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c2006., General, New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Prairie Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and singing cowboys the Old Trailhands. This is one show where the under-the-line antics are nearly as entertaining as the program itself. The efforts of down-on-his-luck private dick and backstage doorkeeper Guy Noir discovers the true identity of a mysterious blonde and helps aspiring teen singer Lola to find her true voice before a live audience. There is still plenty of fun and mystery to be had at the old Fitzgerald before the final curtain falls.
![A prairie home companion [DVD] (2006). Directed by Robert Altman.](/Library/images/~imageCT70163.JPG "A prairie home companion [DVD] (2006). Directed by Robert Altman.")
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-- Rock and radio.By Howarth, Ian[2017], Véhicule Press Call No: QWF 782.42 H847w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Rock'n'Radio illustrates that Montreal was at the epicentre of the rock radio revolution in Canada, eventually attracting talented DJs from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Their personal stories and the inevitable collision with the power of alternative FM rock radio in the late 60s take the reader through some of the best rock music recorded and the social changes that percolated in the background. The period 1926 to 1949 can be considered the Golden Age of radio when it was the heart of the North American family. Much to everyone's surprise, it survived the incursion of television to live another Golden Age, the 1960s and 1970s when rock 'n' roll music seeped its way onto mainstream radio, pushing aside Perry Como and the Dorsey Brothers for Elvis and The Beatles. The new golden era of radio spawned what would eventually be called Top 40 AM radio, whose premise was built on the philosophy: play all the hits, then play them again. Pioneer Top 40 DJs like Alan Freed in the U.S., widely recognized as the man who coined the phrase "rock 'n' roll," spawned a new breed of radio personalities, the fast-talking salesman who delivered the goods. Hundreds of radio stations in North American gave up their entire programming day over to rock music. And with that came a legion of young, hungry top 40 DJs such as Dave Boxer, Ralph Lockwood and Doug Pringle, looking for jobs at stations across Canada."--
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-- Bing Crosby Armed Forces broadcasts1994., Delta Music Inc. Call No: CD Music Crosby Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: WWII RADIO: LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS FROM 1943-1945 on Laserlight (15934).Personnel: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, The Charioteers, Eugenie Baird (vocals); Duke Ellington (piano); John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra.Includes liner notes by Laurence J. Zwisohn.Digitally remastered by Robert Vosgien (CMS Digital, Pasadena, California).A fascinating historical document as well as a triumph of radio entertainment, LaserLight's reissue of Bing Crosby's Armed Forces broadcasts of 1944-45 include two complete half-hour shows on each disc, with an array of guest stars, comedy sketches, and beautiful standards. The original commercials are included just as broadcasted, and the source material (which came from Crosby's own collection at his alma mater of Gonzaga University) is superb. Best of all, the discs in this series are available at a budget price. Recorded on consecutive weeks in late January 1945, these two broadcasts include guests the Andrews Sisters and Duke Ellington and a song list featuring "Don't Fence Me In," "Frankie and Johnny" and "Jesus Is a Rock in the Weary Land.
![WWII radio [CD] : live radio broadcasts from 1943-1945](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "WWII radio [CD] : live radio broadcasts from 1943-1945")