1967 The Lord of the Rings (Livingston Gilbert)

Release Date: 1967
Reader: Livingston Gilbert
Language: English
Organization: DBPH
Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind
ISBN: n/a
Duration: ?
Unabridged: Yes
Country: English
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Vinyl x 32, 10″, 16 rpm
NLS Book Numbers: TB 03367 withdrawn, TB 03369 withdrawn, TB 03368 withdrawn

Produced for the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled service of the Library of Congress. This is a complete reading of the book made purely for eligible members of this special library service in the USA and not available for commercial release.

Livingston Gilbert, from Louisville, was a newscaster and anchorman for WAVE radio and television for almost 40 years. Livingston started as an announcer with WAVE radio in 1941. His first television newscast was in 1948 and he remained the station’s anchor until 1972 when he worked with his first partner on the news show. He spent three days a week reading books for APH (American Print House for the Blind) beginning in 1939 and read right up until his death in 1981.

He spent his entire career at WAVE, and never apologized for the fact that he was not a writer or a journalist, but a deliverer of the news. Gilbert’s distinguished career was unmatched for longevity by any other local broadcaster in the country. During his final broadcast at the end of 1980, he said he hoped he would be remembered for his “integrity.”

His wife Jan, with whom he had three daughters, was the APH studio director in the 1970s. Livingston was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 1981.