RADIO GOES TO WAR

This page will include a large number of articles and media from both World War I and World War II. These are stories found off the beaten path of War history.  A separate page has stories on the VOA and Armed Forces Radio services.  Here we illuminate how radio played a major role in world conflict.

We have hundreds of radio war broadcasts in the master library.  Please contact us for use in research and production.

This material is provided for Educators and Researchers.

No copyrights or usage rights are implied or granted.

PROPAGANDA-ESPIONAGE PAGECBS Film Embosser  1944
Fibber McGee for Uncle Sam  1942
Radio at War–Photo essay
Thomas White on WW I Radio
Radio Reports the war  1942
NBC Radio reports the war
HUFF-DUFF  1998
Radio war correspondents  Aug, 1929
Blabber-mouth U Boats  2003
Schechter-NBC-“Hot News”  Apr, 1938
Radio Spanish Civil War  May, 1938
Broadcasting the next war  Jun, 1938
European Radio war  Jul, 1938
Reporters’ war code  Nov, 1939
War news by radio  Dec, 1939
War-prep news  Feb, 1940
NBC war studio  Aug, 1940
Pearl Harbor News Flashes–MP3
Pearl Harbor Reactions–MP3
NBC defense net  Jan, 1942Sioux Falls Mil broadcasts  May, 1944
Radio between the wars  Jul, 1944
Marine broadcasting  Sep, 1944
WW II “Hit Kit”
Bell System and National Defense 1941
Tech advances World War OneRadio in Spanish Civil War
The Venerable "V-Disc"How Columbia Covers the War June 1 1941 MP3CBS D-Day Anticipation
Radio War Guide (OWI)News Feeds From BattlefieldsWartime Radio Cutbacks
PROPAGANDA/ESPIONAGE