Anniversary - Posts - Page 12

The Older-And-No-Wiser Matter

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 11th 2016

He picked up the receiver on the first ring of the phone. “Johnny Dollar.”“Johnny? Pat McCracken, Universal Adjustment Burea

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 31st 2016

In the annals of radio broadcasting, Detroit, Michigan’s WXYZ was a truly remarkable station. It would introduce one of the

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 21st 2016

It’s safe to say that without author Dashiell Hammett, the crime rate in Radio Land would be at risk of going on an uptick.

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 12th 2015

Back in the 1970s, when I first immersed myself in the wonderful world of old-time radio, my enthusiasm for “The Hobby” was

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 7th 2015

It is interesting to note that one of radio’s most popular mystery anthologies—The Mollé Mystery Theatre, which debuted ove

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 20th 2015

Radio’s resident “crime buster” was inarguably director-producer-writer Philips H. Lord, who gravitated to creating crime-t