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I am a longtime journalist, current producing for RTV6 (WRTV), in Indianapolis. Much of the content here is from my time at crosstown news/talk radio station WIBC. Southerner at heart - hometown is Trenton, Georgia - and though I now live in the IndyCar capital city, pro wrestling, old jazz, science…

Ray Steele on WIBC


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    London Picadilly Circus Celebration after VE Day: World War II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 1:54


    After covering so many bombings of the city over the previous six years, Edward R. Murrow of CBS Radio was on hand for the celebration that the War was finally over...May 8, 1945.

    Glenn Miller's 'Moonight Serenade', May 5, 1942

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 14:19


    Just months from disbanding his civilian band, Glenn's band is in Hollywood while they shoot the movie "Orchestra Wives", and your announcer is the quite famous Don Wilson (crossing networks, since he was an NBC guy on the Jack Benny program, and Miller aired on CBS). Glenn kicks this one off with one of his best... String of Pearls.

    The Story of Ernie Pyle: CBS Radio's "I Was There", April 29, 1945

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 29:03


    75 years ago, CBS Radio presented a special edition of its "I Was There" anthology on the death of the best war correspondent there was at the time, Ernie Pyle.

    The Shadow Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 0:17


    The Shadow Intro by Ray Steele on WIBC

    Suite for jazz orchestra (orchestral version)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 13:44


    Suite for jazz orchestra (orchestral version) by Ray Steele on WIBC

    5 - 27 - 44 I Sustain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2019 25:00


    75 years ago today (May 27, 1944), Glenn Miller's Army Air Force orchestra performed on it's legendary series "I Sustain The Wings" on NBC Radio. Captain Miller was not with the band - they are conducted by Sgt. Jerry Gray, Glenn's top arranger. Miller was on leave, taking care of business interests in California and visiting his mother in Colorado. He was doing so for a reason that wasn't public yet - he and the band were going to Britain to perform for the Allied forces, as the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe was upon us. The Miller band would be the last music many men and women would hear. RIP to those who gave all.

    The Overnight Colt - The Cobra

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 1:18


    The Overnight Colt - The Cobra by Ray Steele on WIBC

    I sent video of the rain... in the dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 1:37


    I sent video of the rain... in the dark by Ray Steele on WIBC

    It Happened Today: December 12, 1937; 4 Minutes that got Mae West Banned from NBC

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 4:22


    Mae West was one of the biggest stars in the world by the time she appeared on the Chase & Sanborn Hour, hosted by Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy - the top rated radio show in the U.S. at the time. She made two appearances - one as Eve in a creatively written Adam and Eve sketch, and this one - that was too scandalous for young ears, or so the Catholic Church and others said the next day.

    It Happened Today: Dec. 11, 1936: Edward VIII Abdicates The Throne

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 7:01


    Courtesy of the BBC archive - with audio restored (!), the most scandalous story from the Royal Family in the 20th century, IMO. Edward VIII abdicates the British throne so that he can marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Notice the door closing at the beginning after the announcer who introduces Edward leaves, and the clear nervousness of Edward.

    Today In Radio History: Dec. 10, 1941: Texaco Star Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 61:47


    Just three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Fred Allen hosts his hour long comedy show on CBS Radio. It's followed by the latest news from the war courtesy of John Daly of CBS News (and later What's My Line fame). Not the announcement at the beginning of the show on how the Texaco siren would not be used due to the Peal Harbor attack.

    Larry Meier of Mutual Radio: First Eyewitness Account of D-Day From the Air

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 12:22


    Larry Meier of Mutual Radio: First Eyewitness Account of D-Day From the Air by Ray Steele on WIBC

    What do you hear? Brother!!!, or Bruthaaaa!!!?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 0:02


    What do you hear?

    Pearl Harbor Day; H.V. Kaltenborn on NBC, 3:15pm Eastern, Dec. 7, 1941

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 14:08


    H.V. Kaltenborn was one of the pre-eminent news analysts and commentators of his era, if not the most well known. His regular program that aired from 3:15 until 3:30pm Eastern on Sunday afternoons was, naturally, dedicated to the news of the day. This broadcast is interrupted with breaking news -- long before the term was used -- regarding Japanese attacks, even though the actual attack on Hawaii was ending as this aired.

    CBS The World Today: 2:30pm Eastern, Dec. 7, 1941

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 29:16


    CBS had a regularly scheduled news program, The World Today, that aired at 2:30pm Eastern on Sunday afternoons. This was minutes after the first word from Washington of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, which had happened just over an hour before. Keep in mind how information moved at that time.

    What You Might Have Heard on WIBC when D-Day Began

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 2:54


    The Mutual Broadcasting System, of which WIBC in Indianapolis was an affiliate, was broadcasting a live remote of Harry James & His Orchestra when the first news reports of the invasion of Normandy arrived.. they were unconfirmed, based on German radio reports the U.S. news services were monitoring.

    World War II: Charles Collingwood from Normandy on DDay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 14:34


    As service members had been killed and were being killed around him, CBS Radio's Charles Collingwood recording a report sent back to Ed Murrow in London on D-Day. Incredible history.

    World War II: BBC's Chester Wilmot reporting from a glider

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 0:33


    This BBC correspondent put his life on the line by recording this from a glider - no engine, as it landed with a wave during DDay. A lot of men lost their lives in the gliders, crashes, shot down, etc.

    First Report of D-Day Invasion

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 11:39


    In the overnight hours of June 6, 1944, Americans who were awake and listening to their radios got the first word that the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of World War II and took so many American, Canadian, British and other Allied lives, had begun. Note how the great newsman Bob Trout on CBS Radio was careful to say these were unsubstantiated reports from German radio - The U.S. had not yet confirmed the invasion. A different time for news, indeed.

    The Hindenburg Broadcast, 80 Years Later

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 22:06


    May 7, 1937, 80 years ago, was the first time we heard this iconic Herb Morrison broadcast of the Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst, New Jersey. It was the day after the disaster, though. It was all recorded by Morrison and his engineer on May 6.

    Gene Cernan, RIP; my interview with the astronaut from 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 16:41


    Gene Cernan has died at the age of 82. "The Last Man On The Moon", as he currently remains, is also the name of his book and a wonderful documentary on his life you can still find on Netflix. This is my interview with Mr. Cernan that aired on WIBC in Indianapolis in April 2014, just ahead of his appearance at an astronaut's reunion at his alma mater, Purdue University.

    Nigel Long & Rev. Devanta Scruggs; Black Lives Matter in Indy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2016 34:45


    The two men who were among many instrumental in the peaceful march and rally last weekend in Indianapolis talk about the movement, what Black Lives Matter means and doesn't mean, the relationship with police in Indianapolis and how to move forward.

    Taylor Martin - Indy Magic Monthly, & the Society of American Magicians Convention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2016 9:30


    Big goings on all this week. Magical goings on!

    Chad Martin Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2016 18:13


    Martin is an associate professor of history at UIndy, and Britain is one of his areas of expertise. We look at that this week's vote means for the EU and for the future of the UK, if there is one.

    Lucas DeBard: Catching up with last year's Songbook Academy winner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2016 15:47


    We catch up with the Lebanon, Indiana native, through one year of college at IU, and one year after he won the Songbook Academy competition. This year's competition is just a few weeks away.

    Andre Carson: The Sit-In, and what the 2nd Amendment means to him

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2016 8:41


    The Indianapolis Democrat answers the charge that the sit-in was just a publicity stunt, what the 2nd Amendment means to him and whether Democrats will continue to push the bill to ban those on the no-fly list from purchasing guns after Congress comes back.

    Supreme Court Ruling on DUI Tests Affects Indiana Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2016 0:32


    Indiana is one of the states affected by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on drunk driving laws.

    Andre Carson joins the House sit-in for a gun control vote

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2016 0:30


    Indiananapolis Congressman Andre Carson is among the dozens of Democrats holding a sit-in on the House floor.

    Lady Gaga To Join Dalai Lama at U.S. Conference of Mayors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2016 0:28


    More star power for this weekend's U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indy.

    New Charges Against James Howell; Child Molestation in Clark County

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2016 0:33


    More charges against the man caught with weapons outside the Los Angeles gay pride event.

    The 10 At 10: Lizard Zuckerberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2016 6:54


    V - remember that scary show? And it was scary back then, don't care what it looks like now. That, apparently, is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

    Krzysztof Urbanski - Carmen by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2016 11:39


    I didn't know the ISO and the Maestro were putting on the whole opera, or at least a good chunk of Carmen, until he came in. That and I get to tell my story of first hearing the piece via the "Carmen Get It" Tom & Jerry cartoon. It's Sunday afternoon at Hilbert Circle Theatre.

    DDay: What you may have heard on WIBC 72 years ago.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2016 2:54


    WIBC-AM was a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate. On June 6, 1944, a remote broadcast of Harry James and his Orchestra was on when the news first arrived. Harry James would have been 100 years old earlier this year as well.

    SHEL: Finally back in Indy; a chat w/Eva Holbrook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2016 18:59


    How to define SHEL? Well, they covered Enter Sandman, with a mandolin, violin, keyboard and a percussion/beatbox specialist. Top that. Their entire new album, Just Crazy Enough, is crazily good. They play the Hifi at Indy's Fountain Square Tuesday night.

    The 10 At 10: Snoop Dogg don't like Roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 5:27


    Abdul takes, um, umbrage at Snoop Dogg's criticism of the reimagined Roots miniseries.

    The 10 At 10: Going to Mars w/Elon Musk, the Pirates of Penzance Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2016 4:42


    Since Abdul didn't like the hip hop intros, here's one with an homage to him - as we delve into the prospect of people going to Mars within a decade.

    The 10 At 10 Seg O' The Day: In Hip Hop Defense of Joe Buck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2016 8:07


    After dropping an intro, we launch into a spur of the moment defense of a man who catches a lot of undeserved stuff on social media from folks who have mic cord envy, Joe Buck (and Verne Lundquist, too).

    Bob Pedigo: WWII Veteran on serving with Jimmy Stewart, flying B-24's

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2016 29:02


    Mr. Pedigo was one of a dozen World War II veterans featured in the 500 Festival Parade. The Army Air Force veteran has a lot of stories, including those about remembering his fellow soldiers who didn't come home.

    The 10 At 10: the 60-second Hip Hop version of today's top news

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2016 1:00


    Yes. You don't stop.

    Purdue to Renovate Area Where Student Was Murdered

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016 0:31


    For the first time in more than two years, Purdue University will open up part of the campus where a student was murdered.

    The 10 At 10: Orson Welles introduces The Seg O' The Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016 8:30


    That's the budget we have here - we get the big gun to recap today's program AND intro the Seg O' The Day.

    Mayberry In The Midwest - It's this weekend in Danville

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2016 19:29


    It's that time, and The Deputy returns. So does Charlene Darlin (Maggie Peterson Mancuso), and making her first Mayberry In The Midwest appearance, Andy Griffith's daughter Dixie Griffith.

    Sara Vladic - USS Indianapolis: The Legacy, the definitive documentary is out soon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2016 13:08


    Sara and Melanie C. Johnson made this documentary over several years, featuring interviews with dozens of survivors of the tragedy, many of whom are no longer with us. She says the film premieres this month, and there will be a screening in Indy in July at the annual USS Indianapolis Survivors Reunion.

    The 10 At 10 Seg O'The Day: Don't tell me political discourse is the worst ever

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2016 8:21


    Sure, it's pretty bad as Abdul and I discussed with stories on Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau. But pick up a history book; political discourse has pretty much ALWAYS been like this.

    New Poll: Pence Leads Gregg, Trump Leads Clinton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2016 0:32


    Tight races in Indiana according to a new poll.

    Groups Ask Court To Reconsider Lawmaker Email Ruling

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2016 0:33


    The State Supreme Court has been asked to reconsider a ruling that lets state lawmakers keep some emails private.

    87,000 Hoosiers Affected by New Obama Overtime Rule

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2016 0:32


    The Obama administration's new rules on overtime will affect roughly 87,000 workers in Indiana.

    New James Whitcomb Riley Statue Needs $$

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2016 0:32


    James Whitcomb Riley needs the public's help.

    The 10 At 10: Stars & Stripes on your clothing is offensive? And that Lee Greenwood song

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2016 4:56


    This conversation began off the air as Mr. Davis was relating the belief of some people that wearing the stars & stripes on your clothes was an affront to the American flag. Au contraire, IMO...

    Nate McMillan to be next Pacers head coach

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2016 0:31


    It looks like the Pacers coaching announcement will come soon.

    RIP Julius LaRosa: The Day Arthur Godfrey fired him on the air

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 5:05


    Julius LaRosa did okay for himself even after one of the most infamous incidents in radio history. This was the end of Godfrey's morning program, Arthur Godfrey Time, on CBS October 19, 1953. Though some of the program was simulcast on CBS TV at the time, this segment was on radio only. RIP Mr. LaRosa.

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