(Left to right) Broadcast Pioneers members Sally Starr & Charlie Gracie
Sunday, May 11, 2003 (Mother's Day)
at the WVLT, Vineland radio studios

In February of 1953, Broadcast Pioneers member Charlie Gracie appeared on "The Children's Hour," a simulcast on WCAU Radio and TV. The program was hosted by Stan Lee Broza and originated live from the WCAU studios every Sunday morning.

At the time, Charlie Gracie was a young lad from South Philly, but his real claim to fame was his hit recordings for the Cameo-Parkway label in the late fifties. We have a short excerpt of that 1953 broadcast featuring Charlie Gracie and Stan Lee Broza (one of the founders of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia).

Listen to the excerpt!

From the official archives of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
Photo & TV audio donated by Broadcast Pioneers member Charlie Gracie and Charlie Gracie, Jr.
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