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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Judy Canova!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr At the height of her popularity in the 1940s, Judy Canova—born in Starke, Florida ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Dick Powell!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Born in Arkansas in 1904, the man christened Richard Ewing Powell would prove to ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Norman Macdonnell!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr One of old-time radio’s most important—and inarguably, most creative—director-producers was born in 1916 on ...
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Articles / News“When man hunts man!”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The Golden Age of Radio featured many programs that, despite their excellence, failed to attract a large ...
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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 / NewsLet George Do It: The Detective With A Difference
By Elizabeth McLeod When you think of the typical “1940’s noir private eye,” certain images come to mind — ...
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Articles / News“There are many tales told on radio, but only one Chandu…”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The origin story of Chandu the Magician is as follows: Frank Chandler, a student of the ...
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Articles / News“…that footloose and fancy-free young gentleman…”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr In hindsight, the low ebb that marked Frank Sinatra’s show business career in the ...
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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 / News“…the Texas plainsman who wandered through the western territories, leaving behind a trail of still-remembered legends…”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr In Leonard Maltin’s anecdotal old-time radio page-turner The Great American Broadcast, there’s a photograph ...
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