Cross Country Checkup Turns 43

Rex Murphy, Host of Cross Country CheckupOn this date in 1965, Cross Country Checkup debuted with a debate on a national, publicly funded health care system. Years later, we have the national health care system and a radio program that continues to entertain and provoke. (Although I really do miss the standard two-question opener to each caller from years back: “Cross Country Checkup, where are you calling from? What do you think about ________”)


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2 Responses to “Cross Country Checkup Turns 43”

    has he always been that scary lookin’? reminds me of the ben dude from lost.

    -- colleen

    Debuted from Montreal I might add. Another show lost…

    -- amy amy