Inquiry: Gerald Nachman: RAISED ON RADIO:THE LOST HEROES FROM RADIO'S HEYDAY PT.1

Don’t touch that dial! Writer and media historian GERALD NACHMAN returns once again to Inquiry, this time to talk about RAISED ON RADIO , a wonderful account of those golden days when the radio was the important media resource in most homes in America and families gathered around radio sets large and small to be thrilled, amused and informed. Tonight we talk about the early comedians of radio, many of whom came directly from vaudeville. People like Jack Benny, Burns and Allen and Red Skelton. Why did some succeed in this new media, while others failed? Tune in tonight for a fond remembrance of radio past.