"A Little Bit Of Everything" (1928 Radio Broadcast)

Recently, I was able to find a handful of 1920s radio broadcasts, most of them being Edison experimental recordings. This one was aired on 9/11/1928, and as the title suggests, has a nice sampling of programming, not just music.

[@susanpage8315]

My dad played a harmonica on the air in 1926, when he was 6. That’s almost 100 yrs ago!

[@TheBeatMakersGuild]

98 is not close to 100 in my subjective opinion

[@Blake-sg8xg]

@@TheBeatMakersGuild💀

[@Ðogecoin]

😂

[@yesand5536]

My dad sold your dad the harmonica!

[@myyoutubepage199]

the scary thing about it is that all these voices are deceased ppl. These people never would have though that almost 100 years later we will be listening to their voices. Amazing stuff .

[@deanronson6331]

How smart of you to have concluded that humans are mortal and to be amazed by that fact.

[@patjustpat1083]

@@deanronson6331 i see you have decided to be "that guy"

[@deanronson6331]

@@patjustpat1083 Somebody has to be given the sheer stupidity of threadbare cliche comments on YT parading as wisdom of the ages.

[@AckzaTV]

They knew about archives

[@AckzaTV]

@@patjustpat1083 shut ur trap ya vamp

[@Perktube1]

Imagine going back in time, sneaking in on air, blasting a couple of Rush songs then leaving before the cops could bust in.

[@chuckdavis1323]

Or two live crew! !

[@HelloWorld-lg1pz]

@@chuckdavis1323 or an old mayhem demo with extra treb

[@newforestpixie5297]

or Hideous Divinity - they make quite an impressive racket . we saw Rush at southampton in June 1980 . John literally shat himself cos he only knew permanent waves so wasn’t anticipating the firebombs in 2112 overture 😁🐢

[@gaildivico3151]

My Dad was born in 1916 and loved the radio. I remember him telling me all about the shows he listened to. I'm so glad I am able to do the same now, too! Many thanks for this channel!

[@doodlespiral7110]

Time traveler

[@TheBeatMakersGuild]

did his uncle fk with 1890s music cuz that stuff bangs hard asf

[@jeaniechowdhury6739]

So fun to hear people talking from way back then. I just love it. I could listen to this for hours. I want to go back there for one month.

[@adamantman3200]

Just don't go back to October, 1929! The bottom dropped out of everyone's fun and good times when the stock market crashed and burned.

[@BonesofStarlight]

This helped me write my fiction set in the 20's, thank you so much!

[@The1920sChannel]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@BonesofStarlight]

@@The1920sChannel You're seriously underrated and under watched.

[@The1920sChannel]

@@BonesofStarlight Thanks again! I guess I'll have to rely on word of mouth for more exposure

[@masterag4068]

Alice Bones I was here for the same thing. What a small world 😀

[@helplessnarwhal3722]

No way! I am as well! What’s your story about? Are you still working on it?

[@railkale]

That was wonderful! I wish radio was still like this.

[@chuckdavis1323]

When radio was. WBBM 📻

[@ksol1460tv]

@@chuckdavis1323 News Radio 78!

[@0dnako]

I don't know why, but I feel calm. Thank you very much from Russia!

[@buzz_archive]

Listen to old time radio can be very calming.

[@debbiesittard7979]

Yes, these old radio programs are very calming especially in a world of chaos we are experiencing today.

[@duckman531]

1920's radio....is... just....so....slow........

[@alastosgamingchannel7745]

@@debbiesittard7979 in a world of chaos and the fear that world war 3 could start any minute

[@Missle1001]

Do you still feel calm over there in Russia now in March 2022 ?

[@Perktube1]

Before this channel I knew little about the '20's. I just looked old and depressing, like a shredded piece of brown cloth nailed to a stick. Then I discovered art deco, the world's fair, then this channel. 😁

[@N6MKC]

The image is the storefront of the Sunshine Radio Service Company of 533 Oak Street, Toledo, Ohio. The building looks to have been demolished a few decades ago. Hence the importance of keeping old, historic photographs. It's the only view we'll ever get to see of a once thriving industry :)

[@dogerecords5312]

Interesting I live near Toledo.

[@lizj5740]

Is that a Bell Telephone symbol on the front door, and if so, did that mean a public telephone was available inside?

[@mrnasty02106]

As much as I hate Chicago, I also lived in Toledo. Not that much better, but still hated that city. I hate any of these "industrial powerhouse" cities. They're hideous and ugly.

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@mrnasty02106 Thank you, Debbie Downer.

[@mrnasty02106]

@@ApartmentKing66 I know who Debbie Downer is. I have a right to be like that. I'm looking to move to AZ, NM, or CA. Those worthless, industrial, rust belt cities are hideous and ugly.

[@Guven_B]

All radio broadcasts are still "live broadcasting" in the space 😊

[@Cuyt24]

My grandma was born in 1926 and she's not dead!

[@Frenite]

I disagree

[@Cuyt24]

@@Frenite she's alive

[@Frenite]

@@Cuyt24 That’s great!

[@comingasathiefinthenight1120]

@@Cuyt24 tell her about Jesus

[@Eusoik]

Wow, same! But shes slowly day by day passing away sadly. EDIT 2024: She died 5 months ago

[@josephconsoli4128]

Thanks for posting! This sounds great playing out of my 1924 Radiola III going through a special tone arm adapter to the horn speaker on my 1925 Victrola. It's like going back in time! :)

[@heru-deshet359]

Ha Ha. I do the same with many of my old sets. I especially enjoy it out of my old Zenith.

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@heru-deshet359 Cool to hear a collector that does the same thing. Since I first started collecting I love period material on an old set. It's fun too with vintage TV's. The Honeymooners on my mini '49 bakelite Admiral console makes it a whole new experience.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@josephconsoli4128 Oh God yes! Do you have a "period" room in your house where your radios are? It really sets me in the mood and transports me to that time.

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@heru-deshet359 We're totally on the same page here! My entire apartment pays homage to the 1930's. Along with all my sets are art deco lamps, clocks, ashtrays, and so forth. One thing I always avoided is just to stack non-working sets up. Mine are all working and ready to play. I have an AM transmitter for the radios and an older VHS/DVD player for the TV's. For an hour each evening I play a chosen set and transport back to that era. I guess were "old souls"! I almost feel like I lived in the 1930's. Music, movies, and items from that era make me feel good.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@josephconsoli4128 It would be great to have you as a neighbor, lol!

[@robertbrown-qf8xy]

What a rarity! Thanks for your work in recovering these very early broadcasts. A real gem!

[@Mr_x_19922]

1920s internet. Listening to this is so soothing and relaxing for some reason, maybe it's like going back to better times

[@mrnasty02106]

Soothing my ass! I can't believe I used to like this shit. You have to be on drugs to have this soothe you. In fact, people did drugs in the 20s too. Do your reading and research some time. Coca-Cola originally had cocaine in its recipe.

[@chuckdavis1323]

For some

[@Frida3728]

“…and in friendly fashion, good luck”. In my imagination, that phrase just conveys 1928.

[@cards0486]

I’ve become addicted to these videos. Thank you for such a wonderful gift.

[@mancave10369]

Alastor: *Good times, good times…*

[@vertynex]

Не ожидал тут этой шутки

[@holllow]

@@vertynexme neither

[@deadassno.1]

Even I came to this video for a clue of what it sounded like

[@korahholl810]

@@deadassno.1same lmao!

[@deadassno.1]

@@korahholl810 Funny to actually see that some Hazbin fellows came here for the same reason lol

[@jeffking4176]

Love this. (( I just got a “Talking House “ AM transmitter. Now I can Transmit this [ and other stuff] to my antique radios, and play all this old stuff.)) I’m enjoying this video immensely. 📻🙂

[@johnmoesche3959]

This reminds of the Twilight Zone episode, “Static”, where Rod Serling opening narrated: “No one ever saw one quite like that, because that’s a very special sort of radio. In its day, circa 1935, its type was one of the most elegant consoles on the market. Now with its fabric-covered speakers, its peculiar yellow dials, its serrated knobs, it looks quaint and a little strange. Mr Ed Lindsey is going to find out how strange very soon when he tunes into the Twilight Zone”. And Rod Serling closing narrated, “Around the corner he goes, and where he stops, and where he stops nobody knows. All Ed Lindsey knows is that he wanted a second chance and he finally got it, through a strange and wonderful time machine called a radio in the Twilight Zone”.

[@dantep4966]

I love that episode, that’s the one where the radio keeps playing “I’m getting sentimental over you”

[@huntrrams]

Loved this episode!

[@newforestpixie5297]

Playing this music through old stereo to share with neighbours whilst doing the garden. Wonderful 😃

[@uslines]

Listening to this with Western-Electric earphones from the mid 1920's. Only wish more 1920's broadcasts were available. Very, very rare. Thanks .

[@sarahmuller4535]

Am I the only one getting heavy spongebob vibes from the piece starting at 39:05 ?

[@Brinoctopus]

Holy shit. It's like.... Exactly SpongeBob

[@justinthyme7275]

I am so glad to be too old to know anything about spongebob. Young people are so messed up today. The elite have really played people like chess pieces.

[@MichaelTurner856]

@@justinthyme7275 Who are "the elite", how have they "played" young people and what the hell does any of it have to do with a kids show like spongebob squarepants? 😂

[@justinthyme7275]

@@MichaelTurner856 Ask the person who alluded to Spongebob.

[@BbqheroMax]

@@justinthyme7275 I am genuinely curious on your perspective. Who is the elite you're referring to? How does Spongebob play into it? I really want to know what you have to say

[@niggleabductor]

Wow! Such a relic! Also the same year the FIRST Walt Disney film was made! Thank you for preserving this for all to hear! You've earned a subscriber!

[@johnnyangel64]

.....and look at what Disney is doing today. Should sicken every moral American today!

[@caitlinbreanna3422]

This makes my old soul brighten. I was born in 1999, but sometimes I feel a longing feeling like I was born too late. I was always told that Im an old soul. 1920s was the decade I should've lived through. :(

[@angelatownley9926]

Perhaps, you did live at that time, hence why you feel as you do. 😉👍

[@jlane99]

I was also born in 99 yet feel the same way.

[@saladcat8305]

1928 would have been a bad year for you

[@valentinius62]

More entertaining than the vast majority of shows on the radio today...or for many, many years...and I wasn't even around when this was recorded.

[@jeffking4176]

I really don’t think very many of us were around when this was recorded.😁 Still great stuff. 📻🙂

[@JrGoonior]

I'm 51 and listen to a lot of shows that were before me. The Sirius in my car rarely leaves the Radio Classics channel.

[@billviolette2510]

I've studied paternal grandmother's history and I can literally picture her mother and family listening to this stuff in the evenings on their Atwater Kent. It was huge, with a massive horn and big dials. I wish I had an exact model number. But that's as it was described by a neighbor who went there as a kid to hear football games.

[@alexkalish8288]

Broadcast Radio was 7 years old when this was made. Amazing quality ..thanks !

[@kittkattgo]

My Mother was born in November 1928. I imagine her Parent's as well as her Aunt's and Uncle's were listeners!

[@franm.k.5832]

This whole time period makes me think of The Great Gatsby. We had to read it in highschool and I didn't appreciate it then. Now I love the book and the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio

[@holllow]

i’m reading it right now for high school! i should try to enjoy it i think

[@Cubeilly]

Thank you so much! Your assistance has been invaluable in helping me build a radio within my game. I truly appreciate all the information you provided.

[@LeMecMoustachu]

Sometimes we just want to sit back and enjoy the glorious 20's to forget this crazy 21'st century time. Thanks

[@Hey_its_Koda]

I love this era.

[@overpricedhealthcare]

if you were black you wouldn't

[@derekmoran8385]

🧸♥️

[@thatmexican1133]

@@overpricedhealthcare basically if you weren't white you probably wouldn't have a great time 😂

[@zxzxzx3734]

acting like you were even alive

[@benmac1089]

@@overpricedhealthcare Ever hear of the Harlem Renaissance?

[@richholoch8230]

My family immigrated from Germany to Newark in 1926 (where this broadcast was from). Cool to hear what my grandparents and young father might have heard on the radio. I used to visit the Edison Labs in Menlo Park, NJon school field trips.

[@Zenocrat]

This is fantastic. Thank you!

[@versica7791]

Alastor would love dis

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

I wonder who listened to this when it came on. So interesting to think about

[@heru-deshet359]

Everyone. Even when there was TV many people listened to many radio shows up until the early 70s.

[@Bennport]

@@heru-deshet359 CBS Radio Mystery came about sometime around 1974, nightly M-F. I began trading OTR about 1971. RADIO YESTERYEAR, in New York, had some very unusual old shows.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@Bennport Thanks. Although I meant in 1928.

[@nyaphrodisiac]

It was me ❤️

[@alastosgamingchannel7745]

@@nyaphrodisiac salutations my good fellow

[@stephenatchison1353]

18:34 a big band version of Franz Lizst Liebestraum No. 3, performed here by B.A. Rolfe Lucky Strike Orchestra. There were many such arrangements made of this piece.

[@insideSherasHeadJesusChrist]

Amazing energy thank you Jesus Christ

[@giannagomez3836]

This helped me write fill out my graphic organizer about 1920s news! Thank you!

[@jeremybear573]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for this!

[@BonesofStarlight]

Good to see you've taken off! Good on you for sticking with it!

[@giovanniscimeca7761]

Please post more radio shows from the 20s!

[@robkunkel8833]

THANKS! 🙏🤙🏽The post about the Radiola III and especially the comments has brought me to a different level in my life. I already listen to phonograph records of older 1850s - 1950s music on a fairly common commercial educational phonograph from the 50-60s. It’s all about analogue and uniqueness for me but what others are doing is much more interesting. My music playing studio has two eras, 1959 for “Adventures in Paradise Remembered” (a FB page) and 1850s Europe for that type of music.

[@musicurio]

excellent stuff! thanks. sounds great through my 1923 GECoPHONE!

[@Ethergirl]

I'm really impressed by the sound quality of this recording. Many radio shows this old that I find on youtube are full of static or scratchy noises. Just wondering, do you have any kind of information about the performers or the various songs performed in the program? Either way I'm really enjoying this. Thanks for posting!

[@myyoutubepage199]

its cause this one seems restored. The fuzzy stuff you refer to is alot better because its untouched or un polished, I like the fuzzy sound because it makes it sound alot more nostalgic

[@Queserasera_LaLaLa]

Yeah, the pops and hissing weren't in the original broadcast tho. The pops and hisses were from dust build up on old record.

[@CadillacL]

What an awesome find.

[@eddieboggs8306]

I have a number of antique radios and an AM/@FM transmitter. I play the audio through those old radios which played the originals.

[@bluenetmarketing]

The fidelity and richness of the sound is amazing. I also have to ask what sort of recording equipment and media was used.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

It's nice hearing mostly regular American accents instead of "transatlantic".

[@mrnasty02106]

Those were around back then. Most of the nation (outside the industrial/ethnic centers, and the south) was regular American.

[@theprofessor3684]

not gunna lie I was expecting a: "greetings and salutations from the radio demon! I hope you're tuning in!"

[@boopboop..]

lmaoooo same

[@chloeg6399]

Lol that's the resson I got learning about this time era

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Ehh? What?

[@anthonymarocco955]

Fantastic! Thank You

[@23mikakev]

Ty for this i love old radio & i love to write about old stuff with my characters tysm!

[@lovergirl6990]

Idk what to call it, but this makes me so comfortable. I wish I was born in these times.

[@skekim]

This is few years before the great depression. I would rather not be born at those times :D But the music, style and everything was great back then.

[@luizgiao652]

Feel the same

[@ushireborn]

lol women generally had a much worse time during this period. surely you are joking

[@ushireborn]

@@renemarie5936 naturally your grandmother would have a different perspective... but scholars (both male and female) objectively state otherwise. Women were still considered 2nd class citizens and still had much less control over their bodies than they do now due to laws and technology. furthermore, the birth control pill wasn't even invented until 1960. women AS A WHOLE (hell... PEOPLE as a whole) have it much better now, regardless of whatever nostalgic romanticized illusions they want to place themselves under.

[@ushireborn]

@@renemarie5936 the fact that many people are unhappy now has little to do with the lack of freedom and more to do with what people concern and inundate themselves with. For example, fixation with "social media" and unrealistic expectations placed upon themselves greatly affects people (especially women) negatively... moreso than any other factor. Futhermore, The more radically progressive people try to subscribe to being, the more unhappy they become. This has NOTHING to do with whether or not Women are living in a more fruitful period in history, socially, economically, and technologically. Women still have more OPPORTUNITIES than any other period before this... unless your values begin and end with the traditional view of marriage and a pigeonholed view of the world. I am no champion of neo-feminism, but a strawman argument is just that.

[@project6productions924]

Ahhhhhh yes that beutiful bark of a tenor banjo!

[@jessicahawks3223]

I have letters between my great grandparents about getting married in 1922 and the older ones worrying about them rushing in...i like to think of them both in college listening to stuff like this together

[@wincentywiewiorczak4114]

My gradpa was born in 1927. He died this year.

[@counterintelligencereports7867]

Dam people were already going crazy 100 years ago. I thought it was a modern thing.

[@fritz1143]

49:43 ah Harry, what a memer.

[@eugenekim8417]

Reminds me of Boardwalk Empire. Love this thank you

[@hamburgareable]

Same here!!

[@oki6241]

I love radio📻😌🎶

[@enriqueperales8136]

Great work 👏

[@johnnyyuma9798]

We can all say we have lived in the 20s today's 20s in 50 years people will see the 20s as 2020s

[@kyleflounder9783]

I decided to write my History class term paper on 1920s advertising in terms of evolution and impacts, so I found this radio broadcast pretty helpful. I've been struggling with this assignment, and I think part of the problem is I haven't engrossed myself in the 20's enough. Especially since I'm discussing advertising, being able to hear what radio was like back then helps a lot! Dunno if you're still around on here, but if you are, can you point me toward finding *genuine* 1920s radio ads? KZbin is full of poorly labeled school projects. -_-

[@The1920sChannel]

Radio advertisements from the 1920s are hard to find since most of the surviving radio broadcasts from that time were experimental recordings by Edison Labs, who weren't sponsored. The only thing I can think of is a 1929 episode of "Amos 'N' Andy" on the Internet Archive that had an ad at the beginning, but it had clearly been added in later, so I'm not sure if the date for that matches with the date of the episode. And since the episode was before the show was sponsored by Pepsodent (which is what is being advertised), it's very questionable. The ad is probably from no later than the early 1930s. But here's the link if you want to take a listen for yourself. The episode in question at the beginning of track 24: archive.org/details/AmosAndy_373 The only surviving sponsored radio broadcast recording is aa 1929 episode of "Maytag Frolics," though I don't remember hearing an ad. But maybe I missed something. You can also find that on the Internet Archive here on track 3: archive.org/details/Singles_And_Doubles_Singles_L-N Another good source might be a site called "America In Class," where there are some collected primary sources on various 1920s subjects, including consumerism. They also include a few silent movie theater ads from the 1920s. So maybe that will be useful for you. Here's the link for that: americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/prosperity/text3/text3.htm There was a book I had to read in college about the development of consumerism in America in the late 1910s and 1920s, but I can't seem to find it online since I forgot the exact title. I'll get back to you if I can find it. Let me know if you can't see the links I gave. I'm not sure if KZbin deletes them or not. Good luck on your paper!

[@novideostoday]

@@The1920sChannel Hello. I'm interested in the book you're talking about. Can you remember the title now? D:

[@OofusTwillip]

The ads in vintage magazines show the style of advertising back then. In those early days, there were very few rules about advertising, so sponsors could make all kinds of claims, and mention the product as many times as they wanted to. There were many ads for quack medicines. I also collect recordings of old radio shows. I don't have any from the 1920s, but the earliest episodes of "The Jack Benny Show" (1933) gratuitously mention the sponsor's product every couple of minutes, which is as annoying as it sounds. In the 1920s-early 1950s, a show had only one sponsor, so all its commercials were for the sponsor's products. As TV became popular, sponsors put all of their advertising budgets into TV. Radio shows were either "sustaining" (no sponsor), or had many commercials from many sponsors.

[@kyleflounder9783]

@@OofusTwillip this was a very nice read. I didn't realize radio today is nowhere near as ostentatious as it once was. I still find it pretty annoying now at times, but man I would have probably hated it in the early days!

[@Gail1Marie]

I'm sure I'm reaching you too late for this project, but you should research John R. Brinkley, a quack doctor who peddled the idea of transplanted goat glands (!) starting in 1918. He established radio station KFKB in Kansas largely to advertise his quack medicine business. He ultimately lost both his medical license and broadcasting license, but he reestablished himself in Villa Acuna, Mexico (across the border from Del Rio, Texas). There he started radio station XER, the original 50,000-watt "border blaster." His advertising is an example of the specious claims made by advertisers in the 1920s.

[@michaeloleary1867]

Love it!

[@jhon2k1y]

Fantastic!, A travel in time

[@danocable]

Fantastic!!!!!

[@michaelc3051]

Incredible. To think this was broadcast during the final weeks of the Coolidge presidency, pre-Wall Street Crash America! What a piece of history.

[@Daviej5700]

Wonderful!

[@TheWastedPaperProject]

Sunshine radio has a little museum in my little hometown of Sodus NY :)

[@josephsoto9933]

I hear this music and I'm reminded of the Black American Soldiers in France during WW1 who introduced "Jazz" to Europeans.

[@utubercouchvegetable2172]

I wish i could and knew how to feel deeper so that this would blow my mind more.. its like low bitrate versions of full on electric synthphonic orchestras

[@CapeCrusader77]

دائماً احب اردد هذي الجمله وافعلها: "لا تستطيع الذهاب للمستقبل ورؤيته؟" -. "تقدر ترجع للماضي وتستكشفه وتقارنه بالحاضر"! فا سواء كان ماضي عربي او اجنبي مهما كان راح تنصدم وتستغرب من الماضي وفيه اشياء كثير حلوه لم يعد لها وجود في هذا الزمن...

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Balizane...

[@MultiStats]

This was very interesting to hear. I guess commercials were not pre-prepared. The live announcers had to do any commercials.

[@surefmeurope5766]

Didn't expect to hear Rick Dees first ever show...😂

[@sdgakatbk]

Very nice.

[@Somelady464]

If you believe in reincarnation - how many of use are listening to ourselves on these old shows?

[@zippychipz2800]

listened to this while making my antique inspired paper dolls :) this really made it easy to get the feel of the style. oh to live in the 1920s.....

[@garymattscheck9066]

Imagine how it would've been to hear Vaughn De Leath or Billy Jones and Ernest Hare,The Happiness Boys on radio in 1928.

[@trivet1970]

rare stuff here!

[@LouBloom-fp7xq]

the creators of this channel are probably so confused as to why the comment section keeps on mentioning a ‘radio demon’

[@OofusTwillip]

0:22:57 is a piece of music from Laurel & Hardy films.

[@morelhunter3966]

How did you choose the 1920s for your channel? It’s a fascinating time period.

[@The1920sChannel]

One reason is because I'm so interested in it and there were so many different videos I could do. And, like you said, it's a fascinating period. But honestly, another reason is that I knew I would have less copyright problems if I used really old source material (things go into the public domain after 95 years) lol

[@derekmoran8385]

@@The1920sChannel ♥️🧸🌺

[@TroN_Nradio_Alastor]

hahaha good times

[@zxzxzx3734]

you weren't alive

[@MrBlueMar]

@@zxzxzx3734 Someone didn't get the reference

[@deadassno.1]

​@@MrBlueMar 😶

[@theboredprogrammer1114]

Earliest podcast? Or the 1920s Good Mythical Morning? Lmao. Seriously, English is my second language and the audio is perfectly understandable and clear enough.

[@oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529]

The election results from the 1920 presidential election does survive as the oldest broadcast ... station kdka

[@mjb784533]

That is a 1950 re-creation. It is not a real recording of the real broadcast.

[@garyfrancis6193]

Those boys really cut a rug. Just right for spooning in my flivver. 23 skidoo.

[@myckeee]

Imagine someone at that time listening to this music quality through speakers he’s trying to purchase, and he says. “My gosh, ring me up for these speakers will you, the music on this set of speakers is so clear. You can really hear the instruments.” And to us, this is such low quality lol

[@Sonic-dogmagic]

Time travel through music 🎶

[@DemetriDavis18]

So this is what Alastor use to do

[@pumpkinjunkin]

😭

[@jamesmiller4184]

Man! Off-the-air stuff from this era is bucoup rare! Brunswick also had a few I've heard. They may have been "Brunswick Varieties." I have two and they are SWELL. The announcer is more polished, stuffed-shirt type actually but, it all comes together like crazy -- the bees' knees really buzzing. Please try to secure all of the Edison air-check material you can.

[@jimhilliker2450]

So, was this recorded off the air from a radio broadcast, or a re creation of a broadcast made in a recording studio? Or a record made while they were actually broadcasting?

[@The1920sChannel]

This was part of Edison Lab's recording experiments during the late '20s, so it's an actual live broadcast, though not many of them were made.

[@oh_poor_damaged_mepatrick1529]

Again kdka 1920 oldest surviving news radio broadcast does survive and it's a helluva lot more civil than this year's election

[@mjb784533]

The KDKA recording is a re-creation made in 1950 for Volume 3 of I Can Hear It Now. It is the original announcer Rosenberg, however. But it is not a real recording of the broadcast.

[@sabrinamoore1218]

My right ear enjoyed this audio

[@Eye.252]

Some of them voices are 1850’s babies 👶, 😂

[@lylelylers]

What artist is doing the amazing triple tonguing on the trumpet at the 25 minute and 45 second spot?

[@lizzylin6819]

Someone, please add subtitles in English to listen to the podcast.

[@alastosgamingchannel7745]

28:54 what song is this

[@1954crc]

Just think,people,if you hear anyone who is 63 years old on this broadcast,they were born in 1865,when the Civil War ended and when Lincoln was shot and killed.

[@jimsteele9261]

There was a guy on the 50's tv show I've Got a Secret who was an actual witness to the Lincoln assassination. I think he was 5 at the time.

[@1954crc]

@@jimsteele9261 I think I saw that episode one time.

[@rudylittlewolf]

Anyone know the title of the piece starting at 55:30? Google Sound Search does not find anything on it. Very catchy tune! Thanks for any info!

[@RatPfink66]

_Delirium,_ by Arthur Schutt, a prominent jazz pianist. A popular instrumental number, often recorded.

[@rudylittlewolf]

@@RatPfink66 Thank you for the info! Much appreciated!!

[@slashJker]

I dont know why it's breaking my mind that radio voices sounded so modern 90 something years ago. Where do I think our radio came from?

[@josephsoto9933]

Yeah I was thinking that also. It must be the clarity of the sound....no scratches or pops...

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Wow my grandparents were just toddlers during this. 🤣

[@garymattscheck9066]

I could fix up something so I could have it playing through the Cygnet horn on my Edison cylinder phonograph.The horn would be my radio speaker.