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Besides his writing, Lane is known for the work he did in forming the
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Lane was also committed to developing a standard industry-wide contract for use between writers and the production companies or networks, using
British agreements as a model. While there was initial support within the industry, problems occurred over the issue of residuals, particularly with the
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Lane's first short story was published while he was still at school, and more of his stories were published in magazines in the following year. However, it was in radio drama, still in its infancy when he started, that he found his vocation. His first radio play was
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By 1949, he was recognised as
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In his later career, he wrote two books on the history of radio drama in
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