Soldiers of the Press
Syndicated (United Press)
Syndicated (United Press) · 1942–1945
40 EpisodesSeasonalPGSince 1942
The run
- Network
- Syndicated (United Press)
- Years active
- 1942–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 40
- Genre
- news
Soldiers of the Press is a war drama that was created in New York and syndicated by World Broadcasting System. Little is known about the series or the total number of episodes. Each episode is 15 minutes long and retold a recent news story from action during World War II. The series was narrated by United Press correspondents including Walter Cronkite, Harrison Salisbury, and many lesser knowns such as Ralph Teasdale and Ann Stringer. The show was broadcast on WOR from 28 Feb 1943 until 5 Aug 1945 on Sundays at 12:30pm. There are at least 39 episodes in circulation out of the 148 known to exist. NOTE: Updated…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
10 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1942, in original transmission order.
- 1. Henry Gorrell Bombing of Navarino Bay · 9 Nov 1942
- 2. Leo Disher Heroism in Oran · 7 Dec 1942
- 3. Frank Hewlett Fall of Bataan · 28 Dec 1942
Henry Gorrell Bombing of Navarino Bay
9 Nov 1942 · 13 min
Broadcast 9 November 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Leo Disher Heroism in Oran
7 Dec 1942 · 14 min
Broadcast 7 December 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Frank Hewlett Fall of Bataan
28 Dec 1942 · 14 min
Broadcast 28 December 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Robert Miller A Son Of Bushido
1 Mar 1943 · 13 min
Broadcast 1 March 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Clinton B Conger Night Patrol
23 May 1943 · 12 min
Broadcast 23 May 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Richard Johnson Leathernecks At Tarawa
26 Dec 1943 · 11 min
Broadcast 26 December 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Robert Vermillion Anzio Diary
7 May 1944 · 11 min
Broadcast 7 May 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Robert Vermillion The Paratroopers
24 Sep 1944 · 11 min
Broadcast 24 September 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same seasons
news on the air then
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What it became
The broadcast desk
Wartime correspondence and Cavalcade of America established the daily explainer and the narrated history hour long before either had a feed.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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