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CBS Radio: The Listening Years, originally broadcast November 6, 1947, 72 years ago. A program in celebration of National Radio Week. Recreations of many historic events of recent years. World War II ends as the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri (September 1, 1945). The Kentucky Derby is broadcast for the first time (May 16, 1931). Prince Edward abdicates his throne on radio (December 11, 1936). The Ohio State Penitentiary burns (April 21, 1930). President Roosevelt's first inaugural address (March 4, 1933). President Roosevelt enumerates the "Four Freedoms" (January 6, 1941). President Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war (December 8, 1941). A conversation between New York and London (December, 1943). A report from London on D-Day with a beachhead recording by George Hicks (June 6, 1944). John Daly narrates.