{"product_id":"2940169908909","title":"One Day in 1939: The Complete September 21st, 1939, WJSV CBS Broadcast (Remastered)","description":"\u003cp\u003e Arthur Godfrey, The Romance of Helen Trent, Our Gal Sunday, The Goldbergs, President Roosevelt¿s Address to Congress, Amos and Andy, Joe E. Brown, Major Bowes, Louis Prima, and more all in a row! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e This is a recording of a full broadcast day, remastered (from the National Archives transcript disks) by Joe Bevilacqua.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e On Thursday, September 21st, 1939, radio station WJSV (CBS) in Washington, D.C., recorded their entire broadcast day ¿ from sign on, to sign off. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This collection is the complete broadcast day of the Columbia Broadcasting System¿s radio station WJSV AM, Washington, D.C. September, 21, 1939, was recorded in part because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt¿s address to Congress. This twenty-fifth special session speech covered FDR¿s plans to change existing neutrality laws in light of the coming European war. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e You will hear everything as it was the day it was recorded ¿ that includes the pops and crackles, the station breaks, and the technical difficulties, along with all the music, comedy, drama, soap operas, a quiz show, war news, baseball, and advertisements that were aired on September 21st, 1939. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Let this One Day in 1939 be your personal time machine, as you traveled back to those days when 15 cents would buy a hamburger, a six-pack of Coke costs a quarter, and the future was on display at the 1939 New York World¿s Fair.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Among the more famous events involving WJSV was the recording of its entire broadcast day on September 21, 1939. The recording includes many famous radio programs of the time (including Amos `n Andy and Major Bowes¿ Original Amateur Hour), local programs featuring Arthur Godfrey and John Charles Daly before their national successes, a Cleveland Indians-Washington Senators baseball game, and a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt. The recording was saved in the National Archives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169223426288,"sku":"2940169908909","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169908909_p0.jpg?v=1769902507","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169908909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}