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1944 in radio

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The year 1944 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events

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R. Ernest Dupuy reads Communiqué Number One of SHAEF announcing the Normandy landings

Debuts

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Closings

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 28 June – Philippe Henriot, 55, Vichy French propaganda broadcaster and writer (assassinated)
  • 31 August – Max Otto Koischwitz, 42, German American Nazi propagandist
  • 16 November – Boake Carter, 45, American news commentator since the 1930s

References

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  1. ^ Seatter, Robert (2022). "1944". Broadcasting Britain: 100 years of the BBC. London: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780241567548.
  2. ^ Foot, M. R. D. (1999). SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive 1940–46. London: Pimlico. p. 143. ISBN 0-7126-6585-4.
  3. ^ a b Stourton, Edward (2017). Auntie's War: the BBC during the Second World War. London: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-857-52332-7.
  4. ^ "Col. R. Ernest Dupuy, 88, Dead; Publicist and Military Historian". The New York Times. 1975-04-26. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. ^ McDonough, John (1994). "The Longest Night: Broadcasting's First Invasion". The American Scholar. 63 (2): 198–201. ISSN 0003-0937. JSTOR 41212236.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  7. ^ "New "Frank Sinatra Show" Opens Jan. 5, Ginger Rogers First Guest". Harrisburg Telegraph. December 31, 1943. p. 17. Retrieved July 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon