Radio At War (old time radio)
Summary: A podcast featuring both fiction and non-fiction stories from the second world war and beyond. Radio was not just entertainment back then, but the main source of news for the home front and the front line. With at least one episode per week, we?ll explore the lives of the men and women who became known as the greatest generation through news reports and the radio dramas that told their stories.
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Now Hear This was a program that aired over NBC stations, and served as a recruitment tool for the Navy. This episode, the second, is titled Unification Plan. It first aired July 1, 1951. Download File126
On this episode of Radio At War, we’ll hear from a series first broadcast solely by the Armed Forces Radio Network titled Command Performance. This variety series aired from 1942 to 1949. This one features Betty Grable and Jack Benny, and aired May 7, 1942. Download File125
We’ll hear one of the final episodes from Your Army Air Forces on Radio At War this time. From November 1, 1945 here’s Radio Compass. Download File124
This episode of Radio At War features a program from a 10 episode series directed by Norman Corwin titled, An American In England. This one is titled An Anglo-American Angle, and first aired December 15, 1942. Download File123
On this episode of Radio At War, we’ll hear from Words At War. This series was produced by NBC, and aired from June 1943 to June 1945. The episode we’ll hear is titled Lend Lease: Weapon Of Victory, and aired May 24, 1944. Download File122
On this episode of Radio At War, we’ll hear from a series which aired over NBC radio with the aim of driving interest in the Navy, and helping recruitment titled Now Hear This. Fire At Sea is the first episode of the series, and aired June 24, 1951. Download File121
We’ll hear from a short-lived series from 1950 called Top Secret on this episode. Here’s the first show, titled Night Train To Berlin, which first aired June 11, 1950. Download File120
This episode of Words At War, titled Lifeline, first aired May 16, 1944. Download File119
We take a break from the usual radio drama on this episode, and hear the story behind the network that delivered those stories to the soldiers in the first place. From 1949, here’s The AFRS Story. Download File118
On this episode of Radio At War we’ll hear from Words At War, a series that aired over NBC radio from 1943 to 1945. This episode, titled Gunners Get Glory, first aired May 9, 1944. Download File117
Don Ameche, and Maureen O’ Sullivan star in Winter In Paris, a wartime tale from Screen Guild Theater. The series aired from 1939 to 1952. The episode we’ll hear, was originally broadcast March 3, 1940. Download File116
By request, we’ll hear an episode from Eye’s Aloft on today’s show. This one, titled The Santa Maria Idea, first aired November 23, 1942. Download File115
We’ve got a tale of Nazi spies and secret plans for this episode of Radio At War. From May 4, 1943 here’s Death Flies Blind from Suspense. Download File114
On this episode of Radio At War, we’ll hear a story of espionage and intrigue courtesy of the Lux Radio Theater. 5 Fingers first aired October 13, 1952 and is adapted from the film of the same name released February 22, 1952. Download File113
On this episode of Radio At War we’ll hear Occupied Paris from Big Town. This episode first aired May 14, 1942. This series would go on to inspire a television show, films, and a comic book. Download
