Recollections at 30 Radio Show!
by Radio Shows of the Past!
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A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs on stations it had either started or purchased. In late 1926, RCA created a division of the company known as the National Broadcasting Company, or NBC. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15, 1926.<br /><br />To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the company, NBC created a series of shows called <i><b>Recollection at 30</b></i>. Using a vast number of archival recordings, <i><b>Recollection at 30</b></i> would assemble some of these transcriptions into a 25-minute show. Some of these shows followed a theme, such as the shows <i>The Crash of the Hindenburg</i>, <i>The Big Bands</i>, and <i>Abraham Lincoln</i>. Others concentrated on popular radio programs, such as <i>Truth or Consequences</i>, and <i>Lights Out</i>. People were honored, like Judy Garland, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Irving Berlin.<br /><br />Some of the ideas for the shows were solicited from liste