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December 12, 1968 – EET – Newsfront – Bill Moyers comment – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 12, 1968. Less than five weeks to the inauguration of Richard Nixon to the office of President and the slow reveal of names in key Cabinet and Administration positions was being revealed....
The Dylans – In Session for Mark Radcliffe – March 26, 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – The Dylans, in session for Mark Radcliffe – recorded on March 26, 1994. Further proof the 90s got off to a great start, with a lot going on – a lot of different...
December 8, 1941 – News and bulletins of the day – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 8, 1941 – the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. News was moving quickly and while most radio outlets were trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy, the rapid bulletins and...
November 14,1986 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 14, 1986 – while the world reacted to the White House‘ further sanctions against Syria and the government of Hafaz Assad for fostering terrorism. The Reagan Administration tightened the screws on the Assad government,...
Walter Cronkite – News and Commentary – November 5, 1980 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Walter Cronkite – the last election he covered before his retirement was the 1980 Presidential campaign. The Most Trusted Man in America held forth, commenting as the votes were tabulated and,...
WABC – 12:00 midnight – 1:00 am – November 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s Election Night: November 6, 1968. It’s also a school night, but you don’t care. You want to find out who’s going to be President. And even though you can’t vote, because you’re...
November 2, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 2000 – it was coming down to the wire; the Bush-Gore election campaigns of 2000. Last minute sweeps throughout the country, hoarse pleas for votes – it was going to be a...
President Jimmy Carter – Press Conference – October 27, 1977 – National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Jimmy Carter, at one of his regular Press Conferences in 1977. Testing the waters on an Energy policy that had Americans relying on less Foreign oil, Carter was preparing...
October 24, 1983 – Beirut Bombing aftermath – President Reagan Press Conference – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 24, 1983 – The aftermath of the bombing of Marine Barracks and a French Army Command Post in Beirut, Lebanon was still unfolding. The number of casualties...
Winston Churchill – Address for Al Smith Dinner – October 14, 1947 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Winston Churchill, addressing the annual Al Smith Dinner, on October 14, 1947. This was the year there were two main speakers – former Secretary of the Navy Admiral James...
