Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting

BW - EP160—004: February 1950 With Broadway Is My Beat—At The Wrestling Matches


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The February 10th, 1950 episode of Broadway Is My Beat took Danny Clover to the wrestling matches in search of a missing woman. At that time New York City’s top wrestling promoter was Roderick James "Jess" McMahon. The patriarch of the McMahon wrestling family, Jess McMahon spent several decades as a sports promoter of all kinds, including professional wrestling matchmaking at Madison Square Garden.
Featured in this episode was Lawrence Dobkin. Years later, he remembered how he got into radio. Another famous featured character actor was Virginia Gregg.
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Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio BroadcastingBy James Scully