Hear It Now

Truman Names a Tank

English · Radio, Periodicals & Magazines

Hear It Now is a documentary radio program that brings listeners reports and voices from the news. Hosted by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, it uses recorded sound and on-the-scene reporting to present current events in a vivid, immediate way.

The program combines narration, interviews, speeches, and actuality recordings, giving listeners a sense of the people and places behind the headlines. Its reports range across public affairs and international developments, with the sound of events themselves helping shape each broadcast.

Murrow’s measured delivery and the program’s carefully assembled recordings create a serious, journalistic tone. Rather than treating the news as a list of headlines, Hear It Now offers an immersive snapshot of the issues and voices that defined its moment.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.