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Broadcast · 1941 · Seasonal
Hartford, Connecticut and elsewhere
1941–1951 · Hartford, Connecticut and elsewhere
Broadcasts
24
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1941
Episodes
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Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. W53H Hartford FM — wartime news · 21 Jan 1943
- 2. W43B Boston FM — wartime news · 21 Jan 1943
- 3. WIXSN, W43B and W65H — announcements and a Hitler item · 21 Jan 1943
- 01
W53H Hartford FM — wartime news
21 Jan 1943 · 3 min
From a Wilcox-Gay Recordio disc dated 21 January 1943: news from W53H (WTIC) FM, Hartford. Source material held by the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 02
W43B Boston FM — wartime news
21 Jan 1943 · 3 min
Same Recordio disc of 21 January 1943: W53H Hartford relayed by W43B (WGTR) Boston. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 03
WIXSN, W43B and W65H — announcements and a Hitler item
21 Jan 1943 · 3 min
From the same disc of 21 January 1943: station advertising from WIXSN Springfield, W43B Boston and W65H (WDRC) Hartford, with an excerpt of a programme on Hitler. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 04
W65H Hartford — boogie woogie
21 Jan 1943 · 3 min
W65H (WDRC) FM, Hartford, from the same 21 January 1943 home disc. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 05
A radio shop advertisement, and its outtakes
Date unknown · 3 min
An undated Recordio disc of about 1944: a test programme for an East Hartford radio service shop, with the takes that were not used. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 06
More outtakes, about 1944
Date unknown · 3 min
The rest of the same disc. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 07
News of the Argentine coup
4 Aug 1943 · 4 min
An undated Wilcox-Gay Recordio disc, catalogued as 4 August 1943: news of the coup against President Castillo, naming Ramírez. Possibly W53H (WTIC) FM. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
- 08
The Star-Spangled Banner, two takes
Date unknown · 3 min
An undated Recordio disc of about 1944: an unidentified military band, two takes of the anthem and part of Sousa's El Capitan. Recording held by the Internet Archive;
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