tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post5736659333892757224..comments2024-03-04T17:06:55.232-08:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: Complete Day of Broadcasting - Radio WSJV - September 21st, 1939Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-39877091303764792022008-04-20T05:26:00.000-07:002008-04-20T05:26:00.000-07:00Baseball games took only an hour and 15 minutes? T...<I>Baseball games took only an hour and 15 minutes? That was a golden age!</I><BR/><BR/>Eh, the ballgame's joined in progress, so it's just the last six innings or so.ajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290036970774359522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-45233933449954170172008-04-16T16:41:00.000-07:002008-04-16T16:41:00.000-07:00In fact, Roosevelt's address, a sign that the US w...In fact, Roosevelt's address, a sign that the US was favoring England in the fast-developing war with Germany, was the reason the station engineers decided that particular day was worthy of being preserved. <BR/><BR/>I think the only other complete record of a classic radio broadcast day made was a CBS network archive of the full 24-hour D-Day coverage, which repeatedly broke in on regular programming.L'Atalantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906804718279285603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-6536809281668572142008-04-16T16:26:00.000-07:002008-04-16T16:26:00.000-07:00Glad you posted this gem so that newcomers to this...Glad you posted this gem so that newcomers to this sort f thing have an idea of pre-TV radio broadcasting. This series of recordings has been around for over 10 years. By the way, the baseball game was joined in progress in the fourth inning due to the coverage of Roosevelt's address to Congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-61186093658464918902008-04-16T06:48:00.000-07:002008-04-16T06:48:00.000-07:00Baseball games took only an hour and 15 minutes? T...Baseball games took only an hour and 15 minutes? That was a golden age!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com