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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 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

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 20th 2023

In 1930, Oswald George Nelson—born in Jersey City, New Jersey on this date in 1906—graduated with a law degree from Rutgers

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 1st 2023

On this date in 1941, radio audiences made their first visit to a dingy, dank East Side watering hole affectionately known a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 18th 2023

Here’s a tidbit of interesting trivia for classic movie fans: you know character great Edward Arnold as the personification