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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 6
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Old-Time Radio                        [ Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed] ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  Street in Hartford, CT, named for WT  [ "Bob Scherago" <scherago@[removed] ]

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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:31:12 -0500
From: Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Old-Time Radio

Joe Mackey lists,

1906 - Hugo Gernsback of the Electro Importing Company advertised radio
receivers for sale for the low, low price of just $[removed] ($184 in 2011
dollars) in Scientific American magazine. The first ad selling the
gizmos guaranteed reception of about one mile.

Many early radios were crystal sets, most of which were homebuilt.
(Hugo Gernsback later published /Electrical Experimenter/ magazine, for
the hobbyists at the time (and later /Amazing Stories/ the first
Science-Fiction magazine).   During the days of radio through the 1930s,
crystal sets were widespread, and some department stores even sold
crystals kits for home builders.
During World War II, GIs learned to fabricate "razor-blade radios" using
a razor blade and an opened safety pin as a crystal and its "cat's
whisker."  Throughout the whole OTR era, some listeners were using
crystal sets.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:53:30 -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," Charlie St George's "Make Believe
Ballroom Time" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in
high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

*Salute to the Texaco Star Theater*

TEXACO STAR THEATER
"The Gordon MacRae Show"
Episode 37 9-15-48 "Final Show of the Series"
ABC TEXACO Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm
STARS: Gordon MacRae
WITH: Evelyn Knight
ORCHESTRA: Victor Young

TEXACO STAR THEATER
"The Milton Berle Show"
Episode 1 9-22-48 "Salute to Education"
ABC TEXACO Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm
STARS: Milton Berle
WITH: Pert Kelton, Jack Albertson, Arnold Stang, Al Kelly Charlie
Irving, Jacquline Suzanne, and Kay Armen
ANNOUNCER: Frank Gallop
ORCHESTRA: Allen Roth

TEXACO STAR THEATER
Episode 15 01-10-40 "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse"
Stars: Ken Murray, Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Irene Ryan
Guests: Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Gloria Jean and Ruth Elder (Aviatrix)
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
(NBC) 9/6/42 "The Golf Tournament"
Gildy and a bandleader compete.

LES MISERABLES
(WOR/MBS) 7/23/37 The first Program of a 7-program series - adapted from
Victor Hugo's great novel. "The Bishop" Orson Welles

BIG JON & SPARKY
(ABC/SYND) Jon Arthur from the early 50's. A strange kid's show!
"Prisoners of Love"
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

Our actor of the month for January is George Burns. If he were alive
today, he'd beey 116 on January 20.

GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN
from 07/08/40 Grandpas 92nd Birthday.

On December 2nd 2012, Walden Hughes and Larry Gassman interviewed
Richard Lamparski. Richard wrote 11 "Whatever Became Of" books plus
another called, "Hidden Hollywood". He also wrote "Hollywood diary" and
Manhattan Diary".

Richard also had a radio show in the mid 1960's to the mid 1970's
called: "Whatever became of", which aired on WBAI in New York. He
interviewed many radio, TV and movie personalities for his books and for
his popular radio show over the years.

The interview with Richard takes up the remainder of the show.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS

"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

Episode 62

EDDIE HUBBARD & THE BROWSERS: "TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA"

More dream and love songs highlight this edition of "The Browsers" from
Trivia Tower. Dream songs include "Smoke Dreams" by Benny Goodman and
Helen Ward from 1936 and "Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams" by June Cristy
and the Johnny Guarnieri Quintette from 1945. June Christy sang with a
silky smooth voice on this recording just as she did on many great jazz
tunes. The British magazine "The New Statesman" noted she was "one of
the finest and most neglected singers of her time." The Browsers ask us
for June's real name.

Far from neglected was one of the most popular singers of the 1950's.
This singer was the top-selling female singer of that decade with more
than 100 million records sold. One of those huge hit recordings was
"Tennessee Waltz," which Eddie includes as an extra on this show to
spare us local commercials and to give us a chance to hear the girl
known as the "singing rage." You've probably guessed this artist's name:
Patti Page, who had 15 gold records and 3 gold albums, including 24
songs in the top 10, with 4 that reached number 1 on the charts. Sadly
she passed away on New Years day, 2013. One of her finest achievements
was her performance for "Live at Carnegie Hall -- the 50th Anniversary
Concert" in 1999 for which she received her first Grammy. She is to
receive a "Lifetime Achievement Grammy" posthumously at the Grammy
ceremonies in 2013. Her songs serve to remind us of God's joyful
blessings in music that include so many vintage popular songs.

The original aim of the Grammy Awards, at its founding, was "to
cultivate a higher standard of popular taste," and that aim often
succeeded with many great tunes such as Frank Sinatra's popular award
winners. (Comment concerning Grammy Awards of recent years is best left
unsaid!). On this Browsers show Frank teams with Harry James to perform
a song that would never win a Grammy even though Frank's swinging style
on this "Rock" song is good. The song was "Castle Rock," a song Frank
wasn't crazy about, but, on the other hand, it certainly was far better
than another song he had little fondness for (with good reason): his
1951 curio "Mama Will Bark" with Dagmar.

Otherwise, some really good songs win the day on this episode, such as
Billy Vaughn's 1955 million seller "Melody of Love," "A Fine Romance" by
Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton, Eddy Howard's "You Must Have Been a
Beautiful Baby," "Tea for Two" by the Benny Goodman Quartette, "You
Don't Know Me" by Margaret Whiting, "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" by
Count Basie, and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time" by Perez Prado,
Concerning the Benny Goodman Quartette, can you name the other 3 amazing
musicians in this legendary group?

Then we come to a novelty tune called, of all things,
"Triskaidekaphobia" from 1946 and performed by Les Brown and comic
vocalist/saxophone player Butch Stone. The Browsers ask what that title
word means, and, of course, to listen to it is to learn the answer.
"Phil's Phooler" brings the song "Stormy Weather," and our assignment is
to determine who sings it. Other questions include, "What songs have the
word "baby" mentioned twice in the title?" Also, "Who sang the song 'A
Fine Romance' in the 1937 movie 'Swing Time'?" Margaret Whiting sang
"You Don't Know Me," and concerning that song, the last question is,
"Can you name 3 male singers who recorded it?"

The show begins and ends with instrumental recordings -- "Classical Gas"
at the start and "Cotton Candy" at the closing, but perhaps, with tongue
in cheek, it might have been a bit playful to have been the reverse.
Sorry, Eddie, just kidding!

Thanks go to Jerry Haendiges Productions for highest quality fidelity
from Eddie Hubbard's original studio tapes. Again, keep in mind that
references to Browsers contact, as on a website, should be ignored .
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Make Believe Ballroom Time

Episode 6

Today, BBSS is featuring Chuck Foster and his "Music in the Foster
Fashion" They are broadcasting from the Hotel New Yorker in NY City. The
New Yorker Hotel is located in Manhattan's Garment Center, central to
Pennsylvania Station, Madison Square Garden, Times Square and the Empire
State Building. An early ad for the building boasted that the hotel's
"bell boys were 'as snappy-looking as West Pointers'" and "that it had a
radio in every room with a choice of four stations" It was a New Yorker
bellboy who served as tobacco company Phillip Morris' pitchman for
twenty years, making famous their "Call for Phillip Morris" advertising
campaign.

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the hotel was among New York's most
fashionable and hosted many popular Big Bands, such as Benny Goodman and
Tommy Dorsey, while notable figures such as Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford
and Fidel Castro stayed there. The New York Observer noted that in the
building's heyday, "actors, celebrities, athletes, politicians,
mobsters, the shady and the luminous-the entire Brooklyn Dodgers roster
during the glory seasons-would stalk the bars and ballrooms, or romp
upstairs".

Some say the Foster band copied the style of Guy Lombardo's successful
and popular Royal [removed] Reed player Chuck Foster began his career
as a bandleader in 1938, bringing the sweet (and sometimes syrupy)
sounds of his band to such sizeable venues as San Francisco's Mark
Hopkins Hotel and the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel's famous Biltmore Bowl.

With radio remotes routinely being broadcast from both locations, the
band hit its stride early and quickly achieved popularity with the help
of talented pianist Hal Pruden and a raft of popular vocalists.

The Foster band is appearing on BBSS in a remote broadcast from the
Hotel New Yorker in NY City. It's mid-August 1945 just prior to Chuck
Foster being drafted into the WWII military.
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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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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:56:08 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <scherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Street in Hartford, CT, named for WTIC veteran
 Bob Steele

A Bob Steele Street sign was unveiled in a ceremony on the street formerly
known as Grove Street in downtown Hartford. Steele was the longtime morning
show host on WTIC-AM.

In an outdoor gathering in Hartford Friday, a street was re-named in honor
of WTIC broadcast legend Bob Steele. A new street sign was unveiled for "Bob
Steele Street," after a ceremony next to the former home of WTIC's studios
on what was then called Grove Street. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarro talked
about the decision with WTIC's morning man, Ray Dunaway, Friday morning,
telling listeners, "What a wonderful legacy Mr. Steele left for our city and
for our state and our nation with regards to broadcasting."

Steele was one of the most popular local broadcasters in the country, and is
a member of the Radio Hall of Fame. His weekday morning show started during
World War Two, and ran until the 1990's. He continued working part time on
AM 1080 until his death in 2002 at age 92.
--
Bob Scherago
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