… … WEAF in the 30’s: Henry Aldrich, One Man’s Family, Major Bowes, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland at 12, Adolph Hitler, WWII, Pearl Harbor, War Bonds, Bob Hope, Burns & Allen, D-Day, German and Japanese Surrender, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly, WEAF becomes WNBC (11/46), Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Groucho Marx, Dragnet, Dimension X, Tallulah Bankhead and The Big Show … …
Tracy Carman writes:
“This is an aircheck from the day the music died: WNBC – The First 66 Years. It was contributed by Peter Kanze who provided the bulk of actualities and airchecks for the special, which is narrated by Dale Parsons. Dale is now in Hawaii, doing consulting, voice overs and enjoying the weather.
I remember sitting in my car, in the rain, listening to Alan Colmes do the final ID. They played the NBC chimes (the musical notes G E C, for General Electric Corporation) … followed by the start of Sports Radio 66 – WFAN.”
This special aired on October 7, 1988, from 12:10 pm – 1:40 pm.