Old Radio

On this day in 1905, Andy Devine was born.

  October 5, 1947: The first tape-recorded show, Bing Crosby's  Der Bingle , was transmitted on ABC. Crosby invested a huge amount in Ampex Company. Popularity of the show also gave boost to magnetic tape recorders, which led to the extensive dissemination of Ampex Model 200 magnetic tape recorders. Bing Crosby , one of the most popular radio stars during that time, was open to the idea of recording radio programs, since he thought it was much better than appearing live. He first suggested this idea to NBC, but it refused, so he decided to just stop working on live radio for a while. He then returned in 1946-1947, this time to the recently-established ABC. It was in June 1947 when Jack Mullin demonstrated to Crosby his tape recorders. After that, Crosby asked him to test record his radio show. Mullin used Ampex's Model 200 tape recorder for that. Following the successful test recording, Crosby asked ABC if he could pre-record his shows, to which the latter agreed. From t

On this day in 1880, Damon Runyon was born.

On this day in 1952, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuted on ABC.

On this day in 1945, Duffy's Tavern was born.

 Miss Boopadoop made her debut in the funny papers today in 1930. She would later marry, and her and her husband’s adventures are still around today. Radio, movies and such would come later, but 86 years ago today, the world learned the name of ...... BLONDIE!

On this day in 1914, Parley Baer was born.

On this day in 1895, Gracie Allen was born.

On this day in 1924, Margaret Whiting was born.

What did Disney’s Jiminy Cricket and Cliff Edwards have in common? The answer is that they were one in the same. Born in 1895 in Hannibal Missouri, Edwards would eventually become the voice of the famous conscience of Pinocchio in 1940. Cliff Edwards spent an incredible part of his career as a voice actor for varied formats. He was also a singer of many of the popular hits of the day, such as “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” and “Singin in the Rain”. Edwards, or “Ukelele Ike”, became involved accompanying himself with the ukelele and was involved with the Ziegfeld follies. He turned that smallish string instrument into a popular item during the 1920’s. Throughout his few decades of working in entertainment, Clifton Edwards would appear in a number of movies as a character actor and a few Broadway performances. One of his friends of the day was the very creative Buster Keaton. Mr Keaton worked with Edwards in a few of his major motion pictures of the day. In 1932, Clifton Edwards got hi

On this day in 1913, Bob Bailey was born.

On this day in 1894, Fred Allen was born.

On this day in 1908, Mel Blanc was born.