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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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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Frank Lovejoy!
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. The actor fondly remembered by old-time radio fans as the reporter who covered the ...
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Articles / NewsA Birthday Valentine to Jack Benny
By Ivan Shreve, Jr. You’ve been seeing Valentine’s Day TV commercials for weeks now, and I’ll bet dollars to ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Arch Oboler!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr In listening to a local public radio station while attending college at Huntington, West ...
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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 / 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 / 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 / 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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