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Happy Birthday, Dick Haymes!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 13th 2022

The man born Richard Benjamin Haymes in Buenos Aires, Argentina on this date in 1918 was at one time a serious rival to Bin

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 6th 2022

It couldn’t have been easy for Jim Ameche, pursuing a radio career in the same manner of his famous brother Don. The man bor

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 26th 2022

While attending high school in his native San Francisco, actor Jack Moyles–born on this date in 1913–was quite the athlete,

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 24th 2022

An item in a November 1945 edition of Radio Mirror will give you an idea of just how busy the actor born Martin Lefkowitz o

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 4th 2022

Though its radio run was brief (from July 3, 1947 to February 14, 1948), The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen has rightfully ear

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 2nd 2022

The infamous poaching of radio stars from NBC—known to old-time radio fans as the “talent raids”—was perpetrated by rival CB