Ruta Lee, plus Inside Pioneers of Television: Next on TVC

Actress Ruta Lee and television writer/producer Michael Trinklein will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 9-14 at the following times and stations:

WROM Radio
Detroit, MI
Wednesday 4/9
8pm ET, 5pm PT
2am ET, 11pm PT
Sunday 4/12
8pm ET, 5pm PT
2am ET, 11pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at WROMRadio.net

WYYR: Yesteryear Radio
Vero Beach, FL
Wednesday 4/12
9pm ET, 6pm PT
Click the On Air button at WYYR.com

Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 4/11
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in KSAV

Indiana Talks
Marion, IN
Weekends, various times
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in Indiana Talks

KSCO-AM 1080
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
KOMY-AM 1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 4/13
11am ET, 8am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com

Boost Radio Network
Paramus, NJ
Sunday 4/13
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Click on the On the Air button at BoostRadioNetwork.com

KHMB-AM 1710
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 4/13
9pm PT
Monday 4/14
Midnight ET
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or use the Live365 app on your smartphone and type in KHMB

The Radio Slot Network
San Francisco, CA
Monday 4/14
10pm ET, 7pm PT
with replays Tuesday thru Friday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com

One of Hollywood’s most glamorous leading ladies, Ruta Lee is known throughout the world for her roles in such films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Witness for the Prosecution, Funny Face, and Sergeants Three, as well as her work in such classic TV series as The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, and Gunsmoke, plus her appearances on such popular game shows as Hollywood Squares, The Match Game and High Rollers (the latter of which she co-hosted for two years along with Alex Trebek). What you may not know is that Ruta is also one of the entertainment industry’s most active civic contributors, having devoted most of her life to such charitable organizations as The Thalians, the very first Hollywood charity dedicated to the promotion of good mental health. We’ll ask Ruta how she first became involved with The Thalians, plus she’ll share some memories of her work with the likes of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, David Janssen, Debbie Reynolds and James Arness. Ruta Lee will join us in our second hour.

The Thalians will be honoring Smokey Robinson at the House of Blues Sunset Strip on Saturday, April 26 as part of a benefit concert that will support the mental health and wellness services provided to America’s wounded warriors and their families served by UCLA Operation Mend. If you can’t make the event, you can still support the efforts of The Thalians and Operation Mend by making a donation at Thalians.org.

Also joining us in our second hour will be Mary Ann Anderson, author of Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera and The Making of The Hitch-Hiker Illustrated. Mary was recently honored at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles as part of the Noir City Film Festival’s celebration of the 60^thanniversary of The Hitch-Hiker, the classic 1953 thriller directed by Ida Lupino, and the first American example of film noir that was directed by a woman.

Our guest during the first hour of this week’s program will be Michael Trinklein, the sole writer and co-producer of Pioneers of Television, the popular oral history of TV that begins its fourth season on PBS on Tuesday, April 15. This season of Pioneers of Television will include a look at the makingof Seinfeld, Roseanne, Home Improvement, The Bob Newhart Show, The Cosby Show and Everybody Loves Raymond, while also exploring the appeal of medical dramas, as well as the inroads made by African-American actors, Asian-American actors and Hispanic-American actors on television over the past five decades.

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Wed and Sun 8pm ET, 5pm PT on WROM Radio
Wed 9pm ET, 6pm PT on WYYR: Yesteryear Radio
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
Weekends, various times, on IndianaTalks.com
Sun 11am ET, 8am PT KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA)
Sun 11am ET, 8am PT KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA)
Sun 8pm ET, 5pm PT Boost Radio Network
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM 1710 (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Mon 10pm ET, 7pm PT on The Radio Slot Network
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