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I know he played a train conductor on radio and television on Jack Benny's programs. "Train leaving on track 5 for anaheim azusa and cucamonga"
No. Days of Our Lives was an original creation for TV. The soaps that started on radio premiered on television in the 1950s--radio drama was well on its way to the morgue by that time, replaced by television.
Actually, there are more than two. Meet the Press is the oldest-- it began on radio and then went to NBC-TV in the late 1940s, where it still remains. Other similar interview programs are Face the Nation, which debuted in 1954; This Week with George Stephanopoulos (which began as Issues and Answers in 1960); and Fox News Sunday (which began in 1996).
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You may not know his name, but Dick Tufeld's voice was well known on radio and TV for several decades. He died on Jan. 22, 2012 but left behind a legacy of work that included staff announcing at ABC and Channel 7, the voice of the Robot in the TV series "Lost in Space," "Maverick," "Peyton Place," "77 Sunset Strip," and multiple TV music shows. He began in radio as the announcer of "The Amazing Mr., Malone" and was the announcer for the entire run of "Space Patrol." He was 85. Tufeld's radio career will be remembered on John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time, Same Station," which streams on demand every Sunday at www.vintageradioplace.com. It is also available for download beginning Monday or Tuesday at www.radiooutofthepast.org The highlight will be a 1992 show reuniting the "Space Patrol" cast including Tufeld, Ed Kemmer, Norman Jolly, and Ray Erlenborn. http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/radio-337507-jan-new.html