Sunday, June 6th, 2010
7 PM - 12 AM
Playlist and audio for each program will be available the day after broadcast
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of 91.7 WVXU, and in recognition of a turning point in American history, WVXU and 88.5 WMUB will honor D-Day with a five-hour tribute culled from the Peabody Award winning documentary, D-Day + 50 Years originally aired by WVXU in 1995.
Lee Hay has assembled this special from the original 12-hour broadcast produced by George Zahn and Mark Magistrelli and featuring original host Mike Whorf.
The first hour will feature breaking news reports on NBC and the BBC about the invasion by Allied troops. There’s music by Harry James, a statement by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, “V for Victory” Morse code signal, and eyewitness reports by war correspondents in the field.
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Introduction – Mike Whorf | Harry James remote from NYC – “It Could Happen to You” | Bulletin report from NBC newsroom in NYC about German news agency report. | Bulletin report from BBC urging people in Holland close to the sea to leave their homes. | Harry James – “On the Alamo” | Report from NBC Newsroom in Washington by Richard Harkness. | Report from Morgan Beatty in the Washington studio. | Report from NBC NYC newsroom | Report from Robert St. John describing planes over London going across English Channel. | “V for Victory” Morse code signal | Robert St. John reports unconfirmed bulletins about invasion from Berlin. | London report:official Allied announcement of invasion.Text of Communique #1 from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). | Robert St. John reports Allied Forces invasion of European front. | London report: First address to Allied soldiers from General Eisenhower’s headquarters. | This communique from General Eisenhower’s order of the day to troops was read by Edward R. Murrow. | Report on where invasion is occurring by H.V. Kaltenborn. | Pool broadcast – text of a report from Herbert M. Clark for the US networks from aboard a secret location aboard a flagship warship.Part of script was censored. | Robert St. John in the NBC newsroom in NYC.Discusses composition of Allied troops. | London special report:Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces. | Eyewitness report by Wright Bryan, NBC’s war correspondent and managing editor of the Atlanta Journal in Georgia,of the first parachute drop. | Bulletin from Washington | Alex Drier report from Chicago.Last Western reporter in Nazi Germany before the war. |
The second hour includes Winston Churchill’s report to the House of Commons, the ringing of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a prayer by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, a speech by General Charles DeGaulle, President FDR’s invasion prayer, and a report from London by Edward R. Murrow.
| D-Day + 50 Years, Part II |
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Introduction – Mike Whorf | NBC bulletins by Robert St. John | Discussion of media coverage | H.V. Kaltenborn report from NBC newsroom in NYC about Winston Churchill’s report to the House of Commons. | NBC report – Ringing of the Liberty Bell with speech by Bernard Samuel, mayor of Philadelphia, in Independence Hall. | NBC series – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale prayer | Don Goddard with the news | Prayer by Dr. David DeSola Poole, “Rabbi of the Spanish & Portugese congregation in New York, the oldest Jewish congregation in America.” | Larry Smith – NBC newsroom – San Francisco | CBS in NY – General Charles DeGaulle’s speech in London | Quincy Howe news analysis | President FDR’s invasion prayer is read. | Report from London by Edward R. Murrow |
The third hour spotlights news bulletins from CBS, NBC, and the BBC. An eyewitness report from the beaches is interrupted by a BBC feed to WLW. There’s a reading of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and regional reports of reactions from stations around the country including Arthur Riley at WLW. He’s reports that churches and synagogues were busy, folks were donating blood, and there was a work stoppage in the central plant of the Wright Aeronautical Plant in Lockland making engines for war planes.
| D-Day + 50 Years, Part III |
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Introduction – Mike Whorf | Doug Edwards report from CBS news in New York | Quincy Howe, Columbia news analyst, analyzes the invasion | BBC report from London: Announcement of upcoming eyewitness report at beachhead | NBC newsroom in NY:Pacific fleet report | John Maginn, eyewitness Allied war reporter from BBC studio, talks about landing in France via glider. | NBC newsroom in NY:Report from Barcelona, Spain. | BBC report from London:Howard Marshall, BBC war correspondent, eyewitness report from the beaches. | Interruption by BBC feed to WLW with service message. | NBC newsroom in NY:Howard Marshall’s report was censored in spots. | NBC newsroom in NY:bulletin from OWI about Germany military authorities in France announcing restrictions/curfews on people there.London bulletin announcing that Allied reinforcements are pouring in on the beach head. | NBC newsroom in NY:Don Hollenbeck – text of SHAEF communiqué #2 as well as invasion news reports. | Hollywood – NBC – organ music | Ronald Colman reading “A Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army” written by Edna St. Vincent Millay. | Prayer by Dr. Israel Goldstein, President of the Synagogue Council of America. | NBC:Report that General Eisenhower has set up headquarters in northern France. | NBC goes to affiliate stations for reactions across America: WTIC, Hartford, CT (Eugene E. Wilson) – WLW, Cincinnati, OH (Arthur Riley) – WMC, Memphis, TN (Bill Reeve) – WKY, Oklahoma City, OK. |
The fourth hour includes President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s address to the nation.
There’s a song “Ave Maria” from the Bob Hope show and invasion bulletins from NBC and the BBC.
| D-Day + 50 Years, Part IV |
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Introduction – Mike Whorf | NBC report from Hollywood newsroom | “Army Hymn” song from Fibber McGee and Molly radio program. | President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses nation and prays for success inthe invasion. | Song by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. | NBC report from Washington, DC by Richard Harkness. | Robert St. John reports from NBC. | First eyewitness report from London by George Hicks in a pool broadcast. | Report by George Hicks from the BBC– An eyewitness account of German attack on invasion from flagship Ancon.Amazing report with actual battle sounds. | Don Goddard with invasion news the morning of June 7th, 1944.Casuality situation and weather at the English Channel. | Sweetheart soap commercial included. | NBC newsroom in Washington, DC. | NBC newsroom report from NYC by Elmer Peterson. | Don Goddard introduces special report from London by W.W. Chaplain. | NBC newsroom in NY – Don Goddard news report of Italian, Yugoslovian, and Pacific fronts. |
The fifth and final hour includes the “Crisco’s Radio Newspaper” and a credit to P&B Crisco at the end. There’s a broadcast of the “Guiding Light” which includes war bond commercials, and the “Star Spangled Banner” ends the special.
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Introduction – Mike Whorf | “Crisco’s Radio Newspaper” with Bernadine Flynn and Ed Roberts in Chicago. | CBC World News headquarters in NY.Report by Alan Jackson, news editor. | P&G Crisco credit at end | Elmer Peterson, war correspondent, reports on European action. | “The Guiding Light” | War bond commercial | Prayer | War bond commercial | From CBS.John Nesbitt “The Passing Parade” from June 6, 1944.Summation with predictions 100 years from that date. | Report from Tom Traynor, war correspondent of the LA Times, from SHAEF headquarters. Eyewitness report of invasion in France. | Don Hollenbeck recounts report by W.W. Chaplain in London and report from Stockholm. | Musical interlude…big band song.Not identified. | Star Spangled Banner | Show close – Mark Heyne |
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