Podcast appearances and mentions of larry gassman

This episode was originally released on 3/1/2019. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes. ____________ In Breaking Walls episode 89, we explore the birth of the dramatic radio western show, specifically targeted to adult audiences. This is the first of a three-part mini-series on adult western radio shows. Highlights: • Back to the Very Beginning • What is a Western Show? • The Birth of Western Dramatic Radio Shows • Empire Builders • Death Valley Days • The Western show on local stations • ...And in syndication • Lux Presents Hollywood • The Triumph and Tragedy of Buck Jones • Americana and the Cavalcade of America • Howard McNear and Romance of the Ranchos • The First Western Soap Opera • The War Ends and the Western show grows up • What's Next? The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today's episode was: • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning • Radio Rides The Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929 - 1967 by Jack French and David S. Siegel • Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg • Hello Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio by Anthony Rudel & • The Network by Scott Woolley On the interview front: • Don Ameche, Joan Fontaine, Hans Conried, Rudy Vallée were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC's The Golden Age of Radio. The full interviews can be heard at GoldenAge-WTIC.org • Agnes Moorehead and Anne Seymour were with Chuck Schaden. Chuck's interviews from an over 39-year career can be listened to for free at SpeakingofRadio.com • John Dunkel and William N. Robson were with John Hickman for his WAMU program “Recollections.” A modern version of this program is heard each Sunday evening as “The Big Broadcast.” For more information, please go to WAMU.org • Ruth Woodman was with Ida Blackburn in 1961 for KOCO. The full video clip can be seen on the Oklahoma Historical Society's Youtube page - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOnsye8K4SEsY9Ssi8EzzHg • and journalist Robert Bendiner was with Westinghouse for their 1970 50th Anniversary program. Selected music featured in today's episode was: • The Colorado Trail Opus 28 by Elizabeth Hainen - http://www.elizabethhainen.com • The Last Rose of Summer by Tom Waits • Morning Prayer by Kenneth Little Hawk • All Mortal Flesh Be Silent by Deirdre Fay • Across the Wide Missouri, by Mathias Gohl, Molly Mason, Jay Unger, and Andy Stein • Jefferson and Liberty by John Owen Lardinois • Amazing Grace by Leta Rector • Across the Alley from the Alamo by the Mills Brothers I'd also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network. WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers URL - thewallbreakers.com Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

This episode was originally released on 1/1/2019. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes. ____________ In Breaking Walls episode 87, we spotlight some New Year's Day radio programming from the Golden Age of radio, specifically beginning in 1946 after the end of World War II and television's post-war rise. Highlights: • Skelton • Casey Crime Photographer and the Invasion of TV • Radio City Playhouse and Our Miss Brooks • The Railroad Hour and NBC's Monday Night of Music • Memories from the 1939-40 World's Fair • On Stage with Mr. and Mrs. Radio • The Greatest Western • Radio Drama's Demise The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today's episode was: • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning • Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg • And Edison Research's June 2018 Podcast Consumer Statistics www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-statistics/ On the interview front: • John Gibson, Tony Marvin and Jan Miner were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC's The Golden Age of Radio. The full interviews can be heard at GoldenAge-WTIC.org • Jack Benny, Harriet Nelson, Elliott Lewis, Eve Arden, and Parley Baer were with Chuck Schaden. His interviews from an over 39-year career can be listened to at SpeakingofRadio.com • Elliott Lewis, E. Jack Neuman, and Eve Arden were with John Dunning for his 1980s 71K Newstalk Radio program from Denver. Some of his interviews can be found at OTRRLibrary.org • Al Lewis was with SPERDVAC's Larry Gassman in 1998. For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com • And Norman Macdonnell, Bill Conrad, and WIlliam N. Robson were interviewed for a 5-part audio documentary on Gunsmoke in the early 1970s. Selected music featured in today's episode was: • Voodoo Dreams, and Pyramid of the Sun by Les Baxter • Exotique Bossa Nova by Martin Denny • I'll Be Seeing You, by Harry James • Auld Lang Syne by the Manhattan Strings • And Catch a Falling Star by Perry Como

Same Time, Same Station 06/08/2025 Bing Crosby Part 6. “Bing Crosby Presents” 08/16/1940 prevue of his new movie. from the Turf Club at Del Mar. Guest Mary Martin “Command Performance” 06/11/1942 (017) Don Ameche, Max Baer has trouble reading his lines, Carole Landis, Bing Crosby. “Yesterday USA” 03/17/2024 Sunday night Perry Huntoon with John, Larry and Walden, Bing Crosby part 6. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 06/08/2025 Bing Crosby Part 6. “Bing Crosby Presents” 08/16/1940 prevue of his new movie. from the Turf Club at Del Mar. Guest Mary Martin “Command Performance” 06/11/1942 (017) Don Ameche, Max Baer has trouble reading his lines, Carole Landis, Bing Crosby. “Yesterday USA” 03/17/2024 Sunday night Perry Huntoon with John, Larry and Walden, Bing Crosby part 6. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/25/2025 Everett Sloan Part 6. “Studio One” 05/06/1947 Ep02 Topaz. “The Ford Theater” 05/09/1948 ep32 Front Page. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/25/2025 Everett Sloan Part 6. “Studio One” 05/06/1947 Ep02 Topaz. “The Ford Theater” 05/09/1948 ep32 Front Page. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 06/01/2025 Everett Sloan Part 7. “Mr Ace And Jane” 02/14/1948 Ep001 Loan Company. “Mysterious Traveler” 01/10/1950 (237) Survival of the Fittest. “You Are There 01/22/1950 Ep084 New Amsterdam. “Crime Does Not Pay” 03/27/1950 Ep025 Thick As Thieves. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 06/01/2025 Everett Sloan Part 7. “Mr Ace And Jane” 02/14/1948 Ep001 Loan Company. “Mysterious Traveler” 01/10/1950 (237) Survival of the Fittest. “You Are There 01/22/1950 Ep084 New Amsterdam. “Crime Does Not Pay” 03/27/1950 Ep025 Thick As Thieves. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

This episode was originally released on 12/1/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes. ____________ In Breaking Walls episode 86, we spotlight what was on the air over the US' major radio networks during December of 1945. Highlights: • The First Peacetime Holiday Season in Five Years Begins • Radio's Three Main Production Hubs • Macabees • Frank Nelson, Lurene Tuttle, and Mandel Kramer • I Can't Stand Jack Benny • Soap Operas and Kid's Shows • NBC Dominates Sunday and Tuesday Nights • Falling Mid-Week Ratings Open the Door for CBS • Victory Bonds and Bing's Strike • Christmas Draws Closer • Fibber, Molly, Red and Christmas Day • Dinah Shore and Groucho return Christmas Gifts • I Still Can't Stand Jack Benny • New Year's Eve • What Comes Next The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today's episode was: • On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - by John Dunning • Christmas 1945: The Greatest Celebration in American History - by Matthew Litt • Network Radio Ratings, 1932-1953 - by Jim Ramsburg • The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio - by Christopher H. Sterling And several articles from: • The New York Times • Broadcasting Magazine • Radio Daily The Interviews Chuck Schaden was with: Mel Blanc Himan Brown Phil Harris Danny Kaye Barbara Luddy Mercedes McCambridge Shirley Mitchell Frank Nelson Olan Soule Larry Stevens Lurene Tuttle Don Wilson All of Chuck's Interviews can be found at SpeakingofRadio.com Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran were with: Jackson Beck Edgar Bergen Mel Blanc Staats Cotsworth Howard Duff Jim Jordan Mandel Kramer Jan Miner All of their interviews for WTIC's The Golden Age of Radio can be found at GoldenAge-WTIC.org SPERDVAC was with Harry Bartel Jack Johnstone For more information please go to SPERDVAC.com • Jo Stafford was with Matthew Feinstein for Jo Stafford's “Ballad of the Blues” • Fran Carlon was with Westinghouse for their 1970 50th Anniversary Production • Bing Crosby was interviewed for Same Time, Same Station in 1972. Selected music featured in today's episode was • Kay Starr's The Man With The Bag • Nancy Wilson's What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? • Bing Crosby's White Christmas and I'll Be Home For Christmas The clip of CBS' Cimarron Tavern came courtesy of Jerry Haendiges. Visit his site at OTRsite.com. I've been visiting since 2002. Thank you Jerry. I'd also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network.

Same Time, Same Station 05/18/2025Bing Crosby Part 5. “The Screen Guild Theater” 02/05/1939 Ep005 Bing Crosby, Hugh Herbert, Jane Withers, The Yacht Club Boys. “The Screen Guild Theater” 12/10/1939 (034) Mr Jinks Goes to Sea. Bing Crosby, Andy Devine. “Yesterday USA” 02/11/2024 Sunday Night show Perry Huntoon with Bing Crosby part 5. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/18/2025Bing Crosby Part 5. “The Screen Guild Theater” 02/05/1939 Ep005 Bing Crosby, Hugh Herbert, Jane Withers, The Yacht Club Boys. “The Screen Guild Theater” 12/10/1939 (034) Mr Jinks Goes to Sea. Bing Crosby, Andy Devine. “Yesterday USA” 02/11/2024 Sunday Night show Perry Huntoon with Bing Crosby part 5. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/11/2025 Mother's Day Programs. “The First Nighter Program” 05/03/1944 Ep004 Mother’s Angel Children. “Notes From Your Soldier’s Notebook” 05/20/1943 Ep023- Mother’s day program. “The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel” 05/12/1950 (549) Guest-Laraine Day. Mother’s Day Program. “Our Lady of Fatima” 05/08/1949 Special Mother’s Day Program, Mutual. “The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show” 05/10/1953 (249) Mother’s Day Gift Trouble. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/11/2025 Mother's Day Programs. “The First Nighter Program” 05/03/1944 Ep004 Mother’s Angel Children. “Notes From Your Soldier’s Notebook” 05/20/1943 Ep023- Mother’s day program. “The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel” 05/12/1950 (549) Guest-Laraine Day. Mother’s Day Program. “Our Lady of Fatima” 05/08/1949 Special Mother’s Day Program, Mutual. “The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show” 05/10/1953 (249) Mother’s Day Gift Trouble. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/04/2025 Everett Sloan Part 5. “Mercury Summer Theater” 07/05/1946 A Passenger to Bali. “Radio Reader’s Digest” 05/29/1947 (065) Many Moons. “Molle Mystery Theater” 06/27/1947 Talk Them to Death. “True Detective Mysteries” 12/23/1947 Dream Of Richard Lauber. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 05/04/2025 Everett Sloan Part 5. “Mercury Summer Theater” 07/05/1946 A Passenger to Bali. “Radio Reader’s Digest” 05/29/1947 (065) Many Moons. “Molle Mystery Theater” 06/27/1947 Talk Them to Death. “True Detective Mysteries” 12/23/1947 Dream Of Richard Lauber. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 04/27/2025 Everett Sloan Part 4. “The Columbia Workshop” 03/07/1944 ep01 Movie Primer. “You Can’t Take It With You” 09/03/1944 (xxxx). “The Theater Guild on the Air” 09/09/1945 (001) Wings Over Europe. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 04/27/2025 Everett Sloan Part 4. “The Columbia Workshop” 03/07/1944 ep01 Movie Primer. “You Can’t Take It With You” 09/03/1944 (xxxx). “The Theater Guild on the Air” 09/09/1945 (001) Wings Over Europe. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 04/20/2025Easter. “Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street” 04/25/1943 Ep004 Beguine The Beguine. “The Couple Next Door” 04/13/1960 (596) Betsy's New Easter Bonnet. “Ceiling Unlimited” 04/09/1944 (65) God’s Corporals. Easter show. “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show” 04/17/1949 ep29 Easter Show. School Principal invited to Dinner. “Easter Seals Parade of Stars” 03/11/1955. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman:

Same Time, Same Station 04/20/2025Easter. “Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street” 04/25/1943 Ep004 Beguine The Beguine. “The Couple Next Door” 04/13/1960 (596) Betsy's New Easter Bonnet. “Ceiling Unlimited” 04/09/1944 (65) God’s Corporals. Easter show. “Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show” 04/17/1949 ep29 Easter Show. School Principal invited to Dinner. “Easter Seals Parade of Stars” 03/11/1955. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman:

Same Time, Same Station 04/13/2025 Bing Crosby Part 4. “Lux Radio Theater” 11/08/1937 (149) She Loves Me Not. Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell. “Yesterday USA” 01/14/2024 Sunday Night show. Larry, John and Walden with Perry Huntoon and Bing Crosby part 4. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman:

Same Time, Same Station 04/13/2025 Bing Crosby Part 4. “Lux Radio Theater” 11/08/1937 (149) She Loves Me Not. Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell. “Yesterday USA” 01/14/2024 Sunday Night show. Larry, John and Walden with Perry Huntoon and Bing Crosby part 4. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman:

Same Time, Same Station 04/06/2025 Everett Sloan Part 3. “BULLDOG DRUMMOND 09/28/1941 AUDITION-The Richards Gang . Everette Sloan as Denny. “This Is War” 03/21/1942 Ep06 You’re On Your Own. “An American In England” 12/08/1942 Ep08 Home Is Where You Hang Your Helmet. “Words at War” 02/15/1944 (36) The New Sun. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 04/06/2025 Everett Sloan Part 3. “BULLDOG DRUMMOND 09/28/1941 AUDITION-The Richards Gang . Everette Sloan as Denny. “This Is War” 03/21/1942 Ep06 You’re On Your Own. “An American In England” 12/08/1942 Ep08 Home Is Where You Hang Your Helmet. “Words at War” 02/15/1944 (36) The New Sun. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

This episode was originally released on 5/1/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes beginning with this episode on the birth of radio. ___________ In Breaking Walls Episode 79, we present a detailed look at Orson Welles' radio career through the end of 1941. Highlights: • Beginnings in Illinois and China — How they helped shape Orson • The Todd Seminary School — His first exposure to theater and Radio • Connections and Early Breaks — How his mentor Roger Hill, Thornton Wilder, Alexander Woollcott, and Katharine Cornell helped Orson get to Broadway • Orson meets John Houseman and Archibald MacLeish, and first appears on the March of Time • 1935-1937 — From the March of Time to the Columbia Workshop, and how Irvin Reis taught Orson how to create for radio • How the US Government shaped the opportunity for Orson to write, direct, and star in Les Misérables on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1937
 • The Shadow Knows! — Agnes Moorehead and Orson Welles' one season on The Shadow • The birth of the Mercury Theater on the Air as First Person singular. • How it's success led to the most infamous night in radio in October of 1938 • Mainstream success with Campbell's Soups • Orson goes to Hollywood, and signs the greatest autonomous film contract in history at 24 • Citizen Kane — How William Randolph Hearst and RKO shaped the film • Lady Esther Presents — Orson comes back to radio in the autumn of 1941 • Pearl Harbor Day and collaborating with Norman Corwin • Joseph Cotton introduces Orson to Rita Hayworth The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material used in today's episode was: • Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles by Frank Brady • This is Orson Welles by Welles and Peter Bogdanovich • The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning • Discovering Orson Welles by Jonathan Rosenbaum Other materials included: • http://www.wellesnet.com - an incredibly comprehensive website on Orson's career • Orson Welles on the Air, 1938-1946 at https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu • The Radio Preservation Task Force also has a great Facebook group headed by Josh Shepperd Selected Interviews in this episode were: • Orson Welles with Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson, and Huw Wheldon, • Agnes Moorehead and Alan Reed were with radio Hall of Fame Member Chuck Schaden, who interviewed over 200 members of the radio community during his 39 year career. Chuck's interviews can be streamed for free at SpeakingofRadio.com. • William Robson was with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC's The Golden Age of Radio in January of 1976 and Kenny Delmare was with John Dunning in 1983. Those interviews can be found at the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group at Otrrlibrary.org • William Herz was with Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman in 2013 for their program on the Yesterday USA Radio Network, which you can visit at http://www.yesterdayusa.com.

Same Time, Same Station 03/30/2025 Everett Sloan Part 2. “Inner Sanctum Mysteries) 01/07/1941 Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam. First show of series. “The Free Company” 04/06/1941 Ep007 His Honor, The Mayor. “Forecast” 07/21/1941 ep02 Fifty One East Fifty One. The second show of the second season. “Cavalcade Of America” 09/01/1941 Leif Ericson. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 03/30/2025 Everett Sloan Part 2. “Inner Sanctum Mysteries) 01/07/1941 Amazing Death Of Mrs Putnam. First show of series. “The Free Company” 04/06/1941 Ep007 His Honor, The Mayor. “Forecast” 07/21/1941 ep02 Fifty One East Fifty One. The second show of the second season. “Cavalcade Of America” 09/01/1941 Leif Ericson. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 03/23/2025Everett Sloan Part 1. “The Shadow) 09/26/1937 The Death House Rescue. Stars Orson Welles. “The Columbia Workshop 06/19/1939 (143) Listen To A Story. Journalism in Tennessee – Salesmanship. “The Campbell Playhouse) 01/27/1939 ep08 I Lost My Girlish Laughter. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 03/23/2025Everett Sloan Part 1. “The Shadow) 09/26/1937 The Death House Rescue. Stars Orson Welles. “The Columbia Workshop 06/19/1939 (143) Listen To A Story. Journalism in Tennessee – Salesmanship. “The Campbell Playhouse) 01/27/1939 ep08 I Lost My Girlish Laughter. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Panelists will include John and Larry Gassman and Steve Bauer. They will tell you about what they experienced during presentations and in the exhibit halls. If you went to CSUN and have comments about the technology you saw, please join us at 8 PM eastern in the Pat  Price Tek Talk Training room.

Same Time, Same Station 03/09/2025 Bing Crosby Part 3. “Hollywood is on the Air” 1941. Road to Zanzibar. “Paramount Is On The Air” 1933 Too Much Harmony. “Paramount Is On The Air” 1938. Sing You Sinners . “MOVIE PREVIEW) 1945. BELLS OF ST. MARY’S. “Yesterday USA” 12/10/2023 Sunday Night Show Perry Huntoon, John Gassman, and Walden Hughes. Bing Crosby part 3. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/23/2025 Bing Crosby Sound-alikes Part 1. “Bing Crosby Entertains” 09/18/1934 Boswell Sisters. First song, Love In Bloom. “Russ Columbo Program” 07/15/1934 first-song-rolling-in-love. “Avalon Time” 09/27/1939 Ep039 With Red Skelton. Meeting The In-Laws, Dick Todd’s first appearance. “Carnation Contented Hour” 09/xx/1949 50th Anniversary. Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/23/2025 Bing Crosby Sound-alikes Part 1. “Bing Crosby Entertains” 09/18/1934 Boswell Sisters. First song, Love In Bloom. “Russ Columbo Program” 07/15/1934 first-song-rolling-in-love. “Avalon Time” 09/27/1939 Ep039 With Red Skelton. Meeting The In-Laws, Dick Todd’s first appearance. “Carnation Contented Hour” 09/xx/1949 50th Anniversary. Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 03/02/2025 Bing Crosby Sound-alikes Part 2. “Bing Crosby Entertains” 03/19/1935 (59) First Song – Old Faithful. “Russ Columbo Show” 06/17/1934 First song, The House Is Haunted. Jimmy Fidler reports Bing Crosby is NOT quitting. “Your Hit Parade” 12/08/1945 #164 Joan Edwards and Dick Todd. “Hildegarde’s Radio Room” 01/02/1946 Buddy Clark subs guest is Jay Jostyn AFRS. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 03/02/2025 Bing Crosby Sound-alikes Part 2.

Same Time, Same Station 03/09/2025 Bing Crosby Part 3. “Hollywood is on the Air” 1941. Road to Zanzibar. “Paramount Is On The Air” 1933 Too Much Harmony. “Paramount Is On The Air” 1938. Sing You Sinners . “MOVIE PREVIEW) 1945. BELLS OF ST. MARY’S. “Yesterday USA” 12/10/2023 Sunday Night Show Perry Huntoon, John Gassman, and Walden Hughes. Bing Crosby part 3. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

This episode was originally released on 2/1/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes beginning with this episode on the birth of radio. —————————— Highlights: * Why the Blizzard of 1888 played such an important role in the need for wireless telegraphy * Who Was Heinrich Hertz? What experiment made him the father of Hertzian Waves? * What Oliver Lodge, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, and Amos DollBear have in common * Guglielmo Marconi, father of radio? * The benefits to wireless telegraphy * David Sarnoff — His start between 1900 - 1906 * Why the press want to get involved * Lee Deforest — Inventor, Fraud, or both? * What incredibly important event happened in December of 1901 in New Foundland * Why the American Government wanted to regulate wireless telegraphy * Reginald Fessenden, Christmas Eve, Oh Holy Night, and Brant Rock * The Titanic Disaster — How it changed wireless telegraphy forever * The Radio Box Memo * What's next? —————————— The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— A tremendous thank you to today's cast: Samantha De Gracia Olga Lysenko Justin Peele Nancy Pop Fernando Sanabria William Schallert & John Stephenson —————————— The reading material used in today's episode was: • Inventing American Broadcasting 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas • Empire of the Air by Tom Lewis • A Pictorial History of Radio's First 75 Years by B. Eric Rhoads • Hello Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio by Anthony Rudel & • The Network by Scott Woolley —————————— The interview clips in today's open: • Chuck Schaden, who's interviews can be found at http://www.speakingofradio.com and • Dick Bertel and the late Ed Corcoran's Golden Age of Radio program that ran on Hartford, CT's WTIC in the 1970s, who's interviews can be found at http://otrrlibrary.org —————————— Todays' introduction music of Clair de lune was arranged for harp and vibraphone by David DePeters and played by Elizabeth Hainen. You can pick up her album, Home: Works for Solo Harp on iTunes and Amazon, and listen on Spotify and Pandora. Her website is ElizabethHainen.com and she is on youtube @Elizabethhainenharp —————————— I'd also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman of SPERDVAC - http://sperdvac.com/ That thank you also extends to the late Les Tremayne and late Jack Brown for their wonderful 1986 documentary series, Please Stand By: A History of Radio.

Same Time, Same Station 02/09/2025 Valentines Day “Information Please” 02/14/1939 Ep040 Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan. Valentines day. “Ozzie And Harriet” 02/13/1949 #20 Unusual Valentine’s Day Presents. “Old Gold Time” 02/13/1948 – John discovers that Blanche wants him to take out an accident insurance policy This is not the entire show, but just the Bickersons Sketch. “Tide Show” 02/14/1952 (0050) 1st song: Life is a Beautiful Thing. (Valentine’s Day). With Jack Smith, Ginny Simms, and Frank DeVol. “Duffy’s Tavern” 02/09/1951 (395) Mystery Valentine. – Guest Shelly Winters. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/09/2025 Valentines Day “Information Please” 02/14/1939 Ep040 Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan. Valentines day. “Ozzie And Harriet” 02/13/1949 #20 Unusual Valentine’s Day Presents. “Old Gold Time” 02/13/1948 – John discovers that Blanche wants him to take out an accident insurance policy This is not the entire show, but just the Bickersons Sketch. “Tide Show” 02/14/1952 (0050) 1st song: Life is a Beautiful Thing. (Valentine’s Day). With Jack Smith, Ginny Simms, and Frank DeVol. “Duffy’s Tavern” 02/09/1951 (395) Mystery Valentine. – Guest Shelly Winters. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/16/2025 Bing Crosby Part 2. “15 Minutes With Bing Crosby” 09/02/1931 (01) First Song – Just One More Chance. 8 minutes only. Edited. “Kraft Music Hall” 01/09/1936 First Song – A Little Bit Independent, Guest – Joe Venuti. 45 minutes, not complete. “Yesterday USA” 11/12/2023 Sunday Night Show. Perry Huntoon with Bing Crosby part 2.c If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/16/2025 Bing Crosby Part 2. “15 Minutes With Bing Crosby” 09/02/1931 (01) First Song – Just One More Chance. 8 minutes only. Edited. “Kraft Music Hall” 01/09/1936 First Song – A Little Bit Independent, Guest – Joe Venuti. 45 minutes, not complete. “Yesterday USA” 11/12/2023 Sunday Night Show. Perry Huntoon with Bing Crosby part 2.c If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/02/2025 Hal Peary and Willard Waterman Part 2. “The Great Gildersleeve 05/28/1947 ep251 Gildy Gives Up Cigars. Willard Waterman is back as Mr. Purvis, insurance salesman. “We Care” 09/26/1948 A Bimbo From Limbo. Harold Peary, Virginia Gregg, Anne Whitfield, Willard Watterman. “Fibber McGee And Molly” 05/17/1954 (0900) Fibber on Trial. “The Great Gildersleeve) 04/06/1949 Ep322 Baby’s Birthday Party and scheduling Conflicts. “The Great Gildersleeve” 10/03/1951 Ep412 Gildy Wants To Be Re-Elected. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 02/02/2025 Hal Peary and Willard Waterman Part 2. “The Great Gildersleeve 05/28/1947 ep251 Gildy Gives Up Cigars. Willard Waterman is back as Mr. Purvis, insurance salesman. “We Care” 09/26/1948 A Bimbo From Limbo. Harold Peary, Virginia Gregg, Anne Whitfield, Willard Watterman. “Fibber McGee And Molly” 05/17/1954 (0900) Fibber on Trial. “The Great Gildersleeve) 04/06/1949 Ep322 Baby’s Birthday Party and scheduling Conflicts. “The Great Gildersleeve” 10/03/1951 Ep412 Gildy Wants To Be Re-Elected. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/12/2025 Bing Crosby Part 1. “SOLID GOLD” 10/18/1976 BING Crosby BBC Narrated by Bob Hope. “Yesterday USA” 10/15/2023 Sunday Night Show, John, Larrry, Walden and Perry Huntoon. Bing Crosby Part 1. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/12/2025 Bing Crosby Part 1. “SOLID GOLD” 10/18/1976 BING Crosby BBC Narrated by Bob Hope. “Yesterday USA” 10/15/2023 Sunday Night Show, John, Larrry, Walden and Perry Huntoon. Bing Crosby Part 1. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/19/2025 Jeff Chandler Part 11. “Escape” 02/26/1949 (057) Red Wine. Stars Jeff Chandler. “The Glenn Miller Story Premiere” 01/17/1954. NBC. “The Judy Canova Show” 05/17/1954. Audition Show. Jeff Chandler. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/19/2025 Jeff Chandler Part 11. “Escape” 02/26/1949 (057) Red Wine. Stars Jeff Chandler. “The Glenn Miller Story Premiere” 01/17/1954. NBC. “The Judy Canova Show” 05/17/1954. Audition Show. Jeff Chandler. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/26/2025 Hal Peary and Willard Waterman Part 1. “Calling All Cars” 10/09/1934 (34) The Unwritten Law. With Harold Peary. “Fibber McGee And Molly” 10/11/1937 (0131) Shopping for a New Car. Harold Peary. “5th Row Center” 02/04/1940 01 Model Princess. Willard Waterman. “Escape” 08/11/1949 (074) Red Wine. Willard Waterman. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/26/2025 Hal Peary and Willard Waterman Part 1. “Calling All Cars” 10/09/1934 (34) The Unwritten Law. With Harold Peary. “Fibber McGee And Molly” 10/11/1937 (0131) Shopping for a New Car. Harold Peary. “5th Row Center” 02/04/1940 01 Model Princess. Willard Waterman. “Escape” 08/11/1949 (074) Red Wine. Willard Waterman. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/05/2025 Jeff Chandler Part 10. “Hollywood Sound Stage” 01/10/1952 (05) Shadow of a Doubt. “Screen Guild Theater” 04/03/1952 Ep514 Flesh and Fantasy. “The Martin & Lewis Show” 09/23/1952 (072) Jeff Chandler. “Eternal Light” 12/14/1952 (0408) Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl. Jeff Chandler and Anne Whitfield. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 01/05/2025 Jeff Chandler Part 10. “Hollywood Sound Stage” 01/10/1952 (05) Shadow of a Doubt. “Screen Guild Theater” 04/03/1952 Ep514 Flesh and Fantasy. “The Martin & Lewis Show” 09/23/1952 (072) Jeff Chandler. “Eternal Light” 12/14/1952 (0408) Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl. Jeff Chandler and Anne Whitfield. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com