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Happy Birthday, Arthur Conan Doyle!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 22nd 2016

As a medical student at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 through 1881, Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle—born in Edinburgh o

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2016

If you were to ask character actor Edward James Begley—born in Hartford, Connecticut on this date in 1901—about the highlig

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2016

The last time we got together here on the blog we celebrated Sheldon Leonard’s birthday…and I described his career as a “hy

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 Feb 7th 2016

Old-time radio fans know that when Orson Welles made the decision to abandon his role as Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) a

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