That Was The Year! Recreating notable events of passing time, reviving memories of men and women who have contributed to the history of a modern world!

 

That Was The Year is another of the rare Transco syndicated series expertly restored to Sparkling audio quality by Radio Archives.

 

First heard in 1937, That Was The Year consisted of 39 fifteen minute long shows featuring historical vignettes dramatizing key moments in the lives of men and women whose contributions were significant in the history of the modern world between the years 1896-1934.

 

For a show that precisely chronicled historical worldwide events that occurred throughout a given year, “That Was The Year,” was never aired in any specific chronological order. One week listeners would be hearing the defining events of 1934, while the next week listening to the historical events of 1897, and then jumping forward the following week to 1912.

 

Among the intriguing historical nuggets listeners to That Was The Year heard, were the faithful recreation of the first demonstration of a television broadcast in 1927, who made the first transcontinental telephone message in 1915, and how the Republic of China was established in 1912.

 

Each show segment ended by playing for listeners a song that had been popular in the year just chronicled. “Lazy Bones” ended the 1933 segment, while “Roses of Picardy” closed out the show for 1918.

 

Gerald Mohr narrated the entire series, which was produced by Transco and recorded at KHJ in Los Angeles, with Lindsey MacHarrie serving as the program’s announcer. Jay Novello and Gale Gordon were amongst the series regulars.

 

First heard in syndication in 1937, all 39 episodes of “That Was The Year,” continued to be played on radio stations for decades.

 

This is an Old Time Radio collection you’ll surely want to add to your collection!