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Radio Retrospective: The First Woman of Sound Effects
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Ora Nichols (left) and the CBS Sound Effects Team, Credit: Wikipedia
Ora Nichols lead the sound effects team that brought "War of the Worlds" to life on the radio. That doesn't mean she got along with Orson Wells. Me...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
131201 Replacing Thanksgiving With Mardi Gras
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... because there's more to art than "hits" played over and over and over again.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:38
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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In Duke Ellington's Eulogy to Billy Strayhorn he wrote, "His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others, but to himself." As we ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
KUT Sonic IDs for Christmas
From: KUT
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We wanted to hear about Christmas from the under 5 demographic and this is what we got!

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:35
Legends and Lore of Christmas-71
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Series wrap up – What is a Carol?

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-70
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella.”

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-69
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Gesu Bambino."

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-68
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of the Christmas Tree (4).

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KISU, KPIK-LP, WKSU, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 5
Legends and Lore of Christmas-67
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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The Christmas feasts of Sir Henry Grey and King Henry III.

Bought by KISU, WKSU, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 3
Legends and Lore of Christmas-66
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Christians Awake.”

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-65
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Carol of the Bells” and “I Saw Three Ships.”

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-64
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Trivia on Handel's "Messiah."

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Legends and Lore of Christmas-63
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Lulu Island in British Columbia, Canada, named for an American entertainer after her Christmas Eve performance.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:04
  • Purchases: 1
Legends and Lore of Christmas-62
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and author Philip Brooks.

Bought by KISU and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:04
  • Purchases: 2
Legends and Lore of Christmas-61
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Silent Night.”

Bought by WTIP and KISU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 2
Legends and Lore of Christmas-60
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “Good King Wenceslas” (2).

Bought by KISU, KRPS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 3
Legends and Lore of Christmas-59
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “The Night Before Christmas” and author Clement C. Moore (2).

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KISU, KPIK-LP, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 4
Legends and Lore of Christmas-58
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Italy: Birthplace of Christmas Carols.

Bought by KISU, KRPS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:04
  • Purchases: 3
Legends and Lore of Christmas-57
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Story of the Spirit of Christmas.

Bought by KISU and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 2
Legends and Lore of Christmas-56
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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Charles Wesley: Hymn Writer.

Bought by KISU and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 2
Legends and Lore of Christmas-55
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Legends and Lore of Christmas - Interstitials
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History of “We Three Kings.”

Bought by KISU and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 2