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The fireside chats were a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944.Roosevelt spoke with familiarity to millions of Americans about recovery from the Great Depression, the promulgation of the Emergency Banking Act in response to the banking crisis, the 1936 recession, New Deal initiatives, and the course of ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt first used what would become known as fireside chats in 1929 as Governor of New York. [5] His third gubernatorial address—April 3, 1929, on WGY radio—is cited by Roosevelt biographer Frank Freidel as being the first fireside chat. [6] As president he continued the tradition, which he called his fireside chats. The ...
The 100th day of his presidency was June 12, 1933. On July 25, 1933, Roosevelt gave a radio address in which he coined the term "first 100 days." [1][3] Looking back, he began, "we all wanted the opportunity of a little quiet thought to examine and assimilate in a mental picture the crowding events of the hundred days which had been devoted to ...
Warren G. Harding, the United States’ 29th president who held office from 1921 until he died in 1923, was the first president to deliver a radio address. [4] He addressed the nation at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial on May 30, 1922, an address that served as the day’s equivalent of the State of the Union address.
President Roosevelt's fireside chats are an excellent example of this use of radio. [44] In February 1942, Norman Corwin's This is War series was broadcast throughout the country and by shortwave throughout the world. [45] Other significant uses of radio overseas includes messages to the Italian Navy, which persuaded it to surrender. [46]
Sterling W. Sill. Sterling Welling Sill (March 31, 1903 – May 25, 1994) was a general authority in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1954 to 1976 and was a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1978. In 1978, he received general ...
A fireside usually either consists of a single speaker on a religious topic or a group discussion led by a church leader. They typically last between one and two hours. Sometimes, firesides are broadcast via satellite to stake centers and Institutes of Religion throughout the world. The first church-wide radio firesides were broadcast for youth ...
It is curious to note that the 1930 US census included a question asking if there was a radio in the home (column 9). It was answered with a simple Y for yes or N for no. I can't help but wonder if that information, namely the percentage of US households with a radio in 1930, had any influence on FDR's decision to go forward with Fireside Chats.