BBC – Radio Doctor Advice For Christmas. 421226
How's your complexion, or stomach? The doctor asks the questions, but doesn't offer any advice or remedy.
Edward R Murrow (CBS) Christmas In England. 421224
Reporting on how American troops are making Christmas brighter for the kids in London. Homesick soldiers from big sergeants on down, sharing the hope of the season.
Quiz Kids – Would You Drink Aqua Fountus (Jack Benny). ep43, 410416
Announcer, Ken Carpenter. Guest star is Jack Benny. Joining the role call of the kids telling where they go to school,, Jack claims to be 6 years old and not…
WJZ News of the World (NBC) Glenn Riggs. 41121
The report opens on the battling with the Japanese. Fighting on land, in the air and at sea. The situation in Manila, wake, Hong Kong, Singapore, and others. Stories also…
World News Today (CBS). 431219 (retro644)
Merry Christmas! Enjoy this slice of life from the war years of 1943. The news is brutal, but timely as it can be with the technology of the day. Before…
– The Origin of Superstition – Kissing Beneath the Mistletoe. ep6, 1935
Ruth is kissed beneath a mistletoe, but doesn't want to be married within the year. It'll ruinm her plans for her career. Roger explains how the custom orriginated in ancient…
Story Behind The Song – Rock Of Ages. ep23, 311016
When a lad of 16 travels with his mother through the Irish countryside, the widow and her son are inspired by the music coming from a chapel service. Young Augusta…
The Origin of Superstition – Blowing out Candles. ep28, 1935
When a man enjoys his 30th birthday cake, he is warned to be sure to get all the candles blown out in one breath, or its bad luck. The friends…
WTTP – Dennis Day Interview Special. 830528
Here's a special radio interview, just one week after Dennis had a birthday. It opens with a song from a Jack Benny episode, and a joke between Jack and Dennis.…
Story Behind The Song – 124th Psalm. ep15, 310821
Geneva Switzerland became a city of refuge for churches during the reformation days of the 1600's. Though the Calvinists enjoyed a time of freedom to worship, they still had to…