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Podcast: Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting
Episode: BW - EP159—006: NYC In January 1956 With Johnny Dollar—Will Eisenhower Run For A Second Term
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It’s 6PM on Wednesday, January 11th, 1956. I’m at Colbee’s Restaurant on the ground floor of the CBS headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue. I’m about to have a bite to eat with the man you just heard, Mandel Kramer.
Yesterday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, U.S. Air Force First Lt. Barty R. Brooks died in the crash of a F-100 Super Sabre. The accident was caught on film.
Word from Memphis is that young singer Elvis Presley recorded a new song called “Heartbreak Hotel.”
Today’s cover of The N...