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On this day in 1979, Pat McGeehan was born.

Dracula both on stage and on film, Bela Lugosi was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko in Hungary, on this day in 1882.  In addition to his famous role as the diabolical vampire, Lugosi acted in many horror films, also co-starring with Boris Karloff . He lent his distinctive voice to radio series Suspense , Texaco Star Theatre , Candid Microphone , and Command Performance . Later, the Goth rock band Bauhaus recorded a song called "Bela Lugosi's Dead." Today, we commemorate the man's birth.

  October 17, 1938: On this day, NBC was moved to the corner of Sunset and Vine. NBC became the new Hollywood radio station, one that would attract thousands of people with popular radio programs during the golden age of radio to fill the studio audience seats. The studio became known as West Coast Radio City, which served as the headquarters for NBC's Red and Blue Radio Networks. It replaced the radio broadcast center located in San Francisco, which had been used since 1927-- the year NBC was established.

On this day in 1906, William Spier was born.

On this day in 1917, Jan Miner was born.

October 14: Today in 1943, RCA finalized the sale of the NBC Blue Network to Edward J. Noble. Noble paid $8 Million and renamed the network. Happy 70th Birthday, ABC!

October 13: 1951 Debut of the Television Series I Love Lucy ‎"Lucy, you got some splainin' to do!" Well, it's easy to understand, Desi! Lucille Ball appeared on My Favorite Husband radio show .  An adaptation of the popular radio show moved to television.   On radio, Richard Denning starred as  Lucille Ball 's husband but he was replaced with Lucille Ball's real husband, Desi Arnaz, as the TV husband -- and the rest is history.  I Love Lucy debuted 62 years ago today in 1951. Many thanks to My Favorite Husband on the radio for making  I Love Lucy  possible!