– CBS Radio – Algeria Aflame – October 4, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our month-long listen to some of the milestone radio documentaries from the 1950s to the 1970’s, another one from CBS Radio – this time it’s Algeria Aflame, the story of the ongoing civil
– August 18, 1973 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 18, 1973 – The end of a hair-raising week worth of Watergate and the end of an excursion into Cambodia. On August 14th, the bombing campaign of Cambodia by American Air Force
– CBS Radio – Special Broadcast from Ie Shima Island – August 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the end of hostilities just days earlier on August 15th, the process of making the surrender official began. On the morning of August 18th, a plane carrying a surrender
L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – cond. by Pierre Boulez – November 9, 2005 – Radio France Musique – We’re back to Paris this week and this time it’s something historic; it’s a concert from 2005, featuring L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France led by Pierre Boulez in familiar works. Starting
CBS Radio – “The Wetbacks” – April 11, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of milestone Documentaries for Radio recorded in the 1950s and 60s with a report on the then-current state of immigration into the U.S. – entitled The Wetbacks, it dealt specifically with the
August 25, 1942 – Arrival of first prisoner exchange via the Gripsholm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 25, 1942, a day that most likely passed by unnoticed by many at the time, but it was significant because, on this day in 1942, the first Prisoner exchange took place
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Izia – In Session for Let’s Go Live (Partons en Live) RFI, Paris – June 12, 2015 – Radio France International – < If you've caught any of Izia's live performances the past couple of years, you’ll realize she more than lives up to the characterization, The Tornado of Pop.
NBC Radio – Second Sunday: “Payday Blues” – June 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing the series of Radio Documentaries, this one is from NBC Radio from June of 1974. Part of the Monthly Second Sunday Radio series which focused on current events and current concerns of
August 16, 2018 – BBC Radio 4 – The Six O’Clock News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – BBC August 16, 2018 – Another milestone moment for this August 16th in history. The passing of Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul – who lost her fight with Cancer at the age
