Hi everybody,
The LIbrary of Congress has an audiovisal blog where the Recorded Sound and Moving Image section post about items in our collection and various topics in their fields. Recently I've written several about radio broadcasts for the Record Sound Section. Here are some links:
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/05/the-mystery-chef/ - NBC's little remembered cooking personality was a presence in radio from 1930 into the 1950s.
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/05/ve-day-take-one/ - This and the following post analyze CBS Radio's coverage of the events of May 7th and May 8th, 1945, the confused day before VE Day and VE Day itself.
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/05/ve-day-this-is-not-a-drill/
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/04/margaret-rupli-nbc-war-correspondent/ - Margaret Rupli was NBC's first woman correspondent. Her carer was brief but memorable.
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/04/arch-oboler-and-his-bathyspheres/? - Arch Oboler was one of radio's star writers, and his drama "Bathysphere" was one of his best works, which he revisited more than once.
And you can also read David Sager's analysis of the effect of the 1918-19 pandemic on the recording industry:
https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2020/04/the-talking-machine-industry-and-the-spanish-flu-epidemic-of-1918/
?Happy reading!
Matthew Barton
Library of Congress?
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