• Radio brought the news directly into listeners’ living rooms. Among the major news stories broken on radio: the Scopes monkey trial, carried live by Chicago station WGN in 1925; the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster, covered by WLS Chicago in 1937; and Edward R. Murrow’s CBS reports on the Blitz of Britain, airing in 1940.

Big Jon and Sparkie

Broadcast History: 1950-1954

Big Jon being Jonathan Arthur who not only created and played the part of the leading character Sparkie but also his fantasy friends Mayor Plumpfront and Ukey Betcha as they embarked on wonderful adventures. When it was first heard nobody knew what Sparkie looked like so after numerous requests from his fans Jon Arthur commissioned a comic artist to compile a picture of Sparkie based on what his fans imagined.

 

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