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June 7, 1936

June 7, 1936 The first “The World Is Yours” radio program is aired over the National Broadcasting Company network. A joint project of the Smithsonian, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Education and the Works Progress Administration, the half-hour programs air once a week on topics ranging from mammals to insects to geology to ethnology to art history to aeronautics. Scripts are prepared by Smithsonian staff and the broadcasts are recorded by out-of-work actors and musicians. The program is suspended in May of 1942 because of the war effort.

The image shows a rehearsal of one of “The World Is Yours” radio programs at the NBC studios in New York City.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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