This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion at Normandy and one of Orson Welles’ finest wartime broadcasts.
Orson Welles’ Almanac was usually a half-hour variety show, but on June 7, 1944, the day after the D-Day landing in France, Welles presented a special dramatic broadcast. It starred Agnes Moorehead as a mother reading a letter to her son.
SiriusXM Radio Classics plans to broadcast the 70-year-old show on Friday, the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. RadioClassics will air Almanac at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., ET
Almanac was sponsored by Mobilgas and Mobiloil. The 30-minute variety program ran from January 26 through July 19, 1944.
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