[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17610″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 20, 1944 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this day in 1944, a promise made by General MacArthur as he was leaving the besieged islands of The Philippines that he would return, became fact. On October
Pay TV vs. Free TV – Sylvester “Pat” Weaver – Vincent Wasilewski – Commonwealth Club of Calif. May 15, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A debate featuring former NBC President Sylvester “Pat” Weaver and Vincent Wasilewski, President of the National Association of Broadcasters. The subject was Cable Television,
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23983″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 19, 1941 – News of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 19th in 1941 was about the Eastern Front. The German drive to Moscow before the first snows of Winter. The big push was in the
One of the things that’s often overlooked, when it comes to the History of Rock n’ Roll is how some musical genres, though highly influential, didn’t transform the landscape instantly. And that very often the ripple effect didn’t take place for at least a year or two after its introduction.
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10599″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 15, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow And The News – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] October 15, 1951 – A busy news day. A war in Korea and from Capitol Hill, a call for discussions and a workable solution with the
With the Presidential Campaign of 1936 in its last weeks and at fevered pitch, President Roosevelt embarked on a coast-to-coast tour to bring his message home. In 1936, America was in better shape than it was in 1932. But detractors clamored to call the New Deal a disaster, that The
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23857″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 13, 1958 – Fulton Lewis Jr. and the News – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 13th in 1958 had much to do with the goings-on at The Vatican. The death of Pope Pius XII and the mourning, as
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23840″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 12, 1976 – BBC World Service Newsreel- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this October 12th in 1976 there was a aura of uncertainty in the direction of China. Longtime leader Mao Tse-Tung had died in September and rumors of a coup were spreading,
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17495″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 12, 1973 – Special Report – Nixon Chooses Ford – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Just as America was reeling from the shock of vice-President Spiro Agnew‘s resignation amid a flurry of accusations of improprieties, President Nixon announced the selection of
