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Associated Press Lauri Bortz is dressed in a 1940's outfit as she looks through bins of old radio programs and movies at the Friends of Old-Time Radio convention in Newark, N.J., on Friday. To devotees of old-time radio, Fibber McGee is still opening that closet and Fred Allen and Jack Benny are still enjoying their feud. But time has run out on this convention. This weekend's gathering of the Friends of Old-time Radio is the 36th and last, says the organizer.
Old-time radio convention last meeting
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Old-time radio convention meets for last time
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