KIRO Radio (Seattle) accidentally saves American history
One of the most important events of the 20th century was World War II. The Cold War that followed and many of the national borders that exist to this day were largely created during that deadly, years-long conflict from the late 1930s to 1945.
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"KIRO is the station in Seattle that cut lacquer discs to timeshift," Byrlawski said, explaining how the scheduling of live broadcasts of CBS Radio's news coverage was aimed at the Eastern time zone, which was not convenient for West Coast audiences. KIRO, as Brylawski described, violated network radio policies to make recordings of news programs on giant, 16-inch diameter discs, and then play them back a few hours later at times that were more convenient to Seattle-area listeners.
"As a result, those lacquer discs are the closest thing to a complete record of CBS World War II news," Brylawski said. And they were saved, "only because the station, probably against its [network affiliation] agreement with [CBS chairman] William Paley, was timeshifting."
More: http://mynorthwest.com/11/2923957/Seattle-radio-station-accidentally-saves-American-history
Milo Ryan Phonoarchive Collection: https://soundcloud.com/uwlibraries/sets/milo-ryan-phonoarchive
(opens with Edward R. Murrow - Summation of News: September 3, 1939 - from London)
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The soundcloud link has some of the clearest WWII audio that I've heard.
