Recollections At

The run

Network

NBC

Years active

1927–1938

Surviving broadcasts

85

Genre

variety

RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs on stations it had either started or purchased. In late 1926, RCA created a division of the company known as the National Broadcasting Company, or NBC. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15, 1926. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the company, NBC created a series of shows called Recollection at 30 . Using a vast number of archival recordings, Recollection at 30 would assemble some of these transcriptions into a 25-minute show. Some of these shows followed a theme, such as the shows The Crash of the Hindenburg , The Big Bands , and Abraham Lincoln . Others concentrated on popular radio programs, such as Truth or Consequences , and Lights Out . People were honored, like Judy Garland, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Irving Berlin. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Recollections_At_30_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.