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Breaking Walls

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Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting.

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BW - EP118: Radio and The Gas Station (1939 - 1982)

In Breaking Walls episode 118 we hit the road with part one of an Americana mini-series. We’ll gas up with some of radio’s best and examine shows taking place at America’s filling stations.

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Highlights:
• Al Hodge and The Green Hornet
• Getting a Checkup at Doctor Christian’s
• Lux Presents: They Drive By Night with Lana Turner and Lucille Ball
• Orson Welles and The Hitchhiker
• ABC competes with NBC and CBS
• Dragnet leads to The Lineup
• Stacey Keach and The Last Tales of the Texas Rangers
• The Gas Crisis and the CBS Radio Mystery Theater

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The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• On the Air - By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings — by Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from
• The Association For Convenience and Fuel Retailing
• Family Tree Magazine
• NationalParkService.Org
• Newsweek
• The Smithsonian Magazine

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On the interview front:
• Virginia Gregg and Lurene Tuttle spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.

• Himan Brown, Larry Haines, Vincent Price, and Rudy Vallée spoke with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these full interviews at Goldenage-WTIC.org.

• Herb Ellis, Byron Kane, Stacy Keach Sr, and Herb Vigran were with SPERDVAC. For more information, go to SPERDVAC.com.

• Bing Crosby and John Scott Trotter spoke with Same Time, Same Station.

• Lucille Ball was with both Dick Cavett and Joan Rivers.

• Orson Welles with Johnny Carson.

• Al Hodge with Richard Lamparski.

• Vic Perrin with Neill Ross for KMPC.

• Joel McCrae was interviewed by Al Greenberg for Orco Development.

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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Route 66 — By Nat King Cole
• Deep Night — By Rudy Vallée
• The Klezmer’s Wedding — By Andre Moisan
• Living Without You — By George Winston
• Fly Me To The Moon — By Julie London

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Special thanks to:

The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society
https://www.ghoulishdelights.com/

The Fireside Mystery Theatre
https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com/

Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight
https://www.twelvechimesradio.com/

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A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene.

For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com.

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Thank you to:
Tony Adams
Steven Allmon
Orson Orsen Chandler
Phil Erickson
Briana Isaac
Thomas M. Joyce
Ryan Kramer
Gary Mollica
Barry Nadler
Christian Neuhaus
Aimee Pavy
Chris Pilkington

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WallBreakers Links:
Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers
Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

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