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Articles / NewsWhere the Elite Meet to Eat – Ed Gardner and Duffy’s Tavern
By Elizabeth McLeod To paraphrase Fred Allen, imitation was the sincerest form of radio. Throughout the medium’s Golden Era, ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Phil Harris!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The man who let audiences know what he liked about the South would have ...
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Articles / NewsMcCambridge for the Defense: Mercedes McCambridge and Defense Attorney
By Elizabeth McLeod Often a supporting player, rarely a star — and yet she won an Oscar for her ...
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Articles / NewsOn The Night Beat: Radio’s Hardboiled Reporter
By Elizabeth McLeod Newspaper reporters may seem a quaint relic of the past in this day of pajama-clad “citizen ...
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Articles / NewsLiving The Life of Riley
By Elizabeth McLeod If there’s a single phrase which might describe the basic concept underlying the standard family situation ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Shirley Mitchell!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Couch potatoes remember Shirley Mitchell as Lucy Ricardo’s pal Marion Strong, the women’s club ...
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Audio StreamsThe Houdini Seance
Halloween, a day fit for the anniversary of the death of a magic legend. Harry Houdini was a legendary ...
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Articles / News“Anniversary, my dear Watson…anniversary.”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr On this date, the world’s greatest detective made his debut over the airwaves…and let’s ...
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Articles / NewsWilliam Conrad: The Voice Of Postwar Radio
By Elizabeth McLeod Authoritative, resonant, and powerful. Sensitive, thoughtful and compassionate. Few actors of the radio era combined all ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Hanley Stafford!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The actor who achieved his greatest fame on radio as the best foil Fanny ...
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