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| George Burns and Gracie Allen brought their vaudeville act to American radio in 1932. George was an expert straight man and wrote most of their material, but it was Gracie’s portrayal of an absurd and... |
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| Dragnet, radio's landmark police series, pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sgt. Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department,... |
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| Orson Welles’ dramatic anthology series Mercury Theater on the Air, infamous for its Halloween broadcast of War of the Worlds, found a sponsor and became Campbell Playhouse in December 1938. The... |
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| For more than 20 years, Jack Benny reigned as the king of radio comedy. How he turned a miserable, self-absorbed cheapskate into a beloved icon ranks among the great achievements in entertainment... |
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| “Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!” One of the best known characters in all of Old Time Radio is the wealthy Lamont Cranston who used the mystical powers he learned in... |
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| The Whistler whistled its way onto the airwaves beginning May 16, 1942 and its eerie 13-note theme set the tone for West Coast radio mystery for the next decade. "I am the Whistler and I know many... |
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| The Whistler whistled its way onto the airwaves beginning May 16, 1942 and its eerie 13-note theme set the tone for West Coast radio mystery for the next decade. "I am the Whistler and I know many... |
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| Amos 'n' Andy was arguably the most popular program in the history of broadcasting. Each night, a third of the nation's populace tuned in to hear the comic misadventures of the proprietors of the... |
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| Amos 'n' Andy was arguably the most popular program in the history of broadcasting. Each night, a third of the nation's populace tuned in to hear the comic misadventures of the proprietors of the... |
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| “Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!” One of the best known characters in all of Old Time Radio is the wealthy Lamont Cranston who used the mystical powers he learned in... |
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