June 2, 1945 – Waging Peace While Waging War – Adjustments And Upheavals.
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Category: 1940’s
The Music Of Weldon Hart – With The Rochester School Symphony – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Eastman School Symphony – Howard Hanson – May 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Back over to some mid-century Americana this weekend. Weldon Hart is a name you don’t hear very much anymore. Since his
Woody Guthrie On The Radio II – 1947 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Hootenanny – March 10, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a companion piece to last weeks Woody Guthrie Radio show via CBS in 1940, here is another go at Network radio, also from
Invasion Of Crete – May 22, 1941
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News Of The World – May 22, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 22nd in 1941, which was the 627th day of War, was about the continuing expansion of the War in
May 11, 1975 – The New Phrase In Our Lexicon: Boat People.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”21175″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 11, 1975 – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] 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
Unofficially Official – May 7, 1945
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WOR-Mutual Broadcast Day 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – May 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Depending on where you were and who you were listening to, the Surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies took
Igor Stravinsky And The New York Philharmonic In A Radio Premier – 1946 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – New York Philharmonic – Igor Stravinsky, cond. – January 27, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. A Radio Premier this weekend. The first broadcast performance of the then-recently completed Symphony In 3 Movements by Igor Stravinsky, with
Down, But Not Out – April 30, 1945
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News for April 29, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day, April 30, 1945 was filled with reports of a rumored surrender of Germany to the Allies. But fighting was continuing, and amid cautious optimism,
Radio Moscow Remembers The Elbe Meet-Up – April 27, 1975
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Moscow – 30 Anniversary, Celebration of Meet-Up on The Elbe – April 27, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. To commemorate the historic meeting of the Russian and Anglo-American Armies at The Elbe River, and the
The Dog Days Of War – April 20, 1944
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News for April 20, 1944 – Office Of War Information News broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As the war dragged on, seemingly every part of the planet was engaged in some aspect of the conflict