Back to the archives of Swiss Radio this week for a “Composer conducts” performance by Swiss composer/conductor/educator Albert Jenny in a radio broaadcast of his Serenade For Orchestra from 1962 – recorded at Studio 1 of Basel Radio on March 19, 1963 with Albert Jenny leading the Radio-Orchestra Beromünster. Albert
Goofballs – Name Your Poison: Mutual Broadcasting News and Documentary series – December 10, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – First off: Radio documentaries really didn’t take off until the early 1950s when portable tape recorders came into their own. Anything that wasn’t able to be recorded “as it
June 18, 1940 – News reports and summaries – NBC Red and Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 18, 1940 – With the air thick with confusion, fighting still going on in some areas, the escape out of France still going on and anxious anticipation over the
– CBS – Edward R. Murrow Program With Charles Collingwood – June 17, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection June 17th in a Cold War 1953. With last minute appeals for clemency sent to the Supreme Court over the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of espionage in allegedly
June 16, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 16, 1992 – A day of bafflement and raised eyebrows. Starting with the bombshell revelation from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that there was a very strong possibility that American POW’s from the Vietnam War were
Dave Greenslade – Through several incarnations – a guiding light. Greenslade in session tonight. Recorded as part of the Warner Brothers Records promotion for the release of Bedside Manners Are Extra, their second album issued in February of that year and this session, done at Morgan Studios shortly after. It
June 15, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 15, 1988 – With the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev receiving mixed marks for his Perestroika reforms, all eyes in Moscow were gazing towards the south and regions of Armenia and Azerbaijan as a potential flashpoint
France Goes To The Polls For Round 1 Another busy day in the world of 1981. Starting with Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. and Foreign Minister Huang Hua of China concluded the first of three days of high level Chinese-American talks Sunday in apparent agreement on the need
Back to the archives of Swiss Radio this week. A performance of Sinfonietta Americana by Leo Nadelmann with the composer leading the Radio Orchestra of Beromünster in this recording made by RTS on February 8, 1964. The Swiss composer and pianist, an outstanding interpreter of Schubert and Chopin, composed incidental
Pay TV vs. Free TV – Sylvester “Pat” Weaver – Vincent Wasilewski – Commonwealth Club of Calif. May 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A debate featuring former NBC President Sylvester “Pat” Weaver and Vincent Wasilewski, President of the National Association of Broadcasters. The subject was Cable Television,
