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V-J DAY NBC COVERAGE: THE FRED WARING SHOW (RADIO)
Summary
Broadcast from Shawnee-on-Delaware. The program opens with "The Time Is Now," then switches to Roy Porter in Paris, with Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, and Larry Adler commenting on the significance of the war's end. Waring and Bivens ask several Shawnee residents their opinions on the end of the war. The show continues with "This Was a Real Nice Clambake," "Summer Breeze," "These Bones Gonna Rise Again," and "What Makes the Sun Set?" Recorded from WEAF (N.Y.).
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 14, 1945 Tuesday 11:00 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:35
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R76:0293
- GENRE: Radio - Music/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Day of Radio - 1945 August 14 11:00 am, WEAF; World War II - 1945 - Cease fire; V-J Day
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1945-1950
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Tom Bennett … Producer, Director
- Fred Waring … Host
- Bill Bivens … Announcer
- Jack Benny … Guest
- Ingrid Bergman … Guest
- Larry Adler … Guest
- Roy Porter