Her picture was in all the papers, on magazine covers, and TV throughout America... all proudly proclaiming her as “America’s Sweetheart.” The year was 1972 and an almost unknown 15 year old girl from Springfield Virginia had just won 3 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS in swimming. Melissa Belote is the guest of Chuck Langdon and Lee Shephard on OUT OF THE PAST. (Recorded December 2007)
The late Granville "Granny" Klink, Jr. (1909-97), Chief Engineer for CBS and WTOP, is the guest of Chuck Langdon & Lee Shephard in the first of two Out of the Past programs, (recorded in 1994). Beginning his long radio career in the 1930’s, he worked with Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. In this program, he shows one of the microphones used by President Roosevelt in his weekly “Fireside Chats.” Granny was truly one of the “pioneers” of the broadcast industry.
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