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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 84
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The Line Up Log                       [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]
      Eddie Anderson                        [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 4-10 Augu  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      New series examination on Orson Well  [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      August issue RADIO RECALL             [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:32:38 -0400
    From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Line Up Log
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    Many thanks to Stewart Wright for his hard work and sharing nature for this
    new log. I highly recommend all Stewart's logs and applaud him for his work
    as an independent researcher.

    Thanks again, Stewart!

    OTR fans are the best

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    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:33:10 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Eddie Anderson

    Speaking Eddie Anderson, this week I watched the 1938 "You Can't Take It
    With You."  Anderson was in that, too.  And I noticed that he did not have
    his familiar gravely voice.  I didn't think that was something he could turn
    off and on.

    Ted

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    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:33:18 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 4-10 August

     From Those Were The Days --

    8/4

    1921   The first tennis match on radio was broadcast on KDKA in
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a natural since KDKA was the first
    commercial radio station in the United States. Within eight months the
    powers that be figured out that sports on radio would bring in big sales
    revenues. And so, the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and
    Australia was aired on the radio; but much to the wonderment of KDKA's
    listeners. Tennis anyone? On radio? It rates right up there with radio
    wrestling or, maybe, [removed]

    1927   Station 2XAG, later named WGY, the General Electric station in
    Schenectady, NY, began experimental operations from a 100,000 watt
    transmitter. Later, the FCC regulated the power of AM radio stations to
    not exceed 50,000 watts on 'clear channels' (where few, if any, stations
    would cause interference with each other).

    1940   Crime Doctor introduced a new kind of radio hero to audiences.
    The CBS program presented Dr. Benjamin Ordway, the show's main
    character, who was a victim of amnesia. He once was a criminal, but got
    hit on the head, and suddenly began to work as a crime fighter. Nice twist.

    8/5

    1921   KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play by play broadcast of a
    baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat
    Philadelphia 8-5.

    1935   Backstage Wife was first aired, on MBS.

    8/6

    1928   One of radio's first serials, Real Folks, debuted on NBC.

    1939   After becoming a success with Ben Bernie on network radio, Dinah
    Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue network. Dinah sang every
    Sunday evening.

    8/7

    1949   Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual. William
    Gargan starred on the Sunday afternoon program.

    8/9

    1942   CBS debuted Our Secret Weapon. The program featured Rex Stout,
    who countered lies being broadcast by the Axis powers through shortwave
    radio.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:33:23 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  New series examination on Orson Welles

    I came across this the other day about a 12-part series beginning on
    Orson Welles on radio entitled "From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on
    Radio after 75 Years." Here was a section of the blurb:

    "To confront that issue and to open Mercury to new kinds of critical
    practices in sound studies, Sounding Out! is partnering with Antenna
    over the next six months to bring you a 12-part series entitled From
    Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years. I'm honored to
    serve as Sounding Out!'s Guest Editor. We'll be bringing you authors who
    engage aesthetic, historical and political aspects of Welles' radio work
    with a depth and intensity unusual in Welles studies."

    As 2013 is the 75th Anniversary of the Mercury Theater, there will be
    several things happening this year including also a new special on, I
    believe, American Experience on the War of the Worlds in October.

    The link to the Sounding Out page is:

    [removed]

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 14:33:30 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  August issue RADIO RECALL

    The August issue of RADIO RECALL has been emailed via PDF to subscribers who
    prefer that version, while the hard copy will be posted to the others after
    August 10th.

    Our front page story covers all the little towns in the USA who changed their
    name, using an OTR affiliation. This would include Truth or Consequences, NM,
    Gene Autry, OK, Pine Ridge, AR and a fourth one connected to the Lone Ranger.
    Lawrence Kanrack's piece sets forth all the fascinating details of when and
    why.

    Frequent Digester Jim Widner has a great article on the professional career
    and private life of Santos Ortega, the voice of half a dozen OTR detectives.
    Despite his Spanish-sounding name, Ortega was born and raised in NYC and only
    later acquired various accents, including a Spanish one.

    Radio historian Stewart Wright sets forth his recent research on the 1955
    large-scale auditions for "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." More than a dozen men
    participated in this audition and one of them will really surprise you.
    (Guess we don't have to tell you who won the audition for that leading role.)

    Jeff Whipple reviews the new book by Clair Schulz entitled "Fibber McGee and
    Molly: On the Air 1935-1959" which  contains a summary of every program that
    aired. This issue also gives a nod of thanks to Don Ramlow, who found
    "Mutual's Missing Middle Bobby Benson": Robert "Bobby" McKnight. He had the
    role between Ivan Cury and Clive Rice, but his ultimate lifetime career will
    twist your knickers.

    JIm Cox points out that a recent McFarland publication claiming in its title
    that "The Great Gildersleeve" was radio's first spin-off is simply not true.
    At least two network spin-offs preceded "Gildy's" show and Jim tells us
    which.

    All this, plus the OTR puzzle page, a preview of Mid-Atantic Nostalgia
    Convention, Letters to the Editor, and a few comments on the recent "Lone
    Ranger" movie.

    To subscribe to RADIO RECALL,  or to view articles from past issues, point
    your mouse at <[removed]>

    Jack French
    Editor

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