Our annual Christmas special sponsored by Mount Wheeler Power in Ely.  The Mel Blanc Show, originally broadcast December 24, 1946, 78 years ago, Mel Plays Santa Claus. Mel's girlfriend Betty thinks that he's taking out another girl, but he's really playing Santa Claus for the widow Bradley. Then Lady Esther presents Orson Welles, originally broadcast December 22, 1941, 83 years ago, The Happy Prince. A Christmas show as only Orson Welles could do it, just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Our annual Christmas special sponsored by Mount Wheeler Power in Ely. The Mel Blanc Show, originally broadcast December 24, 1946, 78 years ago, Mel Plays Santa Claus. Mel's girlfriend Betty thinks that he's taking out another girl, but he's really playing Santa Claus for the widow Bradley. Then Lady Esther presents Orson Welles, originally broadcast December 22, 1941, 83 years ago, The Happy Prince. A Christmas show as only Orson Welles could do it, just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Our annual Christmas special sponsored by Mount Wheeler Power in Ely.&nbsp; The Mel Blanc Show, originally broadcast December 24, 1946, 78 years ago, Mel Plays Santa Claus. Mel's girlfriend Betty thinks that he's taking out another girl, but he's really playing Santa Claus for the widow Bradley. Then Lady Esther presents Orson Welles, originally broadcast December 22, 1941, 83 years ago, The Happy Prince. A Christmas show as only Orson Welles could do it, just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Christmas Special Hour 10 - Mel Blanc is Santa Claus

Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day’s show with historical information on the day and date in history, including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It’s a true slice of life from not just radio’s past, but America’s past. Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day’s broadcast is timely and entertaining!

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Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day’s show with historical information on the day and date in history, including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It’s a true slice of life from not just radio’s past, but America’s past.Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day’s broadcast is timely and entertaining!

Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day’s show with historical information on the day and date in history, including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It’s a true slice of life from not just radio’s past, but America’s past. Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day’s broadcast is timely and entertaining!

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