Audio Antiques

This is one of the oldest artifacts in the KRob Collection. From the year 1924, the National Defense Test Day Radio Broadcast, direct from the War Department in Washington DC. It was carried on the AT&T Radio Network, which was America's very first national radio network (It was later sold to NBC). The show linked military leaders from coast to coast. Keep in mind that broadcasting itself had...

This is an episode from a CBS Radio show show called The Free Company. It was produced by a group of writers, actors, and radio workers who came together voluntarily, to create plays about America's basic liberties. This 1941 episode is called A Start In Life. It's about the challenges and difficulties African-Americans faced in the deep south.  More at http://krobcollection.com

From December 29th, 1957, It's the NFL Championship game between the Cleveland Browns and the Detroit Lions as broadcast by NBC Radio. Both teams battled in 3 previous championship games, in 1952, 1953, and 1954. In this contest, the Browns were favored by 3 points. 12 people in the game made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame including, John Henry Johnson, Bobby Layne, Lou Groza, Jim Brown, an...

On January 4th, 1963, a ceremony was held marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. The Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African-Americans in the Confederate states, giving them freedom if they could escape rebel control. We'll hear this 100th anniversary celebration, as covered by VOA Radio. M...

We highlight the life of African-American actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson, was one of the driving forces in the civil rights movement starting in the early 20th century. Educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University, Robeson was a star football player, was named an All-American twice, and was inducted into the College football Hall of Fame.  He graduated with a law degree while...

From the year 1965, we're going to hear two shows from the ABC Radio series, Theater 5. The first episode is entitled Incident On US 1, a crime drama with a twist. It stars celebrated African-American actor James Earl Jones, who would go on to win three Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. The second episode is called A Bad Days Work, starring six-time Emmy and Golden Globe A...

From the year 1941, it's Forecast, a CBS Radio show that presented new or experimental programs the network was hoping would catch on with the public or sponsors. This edition had an all African-American cast, with two half hour segments. The first is Tree of Hope, broadcast from New York, the second is Jubilee broadcast from Hollywood. Forecast stars singer-actress Ethel Waters, bandleader/compos...

From 1939 this is an episode from one of the longest running series during the golden age of radio. Over a 20 year span, Lux Radio Theater adapted Broadway plays and films for broadcast. Putting countless Hollywood stars on the air. The one we're going to hear is a recreation of the movie Bullets or Ballots, starring film legends, Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart.  More at http://krobco...

It's the story of Harriet Tubman, the African-American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman not only escaped but  scores of fellow captives, including family and friends,  through the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist for women's suffrage.  More at...

This is NBC Radio and it's Blue Network coverage of the 1944 Democratic National Convention. World War Two was at it's peak, and Democrats met in Chicago to renominate President Franklin Roosevelt for a 4th term in office, even though there were many rumors that FDR was in very poor health. (He died a few months after the election) Meanwhile, the party establishment pulled Vice President Henry Wal...

From 1940, this is a show called The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street. It Was a popular a musical variety radio program, which was a satire of the high brow classical music programs on network radio at the time, and featured jazz and blues performers. Appearing on this episode are singer Dinah Shore, who would go on to have a 3 decade career on television. And Jelly Roll Morton, the leg...

Family therapist and author Leslie Landis, Rachel Zhou of GirlUp, and two representatives of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  For details visit http://krobcollection.com

The Great Gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast from 1941 to 1957. The series was built around the character Throckmorton Gildersleeve, small town water commissioner and his family. One of the co-stars was Lillian Randolph, an African-American actress and singer. But later in the series her actress sister Amanda Randolph took the role. Both were active during radio's golden age and w...

Destination Freedom is a Chicago based series form radio's classic era which brought to life the experiences of Black Americans. This episode is entitled, Ghost Editor. It's the story of Oklahoma newspaper publisher Roscoe Dunjee. He founded the Black Dispatch in 1915, it was the first African-American newspaper in Oklahoma City. Dunjee used it as a platform to support civil rights and to reveal t...

It's about life in the inner city. We have a 1944 episode of the classic radio drama New World A Coming. It's entitled...Ghettos, the Black Belt, Their History. The narrator is the celebrated African-American actor Canada Lee. For details visit http://krobcollection.com

This is a lesser known series from radio's golden age, the Adventures of Frank Merriwell. It's based on the life of a fictional college athlete at Yale University during the early years of the 20th century. The character appeared in over 300 dime novels, and a few comic books. It first appeared on NBC Radio in 1934. Here are two episodes from the late 1940's. More at http://krobcollection.com

Labor Gangsters, Helping Drop-Outs, and the War On Drugs.  More at http://krobcollection.com

Its time for Jubilee, a radio program that featured African American musicians and singers Most of the shows were staged in Los Angeles and broadcast to US. Troops around the world. This 1942 episode features composer, pianist, and orchestra leader Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters a singer and actress who in 1939 was the first African-American to appear in her own TV show, and Eddie Anderson, an actor...

The spotlight is on Nat King Cole, the legendary singer, jazz pianist, and actor. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts from the 1930s through the 1960s. Cole also acted in films and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American male to host a U.S. network TV series. Before Nat Cole began appearing on television, he made many appearances on radio, including on th...

Ventriloquism, PMS, and Heart Attacks.  More at KRobCollection.com

American Romance, World Walk, and Self Care. For details visit http://krobcollection.com

The Music of H the Great, one of the most prolific and talented creators of intelligent, ambient techno and more. Copyright © 2015 & 2022 by HBeatz330, All Rights Reserved.  For details visit http://krobcollection.com

The Music of H the Great, one of the most prolific and talented creators of intelligent, ambient techno and more. Copyright © 2015 & 2022 by HBeatz330, All Rights Reserved.  For details visit http://krobcollection.com

The Music of H the Great, one of the most prolific and talented creators of intelligent, ambient techno and more. Copyright © 2015 & 2022 by HBeatz330, All Rights Reserved.  For details visit http://krobcollection.com

The Music of H the Great, featuring one of the most prolific and talented creators of intelligent, ambient, soulful techno and more. Hosted by Ken Robinson. Copyright © 2023 by HBeatz330, All Rights Reserved. More at http://krobcollection.com