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Happy Birthday, James Stewart!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 20th 2015

James Maitland Stewart, the Academy Award-winning actor beloved by theatergoers as “the boy next door” was born on this dat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 6th 2015

In our natal anniversary spotlight today is one of old-time radio’s indisputable veterans. She would get a special nod for

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 1st 2015

The August 11, 1941 broadcast of CBS’ Forecast marked the first time the character of Hopalong Cassidy was offered up to ra

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 15th 2014

If you were given a name like “Ira Grossel” at birth…chances are you’d have a long career as a certified public accountant

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 30th 2014

The go-to actor for radio’s squeaky-voiced adolescents was born in Los Angeles, California on this date in 1926. Richard “D

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 6th 2014

One of old-time radio’s most important—and inarguably, most creative—director-producers was born on this date in 1916. A na