From: TonyM (amugno@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 12:40:41 PDT
Can someone record this and convert it to an MP3 for those of us who dont
have access to XM radio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:12 PM
Subject: [MV] D-Day Program on XM
> Howdy List,
>
> These XM satellite radio folks do some great programming. Here's one not
to
> be missed ... it'll be on channel 04.
>
> Lar
> XM Radio's 1940's Channel brings history to life!
>
>
> D-Day ... the largest amphibious military operation in history. By land,
> sea and air . . . 6,000 naval ships and landing craft ... 12,000 aircraft
> ... 130,000 Allied troops, 18,000 of them parachuting behind enemy lines
...
> as the Allies invade Hitler's Europe!
>
>
>
> Now ... 60 years later to the minute ... beginning with the first
bulletin
> at 12:41 AM Eastern War Time, June 6th ... and continuing for the next 40
> hours ... hear this historic event unfold just as Americans heard the news
> on their radios ... only on XM Radio's 1940's Channel.
>
>
>
> In this era before there were satellites and television, Americans got
> their news from radio, which relied on Associated Press teletype reports
and
> shortwave radio for live broadcasts by journalists on the scene. The
> information was then delivered to those on the homefront by network
> newscasters and commentators who were trusted household names, such as H.
V.
> Kaltenborn, Morgan Beatty, Merrill Mueller, Richard Harkness and Robert
St.
> John with the National Broadcasting Company.
>
>
>
> These same names will again provide on-going reporting and analysis as
> details of what's taking place on the northern coast of France come in to
> the NBC newsrooms in New York and Washington on June 6th and 7th, 1944 ...
> along with our own Savoy Express reporter, Ed Baxter.
>
>
>
> A dramatic radio event of award-winning proportions . . . on XM Radio's
> 40's Channel . . . where history lives on!
>
>
>
>
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