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Podcast: Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting
Episode: BW - EP148: February 1944 With Bob Hope
Description: In Breaking Walls episode 148 we spend February of 1944 with America’s top comedian, Bob Hope, as he whisks himself around the country, entertaining troops and broadcasting to the masses.
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Highlights:
• Leslie Townes Hope’s Rise to Stardom
• Broadway and Early Radio Shows
• The Big Broadcast of 1938
• The Pepsodent Program
• Early February 1944 World War II News
• NBC Dominates Tuesday Nights in 1944
• Bob with Guest Ginger Rogers
• The 4th War Bond Drive
• Command Performance with Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and Judy Garland
• Mid February World News Roundup
• Bob with Guest Bing Crosby
• Bob with Guest Carole Landis
• News as we Leave February
• Bob Gets Sick, Is Honored by The Academy
• Looking A...