KXEL@80–1948

The year was 1948–Whitaker Chambers testified against Alger Hiss in an anti-Communist Congressional hearing…President Truman won election to a full term in office…”Stop the Music” premiered on ABC radio (and on KXEL)…among favorite movies were “Key Largo” with Humphrey Bogart, “Easter Parade” with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” (Abbott & Costello were heard weekly on KXEL through the ABC network)…and popular songs included “Buttons & Bows” from Dinah Shore, “Too Fat Polka” as performed by Arthur Godfrey, and the Spike Jones Orchestra’s version of the “William Tell Overture”.