Retired broadcaster Dick Bertel narrates this documentary on what ABC radio affiliate WSTC in Stamford, Connecticut, a suburb of New York City, sounded like in 1954. Produced in 2022, it includes archival audio of announcers Scott Vincent, Jerry Damon, and Bertel himself as "Dick Richards," the on-air name he used early in his career.

Featured is newsman Dee Caruso who became a comedy writer for network television shows such as "Get Smart" and "The Monkees" as well as movies including "The World's Greatest Athlete," "Doin' Time," and "Which Way to the Front?" Also mentioned are founder Steven R. Rintoul (who launched the station as WSRR in 1941); general manager Julian Schwartz; program director Steve Phillips; announcers Ernie Hartman, Harry Downie, Bob Hall, Don Rustici (a.k.a. Don Russell), and Frank Delfino (a.k.a. Del Campbell); insurance salesman and Polish show host Frank Obuchowski; news writers Hank Kattan and Bob Meany; and Italian show host Nino Belasai. There is also a vintage commercial for the Stamford department store C.O. Miller promoting Manhattan men's dress shirts with span collars. Other mentions include President Harry S. Truman and the end of World War II; President Dwight D. Eisenhower; President George H.W. Bush and the 1990 government shutdown; Governor Thomas J. Meskill of Connecticut; the New Haven Railroad; Ellis Island; distribution of the Salk vaccine, an immunization against polio; NBC announcing supervisor Pat Kelly; WABC Radio and Channel 7, WABC-TV, in New York, N.Y.; WTIC Radio and Channel 3, WTIC-TV (WFSB since 1974), in Hartford, Conn.; WGY Radio in Albany - Schenectady - Troy, N.Y.; and New York City radio stations WQXR, WCBS, WNBC, and WNEW.

Clips heard here are taken from the national TV shows "The Twilight Zone (A Stop at Willoughby)," "I Love Lucy (Ricky Loses his Temper)," "Get Smart (The Amazing Harry Hoo)," "The Merv Griffin Show," and "The Bell Telephone Hour;" the movies "Citizen Kane," "Godzilla," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "The World's Greatest Athlete," and "My Favorite Year;" the NBC Radio shows "X Minus One," "All-star Parade of Bands," and "I Sustain the Wings" featuring Glenn Miller and his orchestra; the Universal Newsreel "Nation Celebrates" (release 425), narrated by Ed Herlihy; the local WSTC programs "The Old Commuter," "The Dick Richards Show," and "Speller Teller;" the WTIC Radio program "The Jean Colbert Show;" the ABC Radio shows "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "Lum and Abner," "The Lone Ranger," and "Dinner in the Green Room" featuring Henry Jerome and his orchestra with their announcer Bob Leonard; a WTIC (AM) jingle; the WTIC-TV (Ch. 3) newscast "Six O'clock Report;" an NBC Radio newscast anchored by Dick Bertel; and the Voice of America (VOA) program "Talk to America."

Songs include "The Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller, "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" by Harry James, "Opus One" by Tommy Dorsey, "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes, "Papa Loves Mambo" by Perry Como, "In the Mood" by Ray Anthony, "Sh-boom" by the Crew Cuts, "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney, "Answer Me, My Love" by Nat King Cole, "The Turntable Song" by the Modernaires, "Magnolia" by the Four Coins, "The Average Giraffe" by the Four Lads, "Who Stole the Keeshka?" by Walt Solek, "Luna Mezzo Mare" by Dean Martin, "The Marriage of Figaro" by the 3DB Symphony Orchestra as conducted by Verdon Williams, "T.V. is the Thing This Year" by Dinah Washington, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" by Bill Haley and his Comets, "Bye Bye Blues" by Les Paul and Mary Ford, the theme from "Get Smart" by Irving Szathmary, "Rags to Riches" by Tony Bennett, and "Young at Heart" by Frank Sinatra.

This program was written by Dick Bertel. It was researched, edited, and produced by his son Doug Bertel. Dick's narration was engineered by his son Jim Bertel who is also the VOA announcer heard introducing "Talk to America." Scott Vincent, Jr. provided his father's audio.