Category Radio

2000, Day in history, Foreign Policy, History, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Week In History

Big Noise In Little Havana – Elian Gonzalez – April 22, 2000

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – April 22, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This April 22nd in 2000 will probably best be remembered as the day the Feds nabbed Elian Gonzalez and…

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April 22, 2014

1960's, 1970's, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Progressive Rock, Radio, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

Henry Cow – New London Theatre 1975 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Henry Cow – New London Theatre (extract). May 1975 One of the positive upticks during the Psychedelic period was the introduction of the Avant Garde into the Rock genre. The total…

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April 21, 2014

1960's, Civil Rights, Day in history, History, Past Daily, Police, Popular Culture, Poverty, Protest Movements, Racial unrest, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Week In History

Come To The Fair . . .In More Ways Than One – April 21, 1964

Click on the link here for Audio Player – WNBC-AM News – April 21, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this April 21st in 1964 had a lot to do with the upcoming opening of the 1964 World’s…

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April 21, 2014

1950's, Los Angeles, Past Daily, Past Daily Pop Chronicles, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

L.A. Radio In 1952 – Jim Hawthorne – KNX – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – KNX-AM – Hawthorne’s Encore Time – June 3, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No shortage of personalities, when it came to local radio in Los Angeles in the 1950s. You…

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April 20, 2014

1960's, 1967, Americana, Jazz, Legend, Past Daily, Past Daily Downbeat, Poland, Popular Culture, Radio, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Live In Warsaw 1967 – Past Daily Downbeat

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Rahsaan Roland Kirk – live from Warsaw – 1967 – Polish Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The legendary Rahsaan Roland Kirk this weekend. A concert given in Poland from 1967…

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April 20, 2014

1960's, 1968, Americana, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Cold War, Congress, Conventions, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, History, Interviews, LBJ, Past Daily, Past Daily Weekend Reference Room, Politics, Presidents, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, War, Weekend Talkshows Past

A Word Or Two From Robert F. Kennedy – Meet The Press 1968 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Meet The Press – Robert F. Kennedy – March 17, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Certainly, 1968 ended a lot differently than it started out. Since it…

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April 20, 2014

1950's, Americana, Beat Generation, History, Past Daily Pop Chronicles, Popular Culture, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Teen Exploitation, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Weekend Talkshows Past, Youth

Who Beat The Beat Generation? 1958 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Open Mind: Who Beat The Beat Generation – Dec. 28, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Lest we think The Beat Generation was embraced by all who ran across it,…

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April 19, 2014

1980's, BBC, Brit-Pop, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Radio, Radio Sessions, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

Happy Mondays – In Session 1986/1989 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Happy Mondays – In Session for John Peel – April 9, 1986-Feb. 27, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 The inimitable Happy Mondays in session tonight. One of those bands whose influence…

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April 18, 2014

1990s, Capitol Hill, Congress, Day in history, Disasters, Healthcare, History, Italy, London, Past Daily, Police, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Scandals, Social Commentary, Society, Terrorism, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, Weather, Week In History, World News

Flood Of The Century – April 18, 1997

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – April 18, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The weather was big news on this particular April 18th in 1997. In what was dubbed “The Flood…

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April 18, 2014

Africa, Festivals, France, French Radio, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Rock Without Borders, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, World Stage

Bibi Tanga & The Senelites – Live At Au Fil des Voix – 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bibi Tanga & The Senelites – live at Au Fil des Voix – Feb. 8, 2014 – RFI Monde A taste of Central Africa by way of Bibi Tanga & The…

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April 17, 2014

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