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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2019 : Issue 21
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      What's Force?                         [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@veriz ]
      Radio's Superman and FORCE            [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 14-20 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Cassettes in Need of a Home           [ Tom Barnett <[removed]@earthlink. ]
      This week in radio history 21-27 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 21-27 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Lou Costello Runs for Mayor           [ karl tiedemann <karltiedemann@hotma ]

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:33:11 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  What's Force?
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    Doug Douglas notes the early sponsorship of radio's Superman by a product
    called "Force" and asks what it was.

    Force was a bran-flake cereal manufactured and distributed by the Hecker H-O
    Company of Buffalo, NY. Its symbol (mascot) was Sunny Jim, a balding, gangly
    Yankee grandfather type. The first "Bobby Benson" radio program, which
    originated on CBS in October 1932,  was created for this company who sponsored
    the series. Although the program was officially called "The H-Bar-O
    Rangers" everyone else referred to it as the Bobby Benson show. Billy Halop
    played the lead for a few years.

    This series went off the air in December 1936 and years later, Force was
    promoted on Superman when the Hecker company became one of its first sponsors.

    Jack French
    (Retired Editor of RADIO RECALL)

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:33:34 -0400
    From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio's Superman and FORCE

    Doug wrote:

    Saw print ad - "Superman Is On the Radio. Sponsored by the makers of FORCE."
    Does anyone know of this product?

    That would be Force Wheat Flakes, the cold cereal produced by the makers of
    Hecker's Oat Cereal, which was, of course, a hot breakfast food.  Hecker's
    sponsored the transcribed, syndicated SUPERMAN series on the East Coast in
    1940-42.  The company switched their pitches to Force during the warm months.

    Michael J. Hayde
    Author, FLIGHTS OF FANTASY

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:33:41 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 14-20 April

     From Those Were The Days

    4/17

    1933   Backed by the On the Trail portion of the magnificent Grand
    Canyon Suite, Johnny Roventini, pillbox hat and all, uttered the words
    "Call for Philip Morris" for the first time on radio. The famous phrase
    was said in perfect B flat pitch and tone to perfectly match the
    accompanying music. This "Call for Philip Morris" phrase became one of
    the most famous in all of advertising.

    1935   People gathered around to listen for the first time to what would
    become the ultimate horror show on NBC, Lights Out.

    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]

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:33:49 -0400
    From: Tom Barnett <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cassettes in Need of a Home

    All,
    I have a number of cassette collections (I know antiquated format) that I
    accumulated from Radio Spirits about 20+ years ago. They are in need of a
    good home with an OTR fan who will appreciate them.

    Email me if interested at [removed]@[removed] and I will give you a
    list of what I have.

    Thanks!  Tom

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:33:57 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 21-27 April

     From Those Were The Days

    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 ($1,159 in 2018 dollars).  No,
    there were no lovely parting gifts or consolation prizes.  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.

    4/25

    1938   Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.

    4/27

    1921   Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when
    WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.

    1931   NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.

    1932   The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater
    for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a
    live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to
    radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.

    1937   The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:34:24 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 21-27 April

     From Those Were The Days --

    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 ($1,159 in 2018 dollars).  No,
    there were no lovely parting gifts or consolation prizes.  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.

    4/25

    1938 - Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.

    4/27

    1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when
    WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.

    1931 - NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.

    1932 - The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater
    for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a
    live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to
    radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.

    1937 - The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:34:48 -0400
    From: karl tiedemann <karltiedemann@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lou Costello Runs for Mayor

    That's the premise of the 5-16-46 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW.  Would anyone out
    there know where to find the subsequent week's broadcast, in which the story
    line presumably continues?  Or the script for that one?  A friend of mine in
    Los Angeles is preparing some election-themed radio re-creations and would
    like to find this episode.

    Thanks.

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