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17 April 1945 · Scottsbluff, Nebraska

A small station signs off

KGKY, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

1 minFrom The Death of Roosevelt

Almost nothing survives of American local radio from this period, because local stations had no reason to keep anything. This is a day's news and a sign-off from a small Nebraska outlet in the week the President died — the ordinary register that the network recordings never preserve.

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