As news poured in on a daily basis regarding sweeping advances and the almost total destruction of Berlin and the German Army, it was only natural that news and rumors of surrender would begin to surface, this day in 1945. Early on the morning of April 28th unconfirmed reports surfaced
April 27-29, 1942 – Radio Australia – Radio Tokyo – Voice Of China, Chungking – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another sweep of the shortwave dial for this late April in 1942. Beginning with Australia Today from Radio Australia. Upbeat news on the positive affect of coordinated Allied air attacks
April 26, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 26, 1980 – Aftermath and morning after for the failed hostage rescue attempt. No shortage of outrage, recriminations and wagging fingers. The blasts from Capitol Hill were palpable – shock and anger that Congress wasn’t
April 25, 1942 – News From Voice Of China, Radio Australia, Radio Tokyo – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While Japanese attacks were continuing on Port Moresby and in Burma, there was cause for some hope. As the allies solidified into one cohesive unit, coordinated counter-attacks were on the rise,
Yehudi Menuhin, violin – New Friends Of Music Orchestra – Georg Schnéevoigt, conductor – December 2, 1940 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An historic concert this weekend. A performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto as part of the fundraising benefit for the building of the
Martial Solal with Jan Garbarek and The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra – November 16, 1968 – Sveriges Radio – Jumping into the European side of Jazz this weekend with Martial Solal, along with Jan Garbarek and The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra in concert and preserved for posterity by Sveriges Radio on November
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– KMET – Steven Clean – December 27, 1973 – Rob Frankel Collection – Someday. Someday they may make a phone you can take with you anywhere. You will never miss a call, never miss an opportunity ever again. Someday. Maybe not in your lifetime. But for as long as
March 14, 1945 – BBC World Service: London Column – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the War in Europe heading into its last weeks, a new last-ditch weapon was introduced by Germany; the V-2. It was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant
April 21, 1945 – Mutual – Report From The Pacific – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 21, 1945 – While the Allies were making major strides on the way to Berlin. On Okinawa in the Pacific it was down to hard fought gains; sometimes by feet and yards. Since
