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TV HOST BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1918
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004)
Jack Paar hosted The Tonight Show on NBC from 1957
to 1962. He paved the way for Johnny Carson and others
before leaving television while still in his prime.
RADIO SHOW BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1945
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. Godfrey’s monologues and discussions
were usually unscripted, and went wherever he chose. The program
remained a late morning staple with the Old Read Head on the CBS
Radio Network schedule until 1972.
FORMER TOP DISC JOCKEY IS 82 TODAY
Casey Kasem on the air at WJBK in Detroit
Former radio personality Casey Kasem is best known for being the host
of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40
and for playing the character Shaggy in the Saturday morning cartoon
franchise Scooby-Doo on CBS/ABC (1969-1986). Before fame, Kasem
served in the U.S. Army in Korea.
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