The Firestone Air Chief radio, model 4-A-30

The Voice of Firestone, originally titled The Firestone Hour, is a long-running
radio and television program of classical music that first aired December 3,
1928 on the NBC Radio network. On Monday, March 22, 1948 it became
the first commercial radio program to be carried simultaneously on both
AM and FM stations.

After operatic vocal training, Margaret Truman, the only child of President Harry S. 
Truman, began a singing career with a debut radio recital on ABC. Reviewers were 
not always kind, such as Washington Post music critic Paul Hume who wrote that 
Truman was “extremely attractive on stage…(but) cannot sing very well.” She
continued to performed on stage, radio, and television until the mid-1950s.

Bess, Harry, and Margaret Truman standing in front of the
Independence, the official presidential plane.

 
Richard Boone

Have Gun — Will Travel is a Western television series that aired on CBS
from September 14, 1957 to April 20, 1963. It was one of the few television
shows to spawn a successful radio version that debuted November 23, 1958
and starred John Dehner (below). 

There were 225 episodes of the TV series, many of which were written by
Gene Roddenberry. The star of the program was Richard Boone, who
portrayed the gentleman gunfighter named “Paladin”. Boone directed
19 of the shows episodes.

John Dehner

Have Gun Will Travel. Sung by Johnny Western!

 

President Franklin Roosevelt began making the informal addresses to the nation called ‘Fireside Chat’ on Sunday March 12, 1933, during the Great Depression.

Recording of the Jack Benny radio show at Camp Haan in April of 1942.