Edith Young

Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories was a 15-minute radio soap which aired from
January 18, 1937 to November 16, 1956 on CBS and was sponsored by Spry
Shorting. Aunt Jenny (full name Jennifer F. Wheeler) was played by Edith
Young. The show offered cooking tips along with some homespun
philosophy.  

I Love A Mystery is considered by many to be the greatest radio adventure serial 
of all time. The show was written and directed by Carlton E. Morse and first aired 
on the NBC West Coast network from Monday, January 16, 1939, weekdays at 
3:15pm Pacific time. It went full NBC network coast to coast from October 2, 1939 
March 29, 1940.

The central characters are, Jack Packard (played by Michael Raffetto), Doc Long 
(portrayed by Jim Boles) and Reggie York.The three men first met as mercenary 
soldiers fighting the Japanese in China. They meet again in San Francisco and
decide to form the  A-1 Detective Agency. 

Michael Raffetto

Jim Boles

Carlton E, Morse

House Party with host Art Linkletter (shown above) was a daytime radio variety 
talk show that premiered on Monday, January 15, 1945 on CBS and ran until 
October 13, 1967. The show was sponsored by General Electric. 

Harry S. Truman was the first president to use the media of radio and
television to announce that he was leaving office and returning to his
home in Independence, Missouri.

Thursday, January 15, 1953

Barney Keep during his last radio show for KEX on Wednesday, February 14, 1979. The retirement party concluded 35 continuous years with the station.