Old Radio

  February 6, 1950: Old Time Radio program ‘ Dangerous Assignment ’ was first transmitted by NBC. It featured Brian Donlevy who played the character of soldier of fortune and radio espionage named Steve Mitchell. Originally a replacement show,  Dangerous Assignment  became syndicated with NBC in 1949. Brian Donlevy took the show to the producers of NBC himself.

February 5, 1931: His appearance on Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann Hour paved the way for Eddie Cantor's long radio career. Eddie Cantor  was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter. Cantor's performance with Rudy Vallee on Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour  caused NBC tried out The Chase and Sanborn for 4 weeks. Later on Cantor took Maurice Chevalier's place at Chase and Sanborn on September 13, 1931.

  February 2, 1946: Twenty Questions   was presented on radio for the first time by The Mutual Broadcasting System, with Bill Slater as the Master of Ceremony. The radio game show   Twenty Questions   became a popular hit and ran for 10 years. For the first couple of years, the show received thousands of letters.

February 1: Happy Birthday, Clark Gable Both before and after his epochal role in 1939's Gone With The Wind, Clark Gable made more than a dozen appearances of popular radio shows including Lux Radio Theatre , Cavalcade of America , and Good News . One of his earliest roles was in a 1936 performance of "The Legionnaire and the Lady" on the Lux Radio Program . This was an adaptation of the film Morocco, and starred, in addition to Gable, Marlene Dietrich . On May 5, 1937, Gable starred with Josephine Hutchinson and Jack LaRue in a Lux production of "A Farewell To Arms." On May 5, 1938, he starred in "Manhattan Melodrama" on Good News . In all, Gable's radio performances allowed him to work with Ginger Rogers , Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , Lana Turner , and Judy Garland . We honor the King of Hollywood for his sterling on-air performances.