Old Radio

June 29, 1951: Bill Stern appeared for the last time on NBC during his fifteen minute show of sports features. He worked there for almost fourteen years, eventually joining Mutual Broadcasting System and becoming widely recognized for his sports commentaries and reporting. Bill Stern was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame . He also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He got his start in radio as an actor and a sportscaster.

  June 27, 1943: Jane Wyman (former wife of Ronald Reagan ) starred in the first broadcast of The Dreft Star Playhouse , titled Bachelor Mother, which debuted on NBC. The Dreft Star Playhouse was a program that featured radio adaptations of popular Hollywood movies during those times. Aired at 11:30 AM on NBC, the program was originally titled The Hollywood Theater of the Air .  Apart from Bachelor Mother, other movies featured included Hold Back the Dawn and Take a Letter, Darling. Terry O'Sullivan and Marvin Miller were the program's announcers.