Radio's Golden Age
At WTIC, Bertel created The Golden Age of Radio, a monthly radio program featuring interviews with radio actors, writers, musicians, producers and engineers from the early days of radio. It was first broadcast in April 1970, and three years later Bertel explained his interview methods: "I try to get something about the person before I interview him or her. If an author, I try to get the book and read it, and try to drop a little comment about something few people would know of the person. I also try to sit down with a guest a little beforehand. I don't believe in a cold interview, unless it's straight news." The series continued until 1977, a total of 89 shows, and all those shows can now be heard on the web.
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