Rod Williams, WSAI Cincinnati and Vietnam (0:31:33)
| . . . and it’s your job to do it, but you say to yourself, why in the hell have I got a job like this . . .
Dick Kirkpatrick, Washington Bureau Chief for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Congressman Robert Taft Jr. and a “network correspondent” named Dick Harris, join WSAI News Director Rod Williams for Vietnam Report. This was one of a series of programs that aired on WSAI during the 60’s. It was recorded during a ten day tour of Vietnam. Produced by Sam Jones, it showcases the period style of radio documentary (edited with a razor blade, of course) and is an excellent example of the importance assigned to news by Top 40 pioneer WSAI. This feature includes numerous interviews with servicemen, most of them young soldiers from Ohio. From back home, we hear phone calls from the families of those soldiers. And, one prediction by Williams turned out to be all too true. When asked by a caller if there is an end (to the war) in sight, he replies solemnly, “In my opinion, it’s going to go on for many years.” |