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Baby's Cries

This episode features eighteen-year-old Janis Gilbert demonstrating her talent for imitating infant sounds, and includes a rare nighttime appearance by Don Cordray, host of "The Morning Patrol" on the Blue network's early morning slot at 6:30 A.M. The program also covers the discovery story of eleven-year-old Mary Small, known as "The Little Girl With The Big Voice," who performed on the Rudy Vallee show in 1933 and later got her own Blue network program in 1944, where she performs "Louisville Lady." Additionally, radio editor John McManus from "P.M." answers listener questions about radio call letters starting with W, K, or N, and the meaning of "Goodnight and thirty," while blind amateur radio instructor Robert Gunderson shares how he teaches radio skills to blind students.

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Behind the Mike was a Blue Network (NBC) radio series hosted by Graham McNamee, spotlighting behind-the-scenes stories in radio broadcasting. The sustaining show aired Sundays at 4:30 p.m. ET from September 15, 1940, to April 19, 1942.

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“Baby's Cries.” Behind the Mike. Radio broadcast, September 29, 1940.

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