RADIO SHOW SIMULCAST FOR FIRST TIME ON THIS DATE IN 1954

BREAKFAST CLUB   
                          Don McNeill

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The Breakfast Club was a long-run morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio originating in Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Don McNeill (shown above).The radio program ran from June 23, 1933 through December 27, 1968. McNeill’s 35½-year run
as host remains the longest tenure for an emcee of a network entertainment program, surpassing Johnny Carson (29½ years) on The Tonight Show and Bob Barker (34⅔ years) on The Price is Right. For one year, beginning on February 22, 1954, the show
was simulcast on ABC radio and television, ending on February 25, 1955. 

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Picture of Don McNeill (right) taken during a simulcast of The Breakfast Club

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY RINGWALD ~ 43 TODAY

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Molly Kathleen Ringwald, actress, singer and dancer, has appeared in
the John Hughes movies Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club
(1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), Ringwald has been frequently named
the greatest teen star of all time.

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