December 17, 1999 – Unfolding A Plot – Threats Of Carnage: Real And Disgruntled.
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Category: The Fourth Estate
December 16, 2001 – Jabberwocky In The Land Of The Unknown Knowns – The Known Knowns – The Unknown Unknowns.
BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December 16th in 2001 we were just getting our feet wet in what was to become the mess, the gift that keeps on giving, the
December 15, 1981 – The Official Press Says Poland Is Calm –
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18545″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 15, 1981 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A world of unease, this December 15th in 1981. Starting with news of a purported calm descending over Poland in wake of the latest and growing set of strikes sweeping the country.
December 11, 1957 – A Word Or Two From Frank Lloyd Wright + A Lot Of Christmas Music – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18485″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 11, 1957 – Nightline – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] There was a time when radio had a habit of mixing things up – going from serious news or conversation to festive holiday music didn’t seem that much of a jarring
December 11, 1935 – Exploring And Celebrating The Stratosphere –
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18476″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 11, 1935 – National Geographic Society – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] When U.S. Army Air Corps Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orville A. Anderson landed their Explorer II High-altitude balloon on the ground near White Lake South Dakota, they were
December 9, 1947 – Strikes, Discontent, Unrest And The Litigious Nature Of Rain –
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”24804″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 9, 1947 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Not very much means a whole lot: Become a Patron! December 9th in 1947 – Post-War discontent, Cold War jitters and the slow, painful process of getting a
December 8, 1980 – Dream Is Over – The Death Of John Lennon
Stunned incomprehensible silence. That was a reaction many people had when they first heard the news that John Lennon was dead, gunned down as he stepped out of a car, on his way home from a recording session. And as the news reports came in – and as word repeated
The Music Of René Amengual – NBC Studio Orchestra – 1943 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
René Amengual – Preludio – NBC Studio Orchestra – Joseph Stulpak, cond. June 24, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Chipping in really helps: Become a Patron! Mid-twentieth century music from Chile this week, via composer, pianist and educator René Amengual in a rare performance of his Preludio for Orchestra,
December 4, 1947 – For Paris: Another Day, Another Round Of Billy Clubs – For The Middle East: Another Unholy Day In The Holy Land.
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11374″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 4, 1947 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Another day of drama and upheaval, this December 4th in 1947. Still reeling from the UN partition plan of Palestine, riots were continuing in Jerusalem and all
December 3, 1943 – Orchestrated Hell – Raid Over Berlin
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11362″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 3, 1943 – CBS – The World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] In what has been considered one of the milestones in broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow reported his eyewitness account of a bombing raid over Berlin, this day in 1943.