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Daughters of the American Revolution Lecture Series: News Broadcasting During WWII

  • Belair Mansion 12207 Tulip Grove Drive Bowie, MD, 20715 United States (map)
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Before WWII, radio news tended to be leisurely commentary on current events rather than “hard” news. That changed dramatically during World War II when CBS hired Edward R. Murrow and he in turn hired young journalists such as Eric Sevareid, Charles Collingwood, and Larry LeSueur. Listening in your living room to Murrow’s live report from the roof of a London building as bombs were falling was difficult to forget. Join us as Brian Belanger, volunteer curator at the National Capital Radio & Television Museum in Bowie shares how news broadcasting changed forever.