…world’s first commercial radio station, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.

American History Thru Eyes of Radio

American History Thru Eyes of Radio

Dramatized historical events, Sound bites and news stories

1923 Destination Freedom - Echoes of Harlem
 6.66 MB

1924 Calvin Coolidge
 283.84 KB

1924 Dr Howard Carter - Opening of Tut's Tomb
 332.61 KB

1924 Election Song - Keep Cool & Keep Coolidge
 550.16 KB

1925 Destination Freedom - the Trumpet Talks
 6.99 MB

1926 Destination Freedom - Ballad of Satchell Paige
 6.67 MB

1926 Destination Freedom - Shakespeare of Harlem
 6.68 MB

1926 Jack Glaster - General Strike
 377.89 KB

1927 0611 Calvin Coolidge - Lindbergh's Return to U S
 539.05 KB

1927 0611 Charles Lindbergh - Reception in Washington
 13.04 MB

1927 Destination Freedom - Shy Boy
 6.79 MB

1928 Election Song - East Side, West Side [ Al Smith]
 234.45 KB

1928 Election Song - Good Enough for Lindy [ Hoover]
 388.02 KB

1930 Amy Johnson - Story of My Flight
 588.13 KB

1932 Election Song - Cactus Jack & FDR
 214.77 KB

1932 Herbert Hoover - Campaign Speech
 441.69 KB

1933 0304 F D R - Inaugural Address
 6.25 MB

1934 Suspense - Last Days of John Dillinger
 6.72 MB

1935 Babe Ruth - Farewell to Baseball
 911.56 KB

1936 1028 FDR - Fiftieth Anniversary Statue of Liberty
 1.45 MB

1936 1031 FDR - Madison Square Garden Address
 3.36 MB

1936 Election Song - Back Again [ FDR]
 440.61 KB

1937 0118 March of Time
 6.86 MB

1937 0304 FDR- Second Inaugural Address
 873.59 KB

1937 0506 Herb Morrison - Hindenburg Disaster
 1.66 MB

1937 Amelia Earhart - on the Future of Women in Flying
 482.52 KB

1938 0210 March of Time
 6.55 MB

1938 0313 CBS World News Roundup
 5.15 MB

1938 1211 Father Coughlin - Jews Support Communism
 13.16 MB

1938 Destination Freedom - Black Boy
 6.79 MB

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