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  2. Golden Age of Radio - Wikipedia

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    The Timid Soul was a 1941–1942 comedy based on cartoonist H. T. Webster's famed Caspar Milquetoast character, and Robert L. Ripley's Believe It or Not! was adapted to several different radio formats during the 1930s and 1940s. Conversely, some radio shows gave rise to spinoff comic strips, such as My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson. [19]

  3. List of old-time radio programs - Wikipedia

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    The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; Hollywood Theater of the Ear; Imagination Theater; NPR Playhouse; NPR's serialized adaptations of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi; A Prairie Home Companion; Radio Spirits; Sears Radio Theater; Seeing Ear Theater; When Radio Was; The Zero Hour

  4. List of old-time American radio people - Wikipedia

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    Harry Babbitt; Jim Backus; Parley Baer; Bob Bailey; Jack Bailey; Eugenie Baird; Art Baker; Belle Baker; Kenny Baker; Lucille Ball; Edwin Balmer; Sam Balter; Tallulah ...

  5. Category:1940s American radio programs - Wikipedia

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    The Big Story (radio and TV series) Big Town; Bing Crosby on Armed Forces Radio in World War II; The Bishop and the Gargoyle; Blackstone, the Magic Detective; Blind Date (radio series) Blind Date (American game show) Blondie (radio series) Blue Ribbon Town; Bob Crosby; Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders; Boston Blackie; Boston Blackie (radio ...

  6. Majestic Radios - Wikipedia

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    The Majestic Radio & Television Corporation was formed to produce the radios in the 1930s and 1940s. Following Majestic Radio & Television's liquidation in 1949, Majestic-brand radios were made by a division of the Wilcox-Gay Corporation at their Michigan factory in the 1950s.

  7. Radio in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1930: 618 1940: 847 ... Radio's golden years: The encyclopedia of radio programs, 1930–1960 (1981) White, Llewellyn. The American Radio (University of Chicago Press ...

  8. Antique radio - Wikipedia

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    Homemade two tube radio from 1958 1930s style homemade one-tube regenerative radio. The idea of radio as entertainment took off in 1920, with the opening of the first stations established specifically for broadcast to the public such as KDKA in Pittsburgh and WWJ in Detroit. More stations opened in cities across North America in the following ...

  9. 1940 in radio - Wikipedia

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    1 February: Radio Nacional de Colombia is launched as Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia [1] three years after closure of the country's first state-owned radio station, HJN. 25 February: The Proud Valley is the first known film to have its première on radio when the BBC broadcasts a 60-minute version.