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+ 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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05.07.1939	father coughlin (x) propaganda at work	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Propaganda At Work". The broadcast ori...
05.14.1939	father coughlin (x) the mother's challenge to warmongers	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Mother's Challenge To Warmongers"...
05.21.1939	father coughlin where do we stand	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Where Do We Stand, For The Reformers O...
06.25.1939	father coughlin (x) government by man, or government by law	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Government By Man, Or Government By La...
07.02.1939	father coughlin (x) declaration and washington farewell	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. The broadcast originates from The Shrin...
07.16.1939	an appeal to the laboring man	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "An Appeal To The Laboring Man," "The V...
07.23.1939	father coughlin (x) response to eliott roosvelt	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "An Answer To Elliot Roosevelt". The br...
08.06.1939	a living wage part 1	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "God Help The American Farmer". The bro...
08.06.1939	a living wage part 2	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "God Help The American Farmer". The br...
08.06.1939	father coughlin (x) god help the american farmer	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "God Help The American Farmer". The br...
08.13.1939	father coughlin (x) to the laboring man	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "To The Laboring Man". The broadcast or...
08.20.1939	father coughlin (x) the voice of social justice	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Voice Of Social Justice". The broa...
08.27.1939	father coughlin (x) the challenge of the past and the challenge of social justice	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Challenge Of The Past and The Chal...
09.03.1939	father coughlin (x) the good samaritan	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Good Samaritan". The broadcast ori...
09.10.1939	father coughlin (x) cash and carry will evolve into credit and carry	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey. "Cash and Carry". The broadcast originates from ...
09.17.1939	father coughlin (x) strict neutrality and no cash and carry	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Cash and Carry". The broadcast origina...
09.24.1939	father coughlin (x) no prosperity in machinegunning our brothers in christ	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey. "Cash and Carry". The broadcast originates from ...
12.24.1939	father coughlin (x) feast of christmas	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Feast Of Christmas". The program o...
12.31.1939	father coughlin (x) review of past 10 years	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "A Review Of The Past Ten Years". The b...
01.07.1940	fdr message to congress	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Can Man Master The Machine?"/"The Marr...
01.07.1940	father coughlin (x) concerns of the christian family	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "Pres. Roosevelt's Message To Congress"...
01.21.1940	father coughlin (x) here i take my stand	+Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "I Take My Stand". The broadcast origin...
01.28.1940	father coughlin (x) discussing a christian front	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey. "Discussing A Christian Front". The broadcast o...
02.04.1940	father coughlin (x) announcements no father coughlin	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. An unusual program from The Shrine Of ...
03.17.1940	father coughlin	+ Father Coughlin network, WHBI, Newark, New Jersey aircheck. "The Cross and It's Victim's Suffering...

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I grew up listening to Father Charles Coughlin Sundays at the Shrine of the Little Flower in my hometown of Royal Oak, Michigan in the 50's & 60's. The radio priest. Yes, I know he was controversial, but I knew him as a famous person. During mass, just when I was about to fall asleep, he would bang his fist on the pulpit, startling me awake! He came to visit us at catechism occasionally.

Larry

I also attended church at Royal Oak (and parochial school there too).

Tom

He was the Jerry Falwell of his time

Eric

Father Coughlin first took to the airwaves in 1926 at WJR-Detroit, Michigan, broadcasting weekly sermons over the radio. In 1931 the CBS radio network dropped free sponsorship, so he raised money to create his own national network, which soon reached millions of listeners with his broadcasts that had shifted from theology to economics and politics. Just as the rest of the nation was obsessed by matters economic and political in the aftermath of the Depression, so too was Father Coughlin. Coughlin had a well-developed theory of what he termed By 1934 Coughlin was perhaps the most prominent Catholic spokesman on political and financial issues, with a radio audience that reached millions of people every week., and Father Coughlin was an early and passionate supporter of President Roosevelt, since he viewed FDR as a radical social reformer like himself. Roosevelt's rhetoric during his inaugural address implicitly promised to "drive the moneychangers from the temple." This was music to Coughlin's ears since a core part of his own message was monetary reform.

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