‘’MR. TELEVISION”

Milton Berle (Mendel Berlinger)
(July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Milton Berle’s career as an entertainer spanned over eight
decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor,
then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC‘s
Texaco Star Theatre (1948–1953), he was the first major
American television star and was known to millions of
viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the
first Golden Age of Television. He was honored with two
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both
radio and TV.

On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully
tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the
crippling disease of polio.

Burns started smoking cigars when he was 14.

On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer
George Burns dies at his home in Beverly Hills, California,
just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday.

George Burns is one of the few entertainers whose career
successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television.

 
                                                             Zenith Console Floor Radio
                                                             Model 11S474, 1940s.

Burns and Allen’s radio show was inducted into the National Radio
Hall of Fame in 1994.

Burns is also a member of the Television Hall of Fame, where he
and Gracie Allen were inducted in 1988.

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on
CBS on October 12, 1950 and ran through 1958. 

1977

On March 6, 1981, CBS Evening News anchor Walter
Cronkite signs off with his trademark valediction,
"And that’s the way it is," for the final time.

Over the previous 19 years, Cronkite had established
himself not only as the nation’s leading newsman but
as "the most trusted man in America," he was a steady
presence during two decades of social and political
upheaval.

        
        
        
        
       

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)

Harvey died on February 28, 2009, at age 90 at a hospital in
Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by family and friends. No
cause of death was stated.

Paul Harvey (right) was an on – air guest when this blogger worked at KATN radio in Boise, Idaho.