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Bill Allen (a.k.a. "Hossman" or "Hoss"; born William Trousdale Allen III, December 3, 1922 – February 25, 1997) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame from the 1950s through the 1990s for playing rhythm and blues and black gospel music on Nashville radio station WLAC.
John R. (born John Richbourg, August 20, 1910 – February 15, 1986) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame in the 1950s and 1960s for playing rhythm and blues music on Nashville radio station WLAC. He was also a notable record producer and artist manager.
Dick Barton at Bay (1950) Doctor Morelle (1949) Down Among the Z Men (1952) (aka Stand Easy; The Goon Movie; The Goon Show Movie), [1] based on The Goon Show; Hangman's Wharf (1950) Happidrome (1943), based on Happidrome; Hi, Gang!, based on Hi, Gang! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), based on the radio series of the same name by ...
WLAC (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station in Nashville, Tennessee.Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a talk radio format.The studios are in Nashville's Music Row district. . It identifies itself as "TalkRadio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC" using the dial position of its FM translator at 98.3 MHz, as well as its AM freque
On October 23, 1928, RCA announced that it had acquired control of the Film Booking Offices of America studio and Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain and was merging them under a holding company, Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. [1] Its new production arm was incorporated as RKO Productions Inc. on January 25, 1929. [2]
The Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio in the United States where it was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium. It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted through the 1950s, when television gradually superseded radio as the medium of choice ...
Herman Grizzard (1900-1971) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame from the 1940s through the 1970s for playing rhythm and blues and other music on Nashville radio station WLAC. Grizzard was one host of a nightly series of four programs on the station.
Bobby Benson was created by Herbert C. Rice, who had already originated "dozens of local drama series" as a director at a radio station in Buffalo, New York. [1] In 1932, representatives of the Hecker H-O Company of Buffalo sought to develop a children's radio program for the company's cereal products.