Engaging, Inspiring, Sweet
This is two hours of July 4th programming wonderfully showcasing what is truly the best of the Great American Songbook.
You can hear everything from Frank Sinatra's soulful "The Song is You," to "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition." There's also an incredibly fresh (sizzling) version of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" along with many of the top standards from the WW II era.
Music is seamlessly interwoven with host narration, radio news casts of the day's biggest stories and some historical perspective from author and cultural historian, Michael McGerr. These short features provide some valuable context and advance understanding of the politics and American sociology before and during WW II.
The contrast between "then" and current events is incredibly striking - making this program even more timely. But, it's the music, either as foreground or background, that will most likely please, entertain and move your listeners closer to the radio.
"Afterglow" is a weekly show hosted and produced by David Brent Johnson and WFIU in Bloomington, IN. The show is two hours (1:18:00) and assembled in mostly discreet single hour sections. With permission from the producer, and some pretty easy editing, you could run just the first hour. But there's something to be said, and gained, by putting this show on in its entirety right after ATC or later on July 4th, which just happens to be a Friday. Two promos are also on the site ready to go.
David Srebnik
, Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Alexandria, VA
June 26, 2008
Perfect for Independence Day, a 2-hour program of American popular song from the World War II era
