Episodes

Wednesday May 14, 2008
Music You Like - Fred Robbins Record Shop - WD7-MM-4197
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Continuing from our previous post, here's another example of the program featuring that hep dj Fred Robbins spinning platters for the US Marine Corp.


Wednesday May 14, 2008
Music You Like - Fred Robbins Record Shop - WD7-MM-4196
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Wednesday May 14, 2008
I have several discs of the show "Music You Like", a public service program for the US Marines. It's an early disc jockey program where various hosts would spin popular records of the day; they're curious as examples of the type of format that would, in a few years, dominate radio and push drama and comedy on the air to the sidelines.


Saturday May 03, 2008
The Marine Story - Program #4
Saturday May 03, 2008
Saturday May 03, 2008
Another show in our series of Marine Corps adventures starring William Bendix from 1947-48. This episode looks at Francis De Bellevue, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans. Doesn't Bendix sound like a New Orleans native in this one?


Saturday May 03, 2008
The Marine Story - Program #3
Saturday May 03, 2008
Saturday May 03, 2008
Another dramatic series designed for Marine Corps recruitment, this one produced in 1947-48, and using a different storytelling style than the earlier "Leatherneck Legends" in previous blog posts. "The Marine Story" presented stories from the Corp's history like "Leatherneck Legends" in the blog last week, but focused on individual tales of heroism and Marine know-how. The series featured William Bendix as star.


Friday Apr 25, 2008
Leatherneck Legends - Pgm #2 - The Man Was at Samar
Friday Apr 25, 2008
Friday Apr 25, 2008
Another episode of "Leatherneck Legends", a program for Marine Corps recruiting. "The Man Was at Samar" relates the story of a brutal Marine expedition in the Philippines. The host of the show is Tiny Ruffner. A local announcer would have read a commercial script for the Marines at the end of the show. An Orthacoustic transcription produced by NBC's Radio Recording Division and pressed by RCA, matrix WD7-MM-4204.


Friday Apr 25, 2008
Leatherneck Legends - Pgm #1 - The King's Error
Friday Apr 25, 2008
Friday Apr 25, 2008
"Leatherneck Legends" was a dramatic public service program intended to boost recruitment for the Marine Corps by enacting famous stories from the Corps's history. In this episode, "The King's Mistake", a self-declared "King" on an island finds out the meaning of "American citizen" when he robs and kills a merchant ship trader. The recruiting announcement for the Marines would have been added by a local announcer; the host of the show is Tiny Ruffner. An Orthacoustic transcription produced by NBC's Radio Recording Division and pressed by RCA, matrix WD7-MM-4203.
