American Radio in the 1930s

By Kristina DeVoe on September 14, 2006 3:14 PM | | Comments (0)
America in the 1930s examines the various cultural media of the period, including radio programs, films, journalism, exhibitions, architecture, literature, and art.

The On the Air portion of the website includes audio snippets from classic radio programs of the era, such as Amos 'n' Andy, Little Orphan Annie, Jack Benny, Dick Tracy, and The Lone Ranger. A complete day of radio programming from WJSV (now WTOP), Washington, D.C., for September 21, 1939 is also available and includes the day's music, advertisements, soap operas, and news. A number of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential radio addresses are also included as well as the complete broadcast of Orson Welles' famous 1938 radio program, The War of the Worlds.

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Kristina De Voe
English & Communications Librarian
Temple University Libraries