Radio's rise and lasting glow in American life
In 1916 David Sarnoff imagined bringing music by wireless and reshaping households. The piece traces radio from early experiments through KDKA, NBC, and TV’s rise, noting audience growth, industry views, and lasting ad revenue, with colorful era voices and iconic programs.
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New York
NEA
Marconi Company
David Sarnoff
Jack Benny
Beverly Hills
TV Scout Reports Late Night TV and Giants Ties
TV scout David Hartman a Giants fan traveled with the team and received a vintage Giants cigarette lighter from owner Horace Stoneham. Executive producer David Victor seeks book-to-screen adaptations and a longer TV form. Eloise Laws will headline Caesars Palace with Belafonte, while Jack Benny recalls hating his name. Otto Preminger discussed a Hogan’s Heroes actor role, and NBC’s Fourth One lineup may extend The Psychiatrist to 90 minutes with Clu Gulager as golf pro.
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David Hartman
San Francisco Giants
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Stoneham
Hartman
David
David Victor
Marcus Welby
M.D
Fletcher Knebel
Nbc-Tv
W . Eloise Laws
Merv Griffin
Caesars Palace
Harry Belafonte
Jack Benny
NBC
Benny Kubelsky
Roy Thinnes
Clu Gulager
Top Songs of the Week From Cash Box National Survey
The Cash Box Magazine weekly survey highlights best selling records including Jackson Five Indiana Wants Me Sugar Loaf Green Eyed Lady Carpenters We ve Only Just Begun Fires James Taylor Cracklin Rosie Dawn Lola to Be There and more with Partridge Family It s Only Make Believe and Cry Me a River also listed.
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Cash Box
Carpenters
Indiana
Taylor
Green Eyed Lady
Snowbird
Anne Murray
Cracklin
Rosie
Neil Diamond
Partridge Family
Jackson Five
Glen Campbell
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al Pierce
Lorenzo Jones
Sam & Abner
Vonda Lee
Sam Spade
Fibber
Molly
McGee
Gary
BBC
KDKA
Pittsburgh
KCBS
San Francisco
Reginald Fessenden
New England
Kentucky
Rainey
Coolidge
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Frank Sinatra
Major Bowes
Jimmy Durante
Paul Harvey
Baltimore
U.S
Amos
Andy
la Crosse Tribune
LUM & Abner
Burns & Allen
Amos & Andy
Calvin Coolidge
Fanny
Snooks
Brice
WW Vy Vy
Otto Preminger
Bob Crane
Hogan’s Heroes
Hogan
Preminger
Bob
Otto
R. Dean Taylor
Candida
Dawn “Fire & Rain
James Taylor
Cry
Me A
River
Joe Cocker