1938 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ctl-stories/1938/ Cold War Radio History Wed, 12 Jun 2024 05:17:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-CWRM-Mic2022-32x32.jpg 1938 Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/ctl-stories/1938/ 32 32 Future First Voice of America Director Introduces Americans To Entertainment Fake Radio News in 1938 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/timeline/future-first-voice-of-america-director-introduces-america-to-fake-entertainment-radio-news-in-1938/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:55:02 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?post_type=cool_timeline&p=14763 Cold War Radio Museum   One of the main reasons John Houseman was selected to produce the first Voice of America radio broadcasts in 1942 was his success in producing with Orson Welles in 1938 the first entertainment fake radio news broadcast in the United States. Many radio listeners were fooled by the realistic-sounding newscast […]

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