"to a 21st-century version of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fireside chats with a similar impact to John F. Kennedy's use of the television broadcast. Clinton, who acted as a proponent of access to the internet and technology for lower income areas, said that the chat utilized, ""the most modern technology for . . . old-fashioned communication between the American people and their president."" The President recognized the high rate of growth in internet connectivity (1.3 million computers were connected to the internet when he took office as opposed to 56 million connected at the time of the chat) and that the"
"medium of radio. Roosevelt first used what would become known as fireside chats in 1929 as Governor of New York. Roosevelt was a Democrat facing a conservative Republican legislature, so during each legislative session he would occasionally address the residents of New York directly. His third gubernatorial address—April 3, 1929, on WGY radio—is cited by Roosevelt biographer Frank Freidel as being the first fireside chat. In these speeches, Roosevelt appealed to radio listeners for help getting his agenda passed. Letters poured in after each of these addresses, which helped pressure legislators to pass measures Roosevelt had proposed. As president, Roosevelt"
"the early 1920s by James S. Vance. In the summer of 1932 WJSV was acquired by CBS, bringing Trout into the CBS fold. (WJSV is now WFED in Washington, D.C.) He was the man who used the on-air label ""fireside chat"" in reference to radio broadcasts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression and World War II. (Trout credited the genesis of the phrase to Harry Butcher, a CBS vice president in Washington.) Trout was behind the microphone for many of broadcasting's firsts. He was the first to report on live congressional hearings from Capitol Hill, first to"
"For the first time entertainment was provided from outside the home, replacing traditional forms of entertainment such as oral storytelling and music from family members. New forms were created, including radio plays, mystery serials, soap operas, quiz shows, variety hours, situation comedies and children's shows. Radio news, including remote reporting, allowed listeners to be vicariously present at notable events. Radio greatly eased the isolation of rural life. Political officials could now speak directly to millions of citizens. One of the first to take advantage of this was American president Franklin Roosevelt, who became famous for his fireside chats during the"
"Florida. On March 28, 1941, President Roosevelt delivered a Fireside Chat to the nation from the radio room of USS ""Potomac"" in which he stated ""the time calls for courage and more courage."" After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the yacht was considered a potential target and used more cautiously by the president. On 3 August 1941, President Roosevelt left Washington to board ""Potomac"" at the submarine base at New London. ""Potomac"" then sailed for Appogansett Bay where the President did some fishing and entertained guests including Crown Princess Märtha of Norway. Eventually ""Potomac"" anchored in Menemsha Bight in Vineyard"
"days of World War II, KIT was there to provide air raid and black out warnings. It was believed that an attack on the west coast of the United States was imminent, so people were warned to turn off their lights, and drape black cloths over their windows, so the expected bombers would see nothing but blackness. Periodically, KIT, and the other Central Washington radio stations, would go off of the air so the bombers could not use the signals to pinpoint their bomb dropping locations, as they did at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his ""Fireside"
"their lights, and drape black cloths over their windows, so the expected bombers would see nothing but blackness. Periodically, KFI, and the other Los Angeles radio stations would go off of the air so the bombers could not use the signals to pinpoint their bomb dropping locations, as they did at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. An actual incident occurred on February 25, 1942, known as the Battle Of Los Angeles, where U.S. Army anti-aircraft artillery emplacements fired 1440 shells at something they thought were enemy aircraft. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his ""Fireside Chats"" broadcasting from the White House, used NBC"
"The conventional press grew to love Roosevelt because they too had gained unprecedented access to the goings-on of government. Every U.S. president since Roosevelt has delivered periodic addresses to the American people, first on radio, and later adding television and the Internet. The practice of regularly scheduled addresses began in 1982 when President Ronald Reagan started delivering a radio broadcast every Saturday. The series of Roosevelt's 30 fireside chats was included with the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. It is noted as ""an influential series of radio broadcasts in which"
"a fireside chat – ""this sort of late night show in the vein of Steve Allen and Johnny Carson... but set in the Oval Office"". On March 30, 2017, Comedy Central announced a new late night program via two Twitter accounts: @PresidentShow and @LateNightDonald. The network did not provide further details at the time of this announcement. A few days later, the series was officially announced. It was reported that the series was created by Anthony Atamanuik and executive produced by Adam Pally. The show was set to feature Atamanuik hosting as president Donald Trump and Peter Grosz acting as"
"publisher at the ""Marion Daily Star"". He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921). John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) from Plymouth, Vermont, was the 30th President of the United States serving from 1923 to 1929. Coolidge became president upon the death of Warren G. Harding. On February 22, 1924, he became the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio, and his 1925 inauguration was the first to be broadcast on radio. He was"
"through advertising revenue. By 2007, there were 261 commercial radio stations. Both Labor and Liberal politicians who visited the United States were highly impressed with the rapidly growing importance of political broadcasts. The 1931 national election was the first to feature heavy use of political broadcasts. Labor Prime Minister James Scullin was in a difficult contest, and he realized that radio receivers were now widespread, and the medium was much more effective and much cheaper than stumping in person using long-distance train travel. The New South Wales Labor Party leader Jack Lang emulated President Roosevelt's ""fireside chat"" format. Liberals followed"
"WJSV. While there, Butcher coined a term for President Franklin Roosevelt's radio speeches to the American public, referring to the May 7, 1933 address in a press release, as a ""fireside chat"". During his tenure at WJSV, Butcher was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve (U.S.N.R.) on September 16, 1939. From 1942 to 1945, Butcher served as the Naval Aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On May 1, 1943, Butcher was promoted to the rank of Commander in the U.S.N.R. On November 1, 1944 he was promoted to the temporary rank of Captain. Following an order"
"February 2009, Smerconish's program was placed into national syndication by Dial Global. On August 20, 2009, he became the first talk radio host to interview President Barack Obama live from the White House, one of seven radio conversations he's had with the former president. The interview was held in the Diplomatic Reception Room, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt conducted his famous fireside chats. President Obama took questions from Smerconish and his listeners on a variety of subjects, including the recent debates on the then-pending Affordable Care Act. The 30-minute interview was carried live on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. In"
"President Ronald Reagan started delivering a radio broadcast every Saturday. Conservative journalist William A. Rusher, who publicly urged Reagan to begin the series of broadcasts, explicitly referred to the ""fireside chats"" and compared Reagan's communications skills to those of Roosevelt. During a sound check in preparation for his radio address of August 11, 1984, Reagan made the following comments in jest, which were later leaked to the general public: ""My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."" George H. W. Bush did not regularly"
"debate, which was held at and televised from the CBS studio in Chicago, with candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debates, however, ceased after the 1960 election, as Lyndon B. Johnson avoided debating in 1964, and Nixon, widely perceived to have made a poor impression on television viewers in 1960, declined to debate in 1968 and in 1972. Thus televised presidential debates did not resume until 1976, when incumbent president Gerald Ford, perceiving he was behind in the polls, agreed to debate challenger Jimmy Carter. While Edward R. Murrow's 1958 speech before the Radio and Television News Directors"
"of the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, interrupting the program ""Wilderness Road"" to deliver the news. Transcriptions of those bulletins have been preserved on historical record album retrospectives and radio and television documentaries. Among the first were the Columbia Records spoken word series ""I Can Hear It Now"" and the later CBS Television series, ""The Twentieth Century"". In July, 1959, along with the Associated Press writer John Scali, he reported from Moscow on the famous ""Kitchen Debate"" between USSR General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev and then U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon in 1959. Daly's first"
"why it was done, and what the next steps are going to be."" It was the first of 30 evening radio addresses that came to be called the Fireside Chats. The result, according to economic historian William L. Silber, was a ""remarkable turnaround in the public's confidence … The contemporary press confirms that the public recognized the implicit guarantee and, as a result, believed that the reopened banks would be safe, as the President explained in his first Fireside Chat."" Within two weeks people returned more than half of the cash they had been hoarding, and the first stock-trading day"
"1952 renovation turned the winding staircase into a steep, straight stairs and added an elevator in this space. As of 2010, a pantry-sized refrigerator also occupied a portion of this space. The oval space beneath what is now the Blue Room was originally a Servants' Hall, but was turned into a furnace room in 1837. During the White House's 1902 renovation, the room was turned into a sitting room. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used it for his ""fireside chat"" radio broadcasts in the 1930s. Rebuilt (along with the rest of the gutted White House) during the 1948-to-1952 renovation, the room"
"Quarantine Speech The Quarantine Speech was given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 5, 1937 in Chicago (on the occasion of the dedication of the bridge between north and south outer Lake Shore Drive), calling for an international ""quarantine"" against the ""epidemic of world lawlessness"" by aggressive nations as an alternative to the political climate of American neutrality and non-intervention that was prevalent at the time. The speech intensified America's isolationist mood, causing protest by non-interventionists and foes to intervene. No countries were directly mentioned in the speech, although it was interpreted as referring to the Empire of"
"him in high public regard throughout his presidency. Their introduction was later described as a ""revolutionary experiment with a nascent media platform."" The series of chats was among the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, which noted it as ""an influential series of radio broadcasts in which Roosevelt utilized the media to present his programs and ideas directly to the public and thereby redefined the relationship between President Roosevelt and the American people in 1933."" Roosevelt believed that his administration's success depended upon a favorable dialogue with the electorate — possible"
"people of their government's offer and that they had a right to know the terms. The American Historical Association's ""G.I. Roundtable Series"" of pamphlets was used to ease transition to the post-war world. In the United States, radio was so widely used for propaganda that it greatly exceeded the use of other media that was typically used against other nations. President Roosevelt's fireside chats are an excellent example of this use of radio. In February 1941, Norman Corwin's ""This is War"" series was broadcast throughout the country and, by shortwave, throughout the world. Other significant uses of radio overseas includes"
"free to pursue her own agenda and interests. He also began holding ""fireside chats"", in which he directly addressed his constituents via radio, often using these chats to pressure the New York State Legislature to advance his agenda. In October 1929, the Wall Street Crash occurred, and the country began sliding into the Great Depression. While President Hoover and many state governors believed that the economic crisis would subside, Roosevelt saw the seriousness of the situation and established a state employment commission. He also became the first governor to publicly endorse the idea of unemployment insurance. When Roosevelt began his"
"The American Forum of the Air The American Forum of the Air, hosted by Theodore ""Ted"" Granik (1907–1970), was a public affairs panel discussion program, the first series of its kind on radio. It aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System and NBC from 1934 to 1956. Notable guests, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt (before he was president), journalist Dorothy Thompson, New York mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, U.S. Senators Harry Truman and Robert A. Taft, discussed a wide range of topics, from the New Deal to fascism. The series won a Peabody Award in 1940. The program's origins can be"
"a passageway not a destination. In 1935, Franklin Roosevelt had a chimney opened so he could conduct his ""fireside chats."" White House architect Lorenzo Winslow designed a new chimney breast and mantel that, though intended to appear traditional, subtly evokes Art Moderne in its ribbed curved sides. Rebuilt by Harry Truman as a sitting room, it was refurbished in 1960 during the Dwight Eisenhower administration in the style of the Federal period with antiques selected by New York interior designer Michael Greer. In 1962, with advice from American antiques expert Henry Francis du Pont, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had the"
"million viewers. As of the 2016 presidential debates, it is the second most-watched debate ever. 1980 United States presidential debates The 1980 United States presidential debates were held for the presidential election. The first presidential debate was held on September 21, 1980 at the Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland between independent Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois and former Republican Governor Ronald Reagan of California. The second presidential debate was held on October 28, 1980 at the Public Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Reagan. With the second debate reaching 80.6 million viewers, it"
"the ten greatest speeches in history. Reagan's effectiveness as a public speaker earned him the moniker, ""Great Communicator."" Former Reagan speechwriter Ken Khachigian wrote, ""What made him the Great Communicator was Ronald Reagan's determination and ability to educate his audience, to bring his ideas to life by using illustrations and word pictures to make his arguments vivid to the mind's eye. In short: he was America's Teacher."" Franklin D. Roosevelt, from whom Reagan often borrowed, ushered in a new age of presidential communication by broadcasting his ""fireside chats"" on the newly invented radio. Reagan, in his time, put his own"
"incident the principal focus of one of his famed ""fireside chats"", where he explained a new order he issued as commander-in-chief that escalated America nearer to outright involvement in the European war. In Roosevelt's words: The ""Greer"" was flying the American flag. Her identity as an American ship was unmistakable. She was then and there attacked by a submarine. Germany admits that it was a German submarine. The submarine deliberately fired a torpedo at the ""Greer"", followed by another torpedo attack. In spite of what Hitler's propaganda bureau has invented, and in spite of what any American obstructionist organisation may"
"night. Only once before—when Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to order the U.S. into World War I—had a sitting president addressed Congress at night. Warren Harding's 1922 speech was the first to be broadcast on radio, albeit to a limited audience, while Calvin Coolidge's 1923 speech was the first to be broadcast across the nation. Harry S. Truman's 1947 address was the first to be broadcast on television. Lyndon B. Johnson's address in 1965 was the first delivered in the evening. Three years later, in 1968, television networks in the United States, for the first time, imposed no time limit for"
"speeches at a formal candlelight dinner, which took place in Ford's still unfinished replica of Independence Hall at Greenfield Village, complete with its own Liberty Bell. In attendance were celebrities such as President Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Hoover, in their first voyage outside of the capital since President Hoover's inauguration, Walter Chrysler, Marie Curie, George Eastman, Aimée de Heeren, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, Adolph Ochs, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Will Rogers, Julius Rosenwald, Charles Schwab, and Orville Wright, with Albert Einstein chiming in during the speeches via a special radio hookup. In response to the praise lavished upon him, Edison,"
"W. Case, using the Phonofilm sound-on-film process he developed for Lee DeForest, filmed Coolidge on the White House lawn, making Coolidge the first president to appear in a sound film. The title of the DeForest film was ""President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds"". When Charles Lindbergh arrived in Washington on a U.S. Navy ship after his celebrated 1927 trans-Atlantic flight, President Coolidge welcomed him back to the U.S. and a sound-on-film record of the event exists. Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was an American politician and the 30th President"
"a major change in how candidates reached their potential audiences. With the advent of television, war hero and presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower, created forty twenty-second television spot commercials entitled, ""Eisenhower Answers America"" where he answered questions from ""ordinary"" citizens in an attempt to appear accessible to ""the common man"". These questions were filmed in one day using visitors to Radio City Music Hall, who were filmed gazing up at Eisenhower as he answered questions about the Korean War, government corruption, and the state of the economy. He did not have to shake a half a million hands or travel"
"Charles Coughlin Charles Edward Coughlin ( ; October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979), was a Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit. He was the founding priest at the National Shrine of the Little Flower church. Commonly known as Father Coughlin, he was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience: during the 1930s, an estimated 30 million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts. He was forced off the air in 1939 because of his pro-fascist and anti-semitic rhetoric. Initially, Coughlin was a vocal supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt"
"1980 United States presidential debates The 1980 United States presidential debates were held for the presidential election. The first presidential debate was held on September 21, 1980 at the Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland between independent Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois and former Republican Governor Ronald Reagan of California. The second presidential debate was held on October 28, 1980 at the Public Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Reagan. With the second debate reaching 80.6 million viewers, it was the most-watched debate in American history until the first presidential debate in 2016. Even"