Hear It Now
The Cost of a Pound of Steak
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Hear It Now is a documentary-style radio news program that brings listeners reports and voices from the events shaping the world. Hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow, the series is known for its on-the-scene sound and direct, carefully composed reporting.
Rather than presenting news only as a studio summary, the program combines narration, interviews, and recorded sounds to convey how public events affect people in their daily lives. Its reports range across current affairs and social concerns, giving listeners a sense of both the larger story and the individuals living through it.
The result is thoughtful, serious radio journalism: measured in tone, attentive to detail, and grounded in the voices and sounds of the moment. This installment’s title points to the cost of a pound of steak, a concrete everyday subject within the program’s broader documentary approach.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.