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Una Mae Carlisle On Rat Patrol Radio!

admin — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:48:36 +0000

After several years, I’ve acquired the “Una Mae Carlisle 1938-1941″ CD I’ve been looking for. I love her “Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can’t Bomb Me).” I’ll be adding these 21 songs into the random playlist this weekend.

Time for the 2012 Christmas Playlist!

admin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:53:51 +0000

Hey swing fans, jitterbugs, and patriots! It’s Christmastime once again, and that means swinging you with the best Big Band and Jazz holiday tunes! From the Friday after Thanksgiving to New Year’s, Rat Patrol Radio brings the best Christmas songs of yesteryear straight to your home and office.

We ask everyone this holiday season to remember those who served, and those they left behind. Please donate to your local homeless veterans shelter, visit a VA hospital and spend some time with the men and women who can get so lonely there, or just check on that old vet or widow down the street- bring them a casserole or something, and let them know that someone is still thinking about them and appreciates their sacrifice.

Peace on Earth, and Goodwill to Man.

D-Day Special is Up and Running!

admin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:25:26 +0000

As I mentioned in my twitter feed, there were some discrepancies found while slicing the CBS D-Day radio files, so I’ve sliced and uploaded the NBC D-Day coverage this year instead. There was a gap in the NBC coverage between 10:15AM and 11:00AM EDT that I filled with the CBS feed. It was soap operas across all networks that time of day, so nothing major is missed.

I’m hoping I haven’t overlooked any more gaps in the NBC coverage in the rush to get everything uploaded and tagged, but if you find any, please let me know for next year! Note that the broadcast time and the real-world time started out synchronized, but will drift more and more as Live 365 inserts commercials.

2012 D-Day Special – Update

admin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:16:07 +0000

I just found out last night that my radio station host, Live 365, has banned all recordings over 30 minutes duration. Since the average time per file for the D-Day broadcast is 1 hour and 15 minutes, I have to split each file into pieces, then tag each one. I hope to be done in time, and am going to take the opportunity to replace the duplicated 4:48 – 5:53AM section of the CBS recording with appropriate content from the NBC recording. Some time in the past, the 6AM-7AM section was recorded over the 4:48-5:53AM section, and that section was lost to collectors.

Last Living Doolittle Raiders Need Your Help!

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:51:49 +0000

A corporate sponsor has pulled out of the Doolittle Raider Reunion at the last minute. There’s only 5 men left from that historic flight, and this may be the last time they’re together. You can donate to help bring twenty five B 25 Mitchell bombers to the reunion on April 17th, at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson ASAFB in Dayton, Ohio.

Twenty five North American “Mitchell” B-25’s will be landing at the famous Wright Field adjoining the Museum to pay tribute to the five Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. This will be the largest gathering of the Mitchell B-25s since WWII. They will be coming from all points of the United States to share in this special event. The B-25 is the most popular WWII bomber with collectors and museum attractions worldwide. It has been titled by all those who have flown them over the past seventy years, as the “Sweetheart Bomber.”

Donation Page: http://www.doolittle-raiders.org/?page_id=106

[i]The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Association Inc. is a non-profit association working under the IRS code, 501(C)4. The surviving Doolittle raiders make up the entire membership, and officers are elected from the membership only. The Raiders are not paid to perform speeches or entertainment in any form for the public or government sponsored events. Any and all contributions accumulated through the sale of prints or autographing books, etc. goes directly into the Doolittle Raiders Education Fund. These funds are used annually to support scholarships for students or adults who have choose the field of aviation or space for their carriers. The Education Fund also donates funds to the James H. Doolittle Scholarship annually which also provides funding to students and adults entering the field of aviation or space. There are no salaries or payments paid to any persons who occupy elected titled positions who work for the Doolittle Raiders Association.[/i]

http://www.doolittle-raiders.org/

Pearl Harbor Special Broadcast

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:50:06 +0000

Today is the annual Pearl Harbor special broadcast that we do every December 7th. This year, I’ve added more of the longer half-hour special reports and analysis, and fewer “filler” songs. I hope people don’t get too bored, and perhaps get a good idea of what the nation experienced as our nation was plunged into war. I also have FDR’s complete “Day of Infamy” speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan.

I’d love to hear your feedback after the show!

New Crossword: WWII Songs

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:24:21 +0000

We have a new crossword puzzle up for you, this time about the songs that were the hits of WWII! There’s an interactive version you can play in your browser, or a printable version. Answer key is provided in a separate link.

CLICK HERE to get started!

Eleven Years of Honoring the Greatest Generation

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:47:40 +0000

Rat Patrol Radio has now been on the air for eleven years! Thanks to everyone who has supported this living testimonial to the men and women who saved the world for democracy.

2011 24 Hours of D-Day Special

admin — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:26:25 +0000

It’s almost June 6, again, and as we’ve done for many years, we will preempt regular programming to present the complete CBS national broadcast day of June 6, 1944. In the pre-dawn hours of D-Day, as the rumors became more and more insistent, a broadcast engineer at CBS headquarters in New York began recording every word that went out over the air, beginning at 2:30 am. Hear the initial rumors, the confirmation from SHAEF in London, the military analysis in the radio studio from experts (which sound spookily like the ones we heard for Desert Storm.)

Later, hear the official announcements, the eyewitness reports of embedded reporters (!) as they return from the beachhead to London, the news alerts breaking into normal programming throughout the day, and King George VI addressing the people of the UK, and President Roosevelt leading the nation in prayer. I have goosebumps right now, just remembering this.

We will have a special encore performance on June 7, starting at 9am, so that more people can hear the earliest reports (because not many people will be getting up at 2:30am on a work night!) Please join us in remembrance of one of the most important events of the last 100 years, the liberation of Europe from the hand of fascist Germany by the free peoples of the world.

2010 RPR Christmas Playlist!

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:53:17 +0000

Thanksgiving is upon us, and that means it’s once more time to prepare the Rat Patrol Radio Jazzy Big Band Christmas playlist! Starting this Friday and running until New Years, we will bring you the best big band, swing, and jazz holiday music, with choice classical selections as well.

This is possibly our most popular even of the year, and we regularly hit our listener limits. As a reminder, I’d like to mention that Live 365 VIP members are never locked out of any full station on the network, and if you use the handy button here on our site to sign up, Rat Patrol Radio gets 25% of your VIP membership fee applied directly to station expenses!

And you can try it for 5 days, free!