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"Crosby also pioneered the pre-recording of radio programs, something which was met with plenty of resistance from the powers that were. As Fortune magazine put it in its January 1947 issue: 'By common consent [Crosby] is the head man of American entertainment in just about every branch but sidewalk magic. But none of the other achievements measures up to the magnitude of his assault on the established framework of radio. For two decades the tycoons of the ether have snuffed out rebellions like so many cigarettes; it took Crosby to bring them to heel ( . . . ) That he had his way is the clearest testimony that he is the No. 1 man in entertainment -- certainly, as Variety called him, "Mr. Radio himself." Radio is a tough business, and characteristically merciless to nonconformists. That the whole roster of radio stars is planning to follow Crosby's lead next year [in transcribing their programs for broadcast on later dates] is plain enough tribute to his leadership.'” 

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