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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2015 : Issue 8
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 25-31 Jan  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Real-time chats, special podcasts     [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
      RIP Joe Franklin                      [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:53:14 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 25-31 January

     From Those Were The Days B

    1/25

    1937   NBC presented the first broadcast of The Guiding Light.

    1944   The character, a black maid named Beulah and played by a white
    man, Marlin Hurt, aired for the first time on Fibber McGee and Molly.
    The spinoff, Beulah, became a radio series in 1945.

    1/26

    1947   The Greatest Story Ever Told was first heard on ABC.

    1/27

    1931 - NBC radio introduced listeners to "Clara, Lu 'n' Em" on its Blue
    network (later, ABC radio). The show became the first daytime radio
    serial when it was moved from its original nighttime slot.

    1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first
    magnetic wire recorder. The "Wireway" machine with a built-in oscillator
    sold for $[removed] ($1,[removed] in 2013 dollars).

    1956 - The "CBS Radio Workshop" was heard for the first time. This first
    broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, "Brave New World".

    1/28

    1940 Beat the Band made its debut on NBC, with the Ted Weems band. Beat
    the Band was where listeners' questions were selected in the hopes of
    stumping the band. If a listener's question was chosen, he or she
    received $10 ($161 in 2012 dollars ) The questions were posed as
    riddles: What song title tells you what Cinderella might have said if
    she awoke one morning and found that her foot had grown too large for
    her glass slipper? If the band played the correct musical answer, Where
    Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, the listener lost.

    When Raleigh cigarettes sponsored Beat the Band, the listener who beat
    the band won $50 ($807 in 2012 dollars) and two cartons of cigarettes
    ... Raleigh's, of course. When the sponsor changed to General Mill's Kix
    cereal, if the listener beat the band, he/she won twenty bucks ($323 in
    2012 dollars ) and a case of Kix cereal.

    1934   As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell,
    in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several
    offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as the
    Redhead, adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions
    across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a
    ukulele and delivering down home patter) endeared him to fans for many
    years. We remember the broadcasting legend, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go
    back to my little grass [removed]"

    1/30

    1933    The Lone Ranger was heard for the first time.

    1/31

    1936   The Green Hornet was introduced by its famous theme song, The
    Flight of the Bumble Bee. The radio show was first heard on WXYZ in
    Detroit, MI on this day. The show stayed on the air for 16 years. The
    Green Hornet originated from the same radio station where The Lone
    Ranger was performed. You may remember that the title character in The
    Green Hornet was really named Britt Reid. He was, in fact, supposed to
    be the great nephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. Both popular series
    were created by George Trendle and Fran Striker.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:52:24 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Real-time chats, special podcasts

    Folks;

       I was asked the other day if the IRC chatroom was still in operation. I
    had to say no, it was inactive, but it did get me thinking. In the old days
    of the Internet, text-based chatrooms were pretty [removed], there are
    so many varied and different ways of communicating, they seem almost quaint.
    It's now pretty trivial for anyone to set up a real-time text chat on a
    website, and for most people today the Internet _is_ the Web and nothing
    more, so other protocols like IRC are increasingly anachronistic.

       Still, I was wondering if there was any interest at all in any kind of
    real-time chat; text chats, audio chats, video chats, whatever. The up side
    is a more personal contact, but the down side is of course the real-time
    nature, having to be somewhere at a specific time using a specific
    application which may not be convenient. If there is any interest, drop me a
    note directly to let me know and once I've cleared the project I'm working on
    now, I'll look into finding something that is not only useful, but simple.

       Also, next week I'll be posting the SummersTime Live! shows recorded at
    last year's Nostalgia Expo in Blue Ash, Ohio. Kate and I talked to Beverly
    Washburn, who acted with everyone from Jack Benny to Lon Chaney to William
    Shatner, and Jon Provost, best-known as Lassie's Timmy!
    [removed] - download the shows or listen right on the page!
    If you connect with iTunes or any podcasting client, you'll automagically
    receive the shows as they are posted.

             Charlie

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    Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:52:30 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RIP Joe Franklin

    Folks;

       Joe Franklin, New York radio and television pioneer and frequent guest of
    the Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention, passed away at the age of 88.

       Obituary at:

    [removed]-
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       Later today (Sunday) I'll write up a short piece about my "Joe Franklin
    story." (Everyone who met him has [removed])

             Charlie

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    Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:19:41 -0500
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
    demand, 24/7 at: [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    Transcription Disc Restoration example at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    LET'S PRETEND
    Episode 684 06-08-46 "Snow White And Rose Red"
    Host: "Uncle" Bill Adams"
    Stars: Patricia Ryan, Sybil Trent, Jack Grimes, Miriam Wolfe, Gwen
    Davies, Michael O'Day Arthur Anderson and Albert Alley
    Creator/Writer/Director: Nila Mack
    CBS Cream of Wheat

    FIVE MINUTE MYSTERY
    Episode 125 "Trial By Fire"

    COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    Episode 238 11-10-46 "Superman"
    Stars: Bob Hope, Bela Lugosi, Sterling Holloway, Wendell Niles, The King
    Sisters and Paulette Goddard
    AFRS Production

    COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    Episode 162 02-15-45 "Dick Tracy In B-Flat"
    Host: Harry Von Zell
    Cast: Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Jimmy Durante, Judy Garland, Cass Daley,
    Frank Sinatra, Frank Morgan, Bob Hope, Harry Von Zell, Jerry Colonna,
    Andrews Sisters, Joe Lilley Chorus, Lou Crosby
    AFRS Production
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
    (ABC) 2/9/47 "The Prodigal Son" Narrated by Norman Ross.

    QUIET PLEASE
    (MBS) 2/2/48 "The Pathetic Fallacy" w/Ernest Chappell

    THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
    (Synd) 2/26/40 The Opening Chapter of "The Yellow Mask"
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we continue with part 2 of at least 6 weeks of our salute to
    Agnes Moorehead.

    Mercury Theater
    Episode 2 7-18-38 "Treasure Island"

    THE SHADOW
    1/9/1939 episode (153) "The Man Who Murdered Time"

    MAYOR OF THE TOWN
    09-06-1942 Episode (01) "Tom Williams Wants To Enlist"
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 154

    EDDIE HUBBARD & THE BROWSERS: "THAT SENTIMENTAL SANDWICH"

    Another Browsers show headlines this episode with songs like "That
    Sentimental Sandwich" by Dorothy Lamour, "All of Me" by Jimmy Dorsey, "7
    Lonely Days" by Georgia Gibbs, "Pennsylvania 6-5000" by the New
    Modernaires, and "I'll Be Seeing You" by Bing Crosby.

    Top trivia questions include challenges to identify the original
    Modernaires, to name the "Road" movies made by Bing, Bob, and Dorothy,
    to come up with names of bands for which Glenn Miller worked as
    arranger, and to identify Phil's "Phooler" by identifying the female
    vocalist who sings "I Don't Want to Walk Without You."

    Also, enjoy more of Eddie's Extras like "That Old Black Magic,"
    "Midnight in Moscow," and "Plantation Boogie."

    Here's my own trivia question about the Crosby and Hope "Road" movies.
    There was another such movie planned for the duo in 1977, but Crosby's
    death intervened. Can you give the title of the "Road" movie that never
    was? Well, the title of that film was to be "The Road to the Fountain of
    Youth." It would have been the eighth "Road" movie. Here's still another
    question: What "Road" movie was the only one the boys made in which they
    did not pull their patented "patty cake" routine? The answer: "The Road
    to Utopia."

    Concerning the Modernaires, here is a little background that could be
    part of more trivia questions. They began as a trio in 1935, the year of
    my birth, and later added a fourth singer and sang with the Ozzie
    Nelson, Fred Waring, and Paul Whiteman bands. They hit the big time when
    they joined Glenn Miller in 1939. Paula Kelly joined the group in 1941
    after which came some of their most well known hits, such as "Moonlight
    Cocktails", "Juke Box Saturday Night," and "Kalamazoo." Check out more
    about the originals and the new group at the official web site
    [removed] .

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Stu celebrate Valentine's Day and Jack Benny's Birthday!

    The Jack Benny Program - "Birthday Party For Jack Who Is Recovering From
    Skiing Accident"
    originally aired Sunday, February 25, 1940 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Phil
    Harris,
    Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O

    The Jack Benny Program - "Surprise Birthday Party"
    originally aired Sunday, February 16, 1941 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Phil
    Harris,
    Dennis Day, Ed  Beloin, Andy Devine, Herbert Marshall.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O

    The Jack Benny Program - "Jack Can't Get A Date On His Birthday"
    originally aired Sunday, February 15, 1942 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie
    "Rochester" Anderson,
    Ed Beloin, Sam Hearne.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Jell-O

    The Jack Benny Program - "Jack's Birthday Party"
    originally aired Sunday, February 16, 1947 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie
    "Rochester" Anderson,
    Mel Blanc, Isaac Stern, Ronald and Benita Colman.
    Don Wilson announcing.
    Sponsor: Lucky Strike

    =======================================================If you have any
    questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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