1942 Philco News Reports FDR's Death

1942 Philco News Reports FDR's Death. After finally replacing the caps in it, I played this recording from archive.org over a toy AM transmitter which the radio is actually receiving.

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[MrTalbotFisher1984]

FDR died in 1945, not 1942.

[zootsuit7]

@MrTalbotFisher1984 You are correct. My "1942 Philco" is receiving a report on FDR's death as if it were only a 3 year old radio. Thanks for your comment!

[altfactor]

@soulierinvestments In the 1950's, John Charles Daly was not only host of "What's My Line", but also anchor of ABC's evening television newscast.

I've heard an urban legend that Daly was first to broadcast the news on TV that the Russians had launched Sputnik.

Is that true??

[soulierinvestments]

The president died in Georgia at 3:35 p.m. CST in Warm Springs, Georgia. Warm Springs in those days was on Central Time. The first CBS bulletin, roughly an hour later, is read by John Charles Daly -- who also got to break the first CBS bulletin about the Pearl Harbor attack.

[MrTalbotFisher1984]

Ah, I see. The "1942" refers to the radio. Very neat.