I heard this announcement while I was working at my uncle's pet shop in Mount Airy, North Carolina when I heard this announcement. I was 18 at the time. I was on lunch break while in the back of his store when i heard the announcement.
My dad was 22 and already in the Army having been drafted in July 1941. When I listen to this it makes me wonder if he actually heard this since I know he was a big fan of Jack Benny. It's wonderful to hear this, thank you for posting!
It turns out that many Jack Benny and other old radio episodes survive because they were recorded onto disk to play again on overseas armed forced radio.
My dad was a Navy Seabee who participated in the invasion of Guam. During its occupation he often signed out a jeep and drove to North Field to eat lunch while watching the B-29s take off for the bombing of Japan. On one occasion he was assigned to pick up Dennis Day and drive him to appear in a USO show. He said the singer was a really friendly, nice guy.
In December of 1941, no radio network had the resources (in personnel or equipment) to broadcast hour-after-hour of live coverage of breaking news. That's why network radio coverage of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor consisted of brief bulletins, updates, and a handful of special programs. But radio news had grown to the extent that by the time of D-Day two and a half years later, the networks were able to broadcast nonstop coverage during the first 24 hours of the invasion (with interviews, analysis, patriotic music, and brief messages from entertainers whose regular shows had been bumped for live coverage filling the gaps between news flashes and live reports from Europe)
It was logical, that it was that way. The big radio stations were not prepared to report such an event live. Only a terrible event also began, although very slowly, what is now known as live tranmisioes. and it was the disaster of the German airship "Hindenburg" that occurred in 1937. By chance a reporter and his cameraman were present, covering the arrival of the famous airship when the accident occurred that destroyed it and it was filmed in its entirety. It was like this by carom, that there was an aerial disaster, with coverage instantly.
my father was an airplane mechanic on a troop ship half way to Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese struck.. to the day he died, he wouldn't speak of what he saw upon arrival. He spent most of war on aircraft carrier... again wouldn't speak of his experience... found out after his passing, from an uncle, that planes would come in shot up with dead and wounded.. people removed, planes fixed up and back in air.... NO clean up of blood and tissue... Uncle Hi was told that the smell was unbearable. RIP
The first bulletin was a local insert, since it mentions the sheriff and police departments and the "regular county defense program." (Too bad they didn't mention which agencies and county.) The second was a network insert.
NBC was the only network that recorded every program aired. Typically these were recorded on cheap Memovox (dictaphone) discs for legal purposes and were discarded after a certain amount of time. The recordings were very low fidelity and fragile. Some unknown engineer 80 plus years ago had the presence of mind to keep all the recordings from a half hour before the first bulletin to midnight the following night. There is very little from the other networks from December 7, 1941. I do have copies of all the recordings that I know of and I will put them up early next year.
@@robcat2075 yes, both NBC and CBS recorded two days worth. I do have about an hour or so of Mutual’s D-Day coverage. That’s all I heard. The reason I’m waiting on posting the Pearl Harbor stuff is that I post radio broadcasts in chronological order one day at a time. I’m up to late March, 1941.
@@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676 Interesting about the D-Day coverage... for many hours the only information the US nets have to report is from ... the Germans! German radio is covering it long before any confirmation comes out of Washington.
Here is another interesting point. NBC began recording the entire broadcast day the morning of August 10, 1945 when it seemed like Japan was going to surrender and stopped recording that evening. Most of that day is still around. For some reason a couple shows are missing. Then NBC did not record much from August 14 which actually was when Japan surrendered.
And Phil Harris was married to Alice Faye. She was a singing sweetheart of the radio if there ever was one. I’m sure they both did a great deal for the war effort; entertaining at U.S. bases, making war Bond tours,working the Hollywood Canteen.
Jack was on the "Blue" network during his first two seasons for Jell-O (1934-'36). The popularity of his "JELL-O PROGRAM", however, was too "profitable" for NBC to keep it on their subsidiary network {which was primarily used for new, "experimental" and "prestige" programming; they considered it a "loss leader"}- and transferred him to their main "Red" network in the fall of '36.
The "Blue" network was carrying, opposite Jack, "NEWS OF EUROPE" (which featured Drew Pearson and his partner Robert Allen as "commentators"....and I'm sure they had a LOT to say about Pearl Harbor that night; Allen soon enlisted in the military).
Here's a note from a fan site... " This is the "Pearl Harbor" attack episode, broadcast the same day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The source of the circulating recording is the broadcast on radio station KFI in Hollywood, California. This is most likely a recording of the 4:00 pm Pacific Time airing. Obviously there was more concern by the public on the West Coast about a possible surprise Japanese air attack than on the East Coast, and the news bulletins that interrupt this broadcast are almost certainly local to the California area, and not heard over other radio stations across America. There are no mentions of the attack on Pearl Harbor in the actual Jell-O program itself."
Yes. Back then a network show like Benny's would have to be done twice, once for the East coast and again for the West. Sometimes they will allude to that... "That joke worked better this afternoon."
One fan page says that "The source of the circulating recording is the broadcast on radio station KFI in Hollywood, California." sites.google.com/site/jackbennyinthe1940s/Home/1941-1942-season
@@MrJoeybabe25 in 1941 they were still doing a separate East coast and a West coast broadcast, I believe. Sometimes you'll hear Jack comment that "that joke did better in the first show!" But I've also read that some west coast stations were taking the east coast feed live. So... I don't know what time this recording is from.
@@robcat2075 Thanks, I always thought until recently that the west coast got it's own feed at 7pm PT. But I have read that one station (perhaps KFI) carried it at 4pm and another L.A. station carried it at NINE PM, which went against everything I ever knew about NBC always being live until the late 40's. So I'm not sure either. 😱
@@robcat2075 Television in the 1950s would say the show was broadcast at say 9 pm Eastern and 8 pm Pacific. No mention of Central or Mountain time. I remember hearing some shows say they were live either coast and rebroadcast Pacific time zone.
It was a medley of "Everything I Love" and "All The Things You Are". No, I've never heard of them either. :D you can catch the complete episode at archive . org archive.org/details/OTRR_Jack_Benny_Singles_1941-1942
If you wanted to beat the Japanese all you have to do is have Dennis day sing to him I think they'd quit rather easily and even panic once they listen to him
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I heard this announcement while I was working at my uncle's pet shop in Mount Airy, North Carolina when I heard this announcement. I was 18 at the time. I was on lunch break while in the back of his store when i heard the announcement.
Dad joined in 1937 and lost the California at Pearl and 6 months later lost the Yorktown at Midway. Miss you everyday pop..😞
My dad was 22 and already in the Army having been drafted in July 1941. When I listen to this it makes me wonder if he actually heard this since I know he was a big fan of Jack Benny. It's wonderful to hear this, thank you for posting!
It turns out that many Jack Benny and other old radio episodes survive because they were recorded onto disk to play again on overseas armed forced radio.
Thank you for your Father's service (Marine Iraq Vet)
I thank God everyday for the men and women who are and have served this great country!!
For all the boys
My dad was a Navy Seabee who participated in the invasion of Guam. During its occupation he often signed out a jeep and drove to North Field to eat lunch while watching the B-29s take off for the bombing of Japan. On one occasion he was assigned to pick up Dennis Day and drive him to appear in a USO show. He said the singer was a really friendly, nice guy.
My great grandfather was a solder on Pearl Harbor he would later become a staff Sargent in the pacific theater.
Thank him for his service
@@monarchistemu6054 I would but he died in 1989 way before my birth
You could visit his grave.
@@jacksonboled9947 he must have been a great man I’m sorry for your loss
In December of 1941, no radio network had the resources (in personnel or equipment) to broadcast hour-after-hour of live coverage of breaking news.
That's why network radio coverage of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor consisted of brief bulletins, updates, and a handful of special programs.
But radio news had grown to the extent that by the time of D-Day two and a half years later, the networks were able to broadcast nonstop coverage during the first 24 hours of the invasion (with interviews, analysis, patriotic music, and brief messages from entertainers whose regular shows had been bumped for live coverage filling the gaps between news flashes and live reports from Europe)
It was logical, that it was that way. The big radio stations were not prepared to report such an event live. Only a terrible event also began, although very slowly, what is now known as live tranmisioes. and it was the disaster of the German airship "Hindenburg" that occurred in 1937. By chance a reporter and his cameraman were present, covering the arrival of the famous airship when the accident occurred that destroyed it and it was filmed in its entirety. It was like this by carom, that there was an aerial disaster, with coverage instantly.
There was also little information for days after the attack. People, aircraft, and ship losses were not given in detail.
I miss radio shows. I would listen to them as a kid.
You still can. The show "When Radio Was" is free on SiriusXM.
I miss so much about the way the world used to be.
@@iVenge yep
I did when living in South Africa in the 1960s, no tv then.
my father was an airplane mechanic on a troop ship half way to Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese struck..
to the day he died, he wouldn't speak of what he saw upon arrival.
He spent most of war on aircraft carrier... again wouldn't speak of his experience...
found out after his passing, from an uncle, that planes would come in shot up with dead and wounded..
people removed, planes fixed up and back in air.... NO clean up of blood and tissue... Uncle Hi was told that the smell was unbearable.
RIP
The first bulletin was a local insert, since it mentions the sheriff and police departments and the "regular county defense program." (Too bad they didn't mention which agencies and county.) The second was a network insert.
My cousin was a nurse there -she never would talk about the attack.
I can only imagine the confusion and shock on listeners. Wow..
I just visited Pearl Harbor last month. It makes this broadcast more vivid than ever before.
Thanks for uploading this, We lost a lot of good men and women that day
NBC was the only network that recorded every program aired. Typically these were recorded on cheap Memovox (dictaphone) discs for legal purposes and were discarded after a certain amount of time. The recordings were very low fidelity and fragile. Some unknown engineer 80 plus years ago had the presence of mind to keep all the recordings from a half hour before the first bulletin to midnight the following night. There is very little from the other networks from December 7, 1941. I do have copies of all the recordings that I know of and I will put them up early next year.
That would be an interesting collection to hear. There is a 24-hour collection like that for D-Day that I've heard.
@@robcat2075 yes, both NBC and CBS recorded two days worth. I do have about an hour or so of Mutual’s D-Day coverage. That’s all I heard. The reason I’m waiting on posting the Pearl Harbor stuff is that I post radio broadcasts in chronological order one day at a time. I’m up to late March, 1941.
@@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676 Interesting about the D-Day coverage... for many hours the only information the US nets have to report is from ... the Germans! German radio is covering it long before any confirmation comes out of Washington.
@@robcat2075 From 11:45 June 5 to 3:32 AM June 6 Eastern Time
Here is another interesting point. NBC began recording the entire broadcast day the morning of August 10, 1945 when it seemed like Japan was going to surrender and stopped recording that evening. Most of that day is still around. For some reason a couple shows are missing. Then NBC did not record much from August 14 which actually was when Japan surrendered.
My father was 12 and as he told it was on Johnny Starczic's porch when the radio began broadcasting this.
And Phil Harris was married to Alice Faye. She was a singing sweetheart of the radio if there ever was one.
I’m sure they both did a great deal for the war effort; entertaining at U.S. bases, making war Bond tours,working the Hollywood Canteen.
Denis Day caused the war.?
Often overlooked by historians
He later joined the Navy to make up for that. ;)
Well, Clancey did lower the boom.
No NO No! DORIS Day! It was DORIS Day!
Es.
By that time, Jack was on NBC's RED Network.
Indeed, that appears to be the case.
Jack was on the "Blue" network during his first two seasons for Jell-O (1934-'36). The popularity of his "JELL-O PROGRAM", however, was too "profitable" for NBC to keep it on their subsidiary network {which was primarily used for new, "experimental" and "prestige" programming; they considered it a "loss leader"}- and transferred him to their main "Red" network in the fall of '36.
The "Blue" network was carrying, opposite Jack, "NEWS OF EUROPE" (which featured Drew Pearson and his partner Robert Allen as "commentators"....and I'm sure they had a LOT to say about Pearl Harbor that night; Allen soon enlisted in the military).
That would mean KFI (640). KECA (790) was the Blue in LA.
Since the news bulletins didn't mention "NBC", was this an aircheck from an affiliate, and if so, which NBC station??
Here's a note from a fan site...
" This is the "Pearl Harbor" attack episode, broadcast the same day that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The source of the circulating recording is the broadcast on radio station KFI in Hollywood, California. This is most likely a recording of the 4:00 pm Pacific Time airing. Obviously there was more concern by the public on the West Coast about a possible surprise Japanese air attack than on the East Coast, and the news bulletins that interrupt this broadcast are almost certainly local to the California area, and not heard over other radio stations across America. There are no mentions of the attack on Pearl Harbor in the actual Jell-O program itself."
Wasn't Jack Benny was on NBC Red in 1941?
Yup, another commenter pointed that out also.
And of course all major radio shows were broadcast live.
Yes. Back then a network show like Benny's would have to be done twice, once for the East coast and again for the West. Sometimes they will allude to that... "That joke worked better this afternoon."
That sounded like a local affiliate cut-in, any idea what station this ET came from?
One fan page says that "The source of the circulating recording is the broadcast on radio station KFI in Hollywood, California."
sites.google.com/site/jackbennyinthe1940s/Home/1941-1942-season
@@robcat2075 Did KFI carry JB live at 4pm Pacific Time or was this a later broadcast?
@@MrJoeybabe25 in 1941 they were still doing a separate East coast and a West coast broadcast, I believe. Sometimes you'll hear Jack comment that "that joke did better in the first show!" But I've also read that some west coast stations were taking the east coast feed live. So... I don't know what time this recording is from.
@@robcat2075 Thanks, I always thought until recently that the west coast got it's own feed at 7pm PT. But I have read that one station (perhaps KFI) carried it at 4pm and another L.A. station carried it at NINE PM, which went against everything I ever knew about NBC always being live until the late 40's.
So I'm not sure either. 😱
@@robcat2075 Television in the 1950s would say the show was broadcast at say 9 pm Eastern and 8 pm Pacific. No mention of Central or Mountain time. I remember hearing some shows say they were live either coast and rebroadcast Pacific time zone.
What did Dennis Day sing? Sounds nice
It was a medley of "Everything I Love" and "All The Things You Are".
No, I've never heard of them either. :D
you can catch the complete episode at archive . org
archive.org/details/OTRR_Jack_Benny_Singles_1941-1942
@@robcat2075
Thanks
DAYS. DAYS NOT THE OTHER WORD
NO AUTO SPELL
Poor Dennis! They could have waited until his song was done!
The Japanese bombed pearl harbor after being forced to listen to Dennis Day sing
Ooh Jack Benny, I hope nothing interrupts.
Doris day
I missed those gays
No emails
No facebook
Or any other shit
You could make a living and just live life
No youtube
AND NO CELL PHONE'S
I didn't know rancheros were allowed to be gay in 1941!
LOL
It is sad that yesterday Pearl Harbour was attacked not by a Japanese squadron, but a man who sought to solve his problem with a firearm.
Total jerk off comment
If you wanted to beat the Japanese all you have to do is have Dennis day sing to him I think they'd quit rather easily and even panic once they listen to him