Gene Autry, perhaps the greatest singing cowboy of all time, 
was born on September 29, 1907, in Tioga, Texas.

While still a boy, Autry moved with his family to a ranch in
Oklahoma where he learned to play the guitar and sing.

The young Autry was quickly attracted to a new style of music
that was becoming popular at the time, which combined the
traditional cowboy music popular in Texas and Oklahoma and
the folk songs, ballads, and hymns of southern-style country
music. Known as country-western.

Tony Marvin (October 5, 1912 – October 10, 1998)

Tony Marvin was an radio and television announcer. He became
a staff announcer for CBS, and later became most known as the
long-time announcer for Arthur Godfrey beginning in 1946.

In 1961, Marvin became host of My True Story, a radio drama that
moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System after having been on
ABC and NBC for a total of 17 years. That same year he became
a newscaster for Mutual.

Arthur Morton Godfrey
(August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983)

Dick Novak (1924 – 2002)

Dick Novak was a popular radio personality for over 29
years working at KXL, KGON and KGW. 

On April 11, 1955 Dick moved to KPOJ AM/FM in Portland,
Oregon where he began "Dick Novak’s Rhythm Room”- 9:30
to 2:00am, Monday through Friday from KPOJ’s transmitter
studio located on Mount Scott at S.E. Eastview Drive
(pictured below).        
       

       

 
Interior view of the KPOJ AM & FM Transmitter at Mt. Scott     
in 1956.

Dick also broadcast live from Scotty’s Hamburgers at 12th and
N.E. Sandy Blvd and Amato’s Supper Club on Broadway in
downtown Portland.           
           
 On July 12, 2002 Dick Novak passed away from cancer at age
78 in Portland.
       
           
 
        
  
    
  
     
      
 

1938

1946

Charlie McCarthy and his ventriloquist partner Edgar Bergen
made their radio debut on NBC‘s The Royal Gelatin Hour in
1936, where they proved such a hit that the following year
the network gave them a starring role on The Chase and
Sanborn Hour, where they were initially supported by emcee
Don Ameche, singer Nelson Eddy, actress Dorothy Lamour,
and comedian W. C. Fields. The following year, Charlie would
be joined by a much dumber dummy, Mortimer Snerd” (below).

WC Fields (right) with Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy.