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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2019 : Issue 49
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Sale of Blue Network                  [ BoB M <r_j_mort@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 3-9 Novem  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 27 Octobe  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 21:53:14 -0500
    From: BoB M <r_j_mort@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sale of Blue Network
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    I think the 2018 value of the $8 million price has a slipped decimal point.
    The value would be closer to $117 million, not the $[removed] billion listed.

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    Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 21:53:33 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 3-9 November

     From Those Were The Days -

    11/5

    1934   The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
    played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
    was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.

    1950   "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
    introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
    Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
    exceeded a million dollars (($10,550,614 in 2018 dollars)  in the three
    years the program was on the air.

    11/7

    1932   CBS presented the first broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th
    Century. Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin played
    Buck in the serial over the years (1932 1947).

    1937   Dr. Christian debuted on CBS. Jean Hersholt played the part of
    the kindly, elderly Dr. Christian who practiced on the air until 1954.
    Laureen Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Kleeb and Rosemary De Camp played
    his nurse, Judy. The Dr. Christian theme song was Rainbow on the River.
    Sponsors of the show included Vaseline (petroleum jelly, hair tonic and
    lip ice).

    1938   The first broadcast of This Day is Ours was heard on CBS. Eleanor
    McDonald, played by Joan Banks and later by Templeton Fox, had all kinds
    of problems. Her child was kidnapped, she lost her memory, helped a
    friend find a killer, etc. The soap opera ran for two years.

    11/9

    1948 - "This is Your Life" debuted on NBC radio. Ralph Edwards hosted
    the radio show for two years and for nine more (1952-1961) on television.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 21:53:22 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 27 October to 2
     November

     From Those Were The Days

    10/27

    Marconi, Fessenden, and De Forest were the catalysts. However, it was an
    engineer for Westinghouse Electric who, in 1916, was broadcasting music
    from his garage (in Wilkinsburg, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh) over a
    wireless (amateur radio station 8XK) who really got the whole thing
    started. A newspaper article about the broadcasts caused such interest
    that the head honchos at Westinghouse decided to build a real radio station.

    It took until this day in 1920 for the Westinghouse radio station to
    receive a license to broadcast. The license for KDKA, Pittsburgh came
    from the [removed] Department of Commerce. Although the license was
    officially issued on this day, KDKA did not start their broadcast
    operations for a week (they had to wait until the license was posted in
    the station). On November 2, 1920, the station aired the returns of the
    Harding/Cox election ... the first radio programming to reach an
    audience of any size ... approximately 1,000 people.

    1947   This is Nora Drake premiered on NBC. Nora solved domestic, social
    and child raising problems until January 2, 1959.

    1947   "The one, the only Groucho" Marx appeared as quizmaster on You
    Bet Your Life for the first time    on ABC. George Fenneman was
    Groucho's eternal straight man. Fenneman stayed with Marx during the
    program's run on radio (1948   1959) and TV (1950-1961). By the way,
    who is buried in Grant's tomb?

    10/28

    1922   WEAF in New York broadcast the first collegiate football game
    heard coast to coast. Princeton played the University of Chicago at
    Stagg Field in the Windy City. The broadcast was carried on phone lines
    to New York City, where the radio transmission began. (Princeton 21,
    Chicago 18.)

    1946   Our favorite flying cowboy was heard on ABC for the first time.
    Sky King starred Jack Lester, then Earl Nightingale, and finally, Roy
    Engel, as Sky. Beryl Vaughn played Sky's niece Penny; Jack Bivans was
    Clipper and Cliff Soubier was the foreman. Sky King was sponsored by
    Peter Pan Peanut Butter

    10/30

    Orson Welles, known to radio audiences as The Shadow, presented his
    famous dramatization of [removed] Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS's
    Mercury Theater at 8 [removed]

    10/31

    1942   One of the great wartime shows premiered. CBS debuted Thanks to
    the Yanks, starring Bob Hawk. It became one of the most popular of the
    wartime programs.

    11/1

    1937   The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
    NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.

    11/2

    1931   Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time    on CBS. The
    program centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and
    the same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
    series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
    Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Damerel Fick. Three other
    performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
    continued for 11 years.

    Joe

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