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With war a certain inevitability, here is a recap of some recent articles you might find interesting as background to what will most certainly be both a historic and memorable time in our lives.

Radio Propaganda - Another Weapon In War
Synopsis: Radio has long been used as another weapon in war, mainly as a propaganda tool. From broadcasts aimed at Iraq by U.S. forces against Saddam Hussein, to North Vietnam's "Hanoi Hannah" during the Vietnam War, "Germany's Axis Sally", and Japan's "Tokyo Rose" in World War II, Radio has been used by the good guys and the bad guys."

The Radio Broadcast That Panicked America
Synopsis: On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performed a radio play based on an H.G. Wells story entitled "War of the Worlds". The national broadcast caused panic and mass hysteria as listeners began to believe Martians had landed in New Jersey and were taking over the world. Here are links to the original audio and related resources.

The Baghdad Morning Zoo
Synopsis: The Baghdad Morning Zoo is a humorous satire about two fictional Iraq Radio personalities and what their Top 40 morning show might sound like if you heard it.

Introducing Color Coded Terrible Alerts For Radio
Synopsis: The color-coded terror alert system our Department of Homeland Defense uses has inspired a similar color-coded system to alert listeners to awful Radio. This satire presents the five stages in the new "Terrible Alerts" system.

- Corey Deitz

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