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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Francis Albert Sinatra—Oscar-winning actor, Grammy-winning recording artist, and star of the Emmy Award-winning television ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Richard Crenna!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The go-to actor for radio’s squeaky-voiced adolescents was born in Los Angeles, California on ...
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Home“Why, Thrawkmawtinnnnnnnn…” The Radio Life of Shirley Mitchell
by Elizabeth McLeod Radio stars were all well and good. They got the covers of the fan magazines and ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Herb Butterfield!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Today’s birthday celebrant—born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1895 —may not possess the cachet ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Lawrence Dobkin!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr There are eight million stories in the naked city…and today we’ll highlight one of ...
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Articles / NewsThe Great Gildersleeve: Character Counts
By Elizabeth McLeod There were two types of comedy competing for listener attention during the Golden Age of Radio ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Willard Waterman!
by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. August 31, will mark the 75th anniversary of one of radio’s most popular and ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Larry Thor!
by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Arnleifur Lawrence Thorsteinson was born 100 years ago on this date…in an Icelandic village ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone—part of Essex at the time of ...
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Articles / NewsWally Maher: The Voice of Everyman
By Elizabeth McLeod Plenty of radio actors were known for their elegant, pear-shaped voices — the Gayne Whitmans, the ...
