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March 14, 1937: Comedy duo Fred Allen and Jack Benny on their 'Battle of the Century'

  March 14, 1937: For the first time Fred Allen and Jack Benny performed their radio comedy show together on the big stage of The Battle of the Century that aired from the Hotel Pierre's ballroom and heard by 2nd largest audience in the history of radio. Jack Benny and Fred Allen began their long-running feud gag show called the "Battle of the Century" on this day. With Jell-O as its main sponsor, the show was performed directly from New York City's The Hotel Pierre. While Benny was singing the Jello-O commercial, he was interrupted by Allen. The two started an argument and ended up recalling their Vaudeville days. That episode ended with Benny and Allen singing a duet .

March 13: Happy Birthday, Sammy Kaye

March 13: Happy Birthday, Sammy Kaye Let's swing and sway with Sammy Kaye . The winsome sax player, clarinetist and bandleader was born on this day, 1910. Sammy Kaye  won over audiences with such feature and "so you want to lead a band," which let audience members hop on stage and do just that. He was one of the most famous bandleaders of the golden era of radio. Kaye hosted NBC's Sunday Serenade and Sammy Kaye 's Chrysler Showroom . The latter was a fifteen-minute program that ran in the latter half of 1949. This show was all about Sammy and the boys playing popular songs of the day, including requests. Examples are "Snuggled On Your Shoulder," "Five Foot Two," "Kiss Me Sweet," and "Candy Kisses." A happy birthday to Sammy Kaye !

March 12: Happy Birthday, Gordon MacRae

March 12: Happy Birthday,  Gordon MacRae Broadway fixture Gordon MacRae made a name for himself with appearances in Oklahoma! and Carousel. Just before he'd attained that level of stardom, though, he hosted several installments of radio's Texaco Star Theatre in 1948. Episode titles during his reign include "When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along," "June Is Busting Out All Over," and "Top hat, White Tie and Tails." He also hosted the very popular The Railroad Hour in which he and his fellow cast members performed abridged versions of Broadway productions. Do you remember his guest appearances on: The Big Show , Guest Star Radio , Martin & Lewis , The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy , and The Railroad Hour show? Take a listen!

March 10, 1955: The Silver Eagle airs for the final time

On March 10, 1955, The Silver Eagle  radio show aired for the last time. Main role on the Silver Eagle series was featured by Jim Ameche as Jim West of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police who used a bow that shot arrows with silver eagle feathers. They would usually hunt the bad guys at their campsite and shoot an arrow into the log where the guy was sitting.  Listeners could hear The Silver Eagle every Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. The series was sponsored by General Mills and  aired on ABC  from 1951 – 1955. One of the few remaining old time radio episodes in existence is still available on Old Time Radio's Western Rarities .

March 9, 1945: Those Websters' debuts on CBS

  March 9, 1945: Willard Waterman starred as George Webster on Those Websters, which debuted on CBS. The show began in New York, went to Chicago, and then ended up in Hollywood.  Willard Waterman, who also starred in The Great Gildersleeve , starred in Those Websters .

March 8, 1925: John B. Gambling and His Amazing Program

March 8, 1925: Bernard McFadden is a physical culturist which has the breakfast program radio show in New York City. His career ended when McFadden stopped appearing for his morning radio broadcast. Instead of a young engineer who worked at the radio station was appointed to replace McFadden and filled the broadcast  with ad lib on prime time. Finally, station WOR decided to give a chance to  John  Gambling, the young engineers to replace the Fadden permanently. John Gambling worked for years until finally he gave his microphone to his son who was also named as  John Gambling. The show was attracted listener's attention in 3 states. The show goes on the air from  710 am channel every morning and broadcast from New York at 50,000 watts. John Bradley Gambling born on April 9, 1897. He was an icon of American radio. He was the first generation of The Gambling family in radio broadcasting. He was followed by his son and his grandson   whom John A. Gambling and John R. Gambling.