Category: Radio
Gas Rationing: A Day Both Odd And Personalized – May 9, 1979
If you owned a car this May 9th in 1979, you were no doubt preoccupied with what number your license plate ended in. Because gas rationing was being enforced and was strictly limited to odd numbered or Personalized license plates on this day. And of course it was topic A
VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
Alan Shepard: First American In Space Holds A Press Conference – May 8, 1961
– CBS Radio Special Report: Alan Shepard Press Conference – May 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On May 5, 1961 America sent its first Astronaut into space. Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, the first of the series of six Project Mercury flights into space, eventually leading to
The Apple-Green Chamber: The Execution Of Caryl Chessman – May 2, 1960
– Caryl Chessman Execution reports and bulletins – May1-2, 1960 – Various Los Angeles Stations + Voice Of America Shortwave News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 1960, the day a 12 year odyssey came to an end. Convicted murderer and rapist, Caryl Chessman, known as The Red
Rodney King: ‘We Can Get Along Here – We’re All Stuck Here For A While’ – May 1, 1992
– Pres. Bush-Mayor Bradley – News for May 1, 1992 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – If you lived in Los Angeles, this sunny May 1st in 1992, you woke up noticing the sky was red, the air was thick with smoke and the streets were filled with troops. The
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Private Concert – 2018 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Rock Without Borders
Charlotte Gainsbourg – In Private Concert for RTL2, Belgium – April 24, 2018 – RTL2 – Charlotte Gainsbourg to end the week looking overseas, specifically France, at what’s been going on with music over there. Charlotte Gainsbourg is far from unknown and tours the U.S.periodically. Her Wikipedia page has a