– CBS Radio News On The Hour – July 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Well, it was a Saturday after all, that July 29th in 2000. Convention season was off and running, as Republicans headed to Philadelphia in the first of two political conventions to pick a
– Meet The Press – Roy Innes-Floyd McKissick – July 14, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1968 has often been referred to as “The Incredible Year”. Incredible in a lot of ways; not least that America managed to survive what was probably one of the most violent years
– Dexter Gordon Quartet – Live At Megleass Højskole – August 5, 1967 – Radio Denmark – Dexter Gordon in concert this week – along with Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Albert “Tootie” Heath, playing a gig at Meglass Højskole to an audience of enthralled College Jazz students. It
– CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – July 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Busy day in the world, this July 24th in 1979. Beginning with the continuing saga of the Middle East. Lebanese Radio reported Israeli troops penetrated 5 miles into Southern Lebanon on
– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another unstable day for Planet Earth, this July 23rd in 1965. With briefings continuing at the White House over Defense Secretary Robert McNamara‘s fact-finding tour of Vietnam, there was continuing concern over our escalating role
– Voices And Events- week ending July 17, 1949 – NBC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week, ending on July 17 in 1949 had much to do with plane crashes and turmoil. A plane crash over Bombay India claimed the lives of a group
– Andrew Young – Meet The Press- July 18, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of speculation on how the Black vote was going to influence the Presidential election in 1976. Ten years after the height of the Civil Rights struggle, and a shift of
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– NBC Nightly News – Huntley-Brinkley – July 13, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Rumors of peace-feelers, this July 13th in 1970. Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Feryubin meeting with India’s Indira Gandhi over the possibilities of a Peace Conference over the war in Vietnam. Feryubin had just finished
– Arthur Lee and Love – In Session for BBC Radio 2 – July 1, 2004 – BBC Radio 2 – Taking a breather from festivals tonight. It seems only appropriate to run a session by the inimitable Arthur Lee and Love, recorded at BBC Radio 2 on July 1,
