You Are There

You Are There is a historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS radio and television. Created by Goodman Ace for CBS Radio, it blended its history with modern technology, taking an entire network newsroom on a time trip each week reporting the great events of the past. Reporters included John Daly, Don Hollenbeck, and Richard C. Hottelet. First broadcast on July 7, 1947 under the title "CBS Is There." Final broadcast ... more

You Are There is a historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS radio and television. Created by Goodman Ace for CBS Radio, it blended its history with modern technology, taking an entire network newsroom on a time trip each week reporting the great events of the past. Reporters included John Daly, Don Hollenbeck, and Richard C. Hottelet. First broadcast on July 7, 1947 under the title "CBS Is There." Final broadcast on March 19, 1950 under the title "You Are There". According to author/historian Martin Grams, actor Canada Lee was a guest in episodes thirty-two and sixty. Martin Gabel appeared in character in episode eighty-two. The first 23 broadcasts went under the title "CBS Is There" and beginning with episode twenty-four, the title changed to "You Are There". A total of ninety episodes were broadcast. Only seventy-five episodes are known to exist in recorded form. The radio program made a transition to television in 1953, with Walter Cronkite as the... less