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Happy Birthday, Harold Peary!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 25th 2023

Fans of old-time radio might get a kick out of watching an old Perry Mason rerun, “The Case of the Lover’s Gamble,” which t

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

The town of Vincennes, Indiana welcomed Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton into their midst on this date in 1913…and got the bes

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 9th 2023

On this date in 1937, a program that would soon become the number one radio show in the nation premiered over the Red networ

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