January 25 In Radio History

In 1919...Longtime Radio/TV journalist Edwin Newman was born. He died August 13, 2010 at 91.



In 1937...NBC Radio debuted the soap opera The Guiding Light. The longest running daytime drama in history, it moved to CBS-TV in 1952 and aired there for 57 years until the final episode on September 18, 2009.

In 1938...Blues singer Etta James was born. She died five days ago, on January 20, 2012 at 73.



In 1961...President John F. Kennedy gave the first live Radio/TV presidential news conference from Washington, DC which was broadcast on radio and television.

In 1999…Radio and television announcer/radio newsman (WOR-New York's Jean Shepherd and Long John Nebel shows) Ted Mallie died at the age of 74.