In Breaking Walls episode 108 we go back to October 31st, 1948 and open a five-part mini series on that season’s business and programming.
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Highlights:
• You Are There
• Dewey V Truman
• Let’s Sit This One Out
• Halloween 1948 in New York over the Mutual Broadcasting System
• Ozzie and Harriet Visit a Haunted House
• Jack Benny Goes Trick-or-Treating for a New Network
• Phil Harris and Alice Faye
• Sam Spade, Rocky Jordan, and Connie Brooks
• Walter Winchell Spits Fire
• Cabin B-13
• A Tremendous Election Upset
• Looking Ahead to Thanksgiving 1948
• Dewey V Truman
• Let’s Sit This One Out
• Halloween 1948 in New York over the Mutual Broadcasting System
• Ozzie and Harriet Visit a Haunted House
• Jack Benny Goes Trick-or-Treating for a New Network
• Phil Harris and Alice Faye
• Sam Spade, Rocky Jordan, and Connie Brooks
• Walter Winchell Spits Fire
• Cabin B-13
• A Tremendous Election Upset
• Looking Ahead to Thanksgiving 1948
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The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• Sunday Nights at Seven — By Jack and Joan Benny
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — By Jim Ramsburg
• WOR Radio 1922-1982
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — By Jim Ramsburg
• WOR Radio 1922-1982
As well as articles from the archives of
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Daily News
• The New York Times
• Radio Daily
• The Saturday Evening Post.
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Daily News
• The New York Times
• Radio Daily
• The Saturday Evening Post.
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On the interview front:
• Eve Arden, Jack Benny, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Elliott Lewis, Bret Morrison, and Lurene Tuttle were with Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.
• Hans Conried, Howard Duff, and June Havoc were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these at Goldenage-WTIC.org.
• Dick Joy spoke with John Dunning for 71KNUS.
• Ben Grauer spoke with Westinghouse in 1970.
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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Danse Macabre — by Camille Saint-Saëns (Camille San Sons)
• I’ll Take Manhattan — By Blossom Dearie
• Ghost Bus Tours — By George Fenton
• The Look of Love — By Nelson Riddle
• Verdi’s Macbeth Overture — Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Flag of Columbia — By Jacqueline Schwab
• Over The River and Through The Woods — By the U.S. Air Force Band
• I’ll Take Manhattan — By Blossom Dearie
• Ghost Bus Tours — By George Fenton
• The Look of Love — By Nelson Riddle
• Verdi’s Macbeth Overture — Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Flag of Columbia — By Jacqueline Schwab
• Over The River and Through The Woods — By the U.S. Air Force Band
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A special thank you to Ted Davenport and Jerry Haendiges: two radio show collectors who helped supply material for this episode. They’re who the large retailers go to.
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For Jerry, please visit http://otrsite.com/
For Jerry, please visit http://otrsite.com/
I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman of SPERDVAC - http://sperdvac.com/
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Thank you to:
Tony Adams
Steven Allmon
Orson Orsen Chandler
Briana Isaac
Thomas M. Joyce
Ryan Kramer
Barry Nadler
Christian Neuhaus
Aimee Pavy
Chris Pilkington
Tony Adams
Steven Allmon
Orson Orsen Chandler
Briana Isaac
Thomas M. Joyce
Ryan Kramer
Barry Nadler
Christian Neuhaus
Aimee Pavy
Chris Pilkington
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