Name: Ep. 69: WWII Homefront Pop Culture - "When The Lights Go On Again" by Cascade of History
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Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY highlights from "BLAZERMANIA," an LP produced in 1977 to celebrate the Portland Trailblazers' NBA World Championship and narrated by legendary broadcaster Bill Schonely. Also, we speak by phone with Wally Walker, whose rookie season was with the Trailblazers in that championship season, and who joined the Seattle Supersonics in autumn 1977 and was part of that year's playoff run, and of the 1978-1979 championship season.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, May 26, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 66: Portland Trailblazers 1977 World Championship and Wally Walker

Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY an archival recording of a 60th anniversary special commemorating D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944, and about the role of radio and pop culture in World War II. The 60th anniversary special originally aired on June 6, 2004 on KBCS 91.3 FM from Bellevue College.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, June 2, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 67: D-Day 80th Anniversary Special

Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is historian and author David Nicandri, whose latest book is called "Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage" (UBC Press). Nicandri served as executive director of the Washington State History Museum, but since retiring several years ago, he's been producing epic books about Northwest history - Corps of Discovery, Lewis & Clark, Captain Cook, Captain Vancouver - at a remarkable clip.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented live at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 9, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

More info about "Discovering Nothing"
https://www.ubcpress.ca/discovering-nothing

Ep. 68: Historian David Nicandri and "Discovering Nothing"

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents a audio documentary from the archives called "When The Lights Go On Again," as originally broadcast on KBCS 91.3 FM on June 5, 2005.

The 2005 program marked the 60th anniversary of VE Day - the end of WWII in Europe - and looked at music, news and other homefront pop culture of the UK and United States.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 7, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 69: WWII Homefront Pop Culture - "When The Lights Go On Again"

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a 2003 panel discussion with a quartet of Pacific Northwest sports broadcasters who have all since passed away: Rod Belcher, Bob Blackburn, Lee Desilet and Ron Forsell. The panel was part of a series called "Talk of the Town" curated and moderated by Cascade of History producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI). Support for the original program came from what's now Humanities Washington and 4Culture.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 21, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 70: Late, Great Pacific Northwest Sports Broadcasters

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II - VJ Day, August 14, 1945 - on the actual 60th anniversary in 2005. Participants included several local residents who were in the military, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945. The panel was part of a series curated and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience at the old MOHAI in Montlake.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 71: V-J Day 60th Anniversary Panel Discussion from August 2005

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion from November 2001 with all living current and former mayors of Seattle. With the recent passing of Charley Royer, it’s a good time to share this vintage recording - which also includes Norm Rice, Wes Uhlman and the late Paul Schell and late Gordon Clinton. The moderator is Dave Ross of KIRO Newsradio for this event marking the 150th anniversary of the landing of the Denny Party at Alki, generally considered to be the founding of Seattle.

The panel was part of a series produced by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience at the McEachern Auditorium at the old MOHAI in Montlake.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 4, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 72: Current and Former Seattle Mayors at MOHAI in November 2001

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Panelists include former public radio reporter Austin Jenkins, who (as a child) was rescued from an overnight camp near the mountain after the eruption; the late Grant Haller, photojournalist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who captured award winning images of the mountain; and Jeff Renner, former KING 5 meteorologist who, as a young science reporter, covered the run-up to the eruption and its aftermath for the Seattle TV station.

The panel was part of a series produced and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience on May 18, 2005 in the McCurdy Gallery at the old MOHAI in Montlake.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 11, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 73: Mount St. Helens 25th Anniversary Program at MOHAI

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 60th anniversary commemoration of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe. Panelists include Tuskegee Airman William Booker, US Army veteran John S. "Jack" Carver and US Army veteran and former POW Dr. James Warren (who was also the former MOHAI director).

The panel was part of a series produced and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience on May 8, 2005 in the McCurdy Gallery at the old MOHAI in Montlake.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 18, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 74: VE Day 60th Anniversary Event at MOHAI from May 2005

On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from "Evergreen Radio: LIVE," a special event focused on the past, present and especially the future of radio in the Pacific Northwest. In this archival panel discussion, a group of radio professionals from around Washington weigh in on where the medium had been and where it was headed in 2015. Panelists include Ricardo Garcia of Radio Cadena; Jeff Hansen of KUOW; Tom Mara of KEXP; LPFM advocate Sabrina Roach; Dave Ross of KIRO Newsradio; and Kerry Swanson of NW Public Radio.

The event was co-produced by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel and Olivia Weitz. It was taped before a live audience at the Richland, WA campus of Washington State University on April 25, 2015 - Ed Murrow's birthday - and was a project of the Edward R. Murrow College, with financial support from Humanities Washington.

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 1, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Ep. 75: Northwest Radio - Past, Present and Future

CASCADE OF HISTORY is the only LIVE radio show presenting news and stories about people doing cool things with and for history in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. We talk about people, artifacts, places, landmarks and the historic events that can bring us all together.

The show is broadcast live Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from studios located in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station.

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Ep. 69: WWII Homefront Pop Culture - "When The Lights Go On Again"

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