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NBC D-Day Coverage Vol. 1
02-01 (3:45-4:45am) 6/6/44
Eisenhower from SHAEF, King
Haakon VII, Premier Gerbandy, Premier
Pierdot, Wright Bryan from
London (eyewitness account of 1 parachute
drop), National Anthem, John
Vandercook from London, report from
Pentagon, Richard Harkness
03-01 (4:45-5:52am) 6/6/44
Report from London, James Willard,
Robert St. John, Richard Harkness,
Morgan Beatty, Richard Harkness
interviews an official of the French
Govt. in exile, David Anderson
from London, H.V. Kaltenborn, Communique
#1 replayed, Stars and Strips
Forever, WEAF ID, Robert St. John,
Richard Harkness.
04-01 (5:52-6:52am) 6/6/44
Richard Harkness, Don Goddard
in NY, Louis P. Lockner from Hollywood
(analysis), Morgan Beatty reads
“The First Thousand Yards”, Robert St.
John
05-01 (6:52-7:45am) 6/6/44
Robert St. John, Alex
Dryer in Chicago, H.V. Kaltenborn, Ringing of
the Liberty Bell, Robert St.
John, WEAF ID, Gruen Watch Spot, Norman
Vincent Peale, Don Goddard
06-01 (7:45-8:45am) 6/6/44
Rabbi Poole, Morgan Beatty,
Larry Smith in San Francisco, Father Shea,
Stanley Richardson (eyewitness
account of the invasion fleet…the are
several failed attempts to
reach him) , Elmer Peterson in NY, Charles
McCarthy from New York, Merrill
Mueller from SHAEF HQ on Eisenhower’s
last hours before invasion…interrupted
by a reading of Roosevelt’s
prayer.
07-01 (8:45-9:45am) 6/6/44
David Anderson, Ed Hocker,
John W. Vandercook, Ralph Howard from Rome,
H.V. Kaltenborn, Richard Harkness,
NBC Orchestra plays martial music,
H.V. Kaltenborn, more martial
music.
08-01 (9:45-11:30am) 6/6/44
Martial music cont., Elmer
Peterson, Nancy Osgood interviews the wives
of Admiral Stark, General Spaatz,
Admiral Kirk, General Doolittle, Don
Goddard, H.V. Kaltenborn, Tommy
Taylor Sings
09-01 (11:30-12:30am) 6/6/44
Tommy Taylor sings (cont.),
Elmer Peterson, rebroadcast of Eisenhower’s
4am speech, NBC Orchestra,
Prayer by Mr. Davidson, Don Goddard, W.W.
Chaplain from London, WEAF
ID, News Behind the News w/Cesar Saerchinger
10-01 (12:30-1:30am) 6/6/44
Morgan Beatty interviews senators:
Bennett Clar, Claire Booth Luce,
Alben Barkley, White, &
Lester Hill, Don Goddard in NY, WEAF ID,
Remotes from Chicago (Alex
Dryer), Denver, Hollywood & San Francisco,
Don Goddard, H.V, Kaltenborn,
Lt. Col. James Stevenson (military
analysis), re-broadcast of
Merrilll Mueller’s report, re-broadcast of
Communique #1, Tommy Taylor
Sings w.Irving Miller and his Orchestra
11-01 (1:30-2:30pm) 6/6/44
WEAF Station ID Don Hollenbeck:
Italian landings vs. d-day
BBC Report,Morgan Beatty in
Washington, Report from the Pentagon;
Interviews with two colonels.
Time check, Station ID WEAF, Elmer
Peterson, Piano Fill, re-broadcast
of Stanley Richardson report, Don
Goddard with news bulletins.
12-01 (2:30-3:30pm) 6/6/44
Time check, Station ID WEAF
Prayer by Archbishop Spellman, Organ Fill,
news bulletins; H.V. Kaltenborn,
Don Goddard news, musical interlude,
Prayer by Bishop Manning, BBC
reporter John McGinn; Howard Marshall with
an eyewitness account of the
beach-head.
NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 2
13-01 (4:00-5:00pm) 6/6/44
Prayer by Dr. Barnes, NBC International
Division (shortwave service to
Europe), Eisenhower’s messages
in eight languages, news bulletins, Cmdr.
Anthony Kimmons from London,
Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., Cesar
Saerchinger analysis, time
check, Don Hollenbeck, Morgan Beatty from
White House on Roosevelt press
conf., Don Hollenbeck, Don Goddard, Pres.
prayer at dictation speed;
news bulletins.
14-01 (5:00-6:00pm) 6/6/44
time check/Station ID, Prayer
by Dr, Horton, NBC Orchestra, Morgan
Beatty recap of Roosevelt's
press conf., Louis Lockner from Hollywood,
news bulletins, time check/station
ID, news bulletins, re-broadcast of
Eisenhower's first speech,
Elmer Peterson; NBC Orchestra
(6:00-7:00pm)
15-01 news bulletins, Don Hollenbeck with Communique #2
15-02 Serenade to America" with Winifred Hite, Nora Sterling,
M.C.
Milton
Katims and his Orch.,
15-03 Lowell Thomas with summary of day's events; U.S.
Army Chaplain
Arnold offers
a prayer.
(7:00-8:00p) 6/6/44
16-01 News of the World, Robert St. John reporting, John W.
Vandercook
from London (loses a page of
his script), Robert McCormick from
Honolulu, Morgan Beatty and
Richard Harkness from Wash., WEAF ID
16-02 A Poem and Prayer for an Invading Army w/ Ronald Coleman
(reading
poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
plus organ fill
16-03 H.V. Kaltenborn with the news.
(8:00-9:00pm) 6/6/44
17-01 WEAF ID, Prayer by Dr. Goldstein, special program, Ginny
Simms
sings, a wounded G.I. with
a message to his wife, a U.S.
NavyCommander describes how
the wounded are treated, a navy
chaplain speaks.
17-02 Roy Shield and his Orchestra from Chicago
(9:00-10:00) 6/6/44
18-01 WEAF ID, Cross-country reaction to the Invasion:
remotes from
WTIC (Hartford, CT), WSYR (Syracuse,
NY), WTAR (Norfolk, VA), WSPD
(Toledo, OH), late news bulletins,
WLW (Cincinnati, OH), WMC
(Memphis, TN), KSTP (St. Paul,
MN), WKY (Oklahoma City, OK),
Ben Grauer announcing.
18-02 Fibber McGee & Molly: special d-day all music
program w/Billy
Mills and his Orch., The King's
Men, Harlow Wilcox. inc. news
bulletins.
(10:00-10:50pm) 6/6/44
19-01 WEAF ID, Prayer of Pres. Roosevelt and address to nation,
recital
by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians,
WEAF ID
19-02 Bob Hope: special d-day shows from Van Nuys Aerodome
w/Frances
Langford, Stan Kenton and his
Orch., Wendell Niles announcing.
19-03 Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians: preceded by a prayer,
followed
by WEAF ID
19-04 Red Skelton: Red’s last show as a civilian
(10:50-12:00am) 6/6/44
20-01 Robert St. John news and reports from overseas, W.W.
Chaplain from
London, report from Australia,
Robert McCormick from Honolulu,
summary from Washington.
20-02 Roy Shield and his Orchestra: from Chicago, famous
George Hicks
beach-head actuality, Roy Shield
Orch. (con.)
(12:00-1:00am) 6/7/44
21-01 WEAF ID, Lyle Van News
21-02 Roy Shield and his Orch. From Chicago
21-03 WEAF ID, Robert St. John news.
(1:00-2:00am) 6/7/44
22-01 Moment for Meditation
22-02 Don Hollenbeck news
22-03 Strings for Meditation
22-04 News bulletins
(2:00-3:00am) 6/7/44
23-01 Joe Reichman and his Orchestra: from Biltmore
Hotel, Los Angeles
23-02 Pancho and his Orchestra: from Mural Room of the
Hotel St.
Francis (w/news bulletins)
24-01 (3:00-4:00am) 6/7/44
NBC Orchestra: (semi-classical
music)
At 3:32am Don Godard re-reads
Communique #1 exactly 24 hours after
it’s issue.
NBC D-Day Invasion Coverage
Vol. 3
(4:00-5:00am) 6/7/44
25-01 Organ Interlude by George Schacley, Rebroadcast of Roosevelt’s
prayer, NBC Orchestra
25-02 Don Goddard news, re-broadcast of King George VI’s address
to
Commonwealth,
organ music by George Schacley
26-01 (5:00-6:00am) 6/7/44
Don
Goddard news, Frank McCal from London, NBC Concert Orchestra,
Stanley
Richardson reads Communique #3 from London, organ music by
George Schacley,
Stanley Richardson from London, NBC Concert Orchestra,
George Schacley
at the organ
(6:00-7:00am) 6/7/44
27-01 News bulletins, NBC Concert Orchestra and George Schacley
at the
organ,
news bulletins
27-02 Modern Farming Program
(7:00-8:00am) 6/7/44
28-01 News Bulletins
28-02 Morning in Manhattan (local morning show)
28-03 Don Goddard news
28-04 Reveille Round-up (live country music)
(8:00-9:00am)
6/7/44
29-01 Morning News Round-up
29-01 C.F. McCarthy and the news (local)
29-01 Modern Romances
(9:00-10:00am)
6/7/44
30-01 Mirth & Madness: Aladdin and his Lamp skit
30-02 Adelaide Hawley Program
30-03 Alice Cornell Show, Elmer Peterson news bulletins
(10:00-11:00am)
6/7/44
31-01 Laura Lofton
31-02 News and the People in the News, Robert St. John
31-03 Helpmate, “The Story of Linda Harper”
31-04 Tommy Taylor (pop tunes), news bulletins
(11:00am-12:00pm) 6/7/44
32-01 Road of Life
32-02 Vic & Sade
32-03 Brave Tomorrow
32-04 Dave Harum (show only lasts 1 min.), Tom Traynor
w/an eyewitness
Report
from the beach-head , piano fill
(12:00-1:00pm) 6/7/44
33-01 News at Noon (includes a report from London by W.W.
Chaplain
33-02 Recorded music show
33-03 Elmer Peterson news, BBC actuality recordings, George
Wheeler
aboard the
cruiser “Augsta” 3 hours before “H” hour, Tommy Traynor
from SHAEF,
Hollenbeck summary
(1:00-2:00pm)
6/7/44
34-01 Mary Margaret McBride w/Ben Ames Williams
34-02 Morgan Beatty News and Analysis
(2:00-3:00pm) 6/7/44
35-01 Guiding Light (Part 1 of the General Mills Hour)
35-02 Today’s Children (Part 2 of the General Mills Hour)
35-03 The Woman in White (Part 3 of the General Mills
Hour)
35-04 Hymns of All Churches (Part 4 of the General Mills
Hour)
(3:00-4:00pm) 6/7/44
36-01 A Woman of America
36-02 Ma Perkins
36-03 Pepper Young’s Family
36-04 H.V. Kaltenborn
(4:00-5:00pm) 6/7/44
37-01 Mary Noble, Backstage Wife
37-02 Stella Dallas
37-03 Lorenzo Jones
37-04 Young Widder Brown
(5:00-6:00pm) 6/7/44
38-01 When A Girl Marries
38-02 We Love and Learn
38-03 W.W. Chaplain from London, Robert Duff (BBC), Communique
#4 is
read, Robert St. John
38-04 Front Page Farrell