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Industry Mourns Jim Bohannon. Veteran talk radio host Jim Bohannon has died at age 78, at the Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House in South Carolina after losing a hard fought battle with esophageal cancer. He was born January 7, 1944 in Corvallis, OR, where his father was stationed in the U. ...
On Feb. 12, 1924, George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered in New York. In 1940, the radio play "The Adventures of Superman" began airing on the
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Though I grew up in the television era, I was always fascinated by the radio. Getting ready for school in the morning meant listening to the Top 40 on WABC. After dinner (and homework), I discovered a radio station that played “old time” radio shows like “The Shadow” and “Fibber McGee and Molly.” I remember lying on my bed with the lights out listening to the magical images created in my mind by the stars of each episode. For years, the sound of people talking on the radio helped me fall asleep, even if it was an all-news station. The voices were smooth and somehow allowed me re...
Shawnee radio station KGFF celebrates 90th By Vicky O. Misa | Vicky.misa@news-star.com | (405) 214-3962 | Twitter: @Vicky_NewsStar The Shawnee News-Star On Thursday, a longtime institution in Shawnee celebrated its 90th anniversary. Local radio station KGFF, Shawnee first hit the air waves at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning — Dec. 10, 1930. And it has continued serving the area ever since. KGFF General Manager Mike Askins said, though the station had already been in operation for a few years, it was Ross Porter who brought it to Shawnee. The earliest records on file indicate the Wallace Radio I...