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

Voted the Most Trusted Man in America, Walter Cronkite
anchored the CBS Evening News for over 30 years. He
won a Peabody Award and a TCA Career Achievement
Award.

 
Coverage of the Harding-Cox Election was the first radio news broadcast
of KDKA in Pittsburgh.

Radio station KDKA (1020 kHz) is licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Created
by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920, it is the world’s
first commercial radio station, a distinction that has also been challenged by other stations. It is currently owned and operated by CBS Radio.

The world’s first broadcast of “market” reports are on the air on May 19,
1921.

KDKA hosted political comedian Will Rogers in his very first radio
appearance in 1922

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977)
Born in Chester, Pennsylvania

When she was seventeen, Waters attended a costume party at a nightclub
where some of the guests convinced her to sing, helping her to land her
first gig. She often toured with evangelist Billy Graham on his crusades.

Waters was the second African American, after Hattie McDaniel, to be
nominated for an Academy Award. She is also the first African-American
woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award, in 1962.

Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks

Fanny Brice (Fania Borach) (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951)

Brice was a popular and influential model, comedian, singer, theater
and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances
and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy
series, The Baby Snooks Show that began on CBS September 17,
1944.

Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) 
(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

DJ, singer, and songwriter Richardson died in a plane crash in
Iowa, along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and pilot Roger
Peterson.