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NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 1
01-01 (2:00-3:45am) 6/6/44
First bulletin, updates, piano
fill, Awaiting Allied confirmation,
Richard Harkness from Wash.,
Morgan Beatty analysis, Robert St. John
from NY, music fill, fourchime
sequence, Robert St. John, BBC feed of
Communique #1 (3:32am),Murrow
reads “Order of the Day”, H.V. Kaltenborn,
Herbert M. Clark from London,
Robert St. John
02-01 (3:45-4:45am) 6/6/44
Eisenhower from SHAEF, King
Haakon VII, Premier Gerbandy, Premier
Pierdot, Wright Bryan from
London (eyewitness account of 1 parachute
drop), National Anthem, John
Vandercook from London, report from
Pentagon, Richard Harkness
03-01 (4:45-5:52am) 6/6/44
Report from London, James Willard,
Robert St. John, Richard Harkness,
Morgan Beatty, Richard Harkness
interviews an official of the French
Govt. in exile, David Anderson
from London, H.V. Kaltenborn, Communique
#1 replayed, Stars and Strips
Forever, WEAF ID, Robert St. John,
Richard Harkness.
04-01 (5:52-6:52am) 6/6/44
Richard Harkness, Don Goddard
in NY, Louis P. Lockner from Hollywood
(analysis), Morgan Beatty reads
“The First Thousand Yards”, Robert St.
John
05-01 (6:52-7:45am) 6/6/44
Robert St. John, Alex
Dryer in Chicago, H.V. Kaltenborn, Ringing of
the Liberty Bell, Robert St.
John, WEAF ID, Gruen Watch Spot, Norman
Vincent Peale, Don Goddard
06-01 (7:45-8:45am) 6/6/44
Rabbi Poole, Morgan Beatty,
Larry Smith in San Francisco, Father Shea,
Stanley Richardson (eyewitness
account of the invasion fleet…the are
several failed attempts to
reach him) , Elmer Peterson in NY, Charles
McCarthy from New York, Merrill
Mueller from SHAEF HQ on Eisenhower’s
last hours before invasion…interrupted
by a reading of Roosevelt’s
prayer.
07-01 (8:45-9:45am) 6/6/44
David Anderson, Ed Hocker,
John W. Vandercook, Ralph Howard from Rome,
H.V. Kaltenborn, Richard Harkness,
NBC Orchestra plays martial music,
H.V. Kaltenborn, more martial
music.
08-01 (9:45-11:30am) 6/6/44
Martial music cont., Elmer
Peterson, Nancy Osgood interviews the wives
of Admiral Stark, General Spaatz,
Admiral Kirk, General Doolittle, Don
Goddard, H.V. Kaltenborn, Tommy
Taylor Sings
09-01 (11:30-12:30am) 6/6/44
Tommy Taylor sings (cont.),
Elmer Peterson, rebroadcast of Eisenhower’s
4am speech, NBC Orchestra,
Prayer by Mr. Davidson, Don Goddard, W.W.
Chaplain from London, WEAF
ID, News Behind the News w/Cesar Saerchinger
10-01 (12:30-1:30am) 6/6/44
Morgan Beatty interviews senators:
Bennett Clar, Claire Booth Luce,
Alben Barkley, White, &
Lester Hill, Don Goddard in NY, WEAF ID,
Remotes from Chicago (Alex
Dryer), Denver, Hollywood & San Francisco,
Don Goddard, H.V, Kaltenborn,
Lt. Col. James Stevenson (military
analysis), re-broadcast of
Merrilll Mueller’s report, re-broadcast of
Communique #1, Tommy Taylor
Sings w.Irving Miller and his Orchestra
11-01 (1:30-2:30pm) 6/6/44
WEAF Station ID Don Hollenbeck:
Italian landings vs. d-day
BBC Report,Morgan Beatty in
Washington, Report from the Pentagon;
Interviews with two colonels.
Time check, Station ID WEAF, Elmer
Peterson, Piano Fill, re-broadcast
of Stanley Richardson report, Don
Goddard with news bulletins.
12-01 (2:30-3:30pm) 6/6/44
Time check, Station ID WEAF
Prayer by Archbishop Spellman, Organ Fill,
news bulletins; H.V. Kaltenborn,
Don Goddard news, musical interlude,
Prayer by Bishop Manning, BBC
reporter John McGinn; Howard Marshall with
an eyewitness account of the
beach-head.
NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 2
13-01 (4:00-5:00pm) 6/6/44
Prayer by Dr. Barnes, NBC International
Division (shortwave service to
Europe), Eisenhower’s messages
in eight languages, news bulletins, Cmdr.
Anthony Kimmons from London,
Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., Cesar
Saerchinger analysis, time
check, Don Hollenbeck, Morgan Beatty from
White House on Roosevelt press
conf., Don Hollenbeck, Don Goddard, Pres.
prayer at dictation speed;
news bulletins.
14-01 (5:00-6:00pm) 6/6/44
time check/Station ID, Prayer
by Dr, Horton, NBC Orchestra, Morgan
Beatty recap of Roosevelt's
press conf., Louis Lockner from Hollywood,
news bulletins, time check/station
ID, news bulletins, re-broadcast of
Eisenhower's first speech,
Elmer Peterson; NBC Orchestra
(6:00-7:00pm)
15-01 news bulletins, Don Hollenbeck with Communique #2
15-02 Serenade to America" with Winifred Hite, Nora Sterling,
M.C.
Milton
Katims and his Orch.,
15-03 Lowell Thomas with summary of day's events; U.S.
Army Chaplain
Arnold offers
a prayer.
(7:00-8:00p) 6/6/44
16-01 News of the World, Robert St. John reporting, John W.
Vandercook
from London (loses a page of
his script), Robert McCormick from
Honolulu, Morgan Beatty and
Richard Harkness from Wash., WEAF ID
16-02 A Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army w/ Ronald Coleman
(reading
poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
plus organ fill
16-03 H.V. Kaltenborn with the news.
(8:00-9:00pm) 6/6/44
17-01 WEAF ID, Prayer by Dr. Goldstein, special program, Ginny
Simms
sings, a wounded G.I. with
a message to his wife, a U.S.
NavyCommander describes how
the wounded are treated, a navy
chaplain speaks.
17-02 Roy Shield and his Orchestra from Chicago
(9:00-10:00) 6/6/44
18-01 WEAF ID, Cross-country reaction to the Invasion:
remotes from
WTIC (Hartford, CT), WSYR (Syracuse,
NY), WTAR (Norfolk, VA), WSPD
(Toledo, OH), late news bulletins,
WLW (Cincinnati, OH), WMC
(Memphis, TN), KSTP (St. Paul,
MN), WKY (Oklahoma City, OK),
Ben Grauer announcing.
18-02 Fibber McGee & Molly: special d-day all music
program w/Billy
Mills and his Orch., The King's
Men, Harlow Wilcox. inc. news
bulletins.
(10:00-10:50pm) 6/6/44
19-01 WEAF ID, Prayer of Pres. Roosevelt and address to nation,
recital
by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians,
WEAF ID
19-02 Bob Hope: special d-day shows from Van Nuys Aerodome
w/Frances
Langford, Stan Kenton and his
Orch., Wendell Niles announcing.
19-03 Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians: preceded by a prayer,
followed
by WEAF ID
19-04 Red Skelton: Red’s last show as a civilian
(10:50-12:00am) 6/6/44
20-01 Robert St. John news and reports from overseas, W.W.
Chaplain from
London, report from Australia,
Robert McCormick from Honolulu,
summary from Washington.
20-02 Roy Shield and his Orchestra: from Chicago, famous
George Hicks
beach-head actuality, Roy Shield
Orch. (con.)
(12:00-1:00am) 6/7/44
21-01 WEAF ID, Lyle Van News
21-02 Roy Shield and his Orch. From Chicago
21-03 WEAF ID, Robert St. John news.
(1:00-2:00am) 6/7/44
22-01 Moment for Meditation
22-02 Don Hollenbeck news
22-03 Strings for Meditation
22-04 News bulletins
(2:00-3:00am) 6/7/44
23-01 Joe Reichman and his Orchestra: from Biltmore
Hotel, Los Angeles
23-02 Pancho and his Orchestra: from Mural Room of the
Hotel St.
Francis (w/news bulletins)
24-01 (3:00-4:00am) 6/7/44
NBC Orchestra: (semi-classical
music)
At 3:32am Don Godard re-reads
Communique #1 exactly 24 hours after
it’s issue.
NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 3
(4:00-5:00am) 6/7/44
25-01 Organ Interlude by George Schacley, Rebroadcast of Roosevelt’s
prayer, NBC Orchestra
25-02 Don Goddard news, re-broadcast of King George VI’s address
to
Commonwealth,
organ music by George Schacley
26-01 (5:00-6:00am) 6/7/44
Don
Goddard news, Frank McCal from London, NBC Concert Orchestra,
Stanley
Richardson reads Communique #3 from London, organ music by
George Schacley,
Stanley Richardson from London, NBC Concert Orchestra,
George Schacley
at the organ
(6:00-7:00am) 6/7/44
27-01 News bulletins, NBC Concert Orchestra and George Schacley
at the
organ,
news bulletins
27-02 Modern Farming Program
(7:00-8:00am) 6/7/44
28-01 News Bulletins
28-02 Morning in Manhattan (local morning show)
28-03 Don Goddard news
28-04 Reveille Round-up (live country music)
(8:00-9:00am)
6/7/44
29-01 Morning News Round-up
29-01 C.F. McCarthy and the news (local)
29-01 Modern Romances
(9:00-10:00am)
6/7/44
30-01 Mirth & Madness: Aladdin and his Lamp skit
30-02 Adelaide Hawley Program
30-03 Alice Cornell Show, Elmer Peterson news bulletins
(10:00-11:00am)
6/7/44
31-01 Laura Lofton
31-02 News and the People in the News, Robert St. John
31-03 Helpmate, “The Story of Linda Harper”
31-04 Tommy Taylor (pop tunes), news bulletins
(11:00am-12:00pm) 6/7/44
32-01 Road of Life
32-02 Vic & Sade
32-03 Brave Tomorrow
32-04 Dave Harum (show only lasts 1 min.), Tom Traynor
w/an eyewitness
Report
from the beach-head , piano fill
(12:00-1:00pm) 6/7/44
33-01 News at Noon (includes a report from London by W.W.
Chaplain
33-02 Recorded music show
33-03 Elmer Peterson news, BBC actuality recordings, George
Wheeler
aboard the
cruiser “Augsta” 3 hours before “H” hour, Tommy Traynor
from SHAEF,
Hollenbeck summary
(1:00-2:00pm)
6/7/44
34-01 Mary Margaret McBride w/Ben Ames Williams
34-02 Morgan Beatty News and Analysis
(2:00-3:00pm) 6/7/44
35-01 Guiding Light (Part 1 of the General Mills Hour)
35-02 Today’s Children (Part 2 of the General Mills Hour)
35-03 The Woman in White (Part 3 of the General Mills
Hour)
35-04 Hymns of All Churches (Part 4 of the General Mills
Hour)
(3:00-4:00pm) 6/7/44
36-01 A Woman of America
36-02 Ma Perkins
36-03 Pepper Young’s Family
36-04 H.V. Kaltenborn
(4:00-5:00pm) 6/7/44
37-01 Mary Noble, Backstage Wife
37-02 Stella Dallas
37-03 Lorenzo Jones
37-04 Young Widder Brown
(5:00-6:00pm) 6/7/44
38-01 When A Girl Marries
38-02 We Love and Learn
38-03 W.W. Chaplain from London, Robert Duff (BBC), Communique
#4 is
read, Robert St. John
38-04 Front Page Farrell
CBS D-Day Invasion Coverage
CBS D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 1
CD 1 (2:00-3:42am) 6/6/44
T1 Irwin Darlington w/German Reports
T2 Robert Trout w/German Reports
T3 Robert Trout w/German Reports
T4 Robert Trout (Beginning of long form programming)
Tour of the Columbia Newsroom, Maj. George Fielding
Elliott,
Jessie Sasmore, Ned Calmer
BBC feed of Communique #1 (3:32am),
Maj. George Fielding Elliott,
Murrow reads “Order of the Day”, Maj. George
Fielding Elliott,
Herbert M. Clark from London (Pool Report)
CD 2 (3:42-4:45am) 6/6/44
T1 Robert Trout recaps news, Eisenhower from SHAEF, King Haakon
VII,
Premier Gerbandy, Premier Pierdot
T2 Wright Bryan (Pool Report) from London (eyewitness account
of a
parachute drop. Interrupted by Trout w/news
of 1st fighting
inland), Maj. George Fielding Elliott, Quentin
Reynolds,
John W. Vandercook (Pool Report), Quentin
Reynolds, James
Willard (Pool Report)
CD 3 (4:45-5:52am) 6/6/44
T1 Robert Trout recaps events of the day, Maj.
George Fielding
Elliott, Richard C. Hottelet, David Anderson
(Pool Report),
Arthur Mann
T2 Edward R. Murrow & Paul White discuss how CBS is covering
d-day,
Quentin Reynolds describes Eisenhower’s speech
to occupied Europe,
Bill Henry reports from Washington, Joe McCafferty
from the
Pentagon, Maj. George Fielding Elliott,
CD 4 (5:52-6:52am) 6/6/44
T1 Robert Trout recaps events of the day, BBC d-day
report, Trout
continues to re-cap, Charles Shaw (Pool Report)
T2 Trout reads Churchill’s statement to the house of
Commons, Ned
Calmer, Trout w/more of Churchill’s statement,
more re-cap,
Don Pryor introduces Lt. Col. Victor M.
Morrison
CD 5 (6:52-8:00am) 6/6/44
T1 George Fielding Elliott, station break
Trout d-day updates, Joe McCafferty at the Pentagon,
Joe King
reads Richard C. Hottelet’s earlier report, Maj.
George Fielding
Elliott, Trout promotes upcoming d-day events,
station break
T2 Ned Calmer, Quentin Reynolds, Station Break
Alan Jackson takes over for Trout, Richard C. Hottelet
CD 6 (8:00-9:00am) 6/6/44
T1 Alan Jackson
T2 Stanley Richardson (eyewitness account of the invasion fleet…the
are
several failed attempts to reach him), Alan Jackson
reviews CBS’s
overnight d-day coverage, Merrill Mueller from SHAEF
HQ on
Eisenhower’s last hours before invasion, Robert
Trout returns, Maj.
George Fielding Elliott, more attempts to reach
Richardson/Mueller,
.
CD 7 (9:00-10:00am) 6/6/44
T1 Alan Jackson review and updates of d-day, Robert Trout
review/update, Charles Collingwood action recording,
Charles Shaw
and Paul White 2-way conversation about how CBS will
handle d-day
coverage, Joe McCafferty from Pentagon,
Quentin Reynolds
T2 Ned Calmer, Alan Jackson, Quentin Reynolds looks
at Eisenhower’s
speech to occupied Europe, Trout announces CBS
will resume regular
programming.
CD 8 (10:00-11:00am) 6/6/44
T1 Valiant Lady
T2 Light of the World
T3 The Open Door
T4 Bachelor’s Children
CD 9 (11:00-12:00pm) 6/6/44
T1 Amanda of Honeymoon Hill
T2 Second Husband
T3 CBS News Summary
T4 Aunt Jenny’s True Life Stories
CD 10 (12:00-1:00pm) 6/6/44
T1 Kate Smith Speaks
T2 Big Sister
T3 Helen Trent
T4 CBS D-Day Coverage
Edward R. Murrow reports from London, Douglas
Edwards re-caps what
CBS has done covering d-day so far plus a summary
of the news,
Quincy Howell
CD 11 (1:00-2:00pm) 6/6/44
T1 CBS D-Day Coverage
John Daly reviews the day’s news
T2 Crisco Radio Newspaper
Alan Jackson reports, Bernadine Flynn
(host of Crisco Radio
Newspaper) , Alan Jackson reports, Bernadine
Flynn
T3 Recorded Music, Albert Leitch from Washington
CD 12 (2:00-3:00pm) 6/6/44
T1 Recorded music
T2 News w/Quincy Howell, William Shirer,
T3 Recorded music
T4 News, reports by Merrill Mueller (incorrect report then
no report),
recorded music
CBS D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 2
CD 13 (3:00-4:00pm) 6/6/44
T1 BBC report: King of England, invasion news
T2 Alan Jackson for Bob Trout and his regular 3:15pm report
T3 BBC report : ( 3:30pm ) Merill Mueller report
Bill Henry from House of Representatives w/Moss
of Minn., McCormick
of Mass., Gore of Tenn. John Daly reports
from New York, Howard
Marshall report from the BBC
CD 14 (4:00-4:49pm) 6/6/44
T1 Recorded Music
T2 News Reports of Invasion
T3 Recorded Music
CD15 (5:00-6:00pm)
T1 News reports: John Daly, Quincy Howell, Bill Shirer
T2 Archie Bleyer & His Orchestra
T3 News reports: waiting for Communique #2
CD 16 (6:00-7:00p) 6/6/44
(T1) News w/Quincy Howell including insights into Communique #2
(T2) News w/Edwin C. Hill, Communique #2 arrives
(T3) Jeri Sullivan’s Dream House
(T4) The World Today w/Douglas Edwards reports from
Edward R. Murrow,
Farnsworth Powell (report went to 1 min
early…countdown is heard),
& Bill Henry
(T5) The Meaning of the News
CD 17 (7:00-8:00pm) 6/6/44
(T1) News w/John Daly, Quentin Reynolds, Maj. George Fielding Elliott
(T2) Passing Parade
(T3) American Melody Hour (interrupted by bbc bulletin)
(T4) Bulletin from BBC (bbc’s talk up and billboard heard CBS joined
to early), Kent Stevenson (bbc reporter),
John Daly, Ward Smith
from London, Chester Wilmut’s report is
read from the bbc studio
CD 18 (8:00-9:00) 6/6/44
(T1) Columbia Presents Corwin: #14 An American Trilogy-Carl
Sandberg
Pt. 1
(T2) News w/John Daly, Quentin Reynolds (GI Joe report), Maj.
George
Fielding Elliott, Charles Shaw, Don Pryor
(T3) News Summary w/Bill Henry
CD 19 (9:00-10:00pm) 6/6/44
(T1) Burns & Allen
(T2) Doctor Fights: #01 (1st show)
CD 20 (10:00-11:00pm) 6/6/44
(T1) Roosevelt D-Day Prayer
(T2) Bob Trout, Edward R. Murrow, Quentin Reynolds, William Shirer,
Maj. George Fielding Elliott
(T3) U.S. Navy Band Concert
CD 21 (11:00-12:00am) 6/6/44
(T1) Irwin Darlington, Ned Calmer, Quincy Howell
(T2) Words and Music by Joan Brooks
(T3) Robert Trout, George Hicks (famous pool report), Quentin Reynolds,
Charles Shaw
CD 22 (12:00-1:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) Robert Trout, Joseph C. Harsh (sp), Ned Calmer, William Shirer,
Maj. George Fielding Elliott
(T2) Harry James & His Orchestra from Hotel Astor New York City
CD 23 (1:00-2:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) CBS d-day coverage… (need to re-listen)
(T2) Bill Snyder, his piano & orchestra
CD 24 (2:00-3:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) Robert Trout, BBC news report (8am UK time)
(T2) Ralph Morrison & his Orchestra from Chicago
(T3) Manny Strand & his Orchestra from Hollywood
(T4) Dale Jones & Company
CBS D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 3
CD 25 (3:00-5:15am) 6/7/44
(T1) News: Douglas Edwards (3:00am)
(T2) Henry King, His Piano & Orchestra (3:04am)
(T3) News: Douglas Edwards (5:00am)
CD 26 (5:15-9:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) Douglas Edwards reads Communique #3
(T2) Stanley Richardson “pool” report (with raw talk up)
(T3) News: Alan Jackson (6:00am)
(T4) News: Alan Jackson (7:00am)
(T5) News: Irwin Darlington (7:28am)
(T6) News: Irwin Darlington (7:45am) w/report from Richard
C.
Hottelet
(T7) News: Alan Jackson (8:00am) w/reports from Winston
Burdette,
Richard C. Hottelet,
Chris Coffin, William J. Dunn
(T8) News: pool report from Merrill Mueller
(T9) News: pool report from George Wheeler
(T10)News:
(T11)News:
CD 27 (9:00-10:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) News: Harry Marble (9:00am) reports from
Richard C. Hottelet,
(T2) Sing Along with the Landt Trio (9:15am)
(T3) This Life is Mine (9:45am)
CD 28 (10:00-11:00am) 6/7/44
(T1) News: Harry Marble
(T2) Light of the World
(T3) Open Door
(T4) Bachelor’s Children
CD 29 (11:00-12:00pm) 6/7/44
(T1) News: includes BBC Radio Newsreel #143
(T2) Second Husband
(T3) Bright Horizon
(T4) Aunt Jenny’s True Life Stories
CD 30 (12:00-1:00pm) 6/7/44
(T1) Kate Smith Seeks
(T2) Big Sister
(T3) Romance of Helen Trent
(T4) Our Gal Sunday
CD 31 (1:00-2:00pm) 6/7/44
(T1) Life Can Be Beautiful
(T2) Ma Perkins
(T3) Crisco Radio Newspaper: News w/Alan Jackson w/a
report from
Richard C. Hottelet
(T4) Goldbergs
CD 32 (2:00-3:00pm) 6/7/44
(T1) Portia Faces Life
(T2) Joyce Jordan, M.D.
(T3) News: Harry Marble w/reports from John Daly, William Shirer,
Joe
McCafferty
(T4) Perry Mason: The Puzzled Suitor
CD 33 (3:00-4:00pm) 6/7/44
(T1) Story of Mary Marlin
(T2) U.S. Navy Band Concert
(T3) News: Robert Trout w/a report from Charles Shaw
(T4) The Jubilaires
CD 34 (4:00-4:45pm) 6/7/44
(T1) Broadway Matinee
(T2) The Wayfarin Stranger w/Burl Ives
(T3) News: John Daly, Bill Henry talks w/ a mine sweeper, Quincy
Howell
(T4) What Are We Fighting For #1 of six broadcasts from West
Point
w/guest Edward R. Murrow