– American Forum of The Air – Is Government Favoring Big Business? – NBC Radio August 7, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Funny how it’s always been speculated on and feared over, but it happens anyway. In 1955, the question of the day was whether or not the
– NBC Radio: Second Sunday – A Look At America’s Metropolitan Future – Dec. 10, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Urban decay. It’s been around a while. And judging from this documentary, recorded in 1972, it’s been around at least the past 50 years. For all intents and
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – June 26, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The week of June 26th in 1966 pretty much epitomized the tone of the 60s; contentious, ironic and questioning. Beginning with the ongoing Civil Rights battle. As usual, Mississippi was at the
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
– Keeping Up With The Joneses – April 15, 1959 – KNX-Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Hard to imagine now, but in 1959 Los Angeles was in danger of becoming an overcrowded city, like so many cities around the country. With some 49,000 people settling in the
– Second Sunday – The American Scene – A Re- Assessment – 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it’s a holiday weekend I just had to put up another documentary – 1971 seems apropos and what we were up to, particularly relevant. No getting around it, the 70s
NBC Radio: Second Sunday – Modern Women, Modern Crime – November 11, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our look at the noteworthy Radio Documentaries of the 50s, 60,s and 70’s – This one from 1974. As the Women’s Movement gained momentum in the 1970s, so too did
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a second term, had paved the way for Richard Nixon to
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