a late-evening program. On 15 February 1932, the show moves to its morning time slot. 26 April – The Carnation Contented Hour debuts on NBC West Coast. 21 May – The Witch's Tale debuts on WOR (AM). 1 June – The Camel Quarter-Hour debuts on CBS. 2 September – Bing Crosby makes his solo debut on network radio and remains on air with at least one weekly show until the fall of 1962. 11 October – The American Album of Familiar Music debuts on NBC. 16 October – The Boswell Sisters program debuts on CBS. 26 October – Alice Joy, the Dream Singer debuts on NBC. 3 November – WJMS, Ironwood, Michigan, begins broadcasting. 25 December – The Metropolitan Opera begins broadcasting its regular Saturday afternoon performances on the NBC Blue Network. (undated) – Harold Teen debuts on WGN, Chicago, Illinois. Endings 22 June – Empire Builders ends its run on network radio NBC-Blue. 30 October – The Federal Communications Commission orders WCHI and WJAZ – two stations in the Chicago, Illinois, area – off the air in order to allow full-time operation for WCKY, Covington, Kentucky. 18 December – The Federal Communications Commission orders WOQ, Kansas City, Missouri, and WMAK, Buffalo, New York, off the air: WOQ "to make way for KFH, Wichita, Kansas" and WMAK "because of an unsatisfactory showing of public interest", as reported in Broadcasting. Births 6 January – Dick Bertel, announcer, news anchor, and media executive at WTIC (AM), NBC Radio Network, and the Voice of America - host of The Golden Age of Radio from 1970 - 1977, an oral history of network radio entertainment programming 30 January – Conrad Binyon, American actor, played the mayor's ward, Butch, in Mayor of the Town. 11 June – Brad Pye Jr., African American sports journalist (died 2020). 18 August – Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto, sports commentator in New Orleans for over 50 years (died 2005). 2 September – Michael Dante, American radio talk show host, actor, stage and screen director, previously a professional athlete. Patricia Greene, English actress. Edward Taylor, English scriptwriter and producer. References Radio by year