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5 unusual facts about Our Secret Weapon


Our Secret Weapon

CBS had begun a shortwave listening program in September 1939, on an experimental basis, at the National Lawn Tennis Championships at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.

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Her husband, Paul White, was the first director of CBS News, and he directed research for Our Secret Weapon.

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The first ten programs were sponsored solely by Freedom House, and in the eleventh week Philco became a co-sponsor.

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Sponsored by Freedom House and Philco, the 15-minute weekly series was broadcast Sundays at 7 p.m.

Our Secret Weapon: The Truth

Our Secret Weapon: The Truth had its origins in the Freedom House radio program Our Secret Weapon (1942–43), a CBS Radio series hosted by Rex Stout, which was created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II.



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