After covering so many bombings of the city over the previous six years, Edward R. Murrow of CBS Radio was on hand for the celebration that the War was finally over...May 8, 1945.

Glenn Miller's 'Moonight Serenade', May 5, 1942

May 5th, 2020 14m 19s

Just months from disbanding his civilian band, Glenn's band is in Hollywood while they shoot the movie "Orchestra Wives", and your announcer is the quite famous Don Wilson (crossing networks, since he was an NBC guy on the Jack Benny program, a

The Story of Ernie Pyle: CBS Radio's "I Was There", April 29, 1945

Apr 29th, 2020 29m 3s

75 years ago, CBS Radio presented a special edition of its "I Was There" anthology on the death of the best war correspondent there was at the time, Ernie Pyle.

The Shadow Intro

Jun 27th, 2019 17s

The Shadow Intro by Ray Steele on WIBC

Suite for jazz orchestra (orchestral version)

Jun 6th, 2019 13m 44s

Suite for jazz orchestra (orchestral version) by Ray Steele on WIBC

5 - 27 - 44 I Sustain

May 27th, 2019 25m

75 years ago today (May 27, 1944), Glenn Miller's Army Air Force orchestra performed on it's legendary series "I Sustain The Wings" on NBC Radio. Captain Miller was not with the band - they are conducted by Sgt. Jerry Gray, Glenn's top arrange

The Overnight Colt - The Cobra

May 16th, 2019 1m 18s

The Overnight Colt - The Cobra by Ray Steele on WIBC

I sent video of the rain... in the dark

Apr 29th, 2019 1m 37s

I sent video of the rain... in the dark by Ray Steele on WIBC

It Happened Today: December 12, 1937; 4 Minutes that got Mae West Banned from NBC

Dec 12th, 2018 4m 22s

Mae West was one of the biggest stars in the world by the time she appeared on the Chase & Sanborn Hour, hosted by Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy - the top rated radio show in the U.S. at the time. She made two appearances - one as Eve in a c

It Happened Today: Dec. 11, 1936: Edward VIII Abdicates The Throne

Dec 11th, 2018 7m 1s

Courtesy of the BBC archive - with audio restored (!), the most scandalous story from the Royal Family in the 20th century, IMO. Edward VIII abdicates the British throne so that he can marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Notice the door c

Today In Radio History: Dec. 10, 1941: Texaco Star Theater

Dec 10th, 2018 1h 1m

Just three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Fred Allen hosts his hour long comedy show on CBS Radio. It's followed by the latest news from the war courtesy of John Daly of CBS News (and later What's My Line fame). Not the announcement a

Larry Meier of Mutual Radio: First Eyewitness Account of D-Day From the Air

May 28th, 2018 12m 22s

Larry Meier of Mutual Radio: First Eyewitness Account of D-Day From the Air by Ray Steele on WIBC

What do you hear? Brother!!!, or Bruthaaaa!!!?

May 16th, 2018 2s

What do you hear?

Pearl Harbor Day; H.V. Kaltenborn on NBC, 3:15pm Eastern, Dec. 7, 1941

Dec 7th, 2017 14m 8s

H.V. Kaltenborn was one of the pre-eminent news analysts and commentators of his era, if not the most well known. His regular program that aired from 3:15 until 3:30pm Eastern on Sunday afternoons was, naturally, dedicated to the news of the d

CBS The World Today: 2:30pm Eastern, Dec. 7, 1941

Dec 7th, 2017 29m 16s

CBS had a regularly scheduled news program, The World Today, that aired at 2:30pm Eastern on Sunday afternoons. This was minutes after the first word from Washington of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, which had happened just over an hour b

What You Might Have Heard on WIBC when D-Day Began

Jun 6th, 2017 2m 54s

The Mutual Broadcasting System, of which WIBC in Indianapolis was an affiliate, was broadcasting a live remote of Harry James & His Orchestra when the first news reports of the invasion of Normandy arrived.. they were unconfirmed, based on Germ

World War II: Charles Collingwood from Normandy on DDay

May 29th, 2017 14m 34s

As service members had been killed and were being killed around him, CBS Radio's Charles Collingwood recording a report sent back to Ed Murrow in London on D-Day. Incredible history.

World War II: BBC's Chester Wilmot reporting from a glider

May 29th, 2017 33s

This BBC correspondent put his life on the line by recording this from a glider - no engine, as it landed with a wave during DDay. A lot of men lost their lives in the gliders, crashes, shot down, etc.

First Report of D-Day Invasion

May 29th, 2017 11m 39s

In the overnight hours of June 6, 1944, Americans who were awake and listening to their radios got the first word that the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of World War II and took so many American, Canadian, British and other Allied lives,

The Hindenburg Broadcast, 80 Years Later

May 8th, 2017 22m 6s

May 7, 1937, 80 years ago, was the first time we heard this iconic Herb Morrison broadcast of the Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst, New Jersey. It was the day after the disaster, though. It was all recorded by Morrison and his engineer on May

Gene Cernan, RIP; my interview with the astronaut from 2014

Jan 16th, 2017 16m 41s

Gene Cernan has died at the age of 82. "The Last Man On The Moon", as he currently remains, is also the name of his book and a wonderful documentary on his life you can still find on Netflix. This is my interview with Mr. Cernan that aired on

Nigel Long & Rev. Devanta Scruggs; Black Lives Matter in Indy

Jul 13th, 2016 34m 45s

The two men who were among many instrumental in the peaceful march and rally last weekend in Indianapolis talk about the movement, what Black Lives Matter means and doesn't mean, the relationship with police in Indianapolis and how to move forw

Taylor Martin - Indy Magic Monthly, & the Society of American Magicians Convention

Jul 12th, 2016 9m 30s

Big goings on all this week. Magical goings on!

Chad Martin Podcast

Jun 25th, 2016 18m 13s

Martin is an associate professor of history at UIndy, and Britain is one of his areas of expertise. We look at that this week's vote means for the EU and for the future of the UK, if there is one.

Lucas DeBard: Catching up with last year's Songbook Academy winner

Jun 24th, 2016 15m 47s

We catch up with the Lebanon, Indiana native, through one year of college at IU, and one year after he won the Songbook Academy competition. This year's competition is just a few weeks away.