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This update resolves 24 historical master recordings across three historic radio collections: 9 post-war documentary and dramatic transcriptions from United Nations Radio (starring Helen Hayes, Ronald Colman, Eddie Albert, and Clifton…
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This update resolves 19 historic broadcasts: 7 wartime and post-war Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) master transcription discs (including Harlem Hospitality Club featuring Little Miss Cornshucks & Amanda Randolph, Frank Sinatra singing…
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This update resolves 16 wartime Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) master transcription recordings: 9 star-studded editions of Personal Album (beamed to Allied troops across Chungking, Casablanca, and the Pacific featuring Lena Horne with Cpl.…
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This update resolves 19 historical master recordings: 8 wartime syndicated musical comedy transcriptions of The Hoosier Hot Shots (featuring their signature washboard, slide whistle, and novelty jazz hits like Rosie the Riveter and Sioux City…
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This update resolves 15 historic network and war-effort broadcasts: 9 flagship 1942 wartime episodes of the US Treasury Department's Treasury Star Parade (starring Orson Welles in Violet Atkins' The Chetniks, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, and…
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This update resolves 11 historical master recordings: 7 original network signature theme song transcription discs (including the iconic Signal Oil eerie whistling introduction from The Whistler, Orson Welles' Ceiling Unlimited for Lockheed…
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This update resolves 17 historic radio productions: 8 weekly broadcast retrospectives hosted by radio historian Frank Bresee on The Golden Days of Radio (including master audio from Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby & Al Jolson, John…
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This update resolves 23 historical broadcast recordings across four classic radio institutions: 7 biographical master dramatizations from Graymoor Monastery's acclaimed religious anthology Ave Maria Hour (featuring Civil War chaplain Father…
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This update resolves 10 historic transcribed broadcasts: 6 syndicated 1935–1936 daily episodes of the country store humor series Eb and Zeb (including the original 1935 audition disc and key master syndicated episodes), and 4 wartime episodes…
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Building on our first serial pass, this update tackles 30 longstanding mystery recordings across four legendary series: The Lone Ranger (1940 and 1950 transcription discs), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Tom Conway / Nigel Bruce 1947 runs…
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This update resolves 16 classic syndicated radio broadcasts: 8 dramatic true-case docudramas from Macquarie Network's acclaimed medical history series Medical File (1952 master broadcast logs, recounting historic surgical breakthroughs and…
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This update resolves 14 classic American musical broadcasts spanning three traditions: W. Lee 'Pappy' O'Daniel's pioneer 1935 western swing transcription series with The Hillbilly Boys (broadcasting from Fort Worth, Texas for Hillbilly…
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This update resolves 13 historical broadcast recordings across two enduring American radio traditions: Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll's landmark comedy series Amos 'n' Andy (including wartime Rinso-sponsored episodes featuring guest stars…
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This update resolves 16 classic radio broadcasts and mystery dramas: 6 syndicated Hollywood productions of C.P. MacGregor's Heartbeat Theatre (produced for The Salvation Army), 7 syndicated radio detective cases from Ellery Queen's Minute…
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This update resolves 15 historic network and syndicated broadcasts: 5 flagship wartime and postwar episodes of Armed Forces Radio Service's Command Performance (starring Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Jackie Gleason, Benny Goodman, and Lionel…
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This update resolves 15 landmark radio broadcasts across three classic properties: Harry W. Junkin's acclaimed NBC dramatic anthology Radio City Playhouse (1948–1949 master attraction runs), Philip Rapp's legendary comedy series The…
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This update resolves 14 foundational audio artifacts spanning the acoustic recording era (Victor and Columbia master matrices from 1901–1919 by pioneers Bert Williams, Billy Murray, Ada Jones, and violin master Fritz Kreisler) and vintage…
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This update resolves 16 historic broadcasts and master recordings from American 20th-century history: pivotal news flashes and presidential addresses (Truman's Hiroshima announcement, ABC Radio's July 8, 1947 Roswell disc report, JFK's…
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This update dates 14 historically significant broadcasts across mid-century sports history, Hollywood cinematic premieres, frontline WWII battlefield reportage, theatrical drama, and unique acoustic musical arts: Hall of Fame pitcher Don…
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This update resolves 17 historical live performances and syndicated recordings across three landmark American broadcast traditions: KWKH Shreveport's legendary country institution Louisiana Hayride (starring George Jones, Johnny Horton, Roy…
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This update dates 13 extraordinary historical sound recordings reaching across Victorian cylinder acoustics, pioneering aviation history, world-altering WWII news flashes, Golden Age holiday duets, classic jazz virtuosity, and psychedelic…
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This update dates 13 culturally rich historical audio recordings spanning radio history retrospectives, Major League Baseball spring training lore, frontline Pacific war broadcasts, symphonic holiday classics, zany musical satire, and…
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This update brings 10 master broadcasts into standard chronological alignment, spanning wartime combat literature, historic studio bloopers and uncensored outtakes, hot jazz classics, military morale programs, and civic political addresses…
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This update dates 10 historically significant broadcasts across historic war news bulletins, baseball royalty, American folklore field recordings, swing jazz, classic variety comedy, and Hollywood cinematic previews: Edward R. Murrow's…