Subject: [removed] Digest V2016 #5
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Date: 1/16/2016 9:47 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2016 : Issue 5
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      WTIC's Golden Age of Radio            [ "scherago" <scherago@[removed]; ]
      Jack Benny Early Jello                [ Joe Stevens <joestevensus@[removed] ]
      Old film about BBC Sound Archives     [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 15-23 Jan  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:41:57 -0400
    From: "scherago" <scherago@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WTIC's Golden Age of Radio

    I just learned that a company is selling the 89 Golden Age of Radio
    shows produced by Dick Bertel for WTIC in the 60s and 7os on CDs.

    No need to buy them; you can get them all free at
    [removed] - our original website.

    Bob Scherago
    Former WTIC engineer and webmaster

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    Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:42:13 -0400
    From: Joe Stevens <joestevensus@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jack Benny Early Jello

    We have the familiar voice of Don Wilson giving Jello commercials, but not yet Phil Harris. We do get Kenny Baker as an early Dennis Day type, though Dennis did it far better. To be fair he had better writers.
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    Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:42:20 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old film about BBC Sound Archives

    Hi.

    Have a look on YouTube for the following title:

    'Pathe: Museum of Sound 1943' a 7 minute film about the BBC Archives in 1943.

    Cheers ! Graeme

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    Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:42:30 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 15-23 January

    1/17

    1938   Francis X. Bushman was the star of the program, Stepmother, which
    debuted on CBS. The show continued on the air for the next four years.

    1/18

    1929   New York Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell made his debut on
    radio, broadcasting a blend of political commentary and celebrity gossip
    to "Mr. and Mrs. [removed]" His quick jabbing, penetrating manner
    became his trademark. And so did wearing his fedora hat.

    1937   CBS introduced listeners to Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories for
    the first time. A complete story was told in five, 15 minute episodes
    which aired Monday thru Friday each week. Aunt Jenny was played by Edith
    Spencer and later, by Agnes Young. The show continued on radio until
    1956 and was sponsored over the years by Spry shortening and Lux soap.
    Aunt Jenny's whistling canary, for those of you ready to inquire, was
    played by animal imitator, Henry Boyd.

    1/20

    1954   The National Negro Network was formed on this date. Some 40 radio
    stations were charter members of the network.

    1/21

    1927   The first opera to be broadcast over a national radio network was
    presented in Chicago, IL. Listeners heard selections from Faust.

    1946   The Fat Man debuted on ABC. J. Scott Smart, who played the portly
    detective, weighed in at 270 pounds in real life.

    1/22

    1956   Raymond Burr starred as Captain Lee Quince in the Fort Laramie
    debut on CBS. The program was said to be in "the Gunsmoke tradition."

    1/23

    1937   In an article published in Literary Digest, Edgar Bergen
    mentioned that he made his dummy pal, Charlie McCarthy, the beneficiary
    of a $10,000 trust fund ($166,849 in 2015 dollars) to keep him in
    serviceable condition and repair.

    Joe

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