In Breaking Walls episode 152 we focus on broadcasting during one of the most important days of the 20th Century. In doing so, we’ll feel, hour by hour, the harrowing emotions Americans felt eighty years ago, and maybe in the process, remember something about ourselves. —————————— Highlights: • The Invasion Begins • The First Eye Witness Account of the Invasion • Sunrise Reports from NYC • Reports from London • CBS World News at 9AM with Douglas Edwards • Four Morning Soap Operas at 10AM • Amanda of Honeymoon Hill & Second Husband • Charles De Gaulle's Famous Speech • Aunt Jenny’s Real-Life Stories • High Noon with Kate Smith & Invasion Updates • Big Sister • Mid-Day Reports from Edward R. Murrow and John Daly • Portia Faces Life & Joyce Jordan, MD • Perry Mason • King George VI's Famous Speech and More Invasion Updates • Lowell Thomas Reports on NBC at Dinnertime • The Passing Parade and an Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem For Our Troops • HV Kaltenborn Comments on The Invasion • Norman Corwin's Ode To Carl Sandburg • George Burns & Gracie Allen with Dinah Shore • Reaction to the Invasion from Around The Country • A Special Fibber McGee & Molly & The Doctor Fights Debuts • FDR's D-Day Prayer & A Special Bob Hope Show • The Last Red Skelton Show Before He Left For The War • Closing Out The Day & Looking Ahead to Independence Day —————————— The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— The reading material used in today’s episode was: • Radio Speakers--A Biographical Dictionary — By Jim Cox • On The Air — By John Dunning • Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg As well as articles from • Broadcasting Magazine • CBSNews.com • GlobalNews.ca • LIFE Magazine • Military-History.org • The New York Times • The New York Daily News • Presidency.UCSB.edu • RadioArchives.com • Radio Daily —————————— On the interview front: • André Baruch, Mel Blanc, Ken Carpenter, Norman Corwin, Alice Frost, Barbara Luddy, Bret Morrison, Ken Roberts, Kate Smith, and Olan Soule spoke with Chuck Schaden. Hear these full chats at Speakingofradio.com. • Himan Brown, Staats Cotsworth, Jim Jordan, Mandel Kramer, and Jan Miner, spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these interviews at Goldenage-WTIC.org • Joan Banks spoke to SPERDVAC. For more info, go to SPERDVAC.com • Fran Carlon, John Daly, and Ben Grauer spoke for Westinghouse’s 50th anniversary. • Ned Calmer, Doug Edwards, Lowell Thomas, Charles Osgood, and Bob Trout spoke to CBS for their 50th anniversary. • HV Kaltenborn spoke to NBC for their 50th anniversary • Charles Collingwood and Bob Trout spoke to the makers of Please Stand By • Bob Trout also spoke to the Television Academy • George Burns spoke with Barbara Walters • Red Skelton spoke with Dini Petty