The cassette player and inventory of old tapes bring to mind radio’s golden age, when families gathered around the set to be reassured by Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats that the Great Depression ...

When television began to masquerade as the new electronic horizon, cynics pronounced radio dead, or at least moribund. The great names in radio—Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton et al.—moved into view ...

With the U.S. spending billions for defense, radio last week dedicated a great deal of time and money for tribute. The occasion was the start of the tenth year of big-time broadcasting for ...

Popular comedian Jack Benny talked to the press at Expo ’74 in advance of his four shows at the Opera House and, as usual, claimed he was 39. Benny made a career out of claiming to be 39, just for ...