Broadcast 1945-08-05. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
← The Radio War
6-9 August 1945
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first public account of the atomic bomb was read from a prepared White House statement; radio spent the following days trying to explain what had happened.
52 recordings · 7 broadcasters · 7 days
Who carried it
5 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-05. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
6 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-06. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-06. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-06. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
8 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-08. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-08. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
9 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-09. Mutual Broadcasting System. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-09. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
President Truman Threatens Japan With Furthur Atomic Attacks
9 Aug 1945 · 0 min
Broadcast 1945-08-09. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
The National Archives Collection
Radio Report to the Nation on the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
9 Aug 1945 · 29 min
"This sound recording captures a speech in which President Harry S. Truman described the results of the Potsdam Conference and announced the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan."National Archives Identifier: 1783706
Broadcast 1945-08-09. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
10 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1600 NBC WEAF Mary Noble Backstage Wife
10 Aug 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1840 NBC WEAF MGM Sports with Bill Stern
10 Aug 1945 · 4 min
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1845 NBC WEAF Lowell Thomas and the News
10 Aug 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-10. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
11 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-11. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-11. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-11. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
12 August 1945
Broadcast 1945-08-12. Mutual Broadcasting System. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-12. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-12. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).