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Happy Birthday, Truman Bradley!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 8th 2023

Automobile magnate Henry Ford was anxious to locate an announcer for his Sunday evening symphony program, known to radio li

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 23rd 2022

Although he was born Anton Morris Leader in Boston, Massachusetts on this date in 1913, Mr. Leader was always informally kno

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 3rd 2022

From the late 1930s to the late 1950s, Lawrence Klee was one of the busiest scribes working in radio—largely owing to his e

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 28th 2022

Actors, when they’re very lucky, concentrate on their chief profession: acting. The less fortunate thesps, however, often ha

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 Jul 17th 2022

Old-time radio devotees can instantly recognize the unmistakable voice of William T. Woodson, born on this date in Glendale