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WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?

Remade for the 21st Century - WSJ


Brace Beemer, center, with The Lone Ranger cast in the
WXYZ studios.

With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout
of “Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” "
The Lone Ranger" debuts on Detroit’s
WXYZ radio station on January 31, 1933.

The creation of station-owner George Trendle and writer Fran
Striker, the “masked rider of the plains” became one of the most
popular and enduring western heroes of the 20th century.

Joined by his trusty steed, Silver, and Native American scout,
Tonto, the Lone Ranger battled western outlaws and rebel
Native Americans.

The Lone Ranger Official Seal – ahgs.org

Home Of The Mask - Oxford, Michigan Home of the Radio Lone Ranger

Fred Foy's 'Lone Ranger' lead-in became the best-known introduction in radio history.

Fred Foy’s ‘Lone Ranger’ lead-in became the best-known introduction in radio history. He died of natural causes
in 2010 at age 89.

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SPORTS BROADCASTERS DEATH REPORTED

(FOX NEWS) – A loss in the sports world of NASCAR was
announced
by the National Motorsports Press Association
on Monday, January 27th.

Longtime broadcaster Bill Weber died on Dec. 13, the
organization kept his death private until recently. No
cause of death was given. He was 67. 

Interestingly, he worked as a magician in Florida after
the end of his broadcasting career
.

Bill Weber Gallery | Trading Card Database

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NOTHING SKETCHY ABOUT CBS RADIO NEWS

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REMEMBERING PORTLAND RADIO STATIONS


KKEY Radio station at 13th & Burnside in Portland,
Oregon.

No photo description available.

From July 4, 1954 when the station first signed on with the
callsign KHFS until 1956, then KKEY was owned by the
Weagant family of Vancouver, Washington.

After trying several different formats throughout the 1950s
and ’60s, in 1971, KKEY went all talk with such hosts as
Jack Hurd, Alan Hirsch, Peter Marland Jones, Jerry Dimmitt,
and Rick Miller.


On May 1, 2023, then owners Bustos Media surrendered
KXET’s license to the FCC, who cancelled it the same day.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)


Jack Hurd and wife Kathryn.  

Who remembers the old KKEY Radio... - McMenamins History

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RADIO HISTORY DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1926

Amos and Andy (1928) - YouTube


On January 12, 1926, the two-man comedy series “Sam ‘n’
Henry” debuted on Chicago  radio station WGN. Two years
later, after changing its name to “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the show
became one of the most popular radio programs in American
history.

Though the creators and the stars of the new radio program,
Freeman Gosden and Charles Carrell, were both white, the
characters they played were two Black men from the Deep
South who moved to
Chicago to seek their fortunes.

By that time, white actors performing in dark stage makeup—
or “
blackface”—had been a significant tradition in American
theater for over 100 years.

Gosden and Carrell, both vaudeville performers, were doing
a Chicago comedy act in blackface when an employee at the
Chicago Tribune suggested they create a radio show.

Amos 'n' Andy — Radio Hall of Fame

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