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America's Town Meeting
''America's Town Meeting of the Air'' was a public affairs discussion broadcast on radio from May 30, 1935, to July 1, 1956, mainly on the NBC Blue Network and its successor, Citadel Media, ABC Radio. One of radio's first talk shows, it began as a six-week experiment, and NBC itself did not expect much from it. Broadcast live from New York City's The Town Hall (New York City), Town Hall, ''America's Town Meeting of the Air'' debuted on Thursday May 30, 1935, and only 18 of NBC's affiliates carried it."George V. Denny, Radio Host, Dead." ''New York Times'', November 12, 1959, p. 35. The topic for that first show was "Which Way America: Fascism, Communism, Socialism or Democracy?”Harry Allen Overstreet, Overstreet, Harry A. and Bonaro W. Overstreet. ''Town Meeting Comes to Town.'' Harper and Brothers, 1938. The moderator was George V. Denny, Jr., executive director of the League for Political Education, which produced the program. Denny moderated the program from 1935 to 1952 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Edward VII, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became King-Emperor, king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
