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FIRST SHOW AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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

"Arthur Godfrey Time" was a Monday-Friday show that featured Godfrey’s
monologues, interviews with various stars, music from his own in-house
combo and regular vocalists. It remained a late morning staple on the
CBS Radio Network schedule until 1972.

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SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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From left: Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner). 

Lum and Abner was an NBC Blue network radio comedy program created by
Chester Lauck and Norris Goff (shown above). The popular show aired until
1954, having been heard originally on NBC as well as Mutual, CBS and the 
ABC network.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS STORIES

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Sandy Kozel

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  Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)    
             

 

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SCI-FI SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

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X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio drama series broadcast from
April 24, 1955 until it was canceled on January 9, 1958. The program aired in
various timeslots on NBC. It opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown.

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Fred Collins

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VETERAN BROADCASTER HAS DIED AT 56

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Steven Patrick "Steve" Byrnes (April 14, 1959 – April 21, 2015)

A NASCAR broadcaster whose career included stints with CBS, Fox Sports Net
and TNN is dead. Steve Byrnes died in the early hours of Tuesday as a result
of complications from cancer in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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Steve Byrnes (left) with racing legend Dale Earnhardt

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