The Checkers speech or Fund speech was a television and radio address given on 
September 23, 1952 by Richard Nixon, who at the time, was the Republican vice 
presidential candidate and junior United States Senator from California. Senator
Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his
backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. During the speech in which he defended himself, he stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to
keep one gift: a black and white dog (above) named Checkers by the Nixon children,
thus giving the address its famous name. Nixon’s speech was broadcast from The
El Capitan Theater, now known as the Avalon Hollywood in California. He had been staying at a hotel in Portland, Oregon prior to making the address. 

The Avalon Theater 

The Six Shooter was a weekly old-time radio program that lasted only one
season of 39 episodes on NBC. It aired from its debut on Sunday evening
September 20, 1953 until June 24, 1954. James Stewart starred as Britt
Ponsett, a drifting cowboy in during the final years of the wild west.

Some of the more prominent actors to perform on the program included
Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Howard McNear, Marvin Miller, and William 
Conrad. Some actors did multiple episodes playing different characters.  

 
Parley Baer                              Virginia Gregg
 

 
Howard McNear                             Marvin Miller            
                   
  
William Conrad                      

Hal Gibney (original announcer)

The haunting theme music was "Highland Lament" by series
composer Basil Adlam.

Radio talk show host Lars Larson has been named Best Radio On-Air Personality
by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters. His flagship station, KXL was also
named Station of the Year at the associations annual fall conference which
was held this past weekend..

 
WOR radio’s transmitter room 

The beginning of the CBS radio network dates back toJanuary 21, 1927, with
the creation of the "United Independent Broadcasters" network in Chicago by
New York talent agent Arthur Judson. The young network was soon in need
of additional investors, and that’s when the Columbia Phonograph Company, manufacturers of Columbia Records, came to the rescue in April 1927; as
a result, the network was renamed "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting
System". Columbia Phonographic went on the air on September 18, 1927,
with a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station
WOR in Newark, New Jersey, along with fifteen affiliates.   

The Popeye radio program was broadcast over three different networks by two
sponsors from 1935 to 1938. Wheatena hot cereal first sponsored the show on
September 10, 1935 thru March 28, 1936. A total of 87 episodes aired on the
NBC Red Network on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights at 7:15pm. The 
show followed Amos & Andy, one of the most listened to programs in radio
history. Popeye the Sailor starred Detmar Poppen as Popeye along with
most of the major supporting characters,Olive Oyl (Olive Lamoy), Wimpy
(Charles Lawrence), Bluto (Jackson Beck) and Swee’Pea (Mae Questel).