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Item |
Duration (min:sec) |
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| From 8/8/45, description
from the BBC of the Nagasaki bombing. Sounds like a modern-day
reading of a narrative from the time. |
02:05 |
CD1
(52:56) |
| From 8/9/45, NHK
(Japanese) propaganda program "The Zero Hour" hosted by Orphan Annie
(Iva Toguri). |
50:51 |
| From 8/10/45, 11:00: WEAF/NBC
news of the Japanese surrender offer with H. V. Kaltenborn.
Additional comment by Caesar Searchinger. |
14:07 |
CD2
(57:22) |
| 11:15: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Three NBC News staff commentators are heard, Don Goddard, James
Stephenson , and Henry Cassidy. Announcer mistakenly states
time as 11:45 a.m. |
14:30 |
| 11:30: NBC news bulletin.
Barry Cameron program, the story of a soldier who came home, and his
wife Anna. |
14:26 |
| 11:45: WEAF/NBC station ID.
NBC news bulletin. David Harum program, "one of the most
beloved stories of American fiction. For David Harum IS
America. It's the story of every one of us, of our search for
love, for happiness, and the good way of life." |
14:19 |
| 12:00: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Don Goddard with the news at noon. Ends with weather forecast
for New York. |
14:25 |
CD3
(58:04) |
| 12:15: WEAF/NBC station ID.
"Maggie's Private Wire" program. Broadway/show biz gossip
program. |
14:25 |
| 12:30: WEAF/NBC station ID,
including mention of frequency. "From the Pacific" program
with news from overseas. |
14:26 |
| 12:45: WEAF/NBC station ID.
The Music Room with Jerry Jerome and his men of music. No
interruptions. |
14:48 |
| 13:00: Mary Margaret
McBride program. Discussion with Eddie Rickebacker of the
possible Japanese surrender and how the atomic bomb might have
brought it about. News interruption 35 minutes in confirming
validity of Japanese surrender offer. |
44:35 |
CD3
(58:58) |
| 13:45: News of the World
with W. W. Chapman, Morgan Beatty, and Sven Norberg from Stockholm. |
14:23 |
| 14:00: Beginning of The
General Mills Hour. First is The Guiding Light. |
14:32 |
CD4
(57:56) |
| 14:15: Today's Children. |
14:30 |
| 14:30: Woman in White.
Program start is delayed for about one minute for news updates. |
14:27 |
| 14:45: Betty Crocker
Program. Betty relates a story of love in wartime. Last
of The General Mills Hour. |
14:27 |
| 15:00: WEAF/NBC station ID
featuring Gruen watch time. A Woman of America. |
14:45 |
CD5
(58:23) |
| 15:15: Ma Perkins. |
14:16 |
| 15:30: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Pepper Young's Family. Program start is interrupted for a news
bulletin. |
14:42 |
| 15:45: The Right to
Happiness. Program start is interrupted for about a one-minute
roundup for the latest news by Don Goddard. Excitement builds
about the Japanese surrender offer. |
14:40 |
| 16:00: WEAF/NBC station ID
featuring Gruen watch time. Mary Noble, Backstage Wife.
News bulletin interrupts start of program for about a minute. |
14:13 |
CD6
(58:04) |
| 16:15: Stella Dallas. |
14:31 |
| 16:30: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Lorenzo Jones and his wife Belle. |
14:55 |
| 16:45: Young Widder Brown. |
14:25 |
| 17:00: When a Girl Marries. |
14:33 |
CD7
(58:17) |
| 17:15: Portia Faces Life. |
14:16 |
| 17:30: Just Plain Bill. |
14:31 |
| 17:45: Front Page Farrell |
14:57 |
| 18:00: WEAF/NBC station ID
featuring Gruen watch time. Regular NBC Newscast with Lyle
Van. The Allies are discussing the Japanese surrender offer
and whether or not Emperor Hirohito can stay on. Concludes
with baseball scores and weather forecast. |
14:42 |
CD8
(58:32) |
| 18:15: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Serenade to America. |
24:39 |
| 18:40: MGM Sports with Bill
Stern. |
04:35 |
| 18:45: WEAF station ID
featuring "B-U-L-O-V-A Bulova Watch Time." Lowell Thomas and
the News. |
14:36 |
| 20:00: WEAF/NBC station ID.
Highways of Melody. |
29:34 |
CD9
(58:06) |
| 21:30: WEAF station ID
featuring "B-U-L-O-V-A Bulova Watch Time." Correction Please
game show. |
28:42 |
