• Radio brought the news directly into listeners’ living rooms. Among the major news stories broken on radio: the Scopes monkey trial, carried live by Chicago station WGN in 1925; the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster, covered by WLS Chicago in 1937; and Edward R. Murrow’s CBS reports on the Blitz of Britain, airing in 1940.

Treasury Star Parade

Broadcast History: April 1942 to 1944

15-minute patriotic dramas transcribed by the Treasury department to encourage the sale of War bonds. Shows featured many of the top stars of the era who donated their talents to help the war effort.

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