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Re: [ARSCLIST] Edward R. Murrow "Hear It Now" shows
I too would be interested in anything by Edward R. Murrow as he was a
Pawling, NY resident for many years. I would like to have these digital
files for the Historical Society.
Cheers,
Bob Reilly
Tom Fine wrote:
It's time again for my annual drag-netting for more episodes in the
Murrow/CBS News "Hear It Now" radio series. This series, probably the
original weekly news-magazine show, aired from December 1950 through
June 1951.
For some background of the program, hear Fred Friendly's testimony
before the FCC, in segment 2 of the May 19, 2005 show here:
http://www.albany.edu/talkinghistory/arch2005jan-june.html
I have five out of the 28 or so shows in my OTR collection and am
always eager to get more. OTR collectors, if you have some shows,
let's swap. I've found that there is much less saved news/information
programming in the private OTR collections than zillions of copies of
the same somewhat dated dramas and comedies. It's too bad because the
old school of electronic journalism runs rings around today's
amateurish shout-fests and of coure wipes the floor with the
myth-laden "blogosphere."
"Hear It Now" in particular was amazing for its time -- audio
collected from all over the world and long-format features from such
diverse places as the Big Apple Circus, Hollywood and the Korean War
front. The sources varied from short-wave pull-downs to wire
recordings to telephone transmissions to field optical and disk
recorders and even some tape and the shows were assembled and edited
in that newfangled format of magnetic tape.
Note that this is completely different from the 3 "I Can Hear It Now"
LP records. This show was called "Hear It Now," was produced by CBS
News and was aired on CBS stations from mid-December 1950 through June
1951.
So, OTR fans, please check your collections and see if we have some
swap-bait.
-- Tom Fine
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