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Words At War
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The NBC program WORDS AT WAR is one of my very very favorite old time radio shows. I don't have all episodes available (disabled & can't…
1944 Radio News
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News from 1944. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1944 news file …
Biographies in Sound
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Biographies in Sound was an hour-long documentary radio program that was produced and broadcast in the 1950s. It's one of the best examples …
1945 Radio News
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News from 1945. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1945 news file …
1941 Radio News
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News from 1941. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1941 news file …
1940 Radio News
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News from 1940. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1940 news file …
1960-1969 Radio News
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News from the 1960's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1960's new…
1942 Radio News
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News from 1942. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1942 news file …
1939 Radio News
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News from 1939. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1939 news file …
1970-1979 Radio News
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News from the 1970's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1970's new…
1943 Radio News
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News from 1943. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1943 news file …
1938 Radio News
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News from 1938. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1938 news file …
Speaking of Liberty
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Speaking of Liberty was sponsored by the Council on Democracy & broadcast by the NBC Red network. Rex Stout hosted a variety of guests w…
1950-1959 Radio News
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News from the 1950's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1950's new…
AFRS G I. Jive
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G.I. Jive was a 15-minute music program that was produced & broadcast by the U.S. government via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) r…
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500 OTR Christmas Shows
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500 OTR Christmas Holiday Shows Five hundred Christmas holiday-themed old time radio shows. Also includes some Christmas-week news and New Y…
1946 Radio News
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News from 1946. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1946 news file …
The Voice of The Army
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The Voice of the Army was produced by the U.S. Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau. Dates are approximate. "Names on the List" was wr…
1948 Radio News
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News from 1948. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1948 news file …
1947 Radio News
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News from 1947. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1947 news file …
Seabiscuit Horse Races 1937-1940
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5 horse race broadcasts, which feature Seabiscuit. I'm not sure the provenance of these....
What Are We Fighting For?
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In 1942, CBS produced a series of six 15-minute programs that were broadcast from Army camps around the country. Each episode of What Are We…
1949 Radio News
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News from 1949. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1949 news file …
AFRS Proudly We Hail
Proudly We Hail was a syndicated Cold War / JET AGE! / Korean War-era radio program that was produced by the US government to promote Army, …
The Eisenhower Years
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The Eisenhower Years was a 13-part radio documentary that was produced by Kansas State University in 1969 & 1970. According to http://ww…
Europe Confidential
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Basil Rathbone hosted this series of "The World's Greatest Mysteries." BasilRathbone.net gives the show a date of 1957. Files via …
Jack Benny USO Show Cairo Egypt
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Jack Benny USO Show from Cairo, Egypt on September 13, 1943. Not sure if this was broadcast on AFRS?
AFRS One Night Stand
One Night Stand was a program of live music ("remotes") that was produced & broadcast by the US government via the Armed Force…
AFRS Jill's All-Time Jukebox
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Martha Wilkerson (AKA G.I. Jill) hosted a couple shows on the United States government-produced Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). One progr…
America Looks Abroad
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America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association (FPA.org) and …
Esquire's 1946 All-American Jazz Band Concert
This jazz concert was Emcee'd by Orson Welles and featured Duke Ellington & his Orchestra, the Nat "King" Cole Trio, and Woody…
AFRS Jubilee!
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Jubilee! was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and featured "Negro" performers. The dates on these files, as well…
1945 WTIC The War Goes On
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June 1945 radio interview with torpedoman Alfred E. Amos of Hartford CT & gunner's captain Stanley J. Olander of Manchester CT - survivo…
Vox Pop
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NPR has said that Vox Pop was the first "Quiz Show" but that was sort of peripheral to the show, which was produced in a different…
WGN Hallicrafters Hour
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A 1945 episode of the The Hallicrafters Hour, featuring the mononymous cabaret singer & early gay icon, Hildegarde. Ham radio, Hallicraf…
Keep 'em Rolling
Keep 'em Rolling was a Mutual Broadcasting System show that featured a play each week. Time Magazine said it was sponsored by the Office for…
Kentucky Derby Broadcasts
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Here are some radio broadcasts of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, Kentucky and a few related old time radio shows. More broadca…
1946 WCCO Stay At Home Campaign
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Polio outbreaks in the United States in the summer of 1946 were at an all-time high. In Minneapolis, Minnesota there was a voluntary quarant…
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Mae West Banned
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Infamous December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase & Sanborn Hour. Arch Oboler's sketch "Adam and Eve" featured Mae West as an un…
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Mae West Banned From Radio
Mae West was a guest on the December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase and Sanborn Hour and played an unrepentant Eve in an "Adam and Eve&q…
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Mae West
Infamous December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase & Sanborn Hour. Arch Oboler's sketch "Adam and Eve" featured Mae West as an un…
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Mae West Banned From NBC Radio
Infamous December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase & Sanborn Hour. Arch Oboler's sketch "Adam and Eve" featured Mae West as an un…
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Mae West Banned From NBC Radio
Infamous December 12, 1937 episode of The Chase & Sanborn Hour that the FCC said was "indecent." Arch Oboler's sketch "Ad…