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Articles / News“Good night, folks…”
In his essential reference encyclopedia of old-time radio, On the Air, author John Dunning notes that actor William Gargan’s ...
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Articles / News“The first man they look for, and the last they want to meet…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. John William Cahn, Jr. was born on September 27th, 1920 in Lexington, Kentucky. He’s ...
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Articles / News“…ace cameraman who covers the crime news of the great city…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Turner Classic Movies occasionally schedules a 1956 film noir directed by Fritz Lang entitled ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Santos Ortega!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Radio historian and Radio Spirits contributor Jim Widner once asked humorously of today’s birthday ...
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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 / NewsHappy Birthday, Mel Blanc!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. In the 1949 Looney Tunes short Curtain Razor, cartoon star Porky Pig channels his ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Vincent Price!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. If actor Vincent Price—born Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. on this date in St. Louis, ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Arthur Conan Doyle!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. As a medical student at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 through 1881, Arthur ...
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Articles / NewsYes, Please? The Days In the Life of Dennis Day
By Elizabeth McLeod Part of what made The Jack Benny Program memorable was the endearing presence of Jack’s “gang.” ...
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Articles / NewsBoy Wonder: The Radio Life of Orson Welles
By Elizabeth McLeod Some performers take a lifetime to reach their full potential, and some pack an entire lifetime’s ...
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