Ross Simpson

Oprah Gail Winfrey is 61 years old today

Oprah Winfrey was crowned Miss Black Tennessee while in college and began 
co-anchoring the evening news on a local radio station when she was nineteen.

Host  E.G. Marshall

The format of CBS Radio Mystery Theater was similar to that of classic old
time radio shows like Suspense, and The Whistler, in that the episodes were
introduced by a host (E. G. Marshall) who provided brief commentary during
the program which aired from January 6, 1974 till the final episode December
31, 1982.

1974 Sony Marconi Table Top Radio.

Original television run on NBC: October 29, 1956 – July 31, 1970

From left: Chet Huntley and David Brinkley

The news show succeeded the Camel News Caravan anchored by John
Cameron Swayze which was falling behind its main competition, CBS’s
Douglas Edwards with the News.

Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)

Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations, 400 Armed Forces
Network stations and 300 newspapers, reaching as many as 24 million
people a week. He was best remembered for his famous The Rest of
the Story segments. Harvey appeared on a Gallup pole for the most
admired men in America.