- 1937 in radio
The year
1937 saw a number of significant events inradio broadcasting .__TOC__Events
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March 9 - Fireside chat: "On the Reorganization of the Judiciary".
*March 14 - The beginning of theJack Benny -Fred Allen 12-year "feud" begins, when both comedians participate in "The Battle of the Century" at the Hotel Pierre.
*October 12 - Fireside chat: "On Legislation to be Recommended to the Extraordinary Session of the Congress".
*November 14 - Fireside chat: "On the Unemployment Census".
*December 12 -Mae West makes a guest appearance on "The Chase and Sanborn Hour " that eventually results in her being banned from radio.Debuts
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January 18 - "Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories " (1937-1956) debuts onCBS .
*January 25 - "The Guiding Light " (1937-1956) debuts onNBC Red Network
*March 29 - "Our Gal Sunday " (1937-1959) debuts onCBS .
*October 19 - "Big Town " debuts onCBS .Closings
Births
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December 18 -Frankie Crocker (d. 2000), famousNew York City radiodisc jockey .Deaths
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20 July -Guglielmo Marconi , physicist andwireless telegraphy pioneer, aged 63.
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