Blog - Page 28 - Radio Spirits

Happy Birthday, Joseph Kearns!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 12th 2019

In the 1950s, with technological strides being embraced by the dying medium of radio, the Columbia Broadcasting System star

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 9th 2019

On April 26, 1936, the small Arkansas town of Waters officially changed its name to Pine Ridge. It wasn’t because they wer

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 6th 2019

During his long-running stint as the titular sleuth on Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, actor Bennett Kilpack—born William

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 31st 2019

Though most people remember veteran newsman Mike Wallace from his long-running stint on the television investigative news p

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 25th 2019

It pains me to have to say this…but I have heard from many an old-time radio devotee that Portland Hoffa—born on this date

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 18th 2019

The date was June 9, 1986 and the borough of Brooklyn was awash with the celebrative gaiety of its Back to Brooklyn Day Fes