio in New York looks back at 20 years of radio broadcasting.
Length: 53:49
Program Producer: WABC Radio, New York
FDR's Christmas Message in War
Broadcast Date: December 24, 1941 Speaker(s): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The president speaks to the nation on this first Christmas Eve after the U.S. engagement in World War II.
Length: 4:23
President Franklin Roosevelt Lights the National Christmas Tree
Broadcast Date: December 24, 1935 Speaker(s): Unnamed Announcer, President Franklin Roosevelt
This does not include the actual lighting of the tree.
Length: 1:54
The Year 1945 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 25, 1945 The voices and events of 1945 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 59:19
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
World News Today
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1943 Mostly news of WWII, as carried by station WBBM in Chicago.
Length: 24:27
Program Producer: CBS
The Year 1944 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1944 The voices and events of 1944 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 1:01:05
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
The Year 1946 in Review
Broadcast Date: December 26, 1946 The voices and events of 1946 from WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Length: 1:03:43
Program Producer: WOR / Mutual Broadcasting System
Years of Crisis: 1960
Broadcast Date: December 28, 1960 Speaker(s): Edward R. Murrow and Network Reporters
This was the CBS Network's 12th annual review of the year past.
Length: 57:06
Program Producer: CBS
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1960
Broadcast Date: December 18, 1960 Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Eward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world.
Length: 57:05
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
The Korean War Front and News Around the World
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1950 Series: Hear It Now
Speaker(s): Edward R. Morrow and many others
The 3rd-ever broadcast of the CBS series: "Hear It Now", This program was heard every Friday night.
Length: 45:27
Program Producer: CBS
Mutual Broadcasting System's First Coast-to-Coast Broadcast
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1936 Length: 56:39
Years of Crisis: 1958
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1958 Speaker(s): Edward R Murrow and Network Reporters
This was the CBS Network's 10th annual review of the year past.
Length: 58:36
Program Producer: CBS
CBS Looks Back at the News of 1958 (and the decade)
Broadcast Date: December 29, 1958 Series: Years of Crisis
Speaker(s): Eward R. Murrow, many CBS Correspondents
This is a CBS News annual year-end review of International events and developments. Edward R. Murrow is the host. He is joined by many CBS Radio correspondents around the world. Interestingly, the 1958 edition is the 10th anniversary of the program as features a review of the decade after the War.
Length: 58:35
Program Producer: CBS Radio News
Predictions for 1946
Broadcast Date: December 30, 1945 Series: The National Hour
Speaker(s): Robert St. John (host)
NBC ran "The National Hour" on Sunday afternoons at 4pm from November 1945 to September 1946. Each program dealt with a different subject or issue facing America as the nation moved forward after the end of World War II. Guests on this program include Bob Hope, Earl Wilson, and Bill Stern.
Length: 29:40
Program Producer: NBC Radio Network
Year-End Commentary and News
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1955 Speaker(s): Gabriel Heater (commentary) and Virgil Pinkley (news)
Length: 25:55
Program Producer: Mutual Broadcasting System
1968: The Year in Review
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1968 Length: 54:01
Program Producer: BBC