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George Burns and Gracie Allen Edward R. Murrow stands on the left beside William L. Shirer, who sits at a desk with a CBS microphone and looks at a document.
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Golden Age of American radio

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Golden Age of American radio, period lasting roughly from 1930 through the 1940s, when the medium of commercial broadcast radio grew into the fabric of daily life in the United States, providing news and entertainment to a country struggling with economic depression and war. During American radio’s Golden Age, much of the programming heard by listeners was controlled by advertising agencies, which conceived the shows, hired the talent and staff (sometimes drawing performers directly from...

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