Transmission
25 March
1945
The Shadow
The Shadow 1945-03-25 (333) The Destroyer
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
29 min
Internet Archivethe-shadow-1938-10-09-141-death-stalks-the-shadowListenable · 88 kbps
Soldiers of the Press
Radio
Soldiers of the Press
Syndicated (United Press)
Syndicated (United Press) · 1942–1945
Broadcasts
40
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1942
The run
- Network
- Syndicated (United Press)
- Years active
- 1942–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 40
- Genre
- news
Soldiers of the Press is a war drama that was created in New York and syndicated by World Broadcasting System. Little is known about the series or the total number of episodes. Each episode is 15 minutes long and retold a recent news story from action during World War II. The series was narrated by United Press correspondents including Walter Cronkite, Harrison Salisbury, and many lesser knowns such as Ralph Teasdale and Ann Stringer. The show was broadcast on WOR from 28 Feb 1943 until 5 Aug 1945 on Sundays at 12:30pm. There are at least 39 episodes in circulation out of the 148 known to exist. NOTE: Updated…
1945 · 11944 · 41943 · 41942 · 3
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Soldiers_Of_The_Press_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1942
1943
1944
1945
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1942, in original transmission order.
- 1. Henry Gorrell Bombing of Navarino Bay · 9 Nov 1942
- 2. Joe James Custer Pacific Fleet · 30 Nov 1942
- 3. William Tyree The Pacific Theater · 21 Dec 1942
- 01
Henry Gorrell Bombing of Navarino Bay
9 Nov 1942 · 13 min
Broadcast 9 November 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
Joe James Custer Pacific Fleet
30 Nov 1942 · 12 min
Broadcast 30 November 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
William Tyree The Pacific Theater
21 Dec 1942 · 13 min
Broadcast 21 December 1942. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Robert P Martin Bombers over Haiphong
11 Jan 1943 · 13 min
Broadcast 11 January 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Walter Cronkite Dry Martini
9 May 1943 · 14 min
Broadcast 9 May 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
Russell Annabel Kiska Mission
19 Sep 1943 · 12 min
Broadcast 19 September 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
Richard Johnson Leathernecks At Tarawa
26 Dec 1943 · 11 min
Broadcast 26 December 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
Robert Vermillion Anzio Diary
7 May 1944 · 11 min
Broadcast 7 May 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
25 Mar 1945
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Mar 1945.
Transmission
25 March
1945
Sealed Book
Program \#2 - The King of the World
Network
Mutual
Slot
Sunday
Running time
30 min
Broadcast on Mutual.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Sealed_Book_SinglesCondition unmeasured
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