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When broadcast live in London during a Nazi air raid in September 1940, it was a revolutionary step forward for journalism. The American audience back home on CBS and 成人X站 Radio heard the booms of anti-aircraft guns firing on the enemy bombers high over head, and the honking of impatient London traffic below.

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They also heard Murrow鈥檚 unscripted commentary, describing what was taking place, as it was taking place.

Though we may take this kind of reporting for granted now, says John Escolme, it was unheard of in 1940.

鈥淣ormally, if there were outside broadcasts at the scene of an incident or a scene of news, as it were, even that would be scripted and read — so very safe, never off-script,鈥� Escolme said.

鈥淪o, Ed Murrow with his famous descriptions of air battles really changed everything and pushed the boundaries,鈥� Escolme said.

These and other wartime broadcasts from London made . Some say Murrow鈥檚 depictions of Londoners bouncing back from repeated air raids even helped sway public opinion in the United States about getting more involved in the war against the Nazis. And, non insignificantly, many examples of Murrow鈥檚 work survive only because 成人X站 Radio recorded and saved them.

Either way, Escolme says, the broadcasts by Murrow had an immediate impact on other journalists working in London at the time, and changed the way the concept of 鈥渞eporting鈥� was understood by BBC staff.

鈥淪ome of the BBC correspondents started to adopt some of his style, daring to come off script and really speak about what they were really seeing,鈥� Escolme said. 鈥淎nd that was kind of revolutionary.鈥�

Late last month on a sunny and chilly morning not far from Oxford Circus, Escolme gave this reporter a tour of the place where Ed Murrow made history — the ornate BBC 鈥淏roadcasting House鈥� that was built in central London in the early 1930s, and which still houses part of the BBC today.

The building looks like something like a cross between a wedding cake and a battleship. When it first opened, Escolme says, there was controversy over the positioned right above the main entrance depicting Prospero and Ariel, two characters from Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭he Tempest.鈥�

鈥淚t caused quite a bit of scandal at the time,鈥� Escolme said. 鈥淐omments in the press were 鈥榤aidens are said to blush and youth to pass disparaging remarks regarding the statue of Ariel and Prospero,鈥� largely because of Ariel’s genitalia, which were rather large.鈥�

The controversy had died down by the time the and Murrow arrived at Broadcasting House in 1938.

Murrow was employed by CBS to arrange talks and musical performances for the American audience and CBS had arranged with the BBC to use their studios and transmitting facilities to relay reports from Europe back to the United States via shortwave.

It was during one of these broadcasts says Escolme, that Ed Murrow took a risk by standing atop a building during an air raid.

鈥淭here is a balcony there … about one, two, three, four, five floors up where he famously did some of his commentary, so he was really looking at the Blitz,鈥� said Escolme, standing across the street from Broadcasting House on the corner of Portland Place and Wigmore Street and pointing to near the top of the building, where Murrow stood in 1940 and near where the Irish rock band U2 back in 2009.

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鈥淭his was not by any means a safe area,鈥� Escolme said. 鈥淲e’re right in the center of London, and one of the wings of Broadcasting House was actually bombed in 1940. And a large chunk of the building was taken out. So this was on the target list, it was not immune, by any means, so he was taking some risks by broadcasting from up there.鈥�

World War II ended more than 70 years ago, and Ed Murrow has been dead for half a century. Journalists and the media have been the focus of vitriol from politicians, elected officials, and the general public. With all these changes, does anyone at the BBC or anywhere in London even remember who Ed Murrow was or remember those famous broadcasts?

John Escombe says probably very few do remember, but he also says countless people have benefited from what he calls a 鈥渃ultural shift to more honest and real broadcasting鈥� brought about by Murrow鈥檚 work.

He also says there actually is at least one tangible tribute to Ed Murrow that was in 2006.

鈥淭here is a to him in nearby Hallam Street where he lived from 1938 to 1946,鈥� Escolme said.

鈥� is not something goes up lightly. There are a few of them around London, so you have to somebody to be remembered,鈥� he said.

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