"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which was broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938 over the CBS Radio Network. The episode was d
Orson Welles explaining to reporters that he had not intended to cause panic (October 31, 1938)
The New York Times headline from October 31, 1938
After "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, photographers lay in wait for Welles at the all-night rehearsal for Danton's Death at the Mercury Theatre (October 31, 1938)
Welles takes questions from reporters at a press conference the day after the broadcast, on October 31, 1938
Golden Age of Radio
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The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of comme
Radios for sale in an Ohio store, 1930s
Rehearsal for the World War II radio show You Can't Do Business with Hitler with John Flynn and Virginia Moore. This series of programs, broadcast at least once weekly by more than 790 radio stations in the United States, was written and produced by the radio section of the Office of War Information (OWI).
Radio-related World War II propaganda poster
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast by Orson Welles on electrical transcription disc