THE WAR OF THE WORLDS RADIO BROADCAST: OCT 30, 1938- THE BACK STORY PLUS CLIPS FROM THE RADIO BROADCAST
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
( Audio Clips included) The story of the Orson Welles radio broadcast called 'The War Of The Wprlds' that sent a portion of the NY/NJ area into a panic on Oct. 30, 1938.. Really GOOD radio entertainment! Unplug that TV! Join us for theater of the mind as we share clips from the show.
Catch our new 'Found in the Footnotes' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS-THE CHAOS AND THE CON (6 minutes) For ADDED insight!
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| 1:33.0 | As some of you know, we started an old time radio show podcast called |
| 1:38.0 | 1001 radio days where you can catch lots of great entertainment from what many call the golden age of radio |
| 1:44.6 | between 1935 and 1955 before TV really caught on. |
| 1:50.4 | Many of the radio shows were very well written and acted, and when TV became affordable in the 1950s, |
| 1:56.0 | many radio shows, like Gunsmoke and Dragnet, made the jump to TV. |
| 2:01.0 | Besides newspapers and magazines, radio was the only game in town and |
| 2:06.1 | because they couldn't offer visual effects, they had to be good at describing things. |
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