1939 was a year where everything changed. An uneasy peace became all out war. Society and culture and government were questioned as never before. The evil inside the human race made itself known that year, as ferocious as in the past but applied with an improved efficiency. Radio was there to witness it. And I … Continue reading When Radio Ruled #114 – SoundScape 1939 part 3 (January 24 – March 2, 1939)
1939 was a year where everything changed. An uneasy peace became all out war. Society and culture and government were questioned as never before. The evil inside the human race made itself known that year, as ferocious as in the past but applied with an improved efficiency. Radio was there to witness it. And I … Continue reading When Radio Ruled #114 – SoundScape 1939 part 3 (January 24 – March 2, 1939)
1939 was a year where everything changed. An uneasy peace became all out war. Society and culture and government were questioned as never before. The evil inside the human race made itself known that year, as ferocious as in the past but applied with an improved efficiency.
Radio was there to witness it.
And I got to Live 1939 second hand through these radio voices from the past.
In my OTR collection I have hundreds of hours of 1939 broadcasts. I listened to them in Chronological order to research the documentaries, the year 1939 as seen through comedy, drama, music, and of course news broadcast at the moments the history happened.
Here are curated highlghts of that journey for you to experience. This Soundscape delivers January 24 – March 2 1939 as seen by Old Time Radio, presented by the following voices from the grave, alive again because you’re listening:
Fibber McGee
Harlow Wilcox
Orson Welles
George Kaufmann
Jack Benny
Don Wilson
Mary Livingston
The Phil Harris Orchestra
Andy Devine
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Nelson Eddy
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Don Ameche
Dorothy Lamour
Maureen O’Sullivan
The Family Doctor
The Billy Mills Orchestra
Helen Hayes
And more!