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Articles / NewsBurns And Allen: Midlife Crisis!
By Elizabeth McLeod Long-term success in radio meant finding a formula that worked — and sticking with it. Once ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The ...
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Articles / News“San Francisco, 1875…the Carlton Hotel…headquarters of the man called…Paladin!”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr By the beginning of the 1950s, television had started to make major inroads as ...
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Articles / NewsDick Powell: He Led Three Lives
By Elizabeth McLeod Some performers were noted for their consistency — actors who spent their entire lives playing the ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Fanny Brice!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Show business’ original “Funny Girl” was born Fania Borach in New York City on ...
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Articles / News“Get me that man with the flat voice!”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Comedian Fred Allen had worked himself up through the vaudeville ranks (he started out ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Jan Miner!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr On radio, one of the rare daytime dramas to stand out from its weepy ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Damon Runyon!
By Elizabeth McLeod The Oxford Dictionary defines the term “Runyonesque” as “of, relating to, or characteristic of Damon Runyon ...
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Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us regarding the daily schedule! At this time we are ...
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Articles / News“Who knows…what evil…lurks in the hearts of men…”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr My introduction to old-time radio came about in the 1970s, when the “nostalgia boom” ...
