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"Of all the major inventions of the twentieth century, few have had a more profound impact on people's lives than radio and television. By 1933, two-thirds of American homes had at least one radio, twice as many as those with telephones. Forty-five years later, 97 percent of all households had at least one television set. But the numbers cannot convey the contradictory roles that broadcasting has played in American society as it has reshaped the country's politics, economy, and culture.".

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"The World of Tomorrow"- it was the theme of the ground-breaking 1939 World's Fair held in New York City. Fittingly, it was there that the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) excitedly revealed the advent of broadcast television.

Television ultimately transformed entertainment and revolutionized the way we see the world. In this intriguing program, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® chronicles the incredible story of television: from the ideas of Philo Farnsworth, a Utah farm boy who developed the first working system in 1925, to the 21st-century technological breakthroughs currently reshaping the medium.

Interviews with media moguls and TV personalities, including legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite, provide an inside look into the industry while broadcast pioneers recall patent battles, competing systems, and the astounding innovation that defined the early years of television.

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With the huffduffer app you can create your own podcast from mp3 files you run across on the web. Play them from your page or add to iTunes. a portable mp3 player by rss, or just download the audio file. Here is a video from ReadWriteWeb showing you how easy it is.

Also visit the Times Past page on huffduffer often to see what is new, and you can also add Times Past to your favorite pod catcher.

Born on June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Andrew S. Griffith made it to stardom in the late 1950s acting in film, TV and Broadway productions while also creating albums of comedic monologues. He rose to great popularity as the character Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, which ran from 1960-68. He later returned to TV in the lawyer drama Matlock and recorded several gospel albums.

Here is a biography of Andy that was done sometime before his death.

Andy Griffith Biography

Andy did several radio shows in his younger years. Here is two from the old radio show "Town And Country Time"

In the first episode Andy Griffith does his funny "Swan Lake" routine.

Town And Country Time xx-xx-xx (095) First Song - Here We Are, We've Gone Too Far

In this second episode Andy Griffith does a routine about the opera.

Town And Country Time xx-xx-xx (096) First Song - Glad Rags

New England radio royalty, Ron Della Chiesa, interviews Ernest Borgnine

http://www.bostonpete.com/wma/sample/Ernest-Borgnine-Interview_01-26-2009.asx

Eighty years ago, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the iconic comic book character Superman, but it took several years of rejections before they finally sold him to Detective Comics Inc. in 1938. The distinctive superhero made his first appearance in the comics in June 1938 — and since then has appeared in radio dramas, TV shows, video games, newspaper comics and countless films.

How has the Man of Steel evolved over the past eight decades — and what has made him so popular? Those were the questions that intrigued biographer Larry Tye, whose book Superman tells the story of the red-and-blue-clad icon who Tye calls "the longest-lived American hero of the last century." 

The Man of Steel has endured in books, movies, radio serials, comic books and cartoons. "Americans embrace Superman partly because he captured so many things that are part of our psyche and part of our sense of ourselves," says biographer Larry Tye. (NPR June 18, 2012)  Read More

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A New Superman Bio! (NPR)

You can find the old radio show here Superman, The Adventures Of

Broadcast 27 July 2011, BBC Radio 4.

SYNOPSIS
The Hollywood actor Peter Falk, whose name became synonymous with the TV character Columbo  played the part for 35 years. In a program first heard in 2007, crime-writer Mark Billingham delves into the mystery that was one of the small screen's greatest detectives.

The raincoat, the cigar, the spluttering convertible car, the villain's deed in the first scene and the final "...just one more thing". The American TV detective series Columbo was a literature inspired, award winning, rule breaking television original.

Billingham tracks down the unusual suspects who made it possible including star Peter Falk, creator William Link, writer Steven Bochco, director Jonathan Demme and guest star villain Robert Vaughn.

Producer: Peter McHugh.