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The Army Hour was a radio news program in the United States, broadcast on NBC April 5, 1942-Nov. 11, 1945. [1]Planning for The Army Hour, with Colonel Edward M. Kirby [2] in charge, began soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [3]
Our Secret Weapon (1942–1943) is a CBS radio series created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II.Writer Rex Stout, chairman of the Writers' War Board and representative of Freedom House, would rebut the most entertaining lies of the week.
Mail Call was an American radio program that entertained American soldiers from 1942 until 1945, during World War II. Lt. Col. Thomas A.H. Lewis (commander of the Armed Forces Radio Service) wrote in 1944, "The initial production of the Armed Forces Radio Service was 'Mail Call,' a morale-building half hour which brought famed performers to the microphone to sing and gag in the best American ...
GI Jive was a 15-minute radio program transmitted by the Armed Forces Radio Service for entertainment of soldiers in World War II. Its initial frequency of five days per week later increased to six days per week. [1] It was included in the group of "programs proposed for production on the AFRS's initial schedule". [2]
Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops—but with few exceptions since it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.
The last big media shift came with coverage of the Gulf War, in 1990, when "we had the first real 24-hour war and CNN became the war channel — they basically covered that very short war [six ...
11 September: The Bartons ends its run on network radio . [6] 22 September: Cheers from the Camps ends its run on network radio . [6] 25 September: The Story of Bess Johnson ends its run on network radio . [11] 27 September: Joe and Mabel ends its run on network radio (NBC). [6] 3 November: The Avenger (radio program) ends its run on WHN. [6]
This Changing World is an American radio soap opera that debuted on CBS on July 3, 1944 [1] and ended in January 1945. [2] The program focused on how American women had to adjust to changes in their lives while their husbands were in the military during World War II. [1]