Broadway Gears Up for New Season of Stage Shows
Broadway prepares a fall lineup with Hello Dolly star Carol Channing and Mickey Rooney in W. C. Fields life, plus Bob & Ray in a revue. Major slots include Four In a Garden at Broadhurst November 26 and No No Nanette December 13, with W C Fields musical late December and other imports like The Rothschilds opening October 18 at Lunt-Fontanne.
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320 Million Radios Noisy Testimony to Radio's Rise
In 1916 David Sarnoff proposed wireless music, leading to radio's 50th anniversary as millions listen daily. By 1920s 10 million homes housed sets, NBC formed by 1926, coast-to-coast programming by 1929, and 54 million sets sold annually today with 40 percent of households tuning in weekday mornings.
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