'Poet Of The Airways,' Radio Writer/Director Norman Corwin Dead At 101 "[The] legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s ... [created] landmark broadcasts ranging from celebrations of the Bill of Rights and the Allied victory in Europe to a light-hearted rhyming play about a demonic plot to overthrow Christmas." Los Angeles Times 10/19/11