In 1945, on the day of Japan's surrender ending World War II, CBS radio began the series, "Columbia Presents Corwin". Orson Welles
did a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, "Fourteen August".
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August 14 in Radio History
August the 14th in 1933, Crosley Broadcasting's WLW in Cincinnati premiered the daytime drama "Ma Perkins." Just four months later, "Ma" moved to WMAQ Radio in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC radio network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title role, operating a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma Perkins for an incredible 27 years -- and 7,065 episodes.
In 1942, Garry Moore hosted a new radio program on NBC. "The Show Without a Name" was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey (CBS) and "Don McNeil’s Breakfast Club" (ABC). A prize of $500 was offered to name the show and someone came up with the title, "Everything Goes".
In 1945, on the day of Japan's surrender ending World War II, CBS radio began the series, "Columbia Presents Corwin". Orson Welles did a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, "Fourteen August".
In 1945, on the day of Japan's surrender ending World War II, CBS radio began the series, "Columbia Presents Corwin". Orson Welles
did a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, "Fourteen August".
Vintage radio's "Singin' Sam"...
Singin’ Sam aka Harry Frankel (January 27, 1888, Springfield, Ohio - June 12, 1948, Richmond, Indiana) was a minstrel performer, vaudevillian and popular personality during the early days of radio. He was best known as "Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man" for his long association with that company...
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Perry Como on radio and TV
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, radio & television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and also pioneered weekly musical variety radio/television shows. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.
Below is an audio and also video recording of a 1954 simulcast CBS-TV/Radio show with guest Peggy Lee. Selections include Sway, Someone to Watch Over Me, I Feel a Song Comming On, Papa Loves Mambo.
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