Article: 'HIT PARADE' RULED RADIO IN THE '40S.(Living)

Byline: Nick Clooney

"An expensive cup of Starbucks coffee rides on the answer to this one, Nick. I say Cincinnatians Jane Froman, Doris Day and your sister Rosemary Clooney all sang on "Your Hit Parade' back in the 1940s. Am I right?" Bud Weiss, Cincinnati.

How does one-third of a cup of that coffee sound, Bud? Doris Day did appear on that popular weekly radio show in the 1940s, but just for a short time.

However, all three women you referred to began their singing careers at WLW in Cincinnati. Jane Froman, whose first significant professional job was at "The Nation's Station" in the early 1930s, never appeared regularly on "Your Hit Parade." ...

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