Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 August 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1944–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 30
- Genre
- news
University of The Air presented several educational programs between 1942 and 1948. The subject matter and themes ranged from politics and philosophy, to music appreciation and history. The programming from NBC University of The Air was deemed so instructive that it was incorporated into the curricula of many high schools, colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada during the period. Indeed, Columbia University of New York collaborated extensively with NBC in developing several of NBC University of The Air productions throughout the era. By far the most interesting and instructive of the NBC…
1945 · 61944 · 5
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_We_Came_This_Way_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1944
1945
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1944, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Magna Carta · 6 Oct 1944
- 2. The Story Of Andreas · 27 Oct 1944
- 3. The Freedom Of Men's Minds · 10 Nov 1944
The Magna Carta
6 Oct 1944 · 29 min
Broadcast 6 October 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Story Of Andreas
27 Oct 1944 · 29 min
Broadcast 27 October 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Freedom Of Men's Minds
10 Nov 1944 · 29 min
Broadcast 10 November 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Founding of Rhode Island (Voice In The Wilderness)
1 Dec 1944 · 29 min
Broadcast 1 December 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Lafayette Lamp Lighter of Liberty
21 Dec 1944 · 28 min
Broadcast 21 December 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
5 Jan 1945 · 27 min
Broadcast 5 January 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The First Underground (The Carbonari)
26 Jan 1945 · 27 min
Broadcast 26 January 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Joseph Mazzani, Italian Patriot
9 Feb 1945 · 27 min
Broadcast 9 February 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
9 Aug 1945
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 9 Aug 1945.
Command Performance
Command Performance 1945-08-09 (187) Walter O'Keefe, Marilyn Maxwell, Les Paul Trio
9 Aug 1945 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on AFRS, 9 August 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Originally broadcast in syndication, 9 August 1945. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Public-domain transfer from the Internet Archive item “YourArmyAirForces”.
Also on NBC
NBC in 1944–1945
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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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