Category: 1979
August 29, 1979 – Northern Ireland: In The Wake Of Mountbatten; Suspects – The Navy And The KKK
August 29, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 29, 1979 – Only days after the assassination death of Lord Mountbatten, Irish police were busy rounding up suspects; members of the Irish Republican Army who took credit for the bombing. They went
April 24, 1979 Heading Home, If You Can Call It Home – Cambodia. SALT II Meets SS-21.Windfall Profits Vs Oil.
April 24, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection April 24, 1979 – A day with a lot on its plate. Beginning with revelations that the Russians were deploying a new missile in East Germany. The White House expressed concern about that development and
April 19, 1979 – Los Angeles: An Hour In The Life Of A City – Local News – Local Concerns – Places That Aren’t Here Anymore
April 19, 1979 – KNX-Newsradio – 9:06 am-10:00 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19, 1979 – It was a busy day – Middle-East Peace proposals and the third day of voting in Rhodesia were the big news items of the day. So was the George Moscone/Harvey Milk
Ruggiero Ricci With Edo De Waart And The San Francisco Symphony Play Music Of Haydn, Schuller And Lalo – 1979 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Ruggiero Ricci with Ed De Waart and The San Francisco Symphony – October 23, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. Italian-America violinist and legend Ruggiero Ricci in performance in his native Bay Area with the San Francisco Symphony led by Edo DeWaart. The Concert
Moe Koffmann Quintet – Live At Artpark 1979 – Past Daily Downbeat
Moe Koffmann Quintet – live at the Artpark Festival – 1979 – NPR: Jazz Alive! – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Moe Koffmann this weekend – a name that may not ring many bells unless you a: remember his “Swinging Shepherd Blues” from the 1950s or b: Are Canadian. Koffmann
January1, 1980 – BBC Radio 2 Top-30 Of 1979 – Past Daily Holiday Pop Chronicles
January 1, 1980 – BBC Radio 2 – Terry Wogan Presents The Top 30 Singles of 1979 – BBC Radio 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As much as I play bits of Top-40 radio from Los Angeles from the 1950s to 1990s, there is also a vast amount
Vitus Dance In Session – 1979 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Vitus Dance – In session for John Peel – Sept. 25, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Vitus Dance in session for John Peel tonight. A band virtually unknown on this side of the Atlantic, who were frustratingly short-lived – were managed by the same firm who also managed XTC
November 13, 1979 – Ominous Quiet In Tehran – Reagan Makes It Official
November 13, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 13, 1979 – News from Tehran, this day. The demonstrations, flag burnings and chants of Death To America were calmed down a bit this day. Only because Iran had sent emissaries to the
October 10, 1979 – The Annual Wall Street Blood-Bath
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