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Post by bossradio93 on Oct 11, 2005 12:18:16 GMT -5
Beginning today, I will be posting important dates in radio history. Important events that has shaped this medium that has given music, news and information, entertainment and sports. Got an important date in radio history you have to share? Post it here!!  |
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Post by bossradio93 on Oct 11, 2005 12:22:04 GMT -5
October 11:
1936 - CBS Radio debuts Professor Quiz, hosted by Dr. Craig Earl; contestants win cash for answering questions or for asking questions the professor can not answer.
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1940 - Glenn Miller's Orchestra records Make Believe Ballroom Time for Bluebird Records; WNEW's Martin Block would use it as the theme song for his Make Believe Ballroom show.
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1948 - NBC Radio debuts A Brighter Day, a soap opera about a pastor and his four children.
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Post by bossradio93 on Oct 17, 2005 12:41:29 GMT -5
October 12:
1937 - NBC's Blue Network debuts the detective series, Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons, starring Bennett Kilpack with Jim Kelly as his assistant; it would run until 1955.
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1969 - On WKNR in Boston, dj Russell Gibb and college student Tom Zarski spend two hours discussing supposed clues that point to Paul McCartney being dead.
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October 13:
1967 - After 23 years, Art Linkletter's House Party ends its run on CBS Radio.
2004 - In a radio interview with Don Molino of Louisiana Radio Network, FEMA director Mike Brown explains why he denied the state's request for "pre-disaster mitigation funding."
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October 14:
1982 - KWST becomes "Magic 106" KMGG; it would become "Power 106" KPWR in 1986.
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October 17:
1919 - General Electric incorporates Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in Delaware.
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1938 - NBC opens its new Hollywood Radio City studios at the corner of Sunset and Vine.
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Post by bossradio93 on Oct 19, 2005 9:44:47 GMT -5
October 18:
1951 - After four years on the air, KWIK in Burbank changes call letters to KBLA; the station would later become KBBQ, then KROQ/am, then go dark.
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October 19:
1937 - CBS Radio debuts Big Town, sponsored by Lifebuoy Soap and starring Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor as reporters for The Illustrated Press.
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1985 - Christian talk station KHOF, "King's Herald Of Faith", changes call letters to KKLA.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 10, 2005 15:48:30 GMT -5
October 20:
1930 - NBC's Red Network debuts The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, starring William Gillette, 77, who had first played the detective in an 1899 play.
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October 24:
1929 - NBC Radio debuts The Fleischman Hour, starring Rudy Vallee.
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October 25:
1937 - NBC's Red Network debuts Stella Dallas, with Anne Elstner; it would run until 1955.
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October 26:
Judy Garland makes her national radio debut at age 13, singing Broadway Rhythm on NBC's The Shell Chateau Hour With Wallace Beery.
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October 27:
1920 - The Department Of Commerce grants the first commercial broadcasting license to Westinghouse Co. in Pittsburgh, whose amateur station 8XK would become KDKA.
1947 - ABC Radio debuts You Bet Your Life, a quiz show hosted by Groucho Marx; it would run until 1961 and a television version would air from 1950 to 1961.
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October 28:
1922 - WEAF in New York airs the first national broadcast of a college football game via telephone lines from Stagg Field in Chicago; Princeton beats U. of Chicago, 21-18.
1946 - ABC Radio debuts Sky King, sponsored by Mars candy and starring Jack Lester.
1950 - After 18 years on radio, The Jack Benny Show begins a 15-year run on CBS/tv; Benny's first words are, "I'd give a million dollars to know what I look like!"
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October 31:
1938 - Orson Welles expresses "deep regret" for his previous night's War Of The Worlds broadcast; listeners had panicked, believing Martians were really invading New Jersey.
1942 - CBS Radio debuts Thanks To The Yanks, a patriotic series starring Bob Hawk.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 10, 2005 16:02:59 GMT -5
November 1: 1937 - CBS Radio debuts Hilltop House, starring Bess Johnson as an orphanage worker. 1954 - The Regency, the first transistor radio, goes on sale in Indianapolis for $49.95. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 2: 1920 - Westinghouse puts the first commercial radio station, KDKA, on the air in Pittsburgh. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 3: 1926 - KRLD is licensed to Dallas Radio Labs; today it is 50,000-watt "News-Talk 1080." KRLD's website is found here. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 7: 1932 - CBS Radio debuts Buck Rogers In The 25th Century; it would run until 1947. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 8: 1980 - KHJ, which had been top-40 since 1965, switches to a country music format.  Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 9: 1948 - Ralph Edwards' This Is Your Life debuts on NBC Radio; it would move to tv in 1952. 1992 - Howard Stern's syndicated radio show debuts on KFBI in Las Vegas. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives-- November 10: 1938 - On her CBS radio show, The Kate Smith Hour, Kate Smith sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the World War; she would continue to perform the song on almost every succeeding broadcast. 1950 - NBC Radio debuts The Magnificent Montague starring Monty Woolley. Los Angeles Radio People-LARP Archives |
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 11, 2005 9:28:20 GMT -5
November 11:
1932 - NBC dedicates Radio City in New York; their Music Hall would open a month later.
1940 - WOR in New York debuts the daily 15-minute serial, Mandrake The Magician.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 14, 2005 9:17:20 GMT -5
November 14:
1921 - KYW broadcasts the Chicago Grand Opera Company's production of Samson Et Delila from the Chicago Auditorium, the first in a year-long series of live opera broadcasts.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 15, 2005 9:24:15 GMT -5
November 15:
1926 - NBC launches its 24-station Red Network, named for the color used on AT&T's diagrams of the hookups; the Blue Network would begin two months later.
1929 - KFI owner Earle C. Anthony purchases KPLA-1000 and moves it to 1430 kHz; the station would become KECA, after Anthony's initials, and today is KABC-790.
1955 - KBUZ in Pomona changes call letters to KWOW; it had begun in 1947 as KPMO.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 16, 2005 10:03:12 GMT -5
November 16:
1959 - Harry Harrison exits WPEO in Peoria to do middays at WMCA in New York.
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Post by bossradio93 on Nov 18, 2005 9:33:10 GMT -5
November 17:
1970 - At A&R Studios in New York, Elton John, Nigel Olsson, and Dee Murray give a concert that is broadcast live on WABC/fm and later released as the album, 11-17-70.
2001 - In a radio address, First Lady Laura Bush denounces the Taliban and the Al-Qaida terrorist network for their repression and abuse of women and children in Afghanistan.
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