You’re Only Young Twice – 1968 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
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Tag: Vietnam War
September 26, 1967 – Vietnam War – Hawks And Doves – Meanwhile: Body Bags –
NBC Radio News Of The World – September 26, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the casualty count continued to rise during the ongoing battle at Con Thien, this September 26th in 1967, the ever-widening gap of opinions over what to do about the Vietnam war took a
July 27, 1967 – LBJ Addresses The Summer Of Violence – Cities Under Siege.
– President Johnson Address regarding riots – July 27, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a country teetering on the edge of burning down. Cities engulfed in flame and violence. Civil disorder spread from coast to coast, it truly was The Long, Hot Summer many predicted would happen.
July 25, 1966 – Our Summer Of Discontent – Cities On Boil – Going From “Detained” To “Captured”.
– July 25, 1966 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in the city and the summer of discontent. A Summer of scarring and scorching, this July 25, 1966. Starting with news on the matter of Civil Rights and the exploding violence and rage in cities
Summer 1967 – You’re Dial Hopping And It’s A Toss Between Humble Harve And B. Mitchel Reed – Weekend Pop Chronicles
Become a Patron! Summer 1967 – KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – KHJ – Humble Harve – KHJ – The Real Don Steele – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer 1967 – AM radio still reigns supreme. But the songs are suddenly longer, and edgier. No way of getting around
May 4, 1970 – Kent State – The Day America Killed Its Young
NBC Nightly News – May 4, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Many have said the events outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago started the shift in national opinion of the War in Vietnam. The events at Kent State (and a few days later at Jackson State) 52 years
April 21, 1975 – Imminent Implosion In South Vietnam – Thieu Resigns – Saigon Surrounded
– April 21, 1975 – Thieu Resigns – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the collapse of South Vietnam only a matter of time this April in 1975, word came on the 21st of the resignation of South Vietnamese President Nguyen van Thieu, citing anger and bitterness
April 7, 1965 – LBJ: “This Will Be A Disorderly Planet For A Long Time” – The Deepening Vietnam War.
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January 28, 1973 – Vietnam War – At Long Last, Ceasefire.
January 28, 1973 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 28, 1973 – The first official day of what was hoped to be Peace in Vietnam. The accords were signed in Paris and a ceasefire went into effect at 8:00 am in South Vietnam. The last
When Talk Radio Was New – The Other Michael Jackson Talks To Raymond Burr – 1965 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles – RIP: Michael Jackson
With the sad news earlier today of the passing of talk show host and personality Michael Jackson, who dominated in the airwaves in Los Angeles in the 1960’s and 70s I am running this post, which originally ran in 2014. He was the shining example of all the good things