In the News
 

This page represents the various commentators who had prominent careers in radio new broadcasting and some of the major events they might have covered. To see and hear the commentators, click here. To see and hear the historic events they covered, click here.

 

Commentators

 

They came into our homes daily over the radio; our living rooms, our bedsides. These were people who told us about sorrow, joy, hope, tragedy. They consoled us, instructed us and we listened. These broadcast news pioneers were bright and articulate. They were the radio news commentators.
CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO OPEN THE PARTICULAR COMMENTATORS PAGE.

 

Edward R Murrow

H.V. Kaltenborn

William L. Shirer

Eric Sevareid

Gabriel Heatter

Elmer Davis

Sigrid Schultz

1

Boake Carter

2

Dorothy Thompson

3

Fulton Lewis Jr.

4

Max Jordan

1

Floyd Gibbons

1

Events

 

Events that shaped our lives; that became a part of us simply by our listening. Radio was there reporting on these events. The immediacy of the stories developed over time beginning with dramatic re-creations and later to actual broadcasts as they happened. Radio was our link to the world beyond our community.CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO OPEN THE PARTICULAR EVENT PAGE.

 

March of Time

March of Time

The Austrian Crisis

Anschluss

Munich Crisis

Munich Crisis

VJ Day

VJ Day

Hindenburg Disaster

Hindenburg Explosion

Britain Declares War

Britain Declares War

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Hicks on D-Day

D-Day

Battle for Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima

Orchestrated Hell

Orchestrated Hell

D-Day Invasion

D-Day

London After Dark

London Blitz

Victory in Europe

Victory in Europe

Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria

The Six-Day War

The Six-Day War

Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

RFK Funeral

RFK Funeral

Death of Hemingway

Death of Hemingway