Baby Rose Marie
Rose Marie played writer Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"
on CBS from 1961 to 1966. She had a successful singing career as
child performer, Baby Rose Marie. As a teenager, she became a
nightclub performer before transitioning to a radio comedian.
Mike Douglas (Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.)
(August 11, 1925 – August 11, 2006)
Douglas was a "Big Band" era singer, entertainer, and daytime
television talk show host who interviewed celebrities for 20 years.
His highest ratings came with a show co-hosted by John Lennon
and Yoko Ono. Bill Cosby credits Mike Douglas for his discovery.
February 14, 1972
Dave in The KISN Corner studio, 1972
The original radio 91 KISN Good Guy is 59 today
Hear Dave “Records” Stone on the New KISN from 3pm to 7pm
Rex Stout chairman of the Writers’ War Board and representative of
Freedom House,
On August 9, 1942, writer Rex Stout (above) conducted the first of 62 wartime
radio broadcasts of Our Secret Weapon, produced by Freedom House and airing
on CBS. The series was created to counter shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts
during World War ll. The first first ten 15-minute programs were sponsored solely
by Freedom House, and in the eleventh week Philco became a co-sponsor. The
final broadcast was on October 8, 1943.
Series creator Sue Taylor White of Freedom House said, "Secret Weapon was
designed to whip up and excite the nation to a greater war effort — in industry
in buying war bonds, in every avenue toward victory,"
Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993)
Drysdale was a Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame
right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one
of the dominant starting pitchers of the 1960s who pitched 6
shouts in a row. He became a radio and television broadcaster
following his playing career.
