Old Radio Shows.org » Presidential Address http://oldradioshows.org Free Streaming Old Time Radio Shows Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:02:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt held his first “Fireside Chat” 3-12-1933 http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/ http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:42:45 +0000 oldradioshows http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/ ]]> FDR Fire side ChatToday in 1933, FDR broadcast his first “Fireside Chat” to discuss the banking crisis. This is the very broadcast:

]]> http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/feed/ 1 Calvin Coolidge, the first US President to do a radio address 2-22-1924 http://oldradioshows.org/02/22/calvin-coolidge-the-first-us-president-to-do-a-radio-address-2-22-08/ http://oldradioshows.org/02/22/calvin-coolidge-the-first-us-president-to-do-a-radio-address-2-22-08/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:46:48 +0000 oldradioshows http://oldradioshows.org/02/22/calvin-coolidge-the-first-us-president-to-do-a-radio-address-2-22-08/ ]]> Calvin CoolidgeToday in 1924, Calvin Cooldige became the first president to do a radio address. Although his 1924 address doesn’t appear to be in existence, please enjoy a short 1928 excerpt of Coolidge bestowing a medal on Charles Lindberg:

Coolidge went on to help create the Federal Radio Commission a few days later. It later became known as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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