WALTER WINCHELL ABC RADIO, APRIL 12, 1953

WALTER WINCHELL ABC RADIO, APRIL 12, 1953
I have collected some of the “rapid fire” radio reports by Walter Winchell (1897-1972) which seem appropriate to share on my channel. Say what you want about Winchell, he had a huge radio audience in his radio heyday. My generation largely remembers Winchell long after his radio years as the narrator of the Desilu Productions TV program “The Untouchables” (1959-1963). The Winchell of radio was highly opinionated and feared by many as he had the ability to make or break careers with a comment or two during his weekly newscasts, which were more commentary than actual news reports. Here is Winchell in the early 1950s, at the height of the Cold War and Communist Scare. Winchell’s rat-a-tat-tat style is still in full form as he covers a lot of ground in this weekly report. This radio broadcast was sponsored by Gruen Precision Watches and simulcast over the ABC Television network at the time.

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In 1953, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres.