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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2010 : Issue 70
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
4-17 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 18-24 Apr [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
1950 NY Yankees broadcasts [ "David K. Bialik" <dkbialik@[removed] ]
4-18 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:46:32 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-17 births/deaths
April 17th births
04-17-1897 - Thornton Wilder - Madison, WI - d. 12-7-1975
writer: "This Is My Best"
04-17-1898 - Howard Claney - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-30-1980
announcer: "American Album of Familiar Music"; "NBC Symphony"
04-17-1901 - Marie Blizard - d. 10-20-1991
writer: Network radio
04-17-1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky - Yekaterinoslav, Russia - d. 8-6-1976
cellist: "Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra"; "The Pause that
Refreshes . . On the Air"
04-17-1905 - Arthur Lake - Corbin, KY - d. 1-10-1987
actor: (Brother of Florence Lake) Dagwood Bumstead "Blondie"
04-17-1909 - Rex Rienits - Dubbo, Australia - d. 4-30-1971
author: "A Matter of Life or Else"
04-17-1910 - Ivan Goff - Perth, Australia - d. 9-23-1999
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-17-1911 - Alvin C. W. Bahnsen - d. 12-xx-1985
newscaster: WWRL New York
04-17-1911 - George Seaton - South Bend, IN - d. 7-28-1979
actor, film director: Lone Ranger "The Lone Ranger"; "Screen
Director's Playhouse"
04-17-1913 - Harry Clark - Providence, RI - d. 4-xx-1985
newscaster, announcer: "CBS News"; "Backstage Wife"; "Columbia Workshop"
04-17-1913 - Richard Travis - Carlsbad, NM - d. 7-11-1989
announcer and sportscaster
04-17-1913 - Walter Ducloux - Lucerne, Switzerland - d. 1-25-1997
conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
04-17-1915 - Joe Foss - Sioux Falls, SD - d. 1-1-2003
south dakota governor: "Tops in Sports"
04-17-1918 - Anne Shirley - NYC - d. 7-4-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-17-1918 - John Hess - Chicago, IL - d. 4-15-2004
writer: "The Human Adventure"
04-17-1918 - William Holden - O'Fallon, IL - d. 11-16-1981
actor: "Hour of Mystery"; "Smiths of Hollywood"; "So Proudly We Hail"
04-17-1920 - Arnold Yarrow - London, England
author: "After Moscow
04-17-1923 - Harry Reasoner - Dakota City, IA - d. 8-6-1991
reporter: CBS News Washington
04-17-1923 - Lindsay Anderson - South India - d. 8-30-1994
film director: First person to udder the "F" word on the BBC
04-17-1923 - Lon McCallister - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-11-2005
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Family Theatre"
04-17-1925 - Blaine Walsh - Oconto, WI - d. 9-5-1985
sportscaster: Milwaukee Braves
04-17-1926 - Joan Loring (Dellie Ellis) - Hong Kong, China
actor: Judy Foster "A Date with Judy"
04-17-1927 - Graziella Sciutti - Turin, Italy - d. 4-9-2001
operatic soprano: "Meetropolitan Opera"
04-17-1928 - Don West - Fredonia, KS - d. 8-13-2004
announcer, writer, newsman: Clifton, Arizona
April 17th deaths
01-17-1891 - Marjorie Gateson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-17-1977
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-23-1912 - Thomas L. Thomas - Maesteg, South Wales - d. 4-17-1983
singer: "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"; "Voice of Firestone"
06-01-1917 - Norb Beckers - d. 4-17-1996
disk jockey: WDSG Dyersburg, Tennessee
06-02-1924 - Peter Hackes - NYC - d. 4-17-1994
newscaster: "News of the World"; "Meet the Press"
06-11-1914 - Dudley Manlove - Oakland, CA - d. 4-17-1996
announcer: "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
06-19-1925 - Robert Barager - d. 4-17-2004
disk jockey: WNBZ Saranac Lake, New York
07-06-1892 - Jack Yellen - Razcki, Poland - d. 4-17-1991
lyricist: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-16-1891 - Blossom Seeley - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-17-1974
song and dance trouper: "The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air"
07-16-1903 - Carmen Lombardo - London, Canada - d. 4-17-1971
saxophonist: (Guy's brother) "Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra"; "Esso
Marketer"
08-06-1900 - Tony Parenti - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-17-1972
jazz clarinetist: "WNYC, NY Jazz Festival"
08-17-1904 - Elizabeth Bilson - d. 4-17-1995
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
08-18-1918 - Hank Penny - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-17-1992
singer, rhythn guitar: "The Radio Cowboys"
09-12-1921 - Frank McGee - Monroe. LA - d. 4-17-1974
nbc newsman: "Meet the Press";"The Great Debate"
10-29-1883 - William K. Wells - NYC - d. 4-17-1956
writer: "Under Arrest"
Ron
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:46:44 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 18-24 April
From Those Were The Days
4/19
1924 The WLS Barn Dance began airing on WLS.
4/20
1935 Your Hit Parade was first broadcast.
1947 Fred Allen didn't find things so funny when censors cut him off
the air during his broadcast. Allen was telling a joke about a mythical
network vice president when he was suddenly taken off the air. One
moment [removed]
4/21
1940 Take It or Leave It, was first heard on CBS on this day. Bob Hawk
offered contestants a top prize of $64. ($968 in 2009 dollars). No,
there were no lovely parting gifts or consolation prizes that we could
find. Losers just left.
1949 The prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Broadcasting was
presented to You Bet Your Life star, "The one, the only, Groucho
(Marx)." This was the first time the honor had been awarded to a comedian.
4/22
1940 The first all Chinese commercial radio program was broadcast over
KSAN in San Francisco, CA.
1946 Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg arrived at WEAF in New York City
with an entertaining morning show called, Hi, Jinx.
4/24
1949 Dick Powell starred in Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC.
The show stayed on the air for four years.
1955 X Minus One, a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC.
1959 The final broadcast of One Man's Family was heard on NBC after
being on the air 27 years.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:38:41 -0400
From: "David K. Bialik" <dkbialik@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 1950 NY Yankees broadcasts
I am trying to locate anyone selling recordings of the 1950 NY Yankee games.
This could be a perfect gift for a friend.
David K. Bialik
dkbialik@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:39:01 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-18 births/deaths
April 18th births
04-18-1857 - Clarence Darrow - Kinsman, OH - d. 3-13-1938
lawyer: " Scopes "Monkey" trial, WGN Chicago"
04-18-1880 - Donald Crisp - Aberfeldy, Scotland - d. 5-25-1974
actor: Jonathan Trimble "Jonathan Trimble, Esquire"
04-18-1882 - Leopold Stokowski - London, England - d. 9-13-1977
conductor: "NBC Symphony/Symphony of the Air"
04-18-1887 - Bill Hay - Dumfires, Scotland - d. 10-12-1978
announcer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Molly"
04-18-1902 - Harry Owens - O'Neil, NE - d. 12-12-1986
bandleader: "Hawaii Calls"; "Sweet Leilani Time"; Harry Owens and His
Orchestra"
04-18-1904 - Pigmeat Markham - Durhan, N - d. 12-13-1981
comedian: ("order in the court ' cuz here come da judge) "Jubilee"
04-18-1907 - Miklos Rozsa - Budapest, Hungary - d. 7-27-1995
composer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-18-1907 - Stephen Longstreet - NYC - d. 2-20-2002
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-18-1908 - Irra Petina - Petrograd, Russia - d. 1-19-2000
singer: "The Railroad Hour"
04-18-1911 - Louis Vittes - d. 4-21-1969
writer: "Advs. of The Thin Man"; "Affairs of Peter Salem"; "The Lone
Wolf"
04-18-1912 - Al Hodge - Ravenna, OH - d. 3-19-1979
actor: Britt Reid/Green Hornet "Green Hornet"; "Columbia Workshop"
04-18-1912 - Fred De Denise - NYC
drummer: "Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra"
04-18-1912 - Wendy Barrie - Hong Kong, China - d. 2-2-1978
hostess, actor: "Detect and Collect"; "Jack Haley Show"; "Star for a
Night"
04-18-1914 - Ben Bezoff - d. 12-30-1979
newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
04-18-1918 - Page Gilman - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-1-2006
actor: Jack Barbour "One Man's Family"; "Memory Lane"
04-18-1918 - Tony Mottola - Kearney, NJ - d. 8-9-2004
jazz guitarist: "Gordon MacRae Gulf Spray Show"; "Burl Ives Sings"
04-18-1921 - Barbara Hale - DeKalb, IL
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "This Is Hollywood"
04-18-1921 - Jay L. McMullen - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-18-1992
news commentator: "Babies: [removed]"
04-18-1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Vinton, LA - d. 9-10-2005
singer, guitarist: "Newport Jazz Festival"
04-18-1925 - Bob Hastings - Brooklyn, NY
actor: Archie Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Jerry "Sea Hound"
04-18-1929 - Walt Levinsky - New Jersey - d. 12-14-1999
clarinetist: Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra; Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra
04-18-1937 - Robert Hooks - Washington, [removed]
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
04-18-1941 - John J. Jackson - d. 3-17-2004
rock-radio personality
04-18-1949 - Larry Albert - Souix Falls, SD
actor: Harry Nile "Advs. of Harry Nile"
April 18th deaths
02-18-1930 - John Patton, Jr. - Garland City, AR - d. 4-18-2005
tenor: Hosted a popular radio program in Los Angeles
02-25-1896 - John Parrish - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 4-18-1988
actor: "Alias Jimmy Valentine"; "Life Can Be Beautiful"
02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
03-14-1879 - Albert Einstein - Ulm, Germany - d. 4-18-1955
physicist: "The Quick and the Dead"
04-04-1901 - Gay Seabrook - Seattle, WA - d. 4-18-1970
actor: Susabelle "Joe Penner Show"
04-09-1916 - Ann Morrison - Sioux City, IA - d. 4-18-1978
actor: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Escape"
07-04-1911 - Olga Druce - d. 4-18-2004
director: "House of Mystery"; "When a Girl Marries"
08-03-1900 - Ernie Pyle - Dana, IN - d. 4-18-1945
world war II correspondent: "Words at War"; "Cavalcade of America"
08-27-1929 - Dick Vosburgh - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 4-18-2007
writer: "Breakfast with Braden"
09-03-1910 - Kitty Carlisle - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-18-2007
singer: "Song Shop"; "RCA Magic Key"
09-29-1915 - Norton Mockridge - NYC - d. 4-18-2004
newspaper columnist: Hosted radio program on CBS radio (1964-1970)
10-06-1914 - Thor Heyerdahl - Larvik, Norway - d. 4-18-2002
archaeologist: "London Column"
10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-25-1933 - Peter Dennis - Dorking, England - d. 4-18-2009
actor: "Winnie-the-Pooh"
10-27-1907 - Mignon Schreiber - Chicago, IL - d. 4-18-1965
actor: Jennie Fox "Foxes of Flatbush", Mrs. Kransky "Guiding Light"
11-20-1929 - Kenneth Schermerhorn - Schenactady, NY - d. 4-18-2005
conductor: "Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra"
11-25-1897 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith - Goshen, NY - d. 4-18-1973
jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
comedian: British Radio
12-11-1924 - Felix "Doc" Blanchard - Bishopville, SC - d. 4-18-2009
football great: "Heisman Trophy Award"
Ron
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