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This week in radio history 8-14 Nove [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 06:57:28 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 8-14 November
From Those Were The Days --
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.
11/10
1950 Monty Woolley starred as The Magnificent Montague, which debuted
on NBC.
11/12
1932 The National Broadcasting Company opened its new studios at Radio
City in New York City. They celebrated with a gala program at Radio City
Music Hall.
1938 Kate Smith sang God Bless America for the very first time. It
would later become her signature song. Irving Berlin penned the tune in
1917 but never released it until Miss Smith sang it for the first time
on her radio broadcast.
1940 The chant, "invovo legem magicarum," was heard for the first time
when Mandrake the Magician debuted on WOR in New York City.
11/14
1921 KYW radio, Chicago, IL broadcast the first opera by a
professional company. Listeners heard Samson Et Dalila as it was being
performed at the Chicago Auditorium.
From Today in History at the NY Times <<226>><<128>>"
1922 - the British Broadcasting Corp. began its domestic radio service.
Joe
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