– CBS Radio – The World This Week – May 11, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. May 11th came on a Sunday in 1975. And as is always the case, Sunday is reserved for recapping the main news stories of the week. The week ending May 11th in
May 8, 1987 – CBS News + Gary Hart Announcement and Press Conference – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 8, 1987. a day of announcements and hearings. In Denver, Presidential hopeful Gary Hart addressed a crowd and took himself out of the race, all due to alleged affairs.
The Orb featuring Steve Hillage – live at The Fridge, Brixton – 1991 – BBC Radio 1 Space merchants The Orb tonight, featuring former Gong founding member and all-around leading light of the Canterbury scene, Steve Hillage as guest in what promises to be a 25 minute sonic adventure, and it
USSR Symphony – Yevgeny Svetlanov, Conductor – 1977 Prague Spring Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week; The USSR Symphony conducted by Yevgeny Svetlanov and recorded during the Prague Spring Festival 1977. Three works are featured – opening with Symphony Number 1 (Classical) by Prokofiev,
April 21, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 21, 1994 – the civil war that raged in the former Yugoslavia was now making a living hell out of the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, as Bosnian Serbs continued a relentless barrage of shelling and
April 20, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day of sweeping changes, April 20th, 1979 – although at the time it didn’t seem that way. The free elections in Rhodesia were regarded as a footnote, almost an afterthought on many news programs. But
Harry S. Truman – Address on Army Day 1946 – April 6, 1946 – April 6, 1946 – President Truman, addressing an assembled crowd in Chicago, celebrating Army Day 80 years ago. On this day in 1946, it was almost a year to the month the War in Europe came
March 23, 1947 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 23, 1947. The Big Four Conference was underway in Moscow, the question of Loyalty was the topic of conversation in Washington and floods were inundating Britain. Germany and the issue was reunification and reparations were
March 11, 1966 -Confrontation On Capitol Hill As the War in Vietnam dragged on, support even among members of the Senate and House was flagging. When Secretary of State Dean Rusk went to Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he was confronted, almost from the
February 6, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 6, 1995 – Baseball Strike news this day. Ironically, February 6, 1995 would have been Baseball legend Babe Ruth‘s 100th birthday. But instead, one would have imagined him spinning in his grave, as it was
