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KOIN RADIO ~ NUMBER-ONE IN 1951
HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS DAY IN 1943
"My True Story" debuted on ABC radio and ran for seventeen years. The daily
program was presented in cooperation with "True Story" magazine, the source of
the stories for the radio series. The magazine, first published in 1919. was said to
be one of the earliest in today’s genre of confession magazines and continued on
radio for nearly 19 years.
BURNS AND ALLEN RADIO DEBUT IN 1932
Burns and Allen debuted as regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS
radio. When Lombardo switched to NBC, they took over his CBS spot with
The Adventures of Gracie beginning September 19, 1934. Two years later
it evolved into the “Burns & Allen Show”. George and Gracie continued on
radio for 14 more years before making the switch to television.
COMEDIAN SID CAESAR HAS DIED AT 91
SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1924
Will Rogers (far right), Art Gillham, Wendell Hall, Carson Robison, Eveready Quartet, Graham McNamee and the Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra.
"The Eveready Hour" became radio’s first commercially sponsored network variety
program. The National Carbon Company was the first sponsor of the show which
originated from WEAF Radio in New York.
The AR-812, manufactured in 1924, was the first commercial superhet.
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