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Sunday Nov 14, 2010
Famous American Authors - circa 1947-48
Sunday Nov 14, 2010
Sunday Nov 14, 2010
Awhile back I obtained a curious group of discs, all containing local programming from around the country originally broadcast in late 1947 and early 1948. I think these might have been submitted to some type of competition, based on some notes I found on the disc sleeves.
From that group, here's "Famous American Authors", a program produced by WSUI in Iowa City. This episode dramatized the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. It's an interesting glimpse into the wide range of shows, including drama, that were commonly heard on local radio many years ago. WSUI, founded in 1919 by the University of Iowa, is still around and is the oldest surviving educational radio station west of the Mississippi. The show was digitized from an original lacquer transcription from WSUI. Correction, 11/15/2010 - In my haste to put together the post, I typed the name of the subject incorrectly in my original version of the post - it's on Oliver Wendell Holmes, not Longfellow...Version: 20230822
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