Old Radio

On Mar. 28, 1952, CBS took the air with The Doris Day Show, a radio program featuring an established recording artist and actress. The show used the format that was by then a staple: soothing musical numbers and then performances by guests, most of them stars of stage, screen, and air. Guests included Kirk Douglas , Ronald Reagan , Danny Thomas , and Ray Bolger . Howard Keel was probably the most frequent guest, with Gordon MacRae not far behind. As was the case with many of the big stars of the time period, Day also made plenty of appearances on the various big-name radio shows. The fetching singer-actress climbed the radio ladder with appearances on The Rudy Vallee Show, Command Performance , The Bob Hope Show, Kraft Music Hall and Stars For Defense. The songstress who gave us "Till The End of Times," "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time," and "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'" lives on in the memories of old time radio fans.

April 1, 1941: Station W71NY of New York City signed the first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station. In the 1940’s, due to the effect of the changes of FM’s frequency, the radio industry experienced a sharp decline. However, on April 1, 1941, Joseph Creamer, the owner and operator of an FM radio station in New York (W71NY), was able to convince companies that the FM subscribers were a valuable audience. As a result of his perseverance, he won an advertising contract for the commercial FM radio station, the first of its kind.

March 31, 1937: Phil Harris 's best song, "That's What I Like About the South" was recorded for the first time on this day. Phil Harris  was an American singer and jazz musician. Although he was a talented and successful orchestra leader, he was very well-remembered as a voice talent for different Disney movies like "Robin Hood" and " The Jungle Book ," and also as a radio sitcom personality. His first sitcom was with Jack Benny . He also starred on a series where he met Alice Faye, who later became his wife.