Many old radio historians say that the "We Interrupt" preface on the John Daly broadcast was inserted from another CBS news story by CBS for the "Hear It Now" record. A December 7 2001 AP story mentions this.
There was no music before Daly's announcement. This is "Hear it Now" and its producer Fred Friendly must be the only person on earth who thought Daly's first announcement was not dramatic enough. He edited in the We interupt this program bit. Daly's made the announcement in the 7 December 1941 Sunday afternoon CBS News program, 2:30 p.m. ET. when the half hour ended, the New York Philharmonic broadcast started. Just before Daly did the second bulletin, there was symphony music and it was Shastakovich.
I knew I recognized that from somewhere! I dug around a bit, and it's near the end of Chopin's Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1. Check out Rubinstein's recording here: th-cam.com/video/vJpAIOFN5WQ/w-d-xo.html . (I put it at the spot matching the music here, but it's worth listening to the whole thing.) Strangely, this version is transposed down to B minor, which is one of the reasons I had a bit of trouble finding it. So it sounds pretty different, but you can recognize it as the same piece.
Daly's second bulletin of 7 December 1941 survives, thanks to WCCO Radio in Minneapolis. The New York Philharmonic finished playing a symphony by Shastakovich, and then Daly started his bulletin.
It's important to remember that Hawaii was still a very distant place for most Americans. Daly was already a child of South Africa, raised in New England. He later became very famous for his vocal gymnastics on "What's My Line?", but here he was still a relatively young man announcing the single most important news he had ever reported.
1st. Lt. Tyler as an radar specialists should have been hungry to check the air , being as a new recruit would be anxious to report any abnormal behavior in the skies. what the hell was wrong with him? to much Hawaii punch in him?
Following an investigation by a Naval Board of Inquiry in August 1942 it was determined that Kermit Tyler had been assigned to his Information Center post with little training, no supervision, and no staff.
There was a B-17 convoy scheduled to arrive coming from the same direction as the Japanese. They were reported to the base but dismissed as the base people thought it was the B-17's
The break-in announcer, John Daly, was most-renowned for hosting the long-running television series, "What's My Line."
Yes we know. That’s why we’re here :)
And the death of FDR.
"Japanese Navy, will you enter and sign in please?"
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to What's My Line! Tonight we have a very special guest who has travelled here all the way from Japan
There was one on there from Japan. a lady. i think she was in an orchestra or something of that nature.
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True. I always wondered what it felt like after 4 years of world war.
Many old radio historians say that the "We Interrupt" preface on the John Daly broadcast was inserted from another CBS news story by CBS for the "Hear It Now" record. A December 7 2001 AP story mentions this.
Robert Trout verified this in an NPR report about twenty years ago. The "we interupt "was Daly at the beginning of his first bulletin of FDR's death.
What is the historian's proof?
If you listen carefully, you can hear the cut
Was curious if anyone reading this knows what the music playing was before this first national announcement of the attack by John Charles Daly?
There was no music before Daly's announcement. This is "Hear it Now" and its producer Fred Friendly must be the only person on earth who thought Daly's first announcement was not dramatic enough. He edited in the We interupt this program bit. Daly's made the announcement in the 7 December 1941 Sunday afternoon CBS News program, 2:30 p.m. ET. when the half hour ended, the New York Philharmonic broadcast started. Just before Daly did the second bulletin, there was symphony music and it was Shastakovich.
I knew I recognized that from somewhere! I dug around a bit, and it's near the end of Chopin's Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1. Check out Rubinstein's recording here: th-cam.com/video/vJpAIOFN5WQ/w-d-xo.html . (I put it at the spot matching the music here, but it's worth listening to the whole thing.) Strangely, this version is transposed down to B minor, which is one of the reasons I had a bit of trouble finding it. So it sounds pretty different, but you can recognize it as the same piece.
Does anybody know of any other John Daly newscasts that have survived?
Daly's second bulletin of 7 December 1941 survives, thanks to WCCO Radio in Minneapolis. The New York Philharmonic finished playing a symphony by Shastakovich, and then Daly started his bulletin.
"...O-HA-U"?
It's important to remember that Hawaii was still a very distant place for most Americans. Daly was already a child of South Africa, raised in New England. He later became very famous for his vocal gymnastics on "What's My Line?", but here he was still a relatively young man announcing the single most important news he had ever reported.
could have been a typo
He clearly said “O-*AH*-HU” not “HA”
The first announcer clearly said "O-HA-U".
Bruh moment
1st. Lt. Tyler as an radar specialists should have been hungry to check the air , being as a new recruit would be anxious to report any abnormal behavior in the skies. what the hell was wrong with him? to much Hawaii punch in him?
Following an investigation by a Naval Board of Inquiry in August 1942 it was determined that Kermit Tyler had been assigned to his Information Center post with little training, no supervision, and no staff.
There was a B-17 convoy scheduled to arrive coming from the same direction as the Japanese. They were reported to the base but dismissed as the base people thought it was the B-17's
You've taken Monday-Morning-Quarterbacking to a new level.