We Shield Millions
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Comment from Paul Manton
Hi Brett. This is the first time we met. In the UK, our nearest exciting Radio station at the threshold of the Rock'n'Roll era was Radio Luxembourg, which played music the BBC would not! So, naturally, the BBC lost its entire teenage audience for several years.
But I would love to have been in the States as a teenager in the time of early radio, including KFKB and the dawn of The Grand Ole Opry. As a singer, I watched with great interest Ken Burns' wonderful documentary on Country Music (PSB America) and your article fills in many gaps.
Doctor Brinkley was certainly a colorful character (shades of Oz!) and I thank you for telling me about him and his era.
I congratulate you on getting the figures right on the Spanish Flu - usually it is under-quoted, but I am convinced that it was 100 million+ so far more than those who died in World War One - though ironically, without that war the disease might never have left the States!
Really well researched and most illuminating, however extraordinary.
Thank you.
Paul
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2023
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Hi Brett. This is the first time we met. In the UK, our nearest exciting Radio station at the threshold of the Rock'n'Roll era was Radio Luxembourg, which played music the BBC would not! So, naturally, the BBC lost its entire teenage audience for several years.
But I would love to have been in the States as a teenager in the time of early radio, including KFKB and the dawn of The Grand Ole Opry. As a singer, I watched with great interest Ken Burns' wonderful documentary on Country Music (PSB America) and your article fills in many gaps.
Doctor Brinkley was certainly a colorful character (shades of Oz!) and I thank you for telling me about him and his era.
I congratulate you on getting the figures right on the Spanish Flu - usually it is under-quoted, but I am convinced that it was 100 million+ so far more than those who died in World War One - though ironically, without that war the disease might never have left the States!
Really well researched and most illuminating, however extraordinary.
Thank you.
Paul
Comment Written 21-Jun-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2023
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Appreciate the review.
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No problem. Great piece.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this chapter with us. I can't actually say this man, Doctor John Romulus Brinkley, is amazing, but I can say he's interesting. I enjoyed reading and can't wait for part 3. I do hope you get this issue resolved. I would really miss you.
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reply by the author on 30-Jun-2023
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Thank you for sharing this chapter with us. I can't actually say this man, Doctor John Romulus Brinkley, is amazing, but I can say he's interesting. I enjoyed reading and can't wait for part 3. I do hope you get this issue resolved. I would really miss you.
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Comment Written 21-Jun-2023
reply by the author on 30-Jun-2023
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Appreciate the review.