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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1951

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After a successful run on radio, Dragnet became popular enough to move to
NBC television where it debuted as a special preview on "Chesterfield Sound
Off Time". The show began officially on January 3, 1952 and aired until August
23, 1959. 
 


Jack Webb as Joe Friday (L) and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith.

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LOCAL RADIO HISTORY ON THIS DAY IN 1957

Al Priddy

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SHOW NAME CHANGED ON THIS DAY IN 1927

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a
one-hour program called the "barn dance" on
WSM radio. The name was
changed when the phrase "Grand Ole Opry" was first uttered on the air 
on December 10, 1927.

                             


George Dewey Hay (November 9, 1895 – May 8, 1968)

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Camille Bohannon

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SHOW FIRST AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1929


The program was devised by and starred Gertrude Berg

The NBC comedy/drama The Goldbergs began as a weekly
15-minute radio program called The Rise of the Goldbergs
and went daily in 1931. The series moved to CBS in 1936
with the title shortened to The Goldbergs. The show aired
until 1946. It made the switch to television in 1949 and ran
until 1956.


Gertrude Berg (center) and several cast members of the show.

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