1948 Radio News


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Experience the news from 1948 with this collection of broadcasts. This compilation includes various news segments, talk shows, and specials from that year, providing a glimpse into the events and discussions of the time.

While some files may not be available on archive.org, this collection aims to preserve the essence of 1948's radio news. Any errors or typos in the content are solely the responsibility of the compiler.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

January 1, 1948 14:30
NBC News Of The World 14:30
40,000 More Dollars In 1948 14:15
Job Center Jobs For Vets 14:56
WXYZ Sandlotters Sportsmen Unusual War Experience 14:41
U.S.O. Farewell Program 29:09
A Debate with Bertrand Russell and Fr Frederick Copleston 18:39
NBC News Of The World Gandhi Special 29:03
February 6, 1948 14:28
Post-War Europe 11:15
Seven Crashed Airmen Rescued 14:44
Should the Draft Be Restored? 29:23
The Atom Bomb 2:18
Operation Nightmare - Displaced Persons 29:06
Operation Nightmare 29:14
CBS Cross-Section U.S.A. 29:29
CBS Play Ball Pee Wee Reese 45:17
The News Riots in Kobe 14:26
Kentucky Derby 2:19
Dewey-Stassen Debate Should The Communist Party Be Outlawed? 58:56
Hot Potato Salad 13:11
Midnight Merry Go Round College Songs & Marches 17:13
NBC Clifton Utley Commentary Palestine 14:18
Tony Zale vs Rocky Graziano 29:07
Joe Louis vs. Joe Walcott 55:50
BBC Prime Minister Rt Hon Clement Attlee Welcomes Olympic Athletes 3:39
Attlee The New Social Services and the Citizen 14:49
July 10, 1948 14:33
Adventure, Inc. Pappy Boyington 26:24
July 16, 1948 4:30
ABC Voice Of The Nation 14:43
Let's Talk Hollywood 29:02
The Dizzy Dean Show 17:07
BBC Olympic Teams Visit Buckingham Palace 3:11
September 5, 1948 14:36
Louella Parsons Show Farley Granger, Edith Head 14:58
September 14, 1948 4:49
The Wabash Canonball 33:47
September 26, 1948 14:45
Radio New Zealand External Service Inaugural Broadcast Interval Sign 1:04
General Lucius Clay on Berlin Airlift 0:36
Truman Address at the Kiel Auditorium St. Louis 28:48
Beale Reformation Sunday 28:08
WQXR's Halloween Nightmare 4:04
CBS Report To The Nation Sgt. Ben Kuroki, Maxine Sullivan 28:55
November 3, 1948 2:09
The Birth of HRH Prince Charles 0:41
December 5, 1948 14:39
December 5, 1948 14:52
Race Problems and World Peace 28:44
Geography Books Are Wrong 15:07
AFRS Command Performance Christmas 1948 1:02:28
AFRS Command Performance Christmas Special Part 1 1:01:49
December 25, 1948 1:02:28
Christmas Story 28:00
Final Broadcast For Jergens 13:42
The Bob Hope Show Christmas Day Show - Berlin Airlift 26:41
Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel 479 George Raft 1948 In Review 14:15
MBS Top Tunes Of '48 29:38
Cavalcade of 1948 27:14
I Can Hear It Now 1933-1945 45:22
Between the Dark and the Daylight 29:03
David Ben Gurion Israel 1:56
Election Song: Truman I'm Just Wild About Harry 0:46
Election Song Wallace I've Got a Ballot 1:02
RIAS Berlin Interval Signal 0:32
Berlin Blockade 4:50
Harry S Truman Describes the 1948 Soviet Blockade of Berlin 1:38
Harry S Truman On the 1948 Berlin Airlift 1:16