Documentary (1954 - 58)

Biography in Sound first aired on Winston Churchill’s 80th birthday, November 30, 1954. This first show was created as a single-broadcast radio biography of Churchill. Joseph O. Meyers produced the show, incorporating sound clips of Churchill along with comments by his friends and foes. Many of these sound clips came from a tape library of sound clips that Meyers had been compiling since 1949.Radio audiences were fascinated with this well-put together show. The Churchill show was so popular and greatly acclaimed that Meyers was asked to continue to create Biography in Sound programs.

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Meyers continued to create many wonderful radio biographies, including Babe Ruth, Fred Allen, and WC Fields. Although the original Churchill recording appears to be no longer in existence, this collection is comprised of other great shows by the master of radio biographies, Joseph O. Meyer.