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WHEN LOCAL RADIO WAS REAL RADIO

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Radio KXL signed on the air from Portland, Ore. in 1926.

www.americanradiohistory.com

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/KXL-Portland-OR-Moving-Ahead.pdf

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LOOKING BACK WHEN RADIO WAS RADIO

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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from
1940 through 1962

One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio,
it was subtitled "radio’s outstanding theater of thrills" and focused
on
suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading
Hollywood actors of the era.

Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run,
and more than 900 still exist.

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Suspense (radio drama) - Wikipedia
Lurene Tuttle (left) and Rosalind Russell.

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SOME ROCK AND ROLL RADIO HISTORY

World of faces Alan Freed - American DJ - World of faces

WABC radio fired DJ Alan Freed on November 21, 1959 after
he refused to sign a FCC statement
denying that he had
accepted money for promoting records, a practice known
as "payola."

While WABC cited its "contractual right to terminate," the
dismissal happened amid a larger payola scandal that
ultimately ruined his career.

Alan Freed
Albert James "Alan" Freed
(December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965)

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T.V. DEBUT OF KIDS SHOW ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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Beginning as a radio show in the early 1950s, Mr. Moon
became one of the most popular kid shows in Portland,
Oregon.

     
Mr. Moon debuted on November 16, 1953 one month
after
KOIN TV went on the air, and just over a year
after
television came to Portland. The show aired
until 1958.

ED LEAHY
Wearing the Mr. Moon mask was radio disc
jockey Ed Leahy (1924 – 1989).

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Mr. Moon with his puppet cast including Mrs. Cow, Kitty,
Sam and Harry the Heron.

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PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY

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