KXEL@80–1949

The Year Was 1949–In the news, NATO was established, and Mao gained power in Communist China…new radio programs premiering included “Dragnet” with Jack Webb and “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar”…”The Bozo Show” was first seen on national television…the animated Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote segments were first seen in theaters and on television…Harry S Truman was sworn in for a full term as President…movies of note included “Samson & Delilah” and “The Third Man”…and on the popular music charts, “A–You’re Adorable” by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” by Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting, and Vaughn Monroe’s “Riders in the Sky”.