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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.

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

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

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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