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BROADCAST DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Gertrude Berg (born Tillie Edelstein) played Molly 
Goldberg

The Goldbergs is a domestic comedy-drama featuring
the home life of a Jewish family living in the Bronx. The
program was devised by writer-actress Gertrude Berg
who also starred as the lovingly meddlesome matriarch
Molly Goldberg. The 15-minute program was broadcast
from 1929 to 1946, first on NBC, later moving to CBS in 
1936.

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NETWORK DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1926

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The National Broadcasting Company
(NBC) was formed by
by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). It is the oldest
major broadcast network in the United States. The network
began broadcasting with a gala four-hour radio program
originating from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
in New York City.
 

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RADIO SHOW DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Original Run: November 7, 1932 to March 28, 1947

Network: CBS Radio Network (1932-1936) Mutual Broadcasting Network
(1939-1940 and 1946-1947)

The Buck Rogers show was the first science fiction radio program. It aired in
four separate runs with varying schedules, initially as a 15-minute show on a

Monday through Thursday schedule. 

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SHOW AIRED FIRST ON THE RADIO

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The radio series of Gunsmoke first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952 with the
episode "Billy the Kid", written by Walter Newman. The show ended on June
18, 1961. It starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear
as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as
Dillon’s assistant Chester Wesley Proudfoot.

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William Conrad and Georgia Ellis

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Conrad (right) talking with the sound effects man

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Cast and crew going over the script for an episode of Gunsmoke

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Howard McNear, William Conrad, Parley Baer, and Georgia Ellis


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