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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CBS Radio – George Fisher’s Hollywood – July-August, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As a reminder that Hollywood has always been at least slightly skewed, here is a 1950s radio equivalent of TMZ, as presented by…
WCBS – New York – The Bill Randle Show – February 11, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Picture this: Rock n’ Roll is still on the fringes – it hasn’t taken the country by storm; not yet. However,…
BBC World Service – London Column – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the War in Europe ended, the horrors and atrocities of that war were coming to the surface in grim and graphic detail. Some…
– News for January 26, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wartime News for this day in 1944 was about American attempts at brokering a deal between the Russians and the Poles. Seems now that the Germans had been…
Secretary Of War Henry L. Stimson -Address regarding The National Service Act – January 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1944 – With the tide of war slowly turning in favor of the allies, many in…
News And Comment for January 24, 1961 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four days after his Inaugural and six days before his first State of The Union, President Kennedy was already presented with a full plate of…
Jan. 23, 1937 – Ohio River Floods – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1937 was horrific if you lived anywhere near the Ohio River. Rains continued without stop and flood waters continued to…
– The Smiths – Live At The National Ballroom, Kilburn – 1986 – BBC 6 Music – Ending the weekend with old favorites. Tonight it’s The Smiths in a concert via the BBC, recorded live at The National Ballroom in…
– January 19, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 19, 1987 – The Iran-Iraq War was in the news this day. With reports that Iranian troops were making advances towards the southern Iraqi…
– January 18, 1957 – Edward R. Murrow and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1957; a day where circling the globe took 45 hours, and brokering peace deals took an eternity. A lot of contrasts,…