Category LBJ

July 27, 1967 – LBJ Addresses The Summer Of Violence – Cities Under Siege.

– President Johnson Address regarding riots – July 27, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a country teetering on the edge of burning down. Cities engulfed in flame and violence. Civil disorder spread from coast to coast, it…

July 1966

July 25, 1966 – Our Summer Of Discontent – Cities On Boil – Going From “Detained” To “Captured”.

– July 25, 1966 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in the city and the summer of discontent. A Summer of scarring and scorching, this July 25, 1966. Starting with news on the matter of…

July 21, 1965 – The Simmering Dog Days Of Summer – Fact Finding Missions – No Life On Mars

CBS World News Roundup – July 21, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 57 years ago saw an escalation of things. An escalation of the War in Vietnam and an escalation in the violence in reaction to…

Summer 1967 – You’re Dial Hopping And It’s A Toss Between Humble Harve And B. Mitchel Reed – Weekend Pop Chronicles

Become a Patron! Summer 1967 – KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – KHJ – Humble Harve – KHJ – The Real Don Steele – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer 1967 – AM radio still reigns supreme. But the songs…

LBJ - Vietnam 1965

April 7, 1965 – LBJ: “This Will Be A Disorderly Planet For A Long Time” – The Deepening Vietnam War.

April 7, 1965 – President Johnson at Johns Hopkins University – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was billed as a Major Foreign Policy Address over our involvement in Vietnam, LBJ delivered a speech at Johns Hopkins…

“We’re From The Kremlin . . .We’re Here To Help” – Soviet Invasion Of Czechoslovakia -1968 – The End Of Prague Spring

NBC Radio – Second Sunday Series: Revolution In Revolt – 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Editors Note: This was originally posted in 2014, during another crisis involving Russia and Ukraine (along with Crimea), as an example of history often…

Lyndon Johnson

January 12, 1969 – The Lyndon Johnson Years – LBJ And America In The 60’s – Past Daily Reference Room

– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a…

1966

December 31, 1966 – “A Year Different From All Others” – Burning Beatles Albums – Odyssey Of A Texas Clock Tower – An Actor In Politics

– ABC Radio News Of The World For 1966 – December 31, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If someone was to attempt to pinpoint exactly when things started to go haywire, they would most likely land on 1966.…

Campaign 1964

September 30, 1964 – Promising The Moon In 1964 – Campaign For The White House

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Democratic Convention - 1964

August 26, 1964 – Democratic Convention ’64 – Pressing The Flesh And Big-Big Promises

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”16603″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 26, 1964 – Democratic Convention Highlights – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] 1964 Democratic Convention (highlights) – August 26, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day fifty-seven years ago, the Democratic Convention…