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Monday Apr 12, 2010
Kansas Farm Report - circa 1947
Monday Apr 12, 2010
Monday Apr 12, 2010
And now for another one of those mysterious "throw away" transcriptions. This one isn't labeled, so I have no idea who the announcer is or the station where it originated. But, based on the contents, I think it may be from late 1947 or early 1948. (Google News has an article from January 1948 on the Congressional subcommittee that was discussing rationing, referred to in the program). It's a transcribed farm report from what sounds like a Kansas station with original commercials for Staley's hog feed. The topics on the show include discussions in Washington on rationing and appearances by the local announcer at a meeting of an egg co-op. The disc was probably recorded so the show could be played later at the station - the announcer would likely be traveling or appearing at the egg co-op meeting when the broadcast occurred. Farm-oriented reports like this used to be very common on radio when family farms were much more a part of the landscape, especially in the south and midwestern states. You almost never hear a transcription of one of these local shows since there was no reason to record them at the time. The program was transferred from an original single-sided 16" lacquer transcription with no label.
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