Starting in mid-July 1937, American newspapers—tons of them, even in the suburbs—began publishing the big news: NBC, the largest commercial radio broadcaster in America had hired Lisa Sergio, a “famous European announcer.” Her duties? There were many. She would present symphony concerts, conduct programs, and read news bulletins in French and Italian for the European public (shortwave radio). In short, Lisa was embarking on a new career in New York, partly performing the same job she had previously done in Rome. Only now from the shores of a democratic state, not a totalitarian one.