Category Archives: tabloids

Editor takes on publisher’s pal: Big Town 1937

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Bob Stepno

I’m finally catching up with the first year of “Big Town” with Edward G. Robinson… the long-running series that eventually adopted a “flaming sword” slogan paraphrased at the top of this blog. I have long been curious about the series’ … Continue reading →

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How do you know so much, paperboy?

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Bob Stepno

“How do you know so much, paperboy?” — Detective Danny Clover to reporter Jed Stacy. https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Broadway_Is_My_Beat_Singles/BIMB_49-08-11_ep005_The_Jane_Darwell_Murder_Case.mp3 “Broadway is My Beat” was a mystery series broadcast from February 1949 to August 1954 by the same CBS network that brought audiences Crime … Continue reading →

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Newspaper stories behind a September Song

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Bob Stepno

Knickerbocker Holiday (Theater Guild on the Air, Dec. 1945). The hit song remained, but the “journalist” character disappeared in the radio adaptation of the musical “Knickerbocker Holiday” — one of many films that were presented in radio versions. The radio … Continue reading →

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Tabloid Editors Repent!

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Bob Stepno

For students watching the 1931 film “Five Star Final” with Edward G. Robinson as a guilt-ridden tabloid editor, and for anyone looking for an audio alternative to the old-movie experience, here is something close to a radio sequel to the … Continue reading →

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