- 1943 in radio
The year
1943 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__Events
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May 2 - Fireside chat: "On the Coal Crisis"
*July 28 - Fireside chat: "On Progress of War and Plans for Peace"
*September 8 - Fireside chat: "Opening Third War Loan Drive"
*December 3 -Edward R. Murrow delivers his classic "Orchestrated Hell" broadcast overCBS describing aRoyal Air Force nighttime bombing raid onBerlin .
*December 24 - Fireside chat: "On Tehran and Cairo Conferences"Debuts
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January 10 - "The Better Half", a quiz show, debuts on Mutual.
*February 15 - "My True Story " debuts on theNBC Blue Network (later became ABC).
*February 21 - "Free World Theatre " debuts on theNBC Blue Network (later became ABC).
*March 25 - "The Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show " debuts on theNBC Red Network .
*March 27 - "Blue Ribbon Town " debuts onCBS for a one year run.
*April 3 - "The Billie Burke Show" airs onCBS Radio Saturday mornings untilSeptember 21 , 1946.
*June 28 - "The Dreft Star Playhouse " debuts onNBC .Closings
Births
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May 6 -Milton Cooper (d.2001 ), Americanwriter andshortwave broadcaster.
*July 31 -William Bennett , American conservativepundit ,politician and radiotalk show host.
*Jaye Michael Davis (d. 2006), American radiodisc jockey and voice of Memphis'sWDIA starting in 1977.Deaths
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Ben Bernie , 52, Americanjazz violinist and radio personality.
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