Old Radio

  January 6, 1941: Richard Widmark , a young actor, made his radio debut on a new program on CBS titled The Home of the Brave . The Home of the Brave , a serial drama of the Golden Age of Radio , was about a soldier of fortune struggling to maintain an American standard of living among the turmoil the world was facing. This program starred the late Richard Widmark , an award-winning actor whose career began in radio. Along with Vincent Donehue, the two played the role of Neil Davison.

January 1, 1925: The first broadcast of Lucrezia Bore and John McCormack  at the famous Metropolitan Opera  in New York, was aired on this day by WEAF. The program helped to inspire other singers to perform on the radio. The performance of John McCormack, a tenor, and Lucrezia Bori, a prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company, broadcast on WEAF, was one of the most important events in radio broadcast history. This was the first time internationally famous artists were broadcast in the US. The New York Times reported that New York theaters complained of losses of revenue due to many opera fans' affinity for listening to the opera on their home radio, but that did not apply to the Metropolitan Opera House . The tickets for Miss Bori's show were sold out.

  December 31, 1951: The Wild Bill Hickok Show  appeared for the last time on Mutual. The show starred Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as his assistant, Jingles P. Jones. Guy Madison played  Wild Bill Hickok   a true American folk hero. He was a scout, a gunman, and a lawman. His accounts were partially fictionalized, but the basis of the show was truth .