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- ↑ "Paris & Peart Plans" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 4, 1944. p. 36. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 9.
