KVOA radio transmitter towers Santa Rita Hotel c.1933 Tucson AZ collage 2012
by David Lee Guss
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KVOA radio transmitter towers Santa Rita Hotel c.1933 Tucson AZ collage 2012
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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The first radio station in Tucson, KTUC, went on the air on July 10, 1926, joined by KVOA in 1929. Fantasy writer/playwright Ray Bradbury (!920-2012) lived in Tucson twice as a child. The second time was in 1932-1933.
Two events remained highlights in his life from then: He saw "King Kong" for the first time at the Fox Tucson and he read the comics on radio station KGAR.
Bradbury was fascinated by movies and movie stars. When his family moved to Los Angeles after his second Tucson stay, he repeatedly snuck into a film palace near his home and staked out film studios for a quick peak at his idols.
At the end of a prolific, creative life it was tabulated that he wrote 27 novels, over 600 short stories and one screenplay for the 1956 John Huston directed "Moby Dick," which I saw in the Paramount Theater in downtown, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Bradbury returned to Tucson for one final visit in 1987.
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May 24th, 2013
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