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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2020 : Issue 11
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 1-7 March  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Jay & Karen                           [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
      This week in radio history 8-14 Marc  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      REPS Showcase will be reschedule to   [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
      This week in radio history 15-21 Mar  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:08:28 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 March

     From Those Were The Days

    3/1

    1932   Radio's greatest effort of on the spot news coverage began as NBC
    and CBS rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the kidnapping of the Charles
    and Anne Lindbergh baby.

    1941    Commercial FM broadcasting began in the [removed] when station W47NV
    in Nashville, TN started operations on this day.

    1941   Duffy's Tavern debuted on CBS.

    3/2

    1945   Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
    radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
    encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.

    1952   Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.

    3/4

    1877    Emile Berliner came up with something called the microphone.

    1925   Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
    presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.

    1930 - "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
    Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
    soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.

    1942   Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
    show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week ($190,909 in 2019
    dollars) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.

    1951   Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
    Hour on the NBC.

    1952   President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
    radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.

    3/6

    1948   Ralph Edwards created a quiz on Truth or Consequences called The
    Walking Man. After ten weeks of guesses by contestants playing the game,
    it was finally revealed that Jack Benny was The Walking Man.

    3/7

    1933   CBS debuted Marie the Little French Princess which had a run of
    two years.

    1944   Norman Corwin hosted the program, Columbia Presents Corwin on the
    CBS network this day.

    Joe

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    Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:01 -0400
    From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jay & Karen

    Hello Jay and Karen,

    I hope for a speedy recovery and resumption of your entries into the Old Time
    Radio Digest.

    Barbara Harmon

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    Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:20 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 8-14 March

     From Those Were The Days

    3/8

    1925   Bernard McFadden was a physical culturist who had a radio show in
    New York City. But not for long. McFadden failed to show up for his
    daily morning program, causing a young, studio engineer, John Gambling,
    to ad lib on the air for a solid hour. As a result, the station (WOR)
    decided to give Gambling the morning announcer's job. John Gambling
    stayed at WOR for many years, then turned the mike over to his son, who,
    finally, turned the program over to his son ... all named John. Rambling
    with Gambling program attracted tri state (New York, New Jersey,
    Connecticut) audiences in record numbers for over 70 years on the 50,000
    watt talk radio powerhouse at 710 AM on your radio dial from New York
    each morning.

    3/9

    1945   Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
    Webster.

    3/10

    1922   Variety magazine greeted readers with the front page headline
    that read, "Radio Sweeping Country 1,000,000 Sets in Use."

    1955   The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.

    3/12

    1933   Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
    Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
    It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
    The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
    that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
    all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.

    3/13

    1923   A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new
    models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones,
    which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and
    messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a 'foolproof'
    design.

    3/14

    1937   Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in one of the biggest publicity
    gags ever. It was called, "The Battle of the Century."  The two
    comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging
    torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the
    history of radio.

    Joe

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    Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:51 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  REPS Showcase will be reschedule to October
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    Hi Everybody,

    REPS Showcase will be reschedule to October because of the virus out break.
    Go to [removed] <[removed];  for update.  Take
    care,

    Walden

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    Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:11:00 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 15-21 March

     From Those Were The Days

    3/17

    1933   Comedian Phil Baker was heard on network radio for the first time
    on a regular basis when The Armour Jester was heard on the Blue network.
    Baker rapidly rose to the top of the radio ratings.

    3/18

    1940   Light of the World was first heard on NBC. The soap opera was
    unique in that it featured the Bible as the center of the story line.

    3/21

    1924   The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
    heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world", on KDKA in
    Pittsburgh, PA.

    Joe

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