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Sound carried by electromagnetic waves, grown from Marconi's wireless telegraphy of the 1890s into scheduled public broadcasting in 1920. Radio was the first medium to put a live voice into millions of homes at once, and it remains the most widely accessible electronic medium in the world.

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Origin Year
1922 1
1922 marks the BBC's daily scheduled broadcasting, which this entity's own origin-note anchors on; Marconi's first wireless transmissions predate it by two decades.
Origin
Scheduled public broadcasting is exemplified by the BBC, which began daily transmissions from its London 2LO studio on 14 November 1922. 2
Place of Origin
London, United Kingdom 2
Primary Format
Live or recorded audio transmitted over radio waves to receivers over a wide area 1
Typical Distribution
Scheduled over-the-air broadcast from local stations, received live on a radio receiver 1
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The wartime London reports were radio.

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Paul Rhymer, Figures
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Conducted the first audio radio broadcast of voice and music in 1906, a foundational moment for the radio medium.

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Source Dragnet (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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Escape, Landmark Works
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Source Grand Central Station (radio series) (Wikipedia)
Source Grand Ole Opry (Wikipedia)
Source Gunsmoke (Wikipedia)
Source Hancock's Half Hour (Wikipedia)
Source I Love a Mystery, Wikipedia
Source I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Wikipedia)
Source In Our Time (radio series) (Wikipedia)
Source Information Please (Wikipedia)
Source Journey into Space (Wikipedia)
Source Just a Minute (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Let's Pretend
Source Letter from America (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Little Orphan Annie (radio series)
Source Ma Perkins, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Night Beat (radio program)
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The doctrine was articulated for radio and extends to television; its birthplace medium is recorded here.

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Source Truth or Consequences - Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 1922 Timeline section
    2LO is transferred to the British Broadcasting Company and begins broadcasting on medium wave from Marconi House to London.
  • Radio broadcasting, lead section
    Radio broadcasting is the transmission of signals, especially audio, to receivers using radio waves over a wide area.
  • Radio broadcasting, Receiver section
    It receives audio programs intended for public reception transmitted by local radio stations.
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2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site
National Science and Media Museum, Science Museum GroupThis week in broadcasting history blog post
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99 years ago this week, on 14 November 1922, the BBC broadcast its first programme, and daily transmission from London's 2LO studio began.
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A Social History of the Media
Asa Briggs and Peter Burke, Polity Press, 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
BBC Official Site
British Broadcasting CorporationMedia Entries: Public Service BroadcastingView the Source
Nobel Prize Official Site
Nobel Prize OutreachAssociated With: Guglielmo MarconiView the Source
Gunsmoke (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: Gunsmoke, Lead paragraph, opening sentence
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Gunsmoke is a media franchise centered around the American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade (Wikipedia)
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon.
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The Bickersons (Wikipedia)
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The Bickersons was a series of radio and television comedy sketches which began in 1946 on NBC radio.
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Just a Minute (Wikipedia)
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Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game. For more than 50 years, with few exceptions, it was hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Following Parsons' death in 2020, Sue Perkins became the permanent host, starting with the 87th series.
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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Wikipedia)
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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game. Billed as "the antidote to panel games", it consists of two teams of two comedians being given "silly things to do" by the host. The show was launched in April 1972 as a parody
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Amos 'n' Andy (Wikipedia)
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Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City.
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Desert Island Discs (Wikipedia)
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Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio
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The Goon Show (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: The Goon Show, Article lead sentence
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The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme.
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMedia Entries: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Article lead sentence
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles.
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The Jack Benny Program (Wikipedia)
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The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series.
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The Great Gildersleeve (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: The Great Gildersleeve, Article lead sentence
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The Great Gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States from August 31, 1941 to 1958.
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Duffy's Tavern (Wikipedia)
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Duffy's Tavern is an American radio sitcom that ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941-42; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-44; and NBC, 1944-51), concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.
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One Man's Family (Wikipedia)
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One Man's Family is an American radio soap opera, heard for almost three decades, from 1932 to 1959.
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A Prairie Home Companion (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: A Prairie Home Companion, Article lead sentence
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A Prairie Home Companion was a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016.
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This American Life (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationMedia Entries: This American Life, Article lead sentence
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This American Life is a weekly hour-long American radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass.
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Hancock's Half Hour (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMedia Entries: Hancock's Half Hour, Article lead sentence
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Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
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The Navy Lark (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: The Navy Lark, Article lead sentence
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The Navy Lark is a radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge (a play on HMS Troubridge, a Royal Navy destroyer) based in HMNB Portsmouth.
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Article lead sentence
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949, to September 30, 1962.
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I Love a Mystery, Wikipedia
Media Entries: I Love a Mystery, Article lead sentence
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I Love a Mystery is an American radio drama series that aired 1939-44 and 1949-52, and was written and directed by Carlton E.
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Ma Perkins, Wikipedia
Media Entries: Ma Perkins, Article lead sentence
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Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) is an American radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960.
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Fresh Air, Wikipedia
Media Entries: Fresh Air, Article lead sentence
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Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1987.
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Round the Horne, Wikipedia
Media Entries: Round the Horne, Article lead sentence
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Round the Horne is a BBC Radio comedy programme starring Kenneth Horne, first transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968.
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Information Please (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: Information Please, Article lead sentence
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Information Please is an American radio quiz show, created by Dan Golenpaul, which aired on NBC from May 17, 1938, to April 22, 1951.
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Wikipedia: The Archers
Media Entries: The Archers, Article lead sentence
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The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word station.
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Wikipedia: Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1973. The programme features interviews and discussions with guests about issues relevant
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Wikipedia: Let's Pretend
Media Entries: Let's Pretend, Article lead sentence
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Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack, was a CBS radio series for children.
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Wikipedia: Quiet, Please
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Quiet, Please! was a radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper, also known for creating Lights Out. Ernest Chappell was the show's announcer and lead actor. Quiet, Please debuted June 8, 1947, on the Mutual Broadcasting
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Wikipedia: X Minus One
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X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC.
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Journey into Space (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: Journey Into Space, Article lead sentence
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Journey Into Space is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by BBC producer Charles Chilton.
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Beyond Our Ken (Wikipedia)
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Beyond Our Ken is a BBC radio comedy programme first broadcast between 1958 and 1964.
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Grand Central Station (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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Grand Central Station was an American anthology radio series that had a long run on the major networks from 1937 to 1954.
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Take It from Here (Wikipedia)
Media Entries: Take It From Here, Article lead sentence
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Take It from Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced, and sometimes humorously spelt, "TIFE") is a British radio comedy programme broadcast on the BBC Light Programme between 1948 and 1960.
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Wikipedia: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in
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Wikipedia: Boston Blackie (radio series)
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Boston Blackie is an American old-time radio detective drama. It was broadcast on NBC June 23, 1944, September 15, 1944, and later was
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Wikipedia: The Whistler (radio series)
Media Entries: The Whistler, Article lead sentence
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The Whistler is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network.
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Wikipedia: The Cinnamon Bear
Media Entries: The Cinnamon Bear, Article lead sentence
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The Cinnamon Bear is an old-time radio program produced by Transco (Transcription Company of America), based in Hollywood, California.
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Wikipedia: Little Orphan Annie (radio series)
Media Entries: Little Orphan Annie (radio series), Article lead sentence
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Little Orphan Annie is an American radio drama series based on the popularity of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (radio series), Wikipedia
Media Entries: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (radio), Article lead sentence
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a radio drama series based on the popular novel and comics series Buck Rogers.
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Sky King, Wikipedia
Media Entries: Sky King (radio series), Article lead sentence
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Sky King is an American radio and television series. Its main character was Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series had strong Western elements. Cattle rancher King often captured criminals and spies and found
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Wikipedia: Test Match Special
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Test Match Special (also known as TMS) is a British cricket radio programme, originally covering exclusively Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket.
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Truth or Consequences - Wikipedia
Media Entries: Truth or Consequences (radio program), Article lead sentence
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Truth or Consequences is an American game show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940-57) and later on television by Edwards (1950-54), Jack Bailey (1954-56), Bob Barker (1956-75), Steve Dunne (1957-58), Bob Hilton (1977-78) and Larry Anderson (1987-88).
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Queen for a Day (Wikipedia)
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Queen for a Day is an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners' and viewers' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows.
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Don McNeill's Breakfast Club (Wikipedia)
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Don McNeill's Breakfast Club is a long-running morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating in Chicago, Illinois.
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Letter from America (Wikipedia)
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Letter from America was a weekly fifteen-minute spoken word radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the Home Service, and around the world through the BBC World Service.
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In Our Time (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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In Our Time is a BBC Radio 4 discussion series and podcast exploring a wide variety of historical, scientific and philosophical topics.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Wikipedia)
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.
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Dragnet (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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Dragnet is an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners.
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Dimension X (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMedia Entries: Dimension X, Article lead sentence
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Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on an unsponsored, sustaining basis from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951.
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The Adventures of Superman (radio series) (Wikipedia)
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The Adventures of Superman is a long-running radio serial that originally aired from 1940 to 1951 featuring the DC Comics character Superman.
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Command Performance (Wikipedia)
WikipediaMedia Entries: Command Performance, Article lead sentence
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Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949.
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Escape (radio program) (Wikipedia)
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Escape is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25,
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Grand Ole Opry (Wikipedia)
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The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year.
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Suspense (radio drama) (Wikipedia)
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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.
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Wikipedia: Night Beat (radio program)
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Night Beat, sometimes spelled Nightbeat, is an NBC radio drama series that aired February 6, 1950, September 25, 1952, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties.
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Gang Busters (Wikipedia)
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Gang Busters is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936 and was broadcast for more 21 years through November 27, 1957.
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Paul Rhymer (Wikipedia)
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Paul Mills Rhymer (November 21, 1905-October 26, 1964) was an American scriptwriter and humorist best known as the creator of radio's long-run Vic and Sade series.
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