POSTBAG

Many thanks to SRAA contributor Timothy Stamps, who shares the following recording and notes:

Broadcaster: WLW

Date of recording: July 28, 1947

Starting time: 1215

Frequency: 0.7 MHz (700 kHz)

Reception location: original recording by the BBC on transcription disc

Notes: This is a recording gathered from "acetate" lacquer-coated aluminum discs (phonograph records) that are 12" transcription discs that were found in a library sale in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2025. The recording was made on July 18, 1947, by the BBC and transported to Cincinnati where it was aired on WLW 700 kHz AM (Medium Wave) ten days later on July 28, 1947.

WLW (BBC Transcription Disc Recording): July 28, 1947 BBC Download

Here are additional images and newspaper articles about the event recorded on the transcription discs:

Newspaper article, July 27, 1947:

May 25, 1947 newspaper article about the Kentucky Girl Scouts going to England for this Folk Music Festival:

Part 1:

Part 2: