Anniversary - Posts - Page 11

“Oh…the big red letters stand for the Jell-O family…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 2nd 2016

Comedy was king during the Golden Age of Radio; funsters like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Edgar Bergen (and Charlie McCarthy), an

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 24th 2016

As the 1944-45 season of radio’s The Fitch Bandwagon came to its conclusion, star Dick Powell made an unusual request of t

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 15th 2016

Even as he continued to convulse audiences weekly in the 1950s as Frankie Remley, sidekick to the male half of The Phil Har

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 24th 2016

On this date in 1949, actor Dick Powell whistled his very first rendition of “Leave it to Love” on NBC’s Richard Diamond, Pr

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 17th 2016

In the early years of Radio’s Golden Age, those individuals who worked in radio discovered fairly quickly that the medium w

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 8th 2016

The premiere of NBC Radio’s Dimension X on this date in 1950 was inspired by the phenomenal box office success of Universa