[Robert Trout tells how Americans' memory of the first news from Pearl Harbor was altered by the Friendly/Murrow recording, "I can hear it now"].

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Robert Trout says that John Daly did NOT interrupt the New York Philharmonic, but that Fred Friendly spliced two tapes together to make the announcemennt seem more dramatic. National Public Radio acknowledges the contribution of the Vincent Voice Library.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trout, Robert
Corporate Authors: National Public Radio (U.S.)
Vincent Voice Library
Other Authors: Daly, John Charles, 1914-1991
Wertheimer, Linda
Siegel, Robert, 1944-
Davis, Blind John, 1913-1985
Language:English
Published: [1999]
Subjects:
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Radio journalism.
Friendly, Fred W.
Murrow, Edward R.
Daly, John Charles, > 1914-1991.
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (13 min., 3 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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