Robert E. Braun was an American local television and radio personality, best known for a program originating in Cincinnati, Ohio, named The Bob Braun Show. The show, which he hosted from 1967 to 1984,
Ruth Lyons was a pioneer radio and television broadcaster in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is said Ruth Lyons invented the daytime TV talk show. Like Arthur Godfrey and others of the era, Lyons built a TV empi
Bob Braun
…to 1:30. The local Cincinnati television show titled The 50-50 Club had occupied the time slot that Braun eventually filled. The 50-50 Club hostess, Ruth Lyons, retired in 1967 due to declining health. Braun had appeared regularly on The 50-50 Club show since 1957, and frequently had been a fill-in host. On…
Ruth Lyons
Lyons (center) at WSAI in 1943
Frazier Thomas and Ruth Lyons at WLW Radio's "Morning Matinee", 1948. Taken from a station-issued promotional calendar.