NBC D-Day Coverage

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NBC D-Day Coverage

This is the NBC coverage of the D-Day Allied landings on the European Continent during World War II.


Each of the following broadcasts were aired in the various time lengths.


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June 6, 1944
CD011344.
CD 1/38 (2:00-3:45 a.m.) 6/6/44
First Bulletin, Updates
Piano Fill
Awaiting Allied confirmation
Richard Harkness From Wash.
Morgan Beatty Analysis
Robert St. John From NY
Music Fill
Four Chime Sequence
Robert St. John
BBC Feed Of Communiqué #1 (3:32 a.m.)
Murrow Reads “Order Of The Day”
H.V. Kaltenborn
Herbert M. Clark From London
Robert St. John

CD011345.
CD 2/38 (3:45-4:45 a.m.) 06/06/44
Eisenhower From SHAEF
King Haakon VII
Premier Gerbandy
Premier Pierdot
Wright Bryan From London (Eyewitness Account Of One Parachute Drop)
National Anthem
John Vandercook From London
Report From Pentagon
Richard Harkness

CD011346.
CD 3/38 (4:45-5:52 a.m.) 06/06/44
Report From London
James Willard
Robert St. John
Richard Harkness
Morgan Beatty
Richard Harkness Interviews An Official Of The French Government. In Exile
David Anderson From London
H.V. Kaltenborn
Communiqué #1 Replayed
Stars And Strips Forever
WEAF ID
Robert St. John
Richard Harkness.
CD011347.
CD 4/38 (5:52-6:52 a.m.) 06/06/44
Richard Harkness
Don Goddard In NY
Louis P. Lockner From Hollywood (Analysis)
Morgan Beatty Rreads “The First Thousand Yards”
Robert St. John

CD011348.
CD 5/38 (6:52-7:45 a.m.) 06/06/44
Robert St. John
Alex Dryer In Chicago
H.V. Kaltenborn
Ringing Of The Liberty Bell
Robert St. John
WEAF ID
Gruen Watch Spot
Norman Vincent Peale
Don Goddard

CD011349.
CD 6/38 (7:45-8:45 a.m.) 06/06/44
Rabbi Poole
Morgan Beatty
Larry Smith In San Francisco
Father Shea
Stanley Richardson (Eyewitness Account Of The Invasion Fleet…There Are Several Failed
Attempts To Reach Him)
Elmer Peterson In NY
Charles McCarthy From New York
Merrill Mueller From SHAEF HQ On Eisenhower’s Last Hours Before Invasion
…Interrupted By A Reading Of Roosevelt’s Prayer.

CD011350.
CD 7/38 (8:45-9:45 a.m.) 06/06/44
David Anderson
Ed Haaker
John W. Vandercook
Ralph Howard From Rome
H.V. Kaltenborn
Richard Harkness
NBC Orchestra Plays Martial Music
H.V. Kaltenborn
More Martial Music

CD011351.
CD 8/38 (9:45-11:30 a.m.) 06/06/44
Martial Music Continued
Elmer Peterson
Nancy Osgood Interviews The Wives Of Admiral Stark
General Spaatz
Admiral Kirk
General Doolittle
Don Goddard
H.V. Kaltenborn
Tommy Taylor Sings
CD011352.
CD 9/38 (11:30-12:30 a.m.) 06/06/44
Tommy Taylor Sings (Continued)
Elmer Peterson
Rebroadcast Of Eisenhower’s 4 a.m. Speech
NBC Orchestra
Prayer By Mr. Davidson
Don Goddard
W.W. Chaplain From London
WEAF ID
News Behind The News w/Cesar Saerchinger

CD011353.
CD 10/10 (12:30-1:30 a.m.) 06/06/44
Morgan Beatty Interviews Senators: Bennett Clark, Claire Booth Luce, Alben W. Barkley,
White, & Lester Hill
Don Goddard In NY
WEAF ID
Remotes From Chicago (Alex Dryer), Denver, Hollywood & San Francisco
Don Goddard
H.V, Kaltenborn
Lt. Col. James Stevenson (Military Analysis)
Re-broadcast Of Merrilll Mueller’s Report
Re-broadcast Of Communiqué #1
Tommy Taylor Sings w/Irving Miller And His Orchestra

CD011354.
CD 11/38 (1:30-2:30 p.m.) 06/06/44
WEAF Station ID
Don Hollenbeck: Italian Landings vs. D-Day
BBC Report
Morgan Beatty In Washington
Report From The Pentagon
Interviews With Two Colonels
Time Check
Station ID WEAF
Elmer Peterson
Piano Fill
Re-broadcast Of Stanley Richardson Report
Don Goddard With News Bulletins.

CD011355.
CD 12/38 (2:30-3:30 p.m.) 06/06/44
Time Check
Station ID WEAF
Prayer By Archbishop Spellman
Organ Fill
News Bulletins
H.V. Kaltenborn
Don Goddard News
Musical Interlude
Prayer By Bishop Manning
BBC Reporter John McGinn
Howard Marshall With An Eyewitness Account Of The Beachhead.

CD011356.
CD 13/38 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
Prayer By Dr. Barnes
NBC International Division (Short-wave Service To Europe)
Eisenhower’s Messages In Eight Languages
News Bulletins
Cmdr. Anthony Kimmons From London
Netherlands Ambassador To The U.S.
Cesar Saerchinger Analysis
Time Check
Don Hollenbeck
Morgan Beatty From White House On Roosevelt Press Conference
Don Hollenbeck
Don Goddard
Presidential Prayer Read At Dictation Speed
News Bulletins

CD011357.
CD 14/38 (5:00-6:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
Time Check / Station ID
Prayer By Dr, Horton
NBC Orchestra
Morgan Beatty Recap Of Roosevelt's Press Conference
Louis Lockner From Hollywood
News Bulletins
Time Check / Station ID
News Bulletins
Re-broadcast Of Eisenhower's First Speech
Elmer Peterson
NBC Orchestra

CD011358.
CD 15/38 (6:00-7:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
News Bulletins
Don Hollenbeck With Communiqué #2
“Serenade To America" With Winifred Hite, Nora Sterling, M.C.
Milton Katims And His Orchestra
Lowell Thomas With Summary Of The Day's Events
U.S. Army Chaplain Arnold Offers A Prayer

CD011359.
CD 16/38 (7:00-8:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
News Of The World
Robert St. John Reporting
John W. Vandercook From London (Loses A Page Of His Script)
Robert McCormick From Honolulu
Morgan Beatty And Richard Harkness From Washington
WEAF ID
A Poem And Prayer For An Invading Army w/Ronald Coleman (Reading
Poem By Edna St. Vincent Millay Plus Organ Fill
H.V. Kaltenborn With The News

CD011360.
CD 17/38 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
WEAF ID
Prayer By Dr. Goldstein
Special Program
Ginny Simms Sings
A Wounded G.I. With A Message To His Wife
A U.S. Navy Commander Describes How The Wounded Are Treated
A Navy Chaplain Speaks
Roy Shield And His Orchestra From Chicago

CD011361.
CD 18/38 (9:00-10:00 p.m.) 06/06/44
WEAF ID
Cross-Country Reaction To The Invasion: Remotes From WTIC (Hartford, CT),
WSYR (Syracuse, NY), WTAR (Norfolk, VA), WSPD (Toledo, OH),
Late News Bulletins, WLW (Cincinnati, OH), WMC (Memphis, TN),
KSTP (St. Paul, MN), WKY (Oklahoma City, OK), Ben Grauer Announcing.
Fibber McGee & Molly: Special D-Day All Music Program w/Billy Mills
And His Orchestra, The King's Men, Harlow Wilcox Including News Bulletins

CD011362.
CD 19/38 (10:00-10:50 p.m.) 06/06/44
WEAF ID
Prayer Of President Roosevelt And Address To Nation
Recital By Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians
WEAF ID
Bob Hope: Special D-Day Shows From Van Nuys Aerodome w/Frances
Langford, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Wendell Niles Announcing
Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians: Preceded By A Prayer, followed By WEAF ID
Red Skelton: Red’s Last Show As A Civilian

CD011363.
CD 20/38 (10:50-12:00 a.m.) 06/06/44
Robert St. John News And Reports From Overseas
W.W. Chaplain From London
report from Australia
Robert McCormick From Honolulu
Summary From Washington
Roy Shield And His Orchestra: From Chicago
Famous George Hicks Beach-head Actuality
Roy Shield Orchestra (Continued)

June 7, 1944
CD011364.
CD 21/38 (12:00-1:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
WEAF ID
Lyle Van News
Roy Shield And His Orchestra From Chicago
WEAF ID
Robert St. John News

CD011365.
CD 22/38 (1:00-2:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Moment For Meditation
Don Hollenbeck News
Strings For Meditation
News Bulletins

CD011366.
CD 23/38 (2:00-3:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Joe Reichman And His Orchestra: From Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
Pancho And His Orchestra: From Mural Room Of The Hotel St. Francis (w/News Bulletins)

CD011367.
CD 24/38 (3:00-4:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
NBC Orchestra: (Semi-Classical Music)
At 3:32am Don Goddard Re-Reads Communiqué #1 Exactly 24 Hours After It’s Issued

CD011368.
CD 25/38 (4:00-5:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Organ Interlude By George Schacley
Rebroadcast Of Roosevelt’s Prayer
NBC Orchestra
Don Goddard News
Re-broadcast Of King George VI’s Address To Commonwealth
Organ Music By George Schacley

CD011369.
CD 26/38 (5:00-6:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Don Goddard News
Frank McCal From London
NBC Concert Orchestra
Stanley Richardson Reads Communiqué #3 From London
Organ Music By George Schacley
Stanley Richardson From London
NBC Concert Orchestra
George Schacley At The Organ

CD011370.
CD 27/38 (6:00-7:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
News Bulletins
NBC Concert Orchestra And George Schacley At The Organ
News Bulletins
Modern Farming Program

CD011371.
CD 28/38 (7:00-8:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
News Bulletins
Morning In Manhattan (Local Morning Show)
Don Goddard News
Reveille Round-up (Live Country Music)

CD011372.
CD 29/38 (8:00-9:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Morning News Round-up
C.F. McCarthy And The News (Local)
Modern Romances

CD011373.
CD 30/38 (9:00-10:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Mirth & Madness: Aladdin And His Lamp Skit
Adelaide Hawley Program
Alice Cornell Show
Elmer Peterson News Bulletins
CD011374.
CD 31/38 (10:00-11:00 a.m.) 06/07/44
Laura Lofton
News And The People In The News
Robert St. John
Helpmate “The Story Of Linda Harper”
Tommy Taylor (Pop Tunes)
News Bulletins

CD011375.
CD 32/38 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
Road Of Life
Vic & Sade
Brave Tomorrow
Dave Harum (Show Only Lasts 1 Min.)
Tom Traynor w/An Eyewitness
Report From The Beach-head
Piano Fill

CD011376.
CD 33/38 (12:00-1:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
News At Noon (Includes A Report From London By W.W. Chaplain
Recorded Music Show
Elmer Peterson News
BBC Actuality Recordings
George Wheeler Aboard The Cruiser “Augusta” 3 hours Before “H” Hour
Tommy Traynor From SHAEF
Hollenbeck Summary

CD011377.
CD 34/38 (1:00-2:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
Mary Margaret McBride w/Ben Ames Williams
Morgan Beatty News And Analysis

CD011378.
CD 35/38 (2:00-3:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
Guiding Light (Part 1 Of The General Mills Hour)
Today’s Children (Part 2 Of The General Mills Hour)
The Woman In White (Part 3 Of The General Mills Hour)
Hymns Of All Churches (Part 4 Of The General Mills Hour)

CD011379.
CD 36/38 (3:00-4:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
A Woman Of America
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young’s Family
H.V. Kaltenborn

CD011380.
CD 37/38 (4:00-5:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
Mary Noble, Backstage Wife
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown

CD011381.
CD 38/38 (5:00-6:00 p.m.) 06/07/44
When A Girl Marries
We Love And Learn
W.W. Chaplain From London
Robert Duff (BBC)
Communiqué #4 Is Read
Robert St. John
Front Page Farrell


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