The WallBreakers

BW - EP151—001: Jack Benny's Famous Slump—Benny's 1930s Early Radio Career and Ratings Peak

In March of 1932 Jack Benny was headlining on Broadway as part of Earl Carroll’s Vanities when...

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BW - EP150: Easter Sunday 1944

In Breaking Walls episode 150 we parachute into Easter Sunday, 1944 for a day of radio,...

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BW - EP150—012: Easter Sunday 1944—Duke Ellington At The Hurricane Night Club On Mutual

At 11:15PM over Mutual’s WOR in New York, Duke Ellington was on the air with music from The...

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BW - EP150—011: Easter Sunday 1944—Bob Crosby And The Thin Man

At 10:30PM eastern time on NBC’s WEAF, The Bob Crosby Show took to the air in New York with the...

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BW - EP150—010: Easter Sunday 1944—Fred Allen Solves A Mystery & Takes Time Off For Hypertension

In the Spring of 1944, Fred Allen was finishing up his fourth season as host of The Texaco Star...

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BW - EP150—009: Easter Sunday 1944—Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen first came to the attention of American audiences on Rudy Vallée’s NBC Royal Gelatin...

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BW - EP150—008: Easter Sunday 1944—Jack Benny's Only Pall Mall Show & The Mysterious Traveler Rides

At 7PM eastern time over Mutual Broadcasting’s flagship WOR, The Mysterious Traveler went on the...

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BW - EP150—007: Easter Sunday 1944—The Great Gildersleeve Runs For Mayor

When we were last with Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in episode 149 of Breaking Walls he was...

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BW - EP150—006: Easter Sunday 1944—The Catholic Hour and The Radio Hall of Fame

At 6PM over NBC’s WEAF, The Catholic Hour took to the air with an address from Monsignor Fulton...

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• 23 días

BW - EP150—005: Easter Sunday 1944—The Shadow

Between 4PM and 5:30 eastern war time, NBC broadcast Easter services from the Cathedral of St....

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• 24 días

BW - EP150—004: Easter Sunday 1944—Bulldog Drummond

At 3:30PM over Mutual’s WOR in New York, Bulldog Drummond took to the air. It was directed by the...

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• 26 días

BW - EP150—003: Easter Sunday 1944—The Life Of Riley With William Bendix

The man you just heard was radio legend Hans Conreid, known as one of the most versatile actors...

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• 28 días

BW - EP150—002: Easter Sunday 1944—Ceiling Unlimited With Joseph Cotten

Between 12 and 2PM, news, religious, and war programming filled the radio dial. Standouts...

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• 30 días

BW - EP150—001: Easter Sunday 1944—Cracks In the Nazi Foundation and Invitation To Learning

Saturday April 8th, 1944. New York City. It’s a rainy day before Easter and World War II news is...

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BW - EP149: March 1944 With The Great Gildersleeve

In Breaking Walls episode 149 we’ll spend March of 1944 with Hal Peary and The Great...

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TRAILER: The Peoples Recorder

This is the trailer for The People's Recorder (https://www.peoplesrecorder.info/). Brought to you...

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Please Subscribe (For Free) To Breaking Walls on Youtube (Link in Notes)

Hey everybody James Scully here, host of Breaking Walls. If you've been listening to this show...

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BW - EP149—006: March 1944 With The Great Gildersleeve—A Night In A Foxhole

On Sunday, March 19th, 1944 Germany forcefully occupied Hungary to prevent the country from...

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BW - EP149—005: March 1944 With The Great Gildersleeve—The Campaign Photo, 03/26/1944

By Sunday March 26th, 1944, with Easter only two weeks away, Gildy had decided to run for mayor....

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BW - EP149—004: March 1944 With The Great Gildersleeve—Gildy Wants To Run For Mayor

As the first day of Spring approached, Gildersleeve contemplated running for Mayor of Summerfield...

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