radio
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Farewell to CBS Radio News
Tonight ends the nearly 100-year run of the legendary CBS Radio News. CBS Radio was Edward R. Murrow’s “This Is London;” Robert Trout inventing the modern-day anchor during marathon all-night coverage of the D-Day invasion; wall-to-wall news of breaking news that used to draw the nation together; the poetry of Charles Osgood; the “World News… Continue reading
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Sounds from far away
Furniture or radio? Both. This is a Philco console radio, probably from the 1940s. I saw this while thrifting in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was only $65. No, I didn’t buy it. Not only would it not fit in my car, it wouldn’t fit where I live, either. But I know someone else is just… Continue reading
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Saying goodbye to WCBS, a radio icon
You don’t go long in journalism, without saying goodbye to a laid-off colleague. It took less than a year into my career, and it’s been a constant ever since. I’m feeling that pain all over again with the shutting down of WCBS Newsradio 880. It’s been hard listening to each one of these anchors, reporters,… Continue reading
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Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 