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Next time on Breaking Walls, we move into February and discuss polio, falling ratings points, and radio profit margins.
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The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• The General: David Sarnoff & The Rise of the Communications Industry - by Kenneth Bilby
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings — by Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from:
• Broadcasting Magazine
• LIFE Magazine
• Time Magazine
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On the interview front:
• John Guedel, Phil Leslie, and Don Wilson spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.
• Norman MacDonnell and George Walsh spoke to John Hickman, the longtime host of WAMU’s Recollections. Today, this program is heard each Sunday evening as The Big Broadcast. For more information, please go to WAMU.org
• Art Linkletter spoke to John Gassman.
• Ozzie Nelson was with James Day.
• Jack Benny spoke for Great Radio Comedians.
• He and Don Wilson also spoke with Jack Carney.
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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Auld Lang Syne — By The Manhattan Strings
• January Stars — By George Winston
• The Klezmer’s Wedding — By André Moisan
• Love in Bloom — By Bing Crosby
• Seance on a Wet Afternoon — By John Barry
• Danse Macabre — By Camille Saint-Saëns
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A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene. For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com. I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman of SPERDVAC. Listen to their shows on the Yesterday USA radio network.
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Thank you to:
Tony Adams
Steven Allmon
Orson Orsen Chandler
Phil Erickson
Jessica Hanna
Briana Isaac
Thomas M. Joyce
Ryan Kramer
Earl Millard
Gary Mollica
Barry Nadler
Christian Neuhaus
Aimee Pavy
Ray Shaw

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