Military training film on a New York radio station, WMCA, owned by the Nathan Straus family, showing its ownership, management and activities. Good view of radio in the era when most stations were locally owned and operated.

An excellent, yet curious, film showing how small, independant radio stations work in the transition from the Golden Age of Radio of the 1930s and 1940s into the more mechanized process that would arise starting in the 1960s. What makes the film so great is not only the excellent cinematography and scoring, but it also provides great information on how the business of radio operates, emphasizing that it is a business and requires advertisers. The film also has some great footage of scenes in and around the radio station and early 50s New York life.

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V Discs preserve 1940 radio shows...

Many pop and Big Band radio programs are available today because they were pressed for listening by servicemen overseas during World War II. Many are preserved and can be heard today.

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Very interesting program on BBC Radio 2 - "Opp Goes Uncle Sam." It tells the history of the V-Disc program of World War 2 and beyond. You can find it HERE

Paul Harvey dies at age 90

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Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.

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Johnny Gilbert ~ announcer profile

Each day, thousands of trivia junkies and elderly folks hear the siren call: “This is Jeopardy!” Johnny Gilbert, the man behind those words, started out as a choirboy at his Lutheran Church in Newport News, Virginia, which led him to pursue a singing career.

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California Melodies 44

Faust Waltz
Amapola
I Guess It's Better That Way
MAXINE GRAY sings There'll Be Some Changes Made
Vienna Waltz
OFFENBACH Orpheus In The Underworld
MAXINE GRAY sings It All Comes Back to Me Now
Indefinate Ryhthm

Radio legend Studs Terkel dies at 96

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All Things Considered, October 31, 2008 · Legendary oral historian, author and radio personality Studs Terkel has died at his home in Chicago. He was 96. Terkel's health had been declining for some time and he was very frail; his son, Dan Terkel, said his condition worsened on Oct. 30, and he died "quickly and peacefully" just before 3 p.m. on Oct. 31.

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California Melodies with David Rose No. 40

Wagner's Hymn To the Evening Star
Time Stood Still
Rimsky-Korsakov's Hymn To the Sun
It All Comes Back To Me Now vocalist Maxine Gray
Perfidia
Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 10
So You're The One vocalist Maxine Gray
Silver Threads Among the Gold

John Facenda, WIP, WCAU Philadelphia

John Facenda

PHILADELPHIA (AP) WPVI-TV6 - September 10, 2008 -- The National Football League says it looks forward to defending a lawsuit over the use of legendary football announcer John Facenda's voice. John Thomas Ralph Augustine James Facenda (August 8, 1913 – September 26, 1984) was an American broadcaster and sports announcer. He was a fixture on Philadelphia radio and television for decades, and achieved national fame as a narrator for NFL Films. Through his work with NFL Films, Facenda was known by many NFL fans as "The Voice of God".

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Screen Guild Show...

The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio broadcast from 1939 until 1952 with leading Hollywood actors performing in adaptations of popular motion pictures. The show had a long run, lasting for 14 seasons and 527 episodes. It initially was heard on CBS from January 8, 1939 until June 28, 1948, continuing on NBC from October 7, 1948 until June 29, 1950. It was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1950 to May 31, 1951 and returned to CBS on March 13, 1952. The episode below was recorded early in 1939 and starred Bette Davis. SHOP Bette Davis...

Death Valley Days

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Death Valley Days was a long-running American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series.

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Announcer Fred Crabe dies at 90

Fred Crane, a former longtime Los Angeles classical music radio station announcer who achieved a slice of film immortality as an actor who played one of the handsome Tarleton twins in the 1939 movie classic "Gone With the Wind," has died. He was 90.
Crane, who had been hospitalized for a few weeks with diabetes-related complications, died of a blood clot in his lung Thursday in a hospital near Atlanta, said his wife, Terry. Crane was the oldest surviving adult male cast member of "Gone With the Wind," producer David O. Selznick's epic production of the Margaret Mitchell novel starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Crane became a part-time announcer at Los Angeles classical radio station KFAC in 1946. He continued to act, mostly in television, until the mid-1960s, when he began working full time at KFAC.

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Former DJ Chuck Dougherty

Through most of the 1960s and well into the 1970s, Chuck Dougherty worked in Philadelphia (WIP and WPEN), except for one year in New York City (WNEW). When asked who his favorite interview was through the years, Dougherty is quick to respond that it was Tony Bennett. "This one time I did a radio show with Tony at WIP in Philly. He was great and it was a lot of fun," he started. "Fast forward to that night and I'm at the R.D.A. Club (in Philadelphia) and there's nobody there, except for two couples and me sitting at the bar. All of a sudden Tony slipped in. And on stage is a combo doing Tony's songs. Tony asks me to be quiet as he slips up behind the kid singing and takes the mic out of his hand. I thought this kid was going to faint." Bennett took over the stage with that kid's band, and proceeded to sing. "Tony gave us 30 minutes, just two couples and me," Dougherty added with a laugh. "He's such a nice guy."...READ ENTIRE ARTICLE