Word: kaltenborn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only commentator H. V. Kaltenborn '09 expressed real satisfaction with the present state of radio in the United States. He saw the industry as steadily improving today but urged the public to organize drives as means to improving still further the programs...
Nothing is wrong with American radio, Kaltenborn insisted, that is not just as wrong with the whole country. He added that part of the public was materialistic, culturally immature, and so hungry for information that it would not wait for adequate confirmation of reports...
...discussing non-profit radio stations, Kaltenborn said that the Harvard Radio Network's programs were just as "wicked" as the professional stations, only probably not as well presented. He commented that men at the University probably preferred to listen to regular networks, rather than the local station...
Speaking under the auspices of the Free Enterprise Society. Kaltenborn wrote off the loss of China as "inevitable" because of widespread corruption in the Chinese army. He remarked that China is too vast and unorganized to be of great use to Russia...
...reviewing the "cold war" between the democratic countries and Russia, Kaltenborn saw victory for the democracies on two of three fronts. Communism is an ever-diminishing danger rather than a menace in the U.S. while Europe has shown a definite reaction against Communism in recent months, he said. The situation is Asia is still "undecided," he added...