If you’ve never heard of Fred Allen, “cranky” might be a good introductory word. From 1933-1949 he was one of the comedian kings of radio, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to ...

For the 15th time in as many years, Fred Allen announced last week that he was quitting radio. The satchel-eyed comic told New York Post Columnist Earl Wilson: "I'm going to sit around and ...

He made his radio debut on Oct. 23, 1932, on the CBS network’s The Fred Allen Radio Show. Under different sponsor names, this radio show would run weekly until 1949.

Terry Ryan, 78, Emmy-winning radio and television comedy writer, died Saturday in New York City of congestive heart failure. Initially a writer for the Fred Allen radio show in the late 1940s ...