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Aunt Mary (radio Soap Opera)
''Aunt Mary'' is a 1944-1961 radio soap opera in the United States. Episodes were 15 minutes long, running Monday through Friday. The show began with regional broadcasts on the West Coast, but it eventually was distributed more widely. Jane Morgan (not to be confused with singer Jane Morgan) starred as Aunt Mary."Hollywood Daytimer: 'Aunt Mary' Celebrates 5th Anniversary". ''Broadcasting''. April 4, 1949. P. 104. The actress is perhaps best remembered for her role as Mrs. Davis, Eve Arden's landlady on ''Our Miss Brooks''. Writers for the program were husband-and-wife team Leigh and Virginia Crosby. He "had been associated with the General Mills shows," and she "had been Irna Phillips's top writer." A 1949 article in ''Broadcasting'' added that Virginia Phillips' "credits include such top daytimers as ''The Guiding Light'', ''Road of Life'' and ''Today's Children''. Additional writers listed in another source were Gil Faust and Virginia Thacker.Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by ''horse opera'', a derogatory term for low-budget Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sustaining Program
A sustaining program is a radio or television program that, despite airing on a commercial broadcast station, does not have commercial sponsorship or advertising. This term, mostly used in the United States, was common in the early days of radio, but has become unfamiliar owing to the nearly universal use of commercial advertising on radio and television. Network and commercial radio Commercial radio stations began broadcasting in the early 1920s, but it would be over a decade before the concept of selling over-the-air advertising would catch on. Many radio stations were established by radio equipment manufacturers and retailers such as RCA and programming was provided to sell the still-patented radio transmitters and receivers (thus effectively establishing a one-time fee model). Programming was financed from the sale of the equipment. Other radio stations and programs were provided as a public service through endowments or municipal financing; a few were operated by universities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Novello
Jay Novello (born Michael Romano, August 22, 1904 – September 2, 1982) was an American radio, film, and television character actor. Radio career Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing as a character on radio. He played Jack Packard on the Hollywood version of '' I Love a Mystery''. He portrayed Cairo police Captain Sam Sabaaya on '' Rocky Jordan'', Jamison the butler on the radio version of Lone Wolf, and Judge Glenn Hunter on '' One Man's Family''. He also had roles on '' Escape'', '' Crime Classics'', '' Lux Radio Theater'', ''Suspense'', and ''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar''. He also played a recurring role as Mr. Negley, the mailman on the radio show '' My Favorite Husband''. Film During his film career, Novello's roles often alternated between pompous or fussy professionals and assorted ethnic characters, such as Italians, Spaniards, or Mexicans. One of his earliest and more familiar film appearances is in the 1945 Laurel and Hardy comedy '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Webb
Jane Karyl Webb (August 13, 1925 – March 30, 2010) was an American film, radio, and voice actress, best known for her work on Filmation's cartoons. Early years Webb's mother was Estelle Sigrid Webb, a Swedish immigrant who was an operatic soprano and performed at the Metropolitan Opera. Her father is named James Howard Webb. She is a descendant of Walter Webb, who used to accompany George Washington on his surveying trips. As a high school student in Central YMCA High School, she was president of the student council and headed other student organizations. On June 10, 1942, Webb graduated with the highest honors. In 1943, Webb took flying lessons. Webb attended Central Day College. Career At the age of eight, she started her career as a professional entertainer when she was mistress of ceremonies, singing a Swedish song in a Chicago Century of Progress show. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Edwards acted on multiple radio series, including the ''Tom Mix Ralston Straight S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Tedrow
Irene Tedrow (August 3, 1907 – March 10, 1995) was an American character actress in stage, film, television and radio. Among her notable roles are as Janet Archer in the radio series '' Meet Corliss Archer'', Mrs. Lucy Elkins on the TV sitcom '' Dennis the Menace'', and as Mrs. Webb in the stage production '' Our Town'' at the Plumstead Playhouse. Stage Tedrow studied with Ben Iden Payne, who directed the Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon, in England. She also had three seasons' experience with Maurice Evans's troupe in New York City and in national tourings. In 1931, she was a member of the Chautauqua Repertory Theater. Tedrow was a founding member of San Diego's Old Globe Theater and was cast as an ingénue in the beginning of her career. In 1934, she portrayed 18 characters in multiple adaptations of Shakespearean plays at The Old Globe during the Chicago Fair. She later joined Orson Welles' Mercury Theater. She appeared on Broadway through her 80s, including roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KYW (AM)
KYW () is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest continuously operating radio stations in the United States, originating in Chicago before moving to Philadelphia in 1934. KYW's unusual history includes its call sign of only three letters, beginning with a K, rare for a station in the Eastern United States. It broadcasts an all-news radio format and is branded as "KYW Newsradio". KYW serves as the flagship station of Audacy, Inc. KYW's studios are co-located within Audacy's corporate headquarters in Center City Philadelphia and its transmitter and two-tower directional antenna array are located in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. KYW is a 50,000–watt class A clear channel station. It is one of two clear-channel stations in Philadelphia, the other being sister station WPHT. With a good radio receiver, its nighttime signal can be heard in much of the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada, however, it restricts its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBZ (AM)
WBZ (1030 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial AM radio station, city of license, licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, and owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts, Medford. WBZ's radio format, format features all-news programming most of the day and overnight, and talk radio programming in the evening. The station's programming is also carried on the second HD Radio channel of co-owned WXKS-FM. WBZ is the designated Primary Entry Point (PEP) for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. WBZ is a clear-channel station (officially classified as List of North American broadcast station classes#AM, Class A), with a transmitter power output of 50,000 watts, and employing a directional antenna that sends a majority of its signal westward. Its Tower array, two-tower array and transmitter site are in Hull, Massachusetts. WBZ can be heard during daylight hours throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBAL (AM)
WBAL (1090 kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station City of license, licensed to Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by the Hearst Television, broadcasting division of Hearst Communications and broadcasts a news/talk radio format. The station shares its studios and offices with sister stations WBAL-TV (channel 11) and WIYY (97.9 FM) on Television Hill in Baltimore's Woodberry, Baltimore, Woodberry neighborhood. WBAL and WIYY are the only two radio stations owned by Hearst, which is primarily a publishing and television company. WBAL is a 50,000-watt, list of broadcast station classes, Class A, clear-channel station. Its transmitter is on Winands Road in Randallstown, Maryland. Listeners in and around Baltimore can also hear the station on 136-watt FM radio, FM translator station W268BA on 101.5 MHz. WBAL is omnidirectional antenna, non-directional by day but uses a directional antenna at night to protect the other Class A stations on 1090 AM, KAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOR (AM)
WOR () is a 50,000-watt class A clear-channel AM radio station owned by iHeartMedia and licensed to New York, New York. The station airs a mix of local and syndicated talk radio shows, primarily from co-owned Premiere Networks, including '' The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show'', '' The Sean Hannity Show'', and '' Coast to Coast AM with George Noory''. '' CBS Eye on the World'' with John Batchelor, from CBS News Radio is heard at night. Since 2016, the station has served as the New York outlet for co-owned NBC News Radio. The station's studios are located at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, with its transmitter in Rutherford, New Jersey. WOR began broadcasting on Wednesday, February 22, 1922, and is one of the oldest continuously operating radio stations in the United States with a three–letter call sign, characteristic of a station dating from the 1920s. WOR is the only New York City station to have retained its original three-letter call sign, making those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KCUB (AM)
KCUB (1290 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station located in Tucson, Arizona. KCUB is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a sports radio format. Its studios, offices and transmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown. KCUB serves as the flagship radio station for University of Arizona Wildcats football and basketball games via IMG Sports. KCUB was the former Tucson-area affiliate of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals (Cardinals games are now heard on KTZR). Its studios and transmitter are co-located on Oracle Road in Tucson, north of downtown. The format includes programming from Infinity Sports Network, including the syndicated '' Jim Rome Show'', as well as local host Rich Herrera, who, in October 2020, began hosting the station's weekday afternoon show. History In August 1929, KCUB was founded as KVOA. It was originally on 1260 kilocycles, with 500 watts, and owned by the Arizona Broadcasting Company. KVOA was Tucson's second radio station, goin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTAR (AM)
KTAR (620 Hertz, kHz) is an AM radio, AM commercial radio station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Owned and operated by Bonneville International, it features a Sports radio, sports format airing programming from ESPN Radio. The studios are located in north Phoenix near Piestewa Peak, and the station broadcasts with 5,000 watts from a transmitter site near the corner of 36th Street and Thomas Road. KTAR was established in 1922 as KFAD, owned by the McArthur brothers, and became one of just two stations in Phoenix (alongside KFYI, KOY) from the early 1920s through 1940. It was purchased by ''The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republican'' (soon renamed the ''Arizona Republic'') in 1929 and adopted its present call sign in January 1930 as part of a major overhaul. From the 1930s for several decades, KTAR was the key NBC radio affiliate in the state. Its program director, John Howard Pyle, jumped from radio to politics and served two terms as Governor of Arizona. KTAR, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFSD
KFSD (1450 AM) is a radio station based in North County, San Diego, California. It is owned by Raul Caro and Stephen Beuerle, through licensee IHS Media, and is currently off the air. The station's studios are located in Carlsbad, while the transmitter is located in an industrial park in Escondido. From 2004 until February 1, 2007, KFSD was a classical music radio station. KFSD stands for "First in San Diego," dating back to the first commercial broadcast license in San Diego. The KFSD call letters were originally assigned in 1926 to AM 620 (later 600). The KFSD call sign was on 600 from 1926–1963. KFSD was also on FM 94.1 from 1948 to 1963, then re-appeared on 94.1 in 1973 until 1997. The KFSD-TV call sign was on Channel 10 from 1953–1963. The three KFSD stations switched to the KOGO call sign in 1963, as information about San Diego and its people were fed into a new IBM computer and asked for the perfect call letters for these stations, and it chose KOGO. The last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
