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Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 3-9 Janua [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
back to the future [ <rmcblc@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 08:57:01 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 3-9 January
From Those Where The Days
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1928 NBC debuted one of radio's first variety shows. The Dodge Victory
Hour starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and singer Al
Jolson. The cost to produce this one show was $67,600 ($1,025,135 in
2019 dollars). dollars). [removed]
1932 NBC Red presented The Carnation Contented Hour. The show
continued on network radio for 19 years as a showcase for top singers
and musicians.
1935 Bob Hope was first heard on network radio as part of The Intimate
Revue with Jane Froman, James Melton and the Al Goodman Orchestra.
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1935 We proudly remind you that Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra was
featured on CBS this day on the program, The Hour of Charm. (ed And
who can ever forget Evelyn and her magic violin?)
1940 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first
demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static,
and noise in thunderstorms, was developed by Major [removed] Armstrong. The
first FM transmitter was put in operation in 1941.
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1941 A young actor appeared for the first time in a new program on CBS
titled, The Home of the Brave. Along with others in the cast, this was
Richard Widmark's radio debut.
1950 Ronald Coleman starred as the president of Ivy College in The
Halls of Ivy.
1974 CBS radio returned to dramatic programming at night with the
first broadcast of Radio Mystery Theatre, hosted by [removed] Marshall. The
program debuted on 218 CBS network stations.
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1926 A famous marriage that endured for many years is remembered this
day. It<<226>><<128>><<153>>s the anniversary of George Burns and Gracie Allen who were
married by a Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, Ohio.
1940 The gate to Gene Autry<<226>><<128>><<153>>s Melody Ranch opened. <<226>><<128>><<156>>The singing
cowboy<<226>><<128>><<157>> would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years, other than
1942-45 when he was in the Army Air Corps.
1941 The NBC Blue network presented the first installment of Inner
Sanctum.
1950 Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville, TN. Ernest also did a 15 minute radio program each day that
became very popular in West Texas. So popular, in fact, that he bought
the radio station that had aired the program for years and years: KGKL
in San Angelo, Texas.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 10:17:37 -0600
From: <rmcblc@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: back to the future
I agree with Don Shenbarger that the value of the OTR Digest, at this point,
is in its archives. It was through early posts that I (we) learned of the
progression of personalities, shows, networks; how things worked and how
things didn't; how the sound effects were produced; how studios were laid
out; how parts of the vaunted "I Can Hear It Now" albums were re-enactments
-- and that John Charles Daly really DID NOT interrupt the New York
Philharmonic to deliver the Pearl Harbor bulletin.
This is not to disparage the work and memory of Charlie and his
contributions to the hobby: He offered insights to the industry as it was
and computers as they are; he helped me, an analog kind of a guy in this
digital world, understand a bit about Audacity to get the results I wanted.
I was appreciative of his early outlawing the use of T* and t********n when
members made reference to that medium.
I do believe, however, that the Digest lost much of its liveliness after he
took over following the death of Bill Pfieffer. Yes, perhaps most of the
blame goes to Facebook groups of the same interest, or that we've lost so
many pioneers and participants in OTR, or the fact that many of our
questions can be answered by Googling or found via Wikipedia. I had a number
of posts rejected because Charlie thought they were off-topic; I saw them as
tangential to OTR and of some interest. In one post, because I knew there
were transcription collectors on the list, I mentioned that 16-inch OTR
transcriptions were being auctioned on the Goodwill Industries site --
"REJECTED" because only "for trade or free (you pay the postage) items" were
allowed. It was enough to make me unsubscribe for several years. I was
surprised a few months ago, when I posted about prop microphones made of
wood used for CBS publicity pictures, and I included a URL where one was for
sale, that he allowed it. And I was pleased that Elizabeth McLeod, once a
regular contributor, responded with her observations. It was that kind of
give and take, the following of "rabbit trails," that had made the
discussion list vibrant.
It isn't anymore. If Yesterday USA chooses to be the new home, I hope the
reins are loosened just a bit, but that the discourse remains affable.
Bob Cockrum
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