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Radio News and Interviews -- This Week in History

June Broadcasts by Day of the Month

38 broadcasts


World News Roundup

Broadcast Date:   June 2, 1955


Four American flyers released from prison in China.

Length:   14:12

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


American Poverty and the Poor People's Campaign

Broadcast Date:   June 3, 1968

Series:   Night Call

Speaker(s):   Ralph Abernathy, Del Shields (host)


At this time, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy was the acting president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He spoke about the plight of the poor in the U.S. This was the very first program in this, the second run, of "Night Call." Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. was a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, a minister, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest friend.

Length:   58:44

Program Producer:   The United Methodist Church


Triumph of Old Glory

Broadcast Date:   June 3, 1950

Series:   The Air Force Hour


Length:   29:37

Program Producer:   AFRTS


Meet The Press

Broadcast Date:   June 4, 1961

Speaker(s):   The guest is Edward R. Murrow


At this time, Edward R. Murrow was director if the United States Information Agency (USIA).

Length:   26:02

Program Producer:   NBC


The Thirteenth Key

Broadcast Date:   June 4, 1947

Series:   The Big Story

Speaker(s):   Bob Sloane (host), Jim Fusco (reporter)


The Big Story is the dramatized account of how a newspaper reporter solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. This episode highlights the true story of a 1929 murder with reporter James Fusco.

Length:   24:42

Program Producer:   NBC


The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Broadcast Date:   June 5, 1968

Speaker(s):   Andrew West (reporter) and others


This begins with the KFWB broadcast of the RFK assassination, with reporter Andrew West at his side. It continues with network coverage later that day.

Length:   1:14:17

Program Producer:   KFWB Radio, Los Angeles


H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News

Broadcast Date:   June 6,1944

Speaker(s):   H. V. Kaltenborn


Length:   14:46

Program Producer:   NBC


D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy is Underway

Broadcast Date:   June 6, 1944

Series:   H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News

Speaker(s):   H. V. Kaltenborn


Special coverage of the D-Day Invasion with H. V. Kaltenborn. He attempts to bring in a general live from London, but that fails. He continues to cover the information available. This broadcast was recorded from WEAF, New York.

Length:   14:22

Program Producer:   NBC


World News Roundup

Broadcast Date:   June 6, 1970

Speaker(s):   Steve Kasin, Newscaster


Length:   7:37

Program Producer:   CBS News


Mideast War, Watergate News

Broadcast Date:   June 7, 1973

Series:   CBS News

Speaker(s):   Christopher Glen (anchor)


Includes Mideast War news (Syria, Egypt, Israel) and Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox risks his job seeking to release parts of the Watergate tapes.

Length:   4:47

Program Producer:   CBS Radio News


War News, with a First-Person Account of the Battle of Midway

Broadcast Date:   June 7, 1942


Length:   20:04

Program Producer:   Mutual Broadcasting System


James Earl Ray Arrested in London

Broadcast Date:   June 8, 1968


This news bulletin, from the Justice Department, reports the arrest of James Earl Ray, the murderer of Martin Luther King. Ray was arrested, just over a month after the assassination, in London.

Length:   1:14

Program Producer:   CBS


The Route to the Burial of Robert F. Kennedy

Broadcast Date:   June 8, 1968

Speaker(s):   Bruce Morton


Length:   1:51

Program Producer:   CBS Radio Network


The Death of Serge Kousevitsky

Broadcast Date:   June 8, 1951

Series:   Hear It Now

Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow (anchor)


Length:   59:49

Program Producer:   CBS


The Bitterist Man on Earth

Broadcast Date:   June 8, 1949

Series:   The Big Story

Speaker(s):   Bob Sloane (host)


The Big Story is the dramatized account of how a newspaper reporter solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. The reporter today is Julian C. Houseman of Virginia.

Length:   29:48

Program Producer:   NBC


This Little Baby Went to Market (Adoption)

Broadcast Date:   June 9, 1946

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.

Length:   30:00

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


The Poor People's Campaign

Broadcast Date:   June 11, 1968

Series:   Night Call

Speaker(s):   Andrew Young, Del Shields (host)


Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (1932- ) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. At the time of this program, he served as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving first as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, then United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and finally Mayor of Atlanta. Since leaving political office, Young has founded or served in a large number of organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.

Length:   58:47

Program Producer:   The United Methodist Church


Fountain Hughes: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs, and Memories

Broadcast Date:   June 11, 1949

Speaker(s):   Fountain Hughes, interviewed by Hermond Norwood


Fountain Hughes reflects on his childhood experiences before and after the end of slavery in Charlottesville, VA. Among other events, Mr. Hughes recollects slave auctions and the hardships endured by freed slaves after the end of the Civil War. We cannot verify that this interview was ever broadcast. It was recorded in Baltimore, Maryland in June 1949. Hughes was 100 years old at the time (born in 1949). He was interviewed by Hermond Norwood.

Length:   29:00

Program Producer:   Unknown


Watergate: New Faces in Old Jobs

Broadcast Date:   June 15, 1973

Series:   First Line Report

Speaker(s):   Dan Rather (anchor)


Length:   5:48

Program Producer:   CBS


Fifth Fleet Attack on Tokyo

Broadcast Date:   June 16, 1945

Series:   Alex Dreier's Weekly News Analysis

Speaker(s):   Alex Dreier


The Fifth Fleet has attacked Tokyo for the second day. Manila has been cleared of the Japanese offensive. An analysis of the raids on Tokyo. The Japanese report a U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima.

Length:   14:01

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


The Invisible Hitchhiker (Automobile Deaths)

Broadcast Date:   June 16, 1946

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.

Length:   29:16

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


Politics and the Black Man

Broadcast Date:   June 18, 1968

Series:   Night Call

Speaker(s):   Julian Bond, Del Shields (host)


Julian Bond (1940-2015,) a founder of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, won a seat in the Georgia legislature in 1965. He was convinced Black citizens needed to work hard for social change, knowing the process would be difficult and slow, but he still believed change would come. He also feared that life for African-Americans could get worse in the U.S. before getting better. Questions include why wealthy Black citizens don't take care of the poor ones, which political party will African-Americans support, what difference the Voter Rights Act will make, when will positive change happen, and when will a Black man be able to run for president? Bond went on to serve in the Georgia Senate, and was, for many years, chair of the NAACP.

Length:   58:59

Program Producer:   The United Methodist Church


Nixon's Seventh Crisis

Broadcast Date:   June 18, 1973

Series:   CBS First Line Report


This week's crisis involves Russia, Watergate, and the economy.

Length:   5:57

Program Producer:   CBS


President Nixon Compromises with Congress

Broadcast Date:   June 20, 1973

Series:   First Line Report

Speaker(s):   Dan Rather (anchor)


Length:   5:59

Program Producer:   CBS


Can We Have Bravery Without Guns?

Broadcast Date:   June 21, 1968

Series:   Night Call

Speaker(s):   Margaret Mead, Del Shields (host)


Why is America gun-happy and violent? The question is discussed with Dr. Margaret Mead (1901-1978), anthropologist at the Museum of Natural History. Mead was featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. Mead sees gun use as a false substitute for bravery. She wants people and organizations to contact Congress and the media in support of gun control. She is also concerned about glorification of gun use in the U.S. The recording of this program started about 1 minute into the program.

Length:   57:03

Program Producer:   The United Methodist Church


Death in the Family

Broadcast Date:   June 21, 1950

Series:   The Big Story

Speaker(s):   Bob Sloane (host)


The Big Story is the dramatized account of how a newspaper reporter solved a crime, exposed a corrupt political administration, smashed a racket, or performed some other notable public service. This episode highlights the true story of reporter William T. Noble.

Length:   25:28

Program Producer:   NBC


Prologue to "A" Day (Preparation for atomic bomb tests.)

Broadcast Date:   June 23, 1946

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.

Length:   29:10

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


H. V. Kaltenborn Edits the News

Broadcast Date:   June 23, 1947

Speaker(s):   H. V. Kaltenborn


Kaltenborn talks about the Taft-Hartley Act.

Length:   11:37

Program Producer:   NBC


Meet The Press

Broadcast Date:   June 26, 1960


The guest is pollster George Horace Gallup. Gallup (1901-1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

Length:   26:57

Program Producer:   CBS


Nixon's Personal Isolation is a Personal Problem

Broadcast Date:   June 27, 1973

Series:   CBS First Line Report

Speaker(s):   Robert Pierpoint (anchor)


In the midst of the Watergate Hearings, it is apparent President Nixon spends most of his time protected from his staff and advisers.

Length:   5:58

Program Producer:   CBS


The White House Avoids a News Conference

Broadcast Date:   June 28, 1973

Series:   First Line Report

Speaker(s):   Marvin Kalb (anchor)


Length:   6:01

Program Producer:   CBS


The Birth of a Baby

Broadcast Date:   June 29, 1940

Series:   The Human Adventure


A drama / documentary about giving birth at a modern hospital. The program is produced in collaboration with the University of Chicago.

Length:   24:39

Program Producer:   Mutual Broadcasting System


Bill Stern's Final Show with Colgate

Broadcast Date:   June 29, 1951

Series:   The Colgate Sports Newsreel

Speaker(s):   Bill Stern


This was Bill Stern's final show sponsored by Colgate, after more than 12 years. He used this program to look back at highlights of past years. The mostly-sports program has been called "one of the most successful and most listened-to shows in radio history" and "one of radio broadcasting's most entertaining and engaging programs," although much of the information reported as fact was actually fiction. It was first broadcast in October 1939, on NBC Blue. Although Colgate dropped its sponsorship in June 1951, the show continued on NBC as Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel through September 1953. It then switched to ABC, where it ran until June 1956. Bill Stern, the star, made the program memorable with his enthusiastic, dramatized delivery. He was already both the narrator of MGM's News of the Day newsreels and a sports announcer.

Length:   14:37

Program Producer:   NBC


Watergate: Nixon's Defense is to Accuse John Dean

Broadcast Date:   June 29, 1973

Series:   First Line Report

Speaker(s):   Tony Sargent (anchor)


Length:   6:02

Program Producer:   CBS


Truman Wage Price Control Bill on CBS News

Broadcast Date:   June 30, 1952

Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow


Length:   14:09

Program Producer:   CBS


On Your Mark, Get Set, Go

Broadcast Date:   June 30, 1946

Series:   ABC Commentary with Orson Welles

Speaker(s):   Orson Welles


Length:   14:32

Program Producer:   ABC Radio Network


One Atom Bomb of the Nagasaki Type (Test at Bikini Atoll)

Broadcast Date:   June 30, 1946

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.

Length:   29:01

Program Producer:   NBC Radio Network


President Truman Signs Wage and Price Control Bill

Broadcast Date:   June 30, 1952

Series:   Edward R. Murrow Reports

Speaker(s):   Edward R. Murrow


Length:   14:09

Program Producer:   CBS