Our radio sections trace the development of the radio industry in St. Louis and highlights those who have helped to shape it.
Betty Grable
12/18/1916 – 07/02/1973
Actress:
“Hollywood Showcase”
“Screen Guild Theatre”
“So You Want to Lead a Band”
Marvin Mueller / Miller
07/18/1913 – 02/08/1985
Announcer/Actor:
| “Cousin Willie” | “The Affairs of Anthony” | “Smilin’ Ed’s Buster Brown Gang” |
| “Jeff Regan, Investigator” | “Peter Quill” | “The Dreft Star Playhouse” |
| “Author’s Playhouse” | “The Billie Burke Show” | “Father Knows Best” |
| “Romance of Helen Trent” | “Armchair Adventures” | “The First Nighter Program” |
| “The Frank Sinatra Show” | “Ma Perkins” | “The Gay Mrs. Featherstone” |
| “Beat the Band” | “Burns and Allen” | “Lonely Women” |
| “Me and Janie” | “Duffy’s Tavern” | “The Theater of Famous Radio Players” |
| “Aunt Jemima” | “Aunt Mary” | “Maisie” |
| “That Brewster Boy” | “The Chicago Theater of the Air” | “The NBC University Theater” |
| “The Beulah Show” | “A Date With Judy” | “One Man’s Family” |
| “The Railroad Hour” | “Sears Radio Theater” | “The Whistler” |
| “Stop That Villain” | “Tell It Again” |
Gustave Haenschen
11/03/1889 – 03/27/1980
Conductor:
“Palmolive Hour”
“Show Boat”
“Saturday Night Serenade”
“American Album of Familiar Music”
“The Song Shop”
“Champion Spark Plug Hour”
“The Pet Milk Show”
Ralph Moody
11/05/1887 – 09/16/1971
“Roy Rogers Show”
“Wild Bill Hickok”
Edmund L. Hartman
09/24/1911 – 11/28/2003
Writer:
“Lux Radio Theatre”
Kevin O’Morrison
05/25/1916 – 12/11/2016
Actor:
“Charlie Wild, Private Detective”
“Mercury Theater”