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“And now, let’s see what’s going on down in Pine Ridge…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 26th 2023

On this date in 1931, radio listeners paid their first visit to the sleepy little Arkansas hamlet of Pine Ridge to sit arou

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve. Jr. on Apr 11th 2023

“If you think you want to be a radio actor, go to a small station.” That’s the advice that John William Larkin, born in Oak

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 10th 2023

On this date in 1943, the literary sleuth created by Drexel Drake made his radio debut on the Blue Network with a series tha

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 5th 2023

Although Gale Storm had been appearing in motion pictures since 1940, the perky, bubbly thespian would not achieve true sho

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 28th 2023

The actor fondly remembered by old-time radio fans as the reporter who covered the “night beat” for the fictional Chicago S

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2023

It may have been the underrated Wyllis Cooper who was responsible for creating the classic radio horror Lights Out…but when