Editing Irwin Allen (section)

===Radio and journalism===
Allen moved to Hollywood in 1938, where he edited ''Key'' magazine followed by an 11-year stint producing his own program at radio station [[KLAC]]. The success of the radio show led to him being offered his own [[gossip column]], "Hollywood Merry-Go-Round", which was [[Print syndication|syndicated]] to 73 newspapers.<ref>Irwin Allen; 'Towering Inferno' Producer Los Angeles Times 3 November 1991: VCA29.</ref>

He produced his first TV program, a celebrity panel show also called ''Hollywood Merry-Go-Round'' with announcer, and later ''[[Tonight Show]]'' host, [[Steve Allen]] (no relation), before moving into film production.<ref name="Fischer2011">{{cite book |author=Fischer |first=Dennis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7msrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 |title=Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895&ndash;1998 |date=17 June 2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8505-5 |pages=31–41 |language=en-us}}</ref>