Soldiers of the Press - Single Episodes


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Soldiers of the Press is a war drama that was created in New York and syndicated by World Broadcasting System. Each episode, lasting 15 minutes, retells a recent news story from action during World War II.

The series was narrated by United Press correspondents including Walter Cronkite, Harrison Salisbury, and many lesser-knowns such as Ralph Teasdale and Ann Stringer. The show was broadcast on WOR from February 28, 1943, until August 5, 1945, on Sundays at 12:30 PM.

There are at least 39 episodes in circulation out of the 148 known to exist. Source notes: Updated with Version 1.2 MP3 files (30-Dec-2019) and Version 1.1 MP3 files (25-Feb-2011) from the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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I thought this was fixed years ago by OTRR: The actual United Press reporters did not play themselves in this series, according to Walter Cronkite, who was interviewed about the program on NPR. They were still off in the war zones while the programs were made by (NY?) studio actors, sound effects folks, etc. , with scripts based on stories the reporters had filed for use in U.P.-subscriber newspapers. The series was a U.P. promotion in its lively competition with A.P. And, for Cronkite's sake, spell his name right!

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FYI: Replaced files on this page from the Version 1.2 Release (30-Dec-2019). For the full OTRR Release, see the OTRR Certified page: <a href="https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Soldiers_Of_The_Press" rel="nofollow">OTRR Soldiers of the Press</a> - Old Time Radio Researchers Group