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1944–1945

1944–1945

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20

Surviving broadcasts

1944–1945

Years on the air

2

Seasons represented

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the public domain.

Source collection: G.i.Journal-10Episodes

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

6 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

The surviving run

20 of 20 shown

Transmission

29 April

No. 1

1944

Gi Journal

l 440429 Bob Hope Betty Grab

Running time

33 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

29 April

No. 11

1944

Gi Journal

GI Journal 440429 Bob Hope Betty Grab

Running time

29 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

15 October

No. 2

1944

Gi Journal

l 441015 Ed Sullivan Milton

Running time

22 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

15 October

No. 12

1944

Gi Journal

GI Journal 441015 Ed Sullivan Milton

Running time

30 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

15 December

No. 3

1944

Gi Journal

l 441215 Orson Welles Conne

Running time

30 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

15 December

No. 13

1944

Gi Journal

GI Journal 441215 Orson Welles Conne

Running time

23 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

22 December

No. 4

1944

Gi Journal

l 441222 Bob Hope Dorothy La

Running time

17 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

22 December

No. 14

1944

Gi Journal

GI Journal 441222 Bob Hope Dorothy La

Running time

23 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

29 December

No. 5

1944

Gi Journal

l 441229 Kay Kyser Mel Blanc

Running time

29 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

29 December

No. 15

1944

Gi Journal

GI Journal 441229 Kay Kyser Mel Blanc

Running time

22 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

12 January

No. 6

1945

Gi Journal

l 450112 Fibber McGee And Molly

Running time

22 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

12 January

No. 16

1945

Gi Journal

GI Journal 450112 Fibber McGee And Molly

Running time

29 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

26 January

No. 7

1945

Gi Journal

l 450126 William Bendix Conn

Running time

34 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

26 January

No. 17

1945

Gi Journal

GI Journal 450126 William Bendix Conn

Running time

30 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

9 March

No. 8

1945

Gi Journal

l 450309 Groucho Marx Lucill

Running time

33 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

9 March

No. 18

1945

Gi Journal

GI Journal 450309 Groucho Marx Lucill

Running time

29 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

6 April

No. 9

1945

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l 450406 Bob Hope Mel Blanc

Running time

34 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

6 April

No. 19

1945

Gi Journal

GI Journal 450406 Bob Hope Mel Blanc

Running time

30 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

23 April

No. 10

1945

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l 450423 Jack Benny Mel Blan

Running time

34 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the

Transmission

23 April

No. 20

1945

Gi Journal

GI Journal 450423 Jack Benny Mel Blan

Running time

30 min

G.I. Journal was an Armed Forces Radio Service comedy-variety series framed as a soldiers' newspaper, with a rotating 'editor' each week. Produced in Hollywood during the Second World War for overseas broadcast only, it survives from AFRS transcription discs in the