Our radio sections trace the development of the radio industry in St. Louis and highlights those who have helped to shape it.
Elmira Roessler
03/02/1918 – 04/30/1975
Actress, singer:
“Backstage Wife”
“Ma Perkins”
“Joe Palooka”
“Meet the Meeks”
“Stepmother”
Allen Roth
06/11/1904 – 10/30/1972
Conductor:
“Broadway Matinee”
“So You Think You Know Music”
“Texaco Star Theater”
Jean Rouverol
07/08/1916 – 03/24/2017
Actress:
“One Man’s Family”
Allen Prescott
01/21/1904 – 01/27/1978
Host:
“Wife Saver”
“Prescott Presents”
Barney Phillips
10/20/1913 – 08/17/1982
Actor:
“Dragnet”
“Hawk Larabee”
“Gunsmoke”
“Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator”
“Broadway Is My Beat”
“Confession”
“Crime Classics”
“Escape”
“Frontier Gentleman”
“The Man From Homicide”
“NBC Presents: Short Story”
“On Stage”
“The Saint”
“Sears Radio Theater”
“Tales of the Texas Rangers”
“Wild Bill Hickok”
“Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”
Sarah Selby
08/30/1905 – 01/07/1980
Actress:
“CBS Radio Workshop 1956”
“Junior Miss”
“My Mother’s Husband”
“Escape”