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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2017 : Issue 14
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 12-18 Mar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:32:47 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 12-18 March
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.
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.
Joe
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