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Word: scriptless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Information Please won this special dispensation because: 1) it is a scriptless, impromptu quiz show, hence cannot be rebroadcast later, like more predictable shows; 2) it is the star item on the Blue network, long considered a weak sister to NBC's Red network and lately the subject of the briskest build-up campaign in NBC's history. But to the suggestion that other big eastern shows now being rebroadcast might be recorded for the West instead, NBC's retort was: "Would you rather kiss a girl or her picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Platters for the Pacific | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

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