#9162, aired 2024-09-17 | OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $200: In 1975 the FCC was a good buddy to users of this radio system, reducing the license fee from $20 to $4 CB |
#9162, aired 2024-09-17 | OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $400: Arr! In the 1960s these unlicensed stations broadcast from ships off the British coast to fans tired of the straitlaced BBC pirate radio |
#9162, aired 2024-09-17 | OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $600: Todd Storz, owner of KOHW in Omaha, is credited with pioneering this numerical hit radio format in the 1950s Top 40 |
#9162, aired 2024-09-17 | OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $1000: In 2008 the Justice Department approved the merger creating this satellite radio behemoth SiriusXM |
#9162, aired 2024-09-17 | OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $3,200 (Daily Double): Robert Plant made a pledge to Portland's KBOO after hearing a DJ promise never to play this song if listeners donated "Stairway To Heaven" |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $200: The CB in CB radio stands for this, which extends from 26.965 to 27.405 megahertz citizens band |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $400: In the 1960s this U.K. service had a "needle time" rule limiting the playing of records, so The Beatles & others played on it live the BBC |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $600: In 1924 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover said the quickest way to kill radio would be to use it for direct this advertising |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $800: Beginning in the 1930s, a station in this little grand duchy used huge transmitters to attract half of Europe's listeners Luxembourg |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | RADIO, RADIO $1000: Programs on this international network include "Science in a Minute" & "Press Conference USA" Voice of America |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $200: The radio show "Hidden Brain" explores issues of mind & life, as in a 2019 story about what makes us "Creatures of" this habit |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $400: At 14 this future DNA double helix discoverer went on radio's "Quiz Kids" for 3 weeks, beaten by 8-year-old Ruth Duskin (James) Watson |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $800: Sometimes WNYC's Brian Lehrer does an interview series with local winners of this foundation's so-called "Genius Grants" the MacArthur Foundation (MacArthur grants accepted) |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $1000: On "Fresh Air" Michael Pollan discussed his book "How to Change Your Mind" about "The New Science of" these, like psilocybin psychedelics |
#10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $2,400 (Daily Double): "How Can Adults Grow New Brain Cells" on the Ted Radio Hour is a talk by Sandrine Thuret, professor of this science neuroscience |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $400: This title character hosted a psychology advice radio show on KACL in Seattle Frasier (Crane) |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $800: Regis Philbin & Stephen King went up against this pal of Howard Stern's on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" in 1998; she won Robin Quivers |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $1200: Venus Flytrap was the nom de DJ of Gordon Sims on this Ohio-set sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $1600: Her role as Lisa on the '90s sitcom "NewsRadio" was pivotal in her career (Maura) Tierney |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $2000: This man of 1,000 voices played "Brockmire", who in Season 3 made it back to a Major League broadcast booth Hank Azaria |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $200: Lady Gaga:
"Poke" "Poker Face" |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $400: Fergie:
"Big Girls Don't" "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $600: Train:
"Hey, So" "Hey, Soul Sister" |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $800: James Brown:
"Papa's Got A Bran" "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | THE SONG TITLE ON MY RADIO DISPLAY $1000: Joni Mitchell:
"Big Yell" "Big Yellow Taxi" |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $400: SiriusXM channels include Met Opera Radio, Real Jazz & Hair Nation, devoted to hair bands of this decade the '80s |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $800: VOA for short, it began broadcasting in 1942 as part of the office of war information Voice of America |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $1200: This "White Christmas" crooner came to national fame with his 15-minute radio show, starting in 1931 Bing Crosby |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $1600: Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous" Grand Ole Opry |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $2000: Following this radio inventor's death in 1937, stations in Italy, Britain & the U.S. observed several minutes of silence Marconi |
#8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $600: On Sunday at 2 P.M. I'll feature Vivaldi when I host my weekly show "If It Ain't" this musical period Baroque |
#8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $800: Next, a recording from a group making music since 1815, with the alliterative name the Handel & this Composer Society Haydn |
#8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1000: Time to liven up your commute with the overture to this 1866 Smetana opera about a young woman's marriage prospects The Bartered Bride |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $400: Los Angeles news station KFWB was once owned by these brothers who started a movie studio the Warner Brothers |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $800: Owned by an insurance company, Tennessee's WSM stood for "We shield millions" & its "Barn Dance" became this legendary show Grand Ole Opry |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $1600: KOIT--K-O-I-T--is in this California city, home to Coit Tower San Francisco |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $2000: The "GBH" in this city's WGBH stands for Great Blue Hill, the site of its first transmitter Boston |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS $6,400 (Daily Double): Chicago's WLS once stood for "World's Largest Store" to promo this store, which then owned the station Sears |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $200: This singer seen here got a lot of radio play in 2019 with "Never Really Over" Katy Perry |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $400: This apathetic Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber title precedes "when I'm with my baby, yeah" "I Don't Care" |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $600: This 8-minute Led Zeppelin song from 1971 is a mainstay of classic rock radio "Stairway To Heaven" |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $800: In the '60s the first 2 Top 40 Hits for this group had the word "Surfin"' in the title; No. 4, "Surfer" The Beach Boys |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $1000: Mishearing "Life In The Fast Lane" as "flies in the vasoline" led to a line of a hit in 1994 for these "aviators" the Stone Temple Pilots |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | ON THE RADIO $200: One night in 1927, a DJ in this city said he's been playing grand opera & now was switching to the Grand Old Opry Nashville |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | ON THE RADIO $400: In 1991 a New Mexico radio station owner boosted ratings by playing this Led Zeppelin song for 24 hours straight "Stairway To Heaven" |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | ON THE RADIO $600: SiriusXM's radio classics channel airs such favorites as "Hopalong Cassidy" & "Fibber McGee &" her Fibber McGee and Molly |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | ON THE RADIO $1,000 (Daily Double): Radio's first quiz show is claimed by the public radio station with these call letters that contain the Big Apple's initials WNYC |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | ON THE RADIO $1000: If DJ & war movie subject Adrian Cronauer was late to the studio, he'd drag out "Gooood" in this phrase as he frantically set up "Good morning, Vietnam" |
#7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $400: Here's the voice of Chris Thile, who has replaced a legend as the host of this program A Prairie Home Companion |
#7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $800: This 2-letter dial in the U.S. was dubbed VHF in Europe FM |
#7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $1200: Sirius XM rocks out in the underground garage from this bandanna-ed Springsteen sideman Steven Van Zandt |
#7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $1600: This provider is the radio home of NCAA football & basketball, not just UCLA games Westwood One |
#7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $2000: This last name of singer James can mean a marijuana cigarette & his "You're Beautiful" got a radio edit for a drug lyric Blunt |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | RADIO, RADIO $400: Mariners used to rely on radio beacons in these towers but now satellite positioning is used instead lighthouses |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | RADIO, RADIO $800: The 1977 movie "Handle With Care" was about this radio fad CB radio |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | RADIO, RADIO $1200: The frequency of radio waves can be as high as 300 of these units, which are a billion times another unit a gigahertz |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | RADIO, RADIO $1600: Need to identify your cattle? The USDA suggests injectable radio transponders or tags usually placed here the ear |
#7561, aired 2017-06-26 | RADIO, RADIO $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) At night, radio waves can be reflected farther due to the greater elevation of this layer of the atmosphere, characterized by charged particles, allowing short-wave radio to travel better the ionosphere |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $200: Get all the latest TV, movie & music news on this magazine's EW channel Entertainment Weekly |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $400: Original MTV VJs including Martha Quinn host shows on the channel devoted to music from this decade the 1980s |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $600: The FCC hasn't been an issue since he & Robin Quivers moved to the Sirius network in 2006 Howard Stern |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $800: Hats off to this country star who "ain't going down 'til the sun comes up" now that he got his own channel in 2016 Garth Brooks |
#7433, aired 2016-12-28 | ON SIRIUSXM RADIO $1000: Pull up a chair, grab a cup of joe & enjoy this channel's blend of rare & acoustic performances on 14 The Coffee House |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $400: The goal of this show was to get 3 celebrities in a row across, up & down or diagonally Hollywood Squares |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $800: Whoopee! Bob Eubanks hosted this show in which recently married spouses answered questions about each other The Newlywed Game |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $1200: (Hi. I'm Mo Rocca.) I'm a frequent panelist on this weekly NPR news quiz show that includes the games Bluff the Listener & Not My Job Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $1600: College teams including Columbia & Notre Dame faced off on this show that moved from radio to television College Quiz Bowl |
#7278, aired 2016-04-13 | RADIO & TV GAME SHOWS $2000: Say the not-so-secret title of this quiz show, hosted by Groucho Marx on both radio & television You Bet Your Life |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $200: 2-word name for the identifying designation of a radio station, like KABC call sign (or call letters) |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $400: It's a schedule of songs to be played at a station; in a 2008 movie title, it was "Infinite" playlist |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $600: 2-word term for a brief recording of a person giving a quote, used as part of a news story a sound bite |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $800: It's the act of setting a record on a turntable in position for immediate play to queue |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | RADIO $1000: Radio term for the rush-hour morning & evening periods when people are likely to listen in their cars drive time |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $200: Terry Gross has been a breath of this hosting the same-named show since 1975 Fresh Air |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $400: Let's discuss this show: No. 1429 was "Click and Clack vs. electric brakes" Car Talk |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $600: In 2014 "All Things Considered" considered the primary loss of this house majority leader from Virginia Eric Cantor |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $1000: This is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program, or what you say when the answer's on the tip of your tongue Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
#6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $1,200 (Daily Double): Steve Inskeep and David Greene host this show in the A.M. in D.C.; Renee Montagne, not far from us here in Culver City Morning Edition |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | SONGS ON THE RADIO $400: Taylor Swift:
"This time I'm telling you, I'm telling you, we are never ever ever" doing this getting back together |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | SONGS ON THE RADIO $800: In 2014 she won the Radio Disney Music Award for Song of the Year
"When you're ready, come and get it /
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na..." Selena Gomez |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | SONGS ON THE RADIO $1200: Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen sing, "We don't even have to try, it's always" this a good time |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | SONGS ON THE RADIO $1600: You can't help but feel happy when you hear this Grammy-winning artist
"Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof /
Because I'm..." Pharrell |
#6951, aired 2014-12-01 | SONGS ON THE RADIO $2000: Nickelodeon's Cat Valentine, in 2013 she had her first Top 10 hit with "The Way" Ariana Grande |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $400: This U.S. network created an orchestra in 1937; now it brings us "Celebrity Apprentice" NBC |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $800: "Choral Evensong", first broadcast from London in 1926, is still heard on this service's Radio 3 the BBC |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $1200: Sirius XM 76 calls itself this type of classical work "Hall" symphony |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $2000: This composer's 1951 work "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" includes 12 randomly tuned radios (John) Cage |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $4,000 (Daily Double): These call letters of a Boston PBS TV station first hit the airwaves with a 1951 classical radio concert WGBH |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $200: Hosting "Dawn Buster" for AFVN during the war, I opened with these 3 words made famous by DJ Adrian Cronauer Good morning, Vietnam! |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $400: In 1940 regularly scheduled military broadcasting began in Central America's PCZ, or this zone the Panama Canal Zone |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $600: Specialist Kristen King became a star among soldiers with her "Country Convoy" show from inside this zone in Baghdad the Green Zone |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $800: In 1943 Armed Forces Network Europe made its first broadcast from this European network's studios the BBC |
#6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $1000: The first song ever played in 1990 by the Armed Forces Desert Network was this appropriate song by The Clash "Rock the Casbah" |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $200: The kids choose all the music on 88.9 KOPO, run by the Pa'ia Youth and Cultural Center in this state Hawaii |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $400: Fayetteville's KXUA boasts that it plays no music that has been on this publication's Top 40 chart "in the last 50 years" Billboard |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $600: The "VL" in Memphis' WEVL stands for this, like in the state nickname; it has only 3 paid staff members, the others... the volunteers |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $800: Gilda Radner was the weather girl on WCBN, the campus broadcasting network of this Michigan college town Ann Arbor |
#6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $1000: Jonathan Schwartz spins standards for the Big Apple station "W" these 3 letters NYC |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | RADIO FACES $400: He's seen here a decade before his most famous broadcasts Churchill |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | RADIO FACES $800: Radio nickname of Howard Stern producer & on-air personality Gary Dell'Abate Baba Booey |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | RADIO FACES $1200: If you're happier listening to this NPR program not knowing what Michele Norris looks like, cover your eyes All Things Considered |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | RADIO FACES $1600: This Southerner who announced Brooklyn Dodgers games gave fans folksy expressions like "the catbird seat" Red Barber |
#6253, aired 2011-11-23 | RADIO FACES $2000: This disc jockey is often credited with coining the term "rock 'n' roll" Alan Freed |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $400: "I think I'm in love with my radio", she sings on her "I Am... Sasha Fierce" album Beyonce |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $800: The song "Radio Head", written by this Talking Heads singer, gave a later band its name David Byrne |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $1200: "Do you remember rock & roll radio?" asked this NYC punk quartet the Ramones |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $1600: The foe of CONTROL on "Get Smart", it also follows "Radio" in the title of a Roger Waters album K.A.O.S. |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | RADIO MUSIC $2000: "I'm in love with the radio on", sings Jonathan Richman in this song with a cartoonish title Road Runner |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $200: Cal State Northridge's KCSN broadcasts an Americana music program called "Tangled" these plant parts Roots |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $400: You can talk Bears or Black Hawks on "The A.L.L. Sports Hour" on WHPK, from the University of this town Chicago |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $600: Catch some logger rhythms on KUPS, from the university named for this Washington body of water Puget Sound |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $800: KRLX comes from C-A-R-leton College in this state Minnesota |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $1000: Loyola Marymount's KXLU has a show devoted to female musicians called "She" does this (not to the cradle) Rocks |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $200: "Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah Miley Cyrus |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $400: "Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you? Care Bears |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $600: "The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website Avril Lavigne |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $800: "I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did Colbie Caillat |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | RADIO DISNEY $1000: Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves" OneRepublic |
#5909, aired 2010-04-29 | ROMEO ON THE RADIO $800: If you don't remember this Blue Oyster Cult song that mentions Romeo, maybe a little cowbell will help "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" |
#5909, aired 2010-04-29 | ROMEO ON THE RADIO $1200: Son of rap mogul Master P, this artist was only 11 when his debut song "My Baby" went to No. 1 in 2001 Lil' Romeo |
#5909, aired 2010-04-29 | ROMEO ON THE RADIO $1600: This song that pairs Romeo & Juliet with Samson & Delilah was a hit for the Pointer Sisters "Fire" |
#5909, aired 2010-04-29 | ROMEO ON THE RADIO $2000: This band whose name implies a lack of romance is known for the song "Never Say Never" Romeo Void |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | ON THE RADIO $400: She had a dance hit with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"; Jay-Z put a ring on her Beyoncé |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | ON THE RADIO $800: "Sober" was a 2009 hit for this woman whose hair color no longer matches her name Pink |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | ON THE RADIO $1200: You might think that this title track of Britney Spears' 2008 CD is a reference to the madhouse that is her life "Circus" |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | ON THE RADIO $1600: It was "Amazing" how "Heartless" he was to Taylor Swift on the 2009 Video Music Awards Kanye West |
#5858, aired 2010-02-17 | ON THE RADIO $2000: This "Nasty Girl" rapper's name sounds like an adjective meaning "farcical" or "absurd" Ludacris |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $400: In the 1930s this future CBS anchorman was on the radio in Kansas City as Walter Wilcox Walter Cronkite |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $800: In a May 6, 1937 radio broadcast, Herb Morrison said of it, "The frame is crashing to the ground... Oh, the humanity" the Hindenburg |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $1200: Get some "Fresh Air" & find "All Songs Considered" on this; it has more than 800 member stations NPR |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $1600: This man, whose real name is actually Gary, began hosting "A Prairie Home Companion" in 1974 Garrison Keillor |
#5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $2000: This nonprofit corp. abbreviated R.F.E. was created to oppose the USSR's isolating its citizens from world info Radio Free Europe |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $200: WBZ, based in this New England city, was one of the USA's first commercial radio stations Boston |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $400: Carl Kasell reads the news on this NPR program, the USA's most-heard A.M. news magazine Morning Edition |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $600: The call letters of NYC's 1010 WINS stand for the International News Service of this 1930s newspaper tycoon (William Randolph) Hearst |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $800: The U.S. has ABC news radio; so does this country, where you can listen on 99.9 FM from Tuggeranong Australia |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $1000: "As It Happens", produced by this network, campaigns for official status for the beaver the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | ON THE RADIO $200: I like to crank up the radio whenever I hear her sing "Sk8er Boi" or "Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | ON THE RADIO $400: You can't "Get The Party Started" without this singer whose hair color sometimes matches her stage name Pink |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | ON THE RADIO $600: "Gold Digger" was one of the big hits from his Grammy-winning album "Late Registration" Kanye West |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | ON THE RADIO $800: In 2007 Justin Timberlake hit the radio with this R&B diva in a remix of "Until The End Of Time" Beyoncé |
#5405, aired 2008-02-22 | ON THE RADIO $1000: Gwen Stefani & Eve cashed in on this hit that was adapted from a song in "Fiddler on the Roof" "Rich Girl" |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | RADIO CITIES $200: On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city Cincinnati |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | RADIO CITIES $400: WABC & WCBS-880 are radio stations based in this metropolis New York City |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | RADIO CITIES $600: As "The Voice of" this city, WGN radio covers news, weather & Cubs baseball Chicago |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | RADIO CITIES $800: This Pigeon Forge, Tennessee-based theme park has its own radio station, WDLY Dollywood |
#5256, aired 2007-06-18 | RADIO CITIES $1000: The 100,000-watt voice of Georgia State University, WRAS in this city is the most powerful all-student-run U.S. radio station Atlanta |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | RADIO CITY $200: WWNO & WNOE were 2 sources of important info in this city following the disaster brought on by Katrina New Orleans |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | RADIO CITY $400: In this city, KFWB hosts "Traffic on the Ones" to help you avoid getting stuck on the freeways Los Angeles |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $400: Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour" a gong |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $800: This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..." Truths |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1,000 (Daily Double): On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution Bruno Hauptmann |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1200: Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again" Jell-O |
#5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1600: In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos This I Believe |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $400: We're not sure, but this word for "Q" might try to secede from Canada Quebec |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $800: It shouldn't take you a month to come up with this word for "N" November |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $1200: Hello?... Hello?... Is there this word for "E" in here?... Hello?... Hello?... echo |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $1600: Give me this word for "W" & don't be stingy, baby whiskey |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THE RADIO ALPHABET $2000: They're the 2 dances on the list tango & foxtrot |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $400: On the Sept. 2, 2004 Top 30, she was No. 3, 4, 11, 13, 14 & 16; No. 3 was a duet with her sister Haylie Hilary Duff |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $800: In 2004, "Breakaway" broke onto the chart for this first winner of "American Idol" Kelly Clarkson |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $1200: Lindsay Lohan charted with this song & starred in the movie "Confessions of a Teenage" one Drama Queen |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $1600: "Ocean Avenue" washed onto the Top 30 for this band, whose name is an official warning in soccer Yellowcard |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $2000: It's not "Complicated"; this Canadian rocked the House of Mouse with "My Happy Ending" Avril Lavigne |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $400: Howard Duff became a star in "The Adventures of" this Dashiell Hammett "Detective" Sam Spade |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $800: In the 1930s this city had the USA's first official radio broadcast orchestra, heard on the Ford Symphony Hour Detroit |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $1200: Sgt. Preston worked for the Northwest Mounted Police; Inspector Renfrew worked for this later version the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
#4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $1600: "As a bullet seeks its target, shining rails in every part of our great nation are aimed at..." this landmark Grand Central Station |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $200: The fans of this radio personality call themselves dittoheads to signify that they agree with his opinion Rush Limbaugh |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $400: (Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) I don't believe in political quid pro quo, but after his endorsement, I named a rest stop toilet for this radio personality Howard Stern |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $600: She's from Brooklyn, has a Ph.D. in physiology & is Deryk's mom Dr. Laura |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $800: This "idol" worshipper replaced Casey Kasem as host of "American Top 40" Ryan Seacrest |
#4667, aired 2004-12-14 | RADIO PERSONALITIES $1000: Tavis Smiley launched this network's first national show to originate from Los Angeles NPR |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | RADIO $800: 2-word term for the peak listening period when rush hour commuters are in their cars drive time |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | RADIO $1200: Casey Kasem created the long distance one of these & is heard here reading one:
"This letter comes from a teenager in Washington, D.C. who learned that it's better to give than receive. Here's what she writes: 'Dear Casey...'" a dedication |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | RADIO $1600: Iman is a model; this I-Man is this radio personality Don Imus |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | RADIO $2000: The 2 words that followed “Lux” in a program beginning in 1936 that re-created plays & movies Radio Theater |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $400: The 20th century's top song in U.S. airplay, this one by The Righteous Brothers has been heard over 8 million times "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $800: In 1984 L.A.'s KDAY became the USA's first station devoted to this genre of music rap |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $1200: Terry Gross' interview show from WHYY in Philadelphia is a breath of this, its title Fresh Air |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $1600: It airs each Saturday: June 21, 2003's topic was Iraq, June 28's Medicare the presidential address |
#4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $2000: Starting in 1940, the longest continuous sponsorship in broadcast history is this co.'s of the Met on radio Texaco |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $200: Your KJPY T-shirt gets you half off to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", featuring Joey Fatone of this band 'N Sync |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $400: KJPY is sponsoring an in-store appearance by this young lady & we know you'd "Walk a Thousand Miles" to be there Vanessa Carlton |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $600: Caller number 99, you're going to Manhattan to see Dave Matthews at this 7th Avenue & 31st Street arena Madison Square Garden |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $800: In the next hour we'll chill out with this band whose hits include "Yellow" Coldplay |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | KJPY HIT RADIO $1000: We've got a listener poll -- is this "Fell in Love with a Girl" duo brother or sister, or exes The White Stripes |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $400: In the next hour, Sir William Walton's concerto for this instrument, featuring Yo-Yo Ma the cello |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $800: Now we'll hear a beloved aria by this Italian composer Rossini |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1200: Time now for the KJPY clue of the day: born in 1770, he called himself Bacchus, pressing out the wine of musical revelation Beethoven |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1600: Call & win tickets to this "talky" type of voice & piano performance, of songs by Hugo Wolf a recital |
#4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $2000: Tomorrow KJPY presents a tribute to this "Fiddler on the Roof" who died in 2001 Isaac Stern |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | RADIO-LOGY $200: In 1984 this "royal" band went crazy with "Radio Ga-Ga" Queen |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | RADIO-LOGY $400: The song "Radio Free Europe" can be found on this group's album "Murmur" R.E.M. |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | RADIO-LOGY $600: In 2001 "Kid A" by this British band with lead singer Thom Yorke was nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy Radiohead |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | RADIO-LOGY $800: Foreseeing the future, in 1979 this group sang "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | RADIO-LOGY $1000: This song by Wall of Voodoo says, "I wish I was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana, I'd take requests on the telephone" "Mexican Radio" |
#3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $200: Joan Alexander played this role on "The Adventures of Superman" Lois Lane |
#3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $400: He not only played Sherlock Holmes in 14 films, he starred in the "Radio Adventures", too Basil Rathbone |
#3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $600: When "The Adventures of" this pair first appeared on radio, actors played their sons David & Ricky Ozzie & Harriet |
#3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $800: "The Adventures of" this "Maltese Falcon" detective debuted in 1946, 5 years after the Bogart film Sam Spade |
#3833, aired 2001-04-11 | OLD RADIO ADVENTURES $1000: "The Adventures Of" this "Farewell, My Lovely" detective debuted in 1947, long before the Mitchum film Philip Marlowe |
#3831, aired 2001-04-09 | RADIO ON TV $200: This shock jock has the highest-rated series on E! Howard Stern |
#3831, aired 2001-04-09 | RADIO ON TV $400: Restaurant critic Gil Chesterton & sportscaster Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe have also worked at KACL on this sitcom Frasier |
#3831, aired 2001-04-09 | RADIO ON TV $600: Phil Hartman played vain anchor Bill McNeal on this '90s sitcom NewsRadio |
#3831, aired 2001-04-09 | RADIO ON TV $800: After 1 year we said "goodbye" to this sitcom with McLean Stevenson as a call-in talk show host Hello, Larry |
#3831, aired 2001-04-09 | RADIO ON TV $1000: On a Fox sitcom, he played a wisecracking talk show host on Detroit's WZUP Martin Lawrence |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $100: The Indigo Girls joined an effort to get this government body to license low-power FM stations FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $200: Starting at KLIF in Dallas, Bill Meeks pioneered these musical arrangements of call letters Jingles |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $300: This type of sound came to FM radio in the early '60s & to AM 20 years later Stereo |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $400: Brace Beemer was a studio manager at WXYZ Detroit when he was cast as this western hero heard here The Lone Ranger |
#3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983 Congress established Radio Marti to broadcast accurate news to this country Cuba |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | RADIO WAVES $100: With over 2,300 stations, this format featuring artists like Alan Jackson is the USA's most popular Country & Western |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | RADIO WAVES $200: This romantic advice show hosted by Adam & Dr. Drew began on California's KROQ over 15 years ago Loveline |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | RADIO WAVES $300: This word dating back to the 1940s refers to a program aired at the same time on radio & TV Simulcast |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | RADIO WAVES $400: Art Bell's show from Pahrump, Nevada often discusses these "objects", one of which Bell says he's seen UFOs |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | RADIO WAVES $500: Bruce DuMont's national political talk show is called "Beyond" this Washington-area road The Beltway |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $200: He's a bestselling author as well as a familiar voice
"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown..." Garrison Keillor |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $400: Tom & Ray, hosts of this auto show, delivered the 1999 commencement address at their alma mater, M.I.T. Car Talk |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $600: On Public Radio International, you can hear the refined tones of this "World Service" BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $800: Since 1979 Bob Edwards has hosted this NPR program that many wake up to Morning Edition |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $1000: Low-concept weekly program heard here
"I'm Ira Glass. Each week, of course, on our program, we choose a theme..." This American Life |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $100: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $200: He's the answer to the question posed in the following:
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" the Shadow |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $300: "Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product Soap |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $400: "Sorry Wrong Number", a popular episode of "Suspense", starred this "Bewitched" actress Agnes Moorehead |
#3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $500: Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $200: On radio, William Conrad played this rugged Dodge City marshal; James Arness got the role on TV Matt Dillon |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $400: He started playing LAPD detective Joe Friday on radio in 1949 Jack Webb |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $600: Irwin Shaw was a writer on the adventures of this Chester Gould comic strip detective Dick Tracy |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $800: This crime fighter's faithful companion was Kato The Green Hornet |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | OLD RADIO CRIME FIGHTERS $1000: Santos Ortega & Sydney Greenstreet both played this stout detective Nero Wolfe |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RADIO STARS $100: This conservative icon describes himself as having "talent on loan from God" Rush Limbaugh |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RADIO STARS $200: He took over from Red Barber & has been the voice of the Dodgers for almost 50 years Vin Scully |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RADIO STARS $300: Kyle Cantrell, operations manager at Nashville's WSM-AM, is the Saturday night announcer for this show Grand Ole Opry |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RADIO STARS $400: Heard here, he's been the voice of the U.S. heartland for decades
("Now you know the rest of the story") Paul Harvey |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | RADIO STARS $500: This shock jock rival of Howard Stern is heard "in the Morning" on about 100 stations Don Imus |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $100: Orson Welles shocked the USA with his 1938 radio production of this novel The War of the Worlds |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $200: It's the name of the classic TV troupe that included Idle, Palin, Chapman, Jones, Gilliam & Cleese Monty Python |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $300: The first TV appearance of the alien Earth observer Mork was on this nostalgic sitcom Happy Days |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $400: This groundbreaking journalist's TV show "See It Now" exposed the ruthlessness of Sen. Joe McCarthy Edward R. Murrow |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $500: The name of this type of fundamental radio tube comes from a Latin word for "empty" a vacuum tube |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $200: This girl's dog Sandy was played on radio by a man named Brad Barker Little Orphan Annie |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $400: Before she fell in love with TV, this redhead starred in radio's "My Favorite Husband" Lucille Ball |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $600: No lie: it's the name of Fibber McGee's wife Molly |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $800: The Orson Welles series "The Lives of Harry Lime" was based on this 1949 film The Third Man |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $1000: Episodes of this aviator's adventure serial began with a clock striking 12 Captain Midnight |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $200: Infinity Broadcasting, employer of several "shock jocks", has often been fined by this federal agency FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $800: This convicted Watergate burglar began airing his conservative views on talk radio in 1992 G. Gordon Liddy |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $1000: She was a sports commentator before pioneering call-in therapy in the 1950s Dr. Joyce Brothers |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | TALK RADIO $1,200 (Daily Double): [I'm Robin Quivers] On NPR, Tom & Ray Magliozzi, AKA Click & Clack, give advice on this subject Automobile repair |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ON THE RADIO $100: Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff DJ |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ON THE RADIO $200: Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media" Howard Stern |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ON THE RADIO $300: Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this K |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ON THE RADIO $400: Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown" Casey Kasem |
#3036, aired 1997-11-10 | ON THE RADIO $500: The AAA format, featuring artists like The Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this alternative |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | ON THE RADIO $600: WXYZ, WLW & WOR were stations on the MBS, this network the Mutual Broadcasting System |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | ON THE RADIO $700 (Daily Double): With a radio show since 1978 & a cable TV show since 1985, he has Guinness' record for hours on the air per week Larry King |
#2835, aired 1996-12-20 | ON THE RADIO $1000: It's National Public Radio's early evening news magazine All Things Considered |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | OLD RADIO $100: Hans Conried, a regular on his radio show, later played Uncle Tonoose on his TV show Danny Thomas |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | OLD RADIO $200: Tootsie Roll was a sponsor of this cop show based on a Chester Gould comic strip Dick Tracy |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | OLD RADIO $300: The Bickersons began as a regular sketch on this ventriloquist's variety show Edgar Bergen |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | OLD RADIO $400: Inspector Douglas Renfrew worked for the RCMP & this title sergeant for the earlier NWMP Sgt. Preston |
#2609, aired 1995-12-28 | OLD RADIO $500: From a 1940 serial title, the first name of the woman lawyer who "Faces Life" Portia |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | OLD RADIO KIDS $100: Billy & Betty Fairfield hung out with this all-American boy Jack Armstrong |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | OLD RADIO KIDS $200: Her theme began, "Who's that little chatterbox?" Little Orphan Annie |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | OLD RADIO KIDS $300: On this series Marian Jordan played Sis, the little girl who pestered Jim Jordan's character Fibber McGee & Molly |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | OLD RADIO KIDS $400: He had 2 kids, Babs & Junior, creating revoltin' developments in his "Life" (Chester) Riley |
#2214, aired 1994-03-31 | OLD RADIO KIDS $500: Penny & Clipper were a niece & nephew of this Navy pilot turned rancher Sky King |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $100: This "All-American Boy" was sponsored by Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions Jack Armstrong |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $200: This "mysterious character who aids the forces of law and order is in reality Lamont Cranston" the Shadow |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $300: The theme song of her variety program was "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" Kate Smith |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $400: "The Great Gildersleeve" & "Beulah" were spinoffs of this series starring Jim & Marian Jordan Fibber McGee & Molly |
#2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $500: He was known as Texaco's "Fire Chief" Ed Wynn |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $200: Eddie Anderson, the son of a circus tightrope walker, played this role on Jack Benny's show Rochester |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $400: Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen hosted a show named for this dummy Charlie McCarthy |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $600: For 18 years Jim & Marian Jordan played this couple who lived at 79 Wistful Vista Fibber McGee & Molly |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $800: These 2 title characters owned the Fresh Air Taxi Company of America, Incorpulated Amos 'n' Andy |
#2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $1000: Titus Moody, Mrs. Nussbaum & Senator Claghorn were denizens of this comedian's "Alley" Fred Allen |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $100: One of this comedian's running gags was his "feud" with Fred Allen Jack Benny |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $200: She created Baby Snooks for Vaudeville in 1912 & brought her to radio in the '30s Fanny Brice |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $300: "What a revoltin' development this is!" was a catch phrase of William Bendix on this show The Life of Riley |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $400: The 2 title characters of this series belonged to the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge Amos 'n' Andy |
#2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $2,000 (Daily Double): This comedy team known by their first names played Wally Ballou & Biff Burns Bob (Elliott) and Ray (Goulding) |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $100: This CBS newsman began his World War II broadcasts with "This is London" (Edward R.) Murrow |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $200: This cowboy star's "Melody Ranch" program features Pat Buttram & the Cass County Boys Gene Autry |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $300: His show began, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea" Walter Winchell |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $400: While in the Orient, this character learned "the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds" The Shadow |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $500: This TV game show producer hosted "This is Your Life" & "Truth or Consequences" Ralph Edwards |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $100: Sgt. Friday worked for the L.A.P.D. & Sgt. Preston worked for them, the N.W.M.P. the North-West Mounted Police |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $200: "Mr. District Attorney" was sponsored by Ipana, this type of product toothpaste |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $300: Radio "feuds" included Jack Benny & Fred Allen's & W.C. Fields' with this wooden star Charlie McCarthy |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $400: 1 of the 2 Arts who hosted "People Are Funny" (1 of) Art Linkletter (Art Baker) |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $500: Among the regular characters on his show were Honey Chile, Vera Vague & Prof. Colonna Bob Hope |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $100: On her 1947 series, this collie did her own barking; other dog sounds were done by Earl Keen Lassie |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $200: The melody heard most often on his "Melody Ranch" show was "Back in the Saddle Again" Gene Autry |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $300: This Mercury Theatre co-founder died 1 day after the 50th anniv. of its "War of the Worlds" broadcast John Houseman |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $400: In "It's Higgins, Sir", Higgins' job was as one of these for an American family a butler |
#1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $500: He played Waldo on "Burns & Allen" & Walter on "Our Miss Brooks" Richard Crenna |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | RADIO HEROES $100: Don Ameche's brother Jim was one of the 1st actors to play this "All-American Boy" Jack Armstrong |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | RADIO HEROES $200: On "Superman" Gary Merrill played this caped crusader Batman |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | RADIO HEROES $300: This show "came on" with the sounds of sirens, machine gun fire & marching feet Gang Busters |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | RADIO HEROES $400: Sergeant Preston's show was brought to you by this cereal "Shot from Guns" (Quaker) Puffed Wheat |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | RADIO HEROES $500: This show featured the adventures of a rancher/pilot & his niece Penny Sky King |
#1366, aired 1990-07-09 | RADIO SITCOMS $100: The title characters of this classic show ran the Fresh Air Taxi Cab Company of America Amos 'n' Andy |
#1366, aired 1990-07-09 | RADIO SITCOMS $200: This series followed the life of a water commissioner whose first name was Throckmorton The Great Gildersleeve |
#1366, aired 1990-07-09 | RADIO SITCOMS $300: Archie was the manager of this rundown restaurant bar on New York's 3rd Avenue Duffy's Tavern |
#1366, aired 1990-07-09 | RADIO SITCOMS $400: Beautiful dumb blonde secretary played by beautiful blonde Marie Wilson My Friend Irma |
#1366, aired 1990-07-09 | RADIO SITCOMS $500: Every week you could "Meet" this teenage girl & her boyfriend Dexter Franklin Corliss Archer |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $200: This Saturday night country music show began on WSM in Nashville in 1925 & is till on the air the Grand Ole Opry |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $400: This TV foil for Lucille Ball in the '60s was radio's original Flash Gordon Gale Gordon |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $600: Both Hal Peary & Willard Waterman played this "Great" water commissioner the Great Gildersleeve |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $800: This columnist 1st went on the air in 1931, 17 years before his 23-year run on TV Ed Sullivan |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $1000: "Holy mackerel!" This con artist was head of the Mystic Knights of the Sea lodge on "Amos "n" Andy" Kingfish (George Stevens) |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $100: During a fight between Roy Innis & some skinheads, this talk show host got his nose broken Geraldo Rivera |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $200: Famed radio deejay Robert Weston Smith is better known by this name, O-W-W-W! Wolfman Jack |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $300: Whether airing on Showtime or the FOX network, "It's" this comedian's "Show"' Garry Shandling |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $400: Now in its 8th yr., this national radio show that Bob Coburn hosts lets you call in & talk to rock stars Rockline |
#1034, aired 1989-02-16 | RADIO & TV $1,500 (Daily Double): Show spoofing superheroes which had the following theme: "Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air / I never thought I could feel so free" The Greatest American Hero |
#953, aired 1988-10-26 | RADIO TO TV $200: 1st playing Father on radio in 1949, he knew best Robert Young |
#953, aired 1988-10-26 | RADIO TO TV $600: When it began on radio in 1930, this long-running western wasn't hosted by Ronald Reagan Death Valley Days |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $200: John Larkin played this attorney on radio, Raymond Burr on TV Perry Mason |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $400: He led the "Talent Scouts", 1st on radio, then later on TV Arthur Godfrey |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $600: June Whitley played Margaret Anderson to Robert Young's Jim on this 1949 radio series Father Knows Best |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $800: This 1960s rural sitcom was based on a 1950 radio show starring Gale Gordon & Bea Benaderet Green Acres |
#904, aired 1988-07-07 | RADIO TO TV $1000: Turning 50 in 1987, this CBS soap is the only one left in production that began on radio The Guiding Light |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | OLD RADIO $200: Appropriately, Ginger Rogers was on 1st show of his own series, though he was in Europe at the time Fred Astaire |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | OLD RADIO $400: Name of radio program featuring Grace & Eddie Albert, not Jackie Gleason & Audrey Meadows The Honeymooners |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | OLD RADIO $600: Kids said the darndest things every day on his "House Party" Art Linkletter |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | OLD RADIO $800: "Where the elite meet to eat" was Archie the manager's description of this saloon Duffy's Tavern |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | OLD RADIO $1,000 (Daily Double): Instrument played on "The Fred Allen Show" that was piped in from a site 2 miles away an organ |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $100: In the show's opening, the reply to "Henry! Henry Aldrich!" Com-ing, Mother! |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $200: How Frank Nelson as a salesclerk would reply when Jack Benny opened with "Oh, sir?" Yes? |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $300: After the resounding crashes, he would muse "Gotta clean out that closet someday" Fibber McGee |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $400: Quarrelsome couple played by Don Ameche & Frances Langford (John & Blanche) The Bickersons |
#636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $500: They were the married couple that lived "in the small house halfway up the next block" Vic & Sade |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | RADIO DRAMA $200: Its scripts were dramatized stories from the files in the LAPD; the names were changed, of course Dragnet |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | RADIO DRAMA $400: Brace Beemer was an announcer on this show before he donned the mask as its star The Lone Ranger |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | RADIO DRAMA $600: The actors who played Paul, Cliff, & Nicky in "One Man's Family", played Jack, Doc, & Reggie on this show I Love a Mystery |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | RADIO DRAMA $800: With his theme "Someday I'll Find You", this character was the "Tracer of Lost Persons" Mr. Keen |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | RADIO DRAMA $1000: Virginia Payne played this soap's title character for its entire 27 year run Ma Perkins |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | ON THE RADIO $200: Legendary D.J. whose signal from Mexico-based stations XERB & XERF covered most of N. America Wolfman Jack |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | ON THE RADIO $400: Radio signal that, according to 1978 Steely Dan song, has "no static at all" FM |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | ON THE RADIO $600: Occupants of his "Alley" included Mrs. Nussbaum, Sen. Claghorn, & Titus Moody Fred Allen |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | ON THE RADIO $700 (Daily Double): Public radio show that starts each week with the following song:
"Well, look who's comin' through the door / I think we've met somewhere before / Hello, love / Hello, love" A Prairie Home Companion |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | ON THE RADIO $1000: This was top prize on '40s quiz show "Take It or Leave It" $64 |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | OLD RADIO $200: Meal associated with Don McNeill's "Club" Breakfast |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | OLD RADIO $400: Last name of "The Great" Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | OLD RADIO $600: Phrase which followed "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, crime does not pay..." the Shadow knows |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | OLD RADIO $700 (Daily Double): His theme included this whistling section: Bing Crosby |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | OLD RADIO $1000: The "EW" in NYC radio station WNEW stood for this radio personality who wanted to form his own network Ed Wynn |
#466, aired 1986-09-22 | RADIO $200: XTRA, like other radio stations beginning with the letter "X", broadcasts from this country w/X in its name Mexico |
#466, aired 1986-09-22 | RADIO $400: L.A. all-news station KFWB has over 2000 listeners with mobile phones reporting on this condition traffic |
#466, aired 1986-09-22 | RADIO $500 (Daily Double): The 2 songs played starting at 10:15 am on over 6000 U.S. radio stations, March 28, 1986 "We Are The World" & "Hands Across America" |
#466, aired 1986-09-22 | RADIO $800: Among shows on their world service are "A Jolly Good Show" & "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" the BBC |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | OLD RADIO $100: The 2 members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge who ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company Amos & Andy |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | OLD RADIO $200: Amazingly, Thurston, Blackstone, & Mandrake all performed this... on radio magic |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | OLD RADIO $300: Neither he nor Tony the Wonder Horse played themselves in the series bearing his name Tom Mix |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | OLD RADIO $400: Show title which completes "Hello there, we've been waiting for you, it's time to play..." Truth or Consequences |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | OLD RADIO $500: Coffee which sponsored variety shows hosted by Eddie Cantor & Edgar Bergen Chase and Sanborn |
#311, aired 1985-11-18 | RADIO HEROES $200: "Bring 'em Back Alive" guy, played by Bruce Boxleitner on TV but by himself on radio Frank Buck |
#311, aired 1985-11-18 | RADIO HEROES $400: This all-American boy's theme began "Wave the flag for Hudson High, boys" Jack Armstrong |
#311, aired 1985-11-18 | RADIO HEROES $600: 12 beats of a gong & an airplane swooping down signaled his arrival on radio Captain Midnight |
#311, aired 1985-11-18 | RADIO HEROES $1,000 (Daily Double): He usually drove the Black Beauty Kato |
#311, aired 1985-11-18 | RADIO HEROES $1000: Later a foil for Lucy as Harry Carter, he foiled Ming on radio as Flash Gordon Gale Gordon |
#159, aired 1985-04-18 | RADIO $100: 3-letter word which is the general topic of Dr. Ruth Westheimer's radio call-in show sex |
#159, aired 1985-04-18 | RADIO $200: Comic strip heroine whose radio theme began, "Who's that little chatterbox..." Little Orphan Annie |
#159, aired 1985-04-18 | RADIO $300: Los Angeles D.J. who took over the hosting job this season on TV's "Solid Gold" Rick Dees |
#159, aired 1985-04-18 | RADIO $500: Name under which Barry Hansen "doctors" up popular weird song radio show Dr. Demento |
#150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $200: About half of all the world's radios are in this country the United States |
#150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $400: Term for bribes some late '50s DJ's took to promote certain records payola |
#150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $600: Maximum power wattage at which an AM station can broadcast legally in the U.S. 50,000 watts |
#150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $800: Radio station operated by the U.S. Information Agency Voice of America |
#150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $1000: First station to ever broadcast election returns, KDKA, still operates in this city Pittsburgh |
#137, aired 1985-03-19 | RADIO TRIVIA $100: "To tell the truth", this man of steel's voice was M.C. Bud Collyer's Superman |
#137, aired 1985-03-19 | RADIO TRIVIA $200: FDR warmed the hearts of Americans with these informal talks fireside chats |
#137, aired 1985-03-19 | RADIO TRIVIA $300: His friendly feud with Jack Benny continued over the airwaves for years Fred Allen |
#137, aired 1985-03-19 | RADIO TRIVIA $400: This acting troupe "On the Air" produced "War of the Worlds" the Mercury Theater |
#116, aired 1985-02-18 | RADIO $100: Name for hand-held 2-way radio which describes 2 things you do at once walkie-talkie |
#116, aired 1985-02-18 | RADIO $200: ABC talk radio host, his program is a real "Thriller" Michael Jackson |
#116, aired 1985-02-18 | RADIO $300: Truckers often use this to warn other drivers of "smokeys" in the area CBs |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | RADIO HEROES $200: He "knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men" The Shadow |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | RADIO HEROES $400: The Green Hornet's chauffeuring sidekick Kato |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | RADIO HEROES $600: Penny and Clipper's Uncle Schyler, who flew from radio to TV Sky King |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | RADIO HEROES $1,000 (Daily Double): Radio voice of Superman, on TV he knew when "To Tell the Truth" & how to "Beat the Clock" Bud Collyer |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | RADIO HEROES $1000: Originally called "Challenge of the Yukon... Gold" Sergeant Preston of the Yukon |