+ Father Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a controversial Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine of the Little Flower Church. He was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience, as more than thirty million tuned to his weekly broadcasts during the 1930s. Early in his career Coughlin was a vocal supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his early New Deal proposals, before later becoming a harsh critic of Roosevelt as too friendly to bankers. In 1934 he announced a new political organization called the "Nation's Union of Social Justice." He wrote a platform calling for monetary reforms, the nationalization of major industries and railroads, and protection of the rights of labor. The membership ran into the millions, resembling the Populist movement of the 1890s. After hinting at attacks on Jewish bankers, Coughlin began to use his radio program to issue antisemitic commentary, and later to rationalize some of the policies of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The broadcasts have been called "a variation of the Fascist agenda applied to American culture". His chief topics were political and economic rather than religious, with his slogan being Social Justice, first with, and later against, the New Deal. Many American bishops as well as the Vatican wanted him silenced, but it was the Roosevelt administration that finally forced the cancellation of his radio program and forbade the dissemination through the post of his newspaper, Social Justice.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Father Coughlin
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| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 02.14.1937 | primer on communism vs christianity |
+Father Coughlin network. The program originates from The Shrine Of The Little Flower, Royal Oak, M... | |
| 02.21.1937 | father coughlin (x) popular front vs christian front |
+ Following 1936 Father Coughlin retired from all active organizations and now he is encouraging the... | |
| 03.28.1937 | father coughlin (x) easter broadcast |
+ The broadcast originates from the Shrine Of The Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan. In this East... | |
| 04.04.1937 | father coughlin (x) twenty years ago |
+Mutual net, CKLW, Windsor origination. "Twenty Years Ago". The broadcast originates from The Shrin... | |
| 04.11.1937 | father coughlin (x) relief that fails to relieve |
+ "Relief That Fails To Relieve". The last show of the season, until October. Father Coughlin disp... | |
| 11.20.1938 | father coughlin (x) persecution jewish and christian |
+Father Coughlin network, WMCA, New York aircheck. "Persecution: Jewish and Christian". The broadcas... | |
| 11.27.1938 | father coughlin (x) let us consider the record |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Let Us Consider The Record". The broad... | |
| 12.04.1938 | father coughlin (x) not anti semitism, but anti communism |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Not-Anti-Semitism, But Anti-Communism"... | |
| 12.11.1938 | father coughlin (x) persecution and communism |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Persecution and Communism". The broadc... | |
| 12.18.1938 | father coughlin (x) jewish and christian concept of the messiah |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Christian and The Jewish Concept O... | |
| 12.25.1938 | father coughlin |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from, "The Shr... | |
| 01.01.1939 | father coughlin |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Americanism, Not Nazism Nor Communism"... | |
| 01.08.1939 | father coughlin |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The President's Message To Congress". ... | |
| 01.15.1939 | father coughlin |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from The Shrin... | |
| 01.22.1939 | father coughlin |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Ten Million Unemployed". The broadcast... | |
| 01.29.1939 | father coughlin (x) why leave your own |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Why Leave Your Own". The broadcast ori... | |
| 03.12.1939 | father coughlin (x) bonds and neutrality |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Bonds and Neutrality". The broadcast o... | |
| 03.19.1939 | father coughlin (x) nation wide anti war context |
+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from The Shri... | |
| 03.26.1939 | father coughlin (x) czechoslovakia problem in america |
+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Our Problem Is In America". The broad... | |
| 04.02.1939 | father coughlin (x) history of holy week |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The History Of Holy Week". The broadca... | |
| 04.09.1939 | father coughlin (x) the resurrection |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from The Shrin... | |
| 04.16.1939 | unjust agressors |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Unjust Aggression". The broadcast orig... | |
| 04.23.1939 | father coughlin (x) recap of previous week |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from The Shrin... | |
| 04.30.1939 | father coughlin (x) so this is democracy |
+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "So This Is Democracy". The broadcast o... | |
| N/A | start of flower |
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