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Encore Time – Jim Hawthorne, Major J. Andrew White – KNX Midnight-1:00 am – June 3, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Before 24 hour news cycles, ’round the clock music and talk, radio was a sort of “uncharted waters” after midnight. If you were one...
WCBS-FM – December 31, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chip in what you can: Become a Patron! You love oldies stations, just as much as the next person. You like listening to music that you grew up to – maybe not so much now, even though music you...
It makes all the difference in the world: Become a Patron! January 3, 1936 – Opening day of the 74th Congress. The long, sometimes laborious ritual, but significant as it marked one of the first times a broadcast, live from Capitol Hill and from Congress took place. This was one...
Linda Ronstadt – Live at Community Theatre, Berkeley – July 18, 1974 – Broadcast over KMET, Los Angeles – If you could, it would be soooo appreciated: Become a Patron! Linda Ronstadt for a New Year’s Day/Night. Maybe it’s from seeing CNN’s documentary on Linda Ronstadt earlier today, but I...
Janine Jansen, violin with Itamar Golan, Piano – In Recital – Salle Pleyel à Paris – May 12, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Janine Jansen in recital this week. Accompanied by Itamar Golan, Piano and featuring a really nicely balanced program of music by Debussy, Schubert, Messiaen and Ravel....
KMPC – Geoff Edwards Show – December 7, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to bug you, but . . .Become a Patron! December 1979 – You still haven’t gotten over 1969 – but here you are, ten years later and you have another decade to get used...
999 Live at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – April 4, 1979 – KALX-FM, UC Berkeley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your subscriptions and support are working wonders: Become a Patron! 999 Live at Old Waldorf in San Francisco – recorded and broadcast live on KALX-FM, the campus radio station...
Become a Patron! With Europe slowly rebuilding from the ravages of War, and the holidays offering a respite from the plague of shortages and loss, this report, part of the weekly series London Letter, narrated by columnist and writer John Connell, gives some picture of life in Europe, and especially...
Become a Patron! President Eisenhower delivered his Christmas Eve message, on December 24, 1953 with a feeling of gratitude. Gratitude that the War in Korea had finally come to an end, and that the word was at peace for the first time since Christmas 1949. President Eisenhower: For us, this...
KYA – San Francisco – December 9, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A buck a month is all it takes: Become a Patron! Color you cynical. Okay – they said it would happen; sixteen-on-the-edge-of-seventeen and it’s that age where you start to doubt things, don’t believe anybody and...
