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Happy Birthday, Parker Fennelly!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2018

It would become one of radio’s most beloved weekly rituals in the late 1940s: comedian Fred Allen would venture into “Allen

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 3rd 2018

In his essential reference encyclopedia of old-time radio, On the Air, author John Dunning notes that actor William Gargan’

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 2nd 2018

Despite the fact that radio’s I Love a Mystery had closed up shop over CBS Radio on December 29, 1944, Columbia Pictures wa

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 18th 2018

In 2009, Bear Manor Media published Did You Grow Up with Me, Too?: The Autobiography of June Foray. The titular performer—

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 3rd 2018

Grace Matthews was a drama queen. Okay, that sounds a bit churlish, in light of what that bit of slang means nowadays—what

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 29th 2018

“The First Lady of Radio.” That’s the fitting appellation given to actress Lurene Tuttle, born Lurene Susie Tuttle in Plea