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RADIO SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1938

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Your Family and Mine
was a radio drama series which aired on CBS in 1938-
1940. Promoted as "Radio’s Newest Dramatic Serial," it premiered Monday,
April 25, 1938. The program was initially broadcast daily at 6:15pm and was
sponsored by Sealtest.

The series was created by Lillian Laugerty, following her success with the
daytime drama series Big Sister, which had a long run from 1936 to 1952.

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JOURNALIST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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Edward R. Murrow, Washington State College
graduating class of 1930.

 

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               Edward R. Murrow (Egbert Roscoe Murrow)

                            (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965)

Edward R. Murrow was a broadcast journalist known for his series of radio
news
broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of
listeners in the United States.

A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV
news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Edward R. Murrow on See It Now, CBS

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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SHIRLEY TEMPLE TURNED 85 TODAY

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Shirley Temple Black is a film and television actress, singer, dancer, and
former U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She began her film
film career in 1932 at the age of three, and in 1934, found international fame
in Bright Eyes, 

Shirley is No.18 on the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest female
American screen
legends of all time
, making her the highest-ranked living 
person on the list.

 
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QUIZ SHOW AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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The $64,000 Question had its beginnings in the CBS radio quiz show,
Take It or Leave It, which followed the pioneering Professor Quiz,the
first radio quiz show.Take It or Leave It ran from April 21, 1940 to July
27, 1947. It was first hosted by Bob Hawk (1940–41), followed by Phil
Baker
(1941–47). In 1947, the series switched to the NBC radio
network, and was hosted at various times by Baker, Garry Moore
(1947–49), Eddie Cantor (1949–50) and Jack Paar, beginning
June 11, 1950. On September 10, 1950, the title of the show was
changed to The $64 Question.

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Bob Hawk

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 Phil Baker

 

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Jack Paar

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