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Happy Birthday, William Johnstone!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 7th 2018

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 7th 2018

Established in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (father of singer-songwriter Carly Simon) and M. Lincoln “Max” Schuster as a vehicl

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 4th 2017

No one could have possibly seen it coming. On the night of April 8, 1975, as the live telecast of the 47th Academy Awards

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 30th 2017

In 1949, at the height of the success of radio’s My Friend Irma, actress Cathy Lewis—who originated the character of roomma

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 19th 2017

It seems odd that an actor who claimed to have emoted on over 10,000 radio broadcasts and provided voiceovers for 700 comme

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 7th 2017

On this date in 1947, the CBS Radio Network decided to complement its celebrated “outstanding theatre of thrills” with an