Clifton Utley, September 12, 1941; Elmer Davis and the News

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Track 1 contains Clifton Utley reading the news, sponsored by Skelly Oil, a day after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech on freedom of the seas. Utley is followed by local programing from Oklahoma City station WKY, with reference to a WKY listening post for German shortwave radio. Track 2 contains a weekly summary of news from CBS, followed by Elmer Davis and the News, which was broadcast locally in Oklahoma City on KOMA. This recording appears to have been copied from a tape, and artifacts of tape recording, such as speed irregularities, are present.

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Utley, Clifton M. (Clifton Maxwell), 1904-1978 & Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958 1941-09~.

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This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: The Glass Broadcast Transcription and was provided by the UNT Music Library to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 101 times. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

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Track 1 contains Clifton Utley reading the news, sponsored by Skelly Oil, a day after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech on freedom of the seas. Utley is followed by local programing from Oklahoma City station WKY, with reference to a WKY listening post for German shortwave radio. Track 2 contains a weekly summary of news from CBS, followed by Elmer Davis and the News, which was broadcast locally in Oklahoma City on KOMA. This recording appears to have been copied from a tape, and artifacts of tape recording, such as speed irregularities, are present.

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1 recording (34 min., 51 sec.)

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The Glass Broadcast Transcription

Selection of recordings drawn from a larger tangible collection of glass-base, 16-inch broadcast transcriptions held by the UNT Music Library. These examples from the 1940s include speeches from Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other politicians, news reports, and musical programs.

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  • 1941-09~

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  • Aug. 12, 2019, 4:48 p.m.

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  • Aug. 14, 2019, 4:14 p.m.

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Utley, Clifton M. (Clifton Maxwell), 1904-1978 & Davis, Elmer, 1890-1958. Clifton Utley, September 12, 1941; Elmer Davis and the News, audio recording, 1941-09~; New York, NY. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1531956/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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