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837:actor, played the mayor's ward, Butch, in
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18:Overview of the events of 1931 in radio
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1191:"Six More Stations Ordered Silenced"
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983:"Hearst Buys WBGS Plans Improvement"
892:, English scriptwriter and producer.
689:The American Album of Familiar Music
496:national medium-wave transmitter at
421:national medium-wave transmitter at
1216:"Two More Stations Ordered Deleted"
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1012:Broadcasting in Chicato, 1921–1989
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793:Federal Communications Commission
774:Federal Communications Commission
749:debuts on WGN, Chicago, Illinois.
1172:. McFarland & Company, Inc.
1123:. Broadcasting. 15 February 1932
1065:. McFarland & Company, Inc.
408:Société suisse de radiodiffusion
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963:. Broadcasting. 1 November 1931
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417:23 April – Inauguration of the
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399:(INR/NIR) begins broadcasting.
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461:Los Angeles Police Department
935:Malanowski, Gregory (2011).
833:30 January – Conrad Binyon,
641:The Carnation Contented Hour
569:acquires a half-interest in
463:'s KGPL begins broadcasting.
386:Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
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1099:. Oxford University Press.
715:Alice Joy, the Dream Singer
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560:International News Service
855:Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto
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1095:Dunning, John. (1998).
828:The Golden Age of Radio
552:William Randolph Hearst
500:by the German-language
788:, Covington, Kentucky.
666:The Camel Quarter-Hour
31:List of years in radio
1118:"Voice of Iron Range"
911:"Haus des Rundfunks"
612:The Fred Waring Show
1008:"NBC Acquires WMAQ"
702:The Boswell Sisters
502:Schweizer Radio DRS
1251:on 9 February 2018
859:sports commentator
791:18 December – The
734:Metropolitan Opera
732:25 December – The
705:program debuts on
575:Chicago Daily News
382:Haus des Rundfunks
358:radio broadcasting
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1071:978-0-7864-3848-8
1061:Cox, Jim (2008).
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840:Mayor of the Town
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863:New Orleans
812:Dick Bertel
746:Harold Teen
677:Bing Crosby
648:West Coast.
638:26 April –
519:, Oakland;
498:Beromünster
481:station at
404:Switzerland
316:Archaeology
1271:Categories
1255:9 February
897:References
846:11 June –
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759:22 June –
718:debuts on
692:debuts on
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657:debuts on
644:debuts on
615:debuts on
587:Undated –
547:, Spokane.
485:, outside
336:Philosophy
326:Literature
1127:1 October
874:talk show
816:WTIC (AM)
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886:actress.
835:American
659:WOR (AM)
454:Pontoise
219:In music
884:English
776:orders
754:Endings
508:States.
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423:Sottens
393:Belgium
375:Germany
371:Hamburg
341:Science
263:In film
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805:Births
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487:Warsaw
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364:Events
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782:WJAZ
780:and
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681:1962
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571:WMAQ
556:WGBS
537:KECA
529:KOMO
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