LOWELL THOMAS, last broadcast on CBS Radio.

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Veteran on-the-road announcer Dennis Daily presents newscaster Lowell Thomas's final newscast, as heard on the CBS Radio Network, Friday, May 14, 1976 at 7 p.m. ET.

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  • @xander7ful
    @xander7ful14 жыл бұрын

    What a life this guy lived. He actually visited with Laurence of Arabia in the Middle East. A real journalist.

  • @neutronster60
    @neutronster6011 ай бұрын

    I actually remember listening to this broadcast as a 14 year old. Next month I will be 63!

  • @AarHan3
    @AarHan38 жыл бұрын

    Another of Edward Roscoe Murrow's boys leaves the airwaves. 5 years later, Lowell Jackson Thomas would leave _us_, at age 89; The Lowell Thomas Award is in his honour. Absent friends...

  • @WalterLiddy
    @WalterLiddy13 жыл бұрын

    Clearly a sign of things to come with the minimizing of news and maximizing of adverts - sad.

  • @douglaslett7504
    @douglaslett75043 жыл бұрын

    I am 62 and I remember lowell thomas saying at the end of every broadcast, So long until tomorrow ! So I will say lowell, So long !

  • @rjmcallister1888
    @rjmcallister1888 Жыл бұрын

    Lowell Thomas was leaving radio at the time I was entering it. He was right; radio had changed dramatically from his days on the Blue (later ABC), NBC and CBS. I tried to pattern myself after him and the many pros at KMOX and CBS. Wasn't as good as they were, but I still managed a 33-year career in the business. Radio has changed dramatically since then, and I fear not for the better. Take care.

  • @Authenictruthoid
    @Authenictruthoid12 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that he was also a ROCK HOUND and enjoyed the hobby. I will always remember him!!! It was good to hear his voice again.

  • @davewanamaker3690
    @davewanamaker36902 жыл бұрын

    I never missed his 15-minute evening newscasts. I was sad when he signed off for the last time. He said "So long," instead of "So long until tomorrow."

  • @musicmandon1
    @musicmandon113 жыл бұрын

    I remember hearing Lowell Thomas in those last years, but I had no idea he was over 90 years of age when he finally retired. Amazing. CBS had him on radio and Cronkite on TV. again, amazing. Glad this has survived.

  • @TheBrooklynbodine

    @TheBrooklynbodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was actually 83 when he retired. He died before reaching 90. I don't know the exact dates, but I do know he was born in 1892 and died in 1981.

  • @TheBrooklynbodine

    @TheBrooklynbodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    I probably made a mistake on the timing of his retirement, but I was right on the years of his birth and death; in fact, this clip ended with the announcer saying that he would live only five more years after the broadcast. Mr. Thomas had a full, rich life, at any rate.

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor12 жыл бұрын

    I believe Lowell Thomas's final radio newscast actually originated from a living-room set in a CBS-TV studio on West 57th Street in New York City so it can be videotaped. The newscast actually was taped a half-hour ahead of time so it can appear on the three network TV evening newscasts at 6:30 P.M. EDT.

  • @stujew57
    @stujew572 жыл бұрын

    I used to listen to him on WCBS in New York on weekdays at 6 in the evening. Those were the days...

  • @TheBrooklynbodine
    @TheBrooklynbodine7 жыл бұрын

    I never knew that his show was cut from 15 minutes to 5. I'm 53 now, and can remember the opening of his show, but I never paid much attention, as I was very young. I do remember "Good evening, this is Lowell Thomas". Also I never knew his son was Alaska Lieutenant Governor. We were having trouble with the Soviet Union (now Russia) way back then, which I clearly remember. The part about his son is at 4:08.

  • @THTAwng
    @THTAwng12 жыл бұрын

    Thomas was a traveler and writer who had made a name for himself by promoting the popular image of “Lawrence of Arabia.” He journeyed to Afghanistan in search of stories for a film that was never produced. While in Kabul, Thomas met the Royal Family, including Shah Wali who was later known as the “Conqueror of Kabul.”

  • @drnaseem3494
    @drnaseem34946 жыл бұрын

    No doubt, an extraordinary excellent, very interesting, knowledgeable, extremely in formative and comprehensive video. Dr Malik Naseem Ullah Khan, kakkay Zai. An ex medical student of quid I Azam medical college Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and an ex senior medical officer at District Head Quarter Hospital, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan. Now in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • @ApartmentKing66

    @ApartmentKing66

    4 жыл бұрын

    And this has what to do with Lowell Thomas?

  • @RandallJonesey
    @RandallJonesey14 жыл бұрын

    What a destiny! This man virtually lived through, and documented, the entire 20th century. When this was aired, he had passed the age of 90. Really a fascinating man and a life which almost any other man can only dream of. Salute, Mr Thomas!

  • @GaryW48
    @GaryW4812 жыл бұрын

    Prior to WWII, LT did a simulcast on NBC Radio and TV in the late 30's. I remember reading that in a paperback book authored by R.B. 'Gadabout' Gaddis (The Flying Fisherman), that Gaddis and LT had broadcasted on a 'tv network' from NYC to the Albany, NY area, and perhaps also to Boston, Mass.

  • @altfactor

    @altfactor

    5 жыл бұрын

    In 1940, Lowell Thomas was the first man to anchor a live TV broadcast of a political convention. That year, NBC produced coverage of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia which was fed to New York and to Schenectady. Thomas wasn't in Philly; he was in a New York control room watching a TV monitor, and his comments were pretty much restricted to off-camera voice-overs identifying who was about to speak or who had just spoken (i.e. "That was John Doe of Wisconsin, speaking on behalf of Wendell Willkie").

  • @johnrobinson7696
    @johnrobinson76968 жыл бұрын

    God I miss that guy :)

  • @josefinidad5019

    @josefinidad5019

    7 жыл бұрын

    So do I. I miss his entire view of the world when adventure was real and life was a challenge to make things better. Now I am at my end and look back on Mr. Thomas with great admiration and know the world remains still less without the likes of men like him.

  • @TheBrooklynbodine

    @TheBrooklynbodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, and a couple of others, to name just two. Walter Cronkite and Howard K. Smith. Mr. Smith was at CBS himself in the early '60s.

  • @SevenFootPelican
    @SevenFootPelican10 жыл бұрын

    I miss that old, distinct accent that Americans used to speak with.

  • @Dave-cq1sl

    @Dave-cq1sl

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ikr today's accent suck, with maybe the southern country accent being an exception.

  • @Bananapuddinpie

    @Bananapuddinpie

    8 жыл бұрын

    Well this kind of accent was primarily spoken by actors, newsman, politicians and, people of the upper class who wanted to sound like part of those groups, or authoritative. This was not the accent of the average person as "RP" or the Queen's English is not how the average person speaks.

  • @ericharper5656

    @ericharper5656

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was because of the equipment that was used back then. The technology had some to do with it.

  • @jamesslick4790

    @jamesslick4790

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bananapuddinpie "Mid-Atlantic" accent. It kind of WAS a US version of of England's "R.P."

  • @jamesslick4790

    @jamesslick4790

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ericharper5656 Um, No. his accent had little to do with the "tech", as he still had the "Mid-Atlantic" accent in the 1970's as he did in the 1930's. I still sound the same today on modern recordings as I did in 1978 on recordings (1978 analog tape OR 2018 digital files). High and low FREQUENCIES are cut off on older recordings, But that did not change his accent.

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor10 жыл бұрын

    When Lowell Thomas began his nightly radio newscast in 1931, the wire services refused to supply news to broadcasters. He and an assistant compiled the news themselves, often calling major sources in Washington, New York, and other places. BTW, in his first few months on radio, Thomas did newscasts for both CBS and NBC. Thomas referred to "ABC Before It Was ABC". His newscast was on the NBC "Blue" network, which NBC later had to divest for anti-trust reasons; Blue became ABC. Thomas moved to what was once NBC "Red" (now NBC's only radio network) after the divestiture.

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor10 жыл бұрын

    After retiring from radio, Lowell Thomas did a TV series for PBS in which he reviewed the major news events between 1919 and 1975, each year being covered in a different episode. Film of events prior to 1963 were from Movietone (for whom Thomas narrated newsreels), I believe BBC and CBS newsfilm footage was used for episodes covering 1964 through 1975.

  • @Chisox74

    @Chisox74

    5 жыл бұрын

    I totally remember that series! Lowell Thomas Remembers.

  • @KJTV67

    @KJTV67

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Chisox74 Yes a weekly show-I wondered at the time why he said "so long until tomorrow"

  • @kascnef
    @kascnef7 жыл бұрын

    Back when news was normal and not divided

  • @hourlynewscaster

    @hourlynewscaster

    7 жыл бұрын

    Very true. The reason that, in the beginning, all major media -- ABC, CBS, NBC, MBS, CNN -- were reporting the same thing is that that "same thing" was the truth. It's a crime against the Constitution that our President has convinced his followers that every new agency that criticizes him is lying ... and people are buying it. Remember, a "free press" is the only institution outside of Washington that is guaranteed in the Constitution.

  • @hourlynewscaster
    @hourlynewscaster12 жыл бұрын

    As far as I can tell, Lowell Thomas seldom did commentary, but, much in the ilk of Paul Harvey, he was a genuine American and a flag-waver. I am sure, knowing his background that he was also anti-Communist, though I never remember him saying anything about it. Thanks for the question the comment. Dennis

  • @tomdabomb6197

    @tomdabomb6197

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty interesting. Thank you for telling me about my ancestor

  • @hourlynewscaster
    @hourlynewscaster14 жыл бұрын

    Mark, you are so right on both accounts. I would go back and change the slide for the, but the master of this video in raw form no longer exists. Maybe your correction will be enough. Again, thanks. Dennis

  • @Skimaven
    @Skimaven13 жыл бұрын

    If you are interested in Lowell Thomas -- his life, his journalism legacy, and his connection with T.E. Lawerence -- you may wish to visit the "Creating History: Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia" online exhibit at the Clio Visualizing History website.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe258 жыл бұрын

    What a MAN! Didn't Walter Cronkite have a 15 minute commentary, nightly, around the 7 o'clock hour? What was Doug Edwards doing about this time?Thanks for posting!

  • @TheBrooklynbodine

    @TheBrooklynbodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    Back in the '60s, Lowell Thomas had a CBS News broadcast that ran from 6:45 pm ET to 7pm.

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor Жыл бұрын

    I recall that the three TV networks of the time (ABC, CBS, and NBC) wanted to simulcast Lowell Thomas's final radio newscast. As a result, it was actually taped about an hour beforehand, and instead of being done at a CBS Radio studio or at Thomas's estate in Pawling, New York (where Thomas had a home studio), it was done in a TV studio, with a living-room set, at CBS's West 57th Street facility in New York City. The newscast (minus commercials) appeared on the TV network newscasts, fed at 6:30 P.M. EDT and on tape over CBS Radio at 7 P.M. EDT.

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe255 жыл бұрын

    Why did Thomas leave CBS?

  • @emmarose4234
    @emmarose42342 жыл бұрын

    I found Lowell Thomas’ birth announcement! It was in The Greenville Journal, Greenville, Ohio, on April 14, 1892! “Harry Thomas is the happiest man in town; he goes home from school at noon for dinner, and would almost go at recess, just to see his new boy; born April 6th…”

  • @hourlynewscaster
    @hourlynewscaster7 жыл бұрын

    A note to a099353. You called me an asshat. What does that mean? If you think my voice is odd, blame my professors back in the '60s who thought we had to sound articulate to deserve to be on the air. So, what DOES "asshat" mean?

  • @ApartmentKing66

    @ApartmentKing66

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that's one of today's variations of "asshole," Dennis. But that someone would call you that just because of your voice or how you talk, I think, just makes them a small person, an adolescent, maybe both.

  • @lolavanwagenen4215
    @lolavanwagenen42154 жыл бұрын

    For an excellent exhibit of Thomas don't miss: Cliohistory.og, a Short film and some good information of Thomas and Lawerence of Arabia

  • @SoldierUSArmy
    @SoldierUSArmy11 жыл бұрын

    His only two grandchildren were really and truly really honorable communists when they went to high school in Anchorage, Alaska!!!

  • @MisterBassII
    @MisterBassII12 жыл бұрын

    It would be interesting to know whether he took a stand on Communism. His colleague, Edward R. Murrow, was falsely accused of BEING a Communist. Did he say anything about the Red Scare?

  • @garyhouston113
    @garyhouston1135 жыл бұрын

    You got to be older than dirt if you remember him

  • @TheBrooklynbodine

    @TheBrooklynbodine

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm 57 (posting on 10-20-20) and remember him from when I was a kid.

  • @rjmcallister1888

    @rjmcallister1888

    Жыл бұрын

    I am. Soon to be 66.

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