Orson Welles Radio Almanac
From Camp Hawn, Riverside, California
by
Read by Orson Welles
Orson Welles Radio Almanac is a variety program hosted by Orson Welles, bringing together spoken features and musical entertainment. Welles’s distinctive voice and presence give the broadcast a strong central thread as it moves among its different offerings.
This edition is identified as coming from Camp Hawn in Riverside, California, and is dated June 28, 1944. The Almanac format offers a change of pace from a single continuous drama, combining Welles’s presentation with the varied material of a radio variety show.
Listeners can expect an engaging snapshot of wartime-era radio entertainment, shaped by Welles’s polished delivery and the program’s mix of spoken and musical elements.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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