Golden Age of Radio

1950 Biography Steve ALLEN If her stays in character, a busy summer faces Steve Allen, the guiding comedy light of the “ STEVE ALLEN SHOW ”, summer replacement for “ OUR MISS BROOKS ”, heard over CKTS on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. ERT. Allen, already an established comedian on the west Coast, will continue his midnight Columbia Pacific Network show each night as well as assuming the key spot in his new entertaining audience participation program. Steve’s Rangy 6’3’’ frame will come in handy to shoulder the added workload for a quick loot at his background reveals a host of theatrical and non-theatrical accomplishments and interests.    For example, don’t be surprised to credit for a song include: “Written by Steve Allen”, I he personable young comedian already can point to his recently-published song. “Let’s Go to Church Next Sunday”. Other tunes he has penned include “Little Man”, and “An Old Piano Plays the Blues”. No wonder musical-minded Allen likes to va...

    Steve Allen , himself Radio TV Mirror Headliner “I’M THE happy victim of a series of lucky circumstances.” That’s Steve Allen talking, explaining how he happened to get where he is. “Nothing I ever did was the result of any special planning ahead, but each thing led to something better. Even the jobs I was fired from, the shows I wanted but didn’t get, the zany stunts I took a chance on doing. I’ve seemed to stumble onto my successes, and luck has had a lot to do with it.” It started when Steve quit Arizona State Teachers’ College to take a job as a radio announcer for KOY in Phoenix. He hadn’t any idea that he was picking up so much all-round knowledge of show business, including those little trick things that keep an audience interested. Practically everything he does now he began to learn then . When, some years ago, he got a six-night-a-week midnight show over radio station KNX in Hollywood , that was another piece of luck. Steve’s was the o...