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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 61
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Code Badge                            [ <hk@[removed]; ]
  Bob Elliott on the Nostalgia Digest   [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
  June issue of RADIO RECALL            [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  This week in radio history 2-8 June   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  The 2013 Cincinnati Nostalgia Expo    [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]
  Cincinnati [removed]              [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:55:39 -0400
From: <hk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Code Badge
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   A friend showed me an old badge that I can't identify, but someone out
   there in old-time radioland will surely recognize it.

   It's  a shield shaped brass pin-back with a "secret" compartment on
   the back.  At the top in large numerals is 1936.  Around a circular
   area are the letters of the alphabet in random order, with the
   numerals 1 through 26 under the letters.  Inside that are crossed keys
   and the letters O above and R and A on either side.  The smaller
   letters below are S and S (Secret Squadron?) and 3 stars at the
   bottom.  There is a hole in the center that could have allowed for a
   movable dial not present on this badge.

   Stay tuned,   HKH

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:56:11 -0400
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bob Elliott on the Nostalgia Digest Podcast

Well, we got work, so we're [removed]

Fans of radio comedy might like to know that the Nostalgia Digest Podcast for
June features our recent conversation with the great Bob Elliott, who talks
about his 40-year partnership with Ray Goulding, their brief affiliation with
"Beyond the Fringe," Bob's recent 90th birthday celebration, and David
Pollock's
terrific new book, "Bob and Ray: Keener Than Most Persons." It's a pleasure to
talk with Bob and an even greater pleasure to listen to [removed] can download
this new Podcast (along with more than a dozen others) right now when you
visit
[removed]. We'll also feature a brief
excerpt
from this conversation on this Saturday's "Those Were the Days" program (1 to
5
pm CST at [removed]).

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:56:33 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  June issue of RADIO RECALL

The June 2013 issue of RADIO RECALL goes out tonight in full color via PDF to
those subscribers who chose that venue. The remainder, who prefer a B & W
hardcopy, will get theirs via USPO sometime after June 15th.

We lead off this issue with a detailed article by OTR historian and
researcher, Stewart Wright, who corrects all the myths and errors that have
crept into the history of "Jeff Regan, Investigator." Stewart's findings are
based upon countless hours examining extensive primary source material,
including that of the E. Jack Neuman Collection.

John C. Abbott, who wrote the "Johnny Dollar" trilogy, raises some
interesting questions about one disputed program in the series, which may
have been an audition, or a revised broadcast, or maybe [removed] both
(but with wrong date.)

Three book reviews are included in this issue. 1) "Radio Journalism in
America," Jim Cox's newest book from McFarland, is reviewed by Digester Jim
Widner, who concludes it's "a breathtaking ride on the history of our
technology and how it shaped the news." 2) "Public Cowboy, No. 1, The Life
and Times of Gene Autry" by western expert Holly George-Waren is reviewed by
Jack French. This thorough biography sets forth Autry's life, career, and his
triple obsessions: money, booze, and women.  3) "Tuning In the Great
Gildersleeve" written by Clair Schulz and reviewed by Maury Cagle. This
book's 180 page episode guide covers more than 500 programs in the series.

Remember back when used copies of Dunning's "Tune In Yesterday" were fetching
prices north of $ 60?  Well, somebody does and his observations detail the
history of that book as well as the later "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of
Old-Time Radio."  All this, plus news on an upcoming movie of Edgar and
Charlie, "Box 13's" attempt to make it on the video screen, and a revisit to
that old conflict of who really created the first radio transmission?

Also, the standard features are present: Upcoming OTR Events, a full Letters
to the Editor Page, and a squib about a few of CBS's "Biggest Stars" of 1938
that nobody remembers today, including organist Fred Feibel.

For subscription details, or to view past articles from one of the best OTR
journals in the country, point your mouse at: <[removed]>

Jack French
Editor

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:56:39 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 2-8 June

>From These Were The Days --

6/2

1946 - The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
Frank Morgan starred as the absent-minded Dr. Tweedy.

1937 - CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
continued on the air until 1946.

6/3

1946 - Mutual Radio debuted "The Casebook of Gregory Hood". The show was
the summer replacement series for "Sherlock Holmes". The mystery series
became a regular weekly program in the fall of 1946.

6/4

1944 - "Leonidas Witherall" was first broadcast on the Mutual
Broadcasting System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like
William Shakespeare.

6/6

1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
radio network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
sacrifice." Stella continued to do this and so much more until 1955.

6/7

1945 - The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
time.

1955 - NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
program had aired for 21 years.

6/8

1942 - The comic soap opera Clara, Lu 'n Em was revived on CBS (the
original show began in 1931 on NBC). Clara, Lu and Em were together
again for just a short while before vanishing into radio oblivion.

1947 - Lassie debuted on ABC. It was a 15-minute show about an
extraordinary collie. Animal imitator, Earl Keen provided the whines and
other dog noises. The announcer was Charles Lyon; Marvin Miller and
Betty Arnold played Lassie's owners. The sponsor was Red Heart dog food.

Joe

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:12:01 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Charlie St George's "Make Believe
Ballroom Time" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in
high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
[removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Many new additions to our Transcription Disc scans at:
[removed]
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

THE LINEUP
Episode 39 5-29-51 "The Hiccuping Hamster Homeostatic Case"
Stars: Bill Johnstone as Lt. Ben Guthrie, Wally Maher as Matt Grebb
CBS Sustained

THE ALAN YOUNG SHOW
Episode 5 3-8-46 Guest: Edward G. Robinson
Stars: Alan Young, Jim Backus, Jean Gillespie
Announcer: Michael Roy
Music: Four Chicks and Chuck, George Wyle and His Orchestra
ABC IPANA, Sal Hepatica, Mums Fridays 9:00 - 9:30pm

THE LINEUP
Audition Show 5-27-50 "The Anita Cameron Case"
Audition Show was titled: "Police Lineup."
Stars: William Johnstone as Lt. Ben Guthrie. Joseph Kearns as Sgt. Matt
Grebb.
Features: Jack Edwards, Chester Harrison, Byron Kane, Vivian Balor,
Lilian Buyeff, Herb Butterfield, Anthony Barrett.
CBS Sustained

THE JACK KIRKWOOD SHOW
8-11-53 "Cactus Pete Rides Again"
Stars: Jack Carson, Lillian Leigh, George Wright, Lee Albert
Announcer: Steve Dunne
Mutual Colgate
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

THE ADV. OF RIN TIN TIN
(MBS) 11/13/55 "The Ambassador" Lee Aaker is "Rusty"

THE FAT MAN
(ABC) 10/13/47 "A Window For Murder" stars: J. Scott Smart

MARY NOBLE/BACKSTAGE WIFE
(NBC) 8/8/47 Mary & Larry are temporarily separated - upsetting Larry, Jr.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

RED RYDER 02/07/42 Trouble on the Shogono Trail Episode (03)

"RADIO READER'S DIGEST" from 08/30/55 episode (28) George Gershwin.

DR CHRISTIAN from 12/12/37 Episode (06) Mother-in-law Story. The program
stars Jean Hersholt and Rosemary DeCamp.)

"THE FALCON" from 04/13/52. Handy Helpmate.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

Episode 78

"STAR TIME" FEATURING DJ FRANK BRESEE

This week we highlight a show produced by the legendary Frank Bresee
back in 1953. Frank is still a radio hero for me and, of course, has
been for countless other OTR fans for well over 50 years. Perhaps he is
most famous for his "Golden Days of Radio" on the AFRS Network for over
a quarter of a century and will soon be returning to The Olde Tyme Radio
Network with that great series.

Frank's show for this episode is called "Star Time" and was an audition
show on radio KPOL in Los Angeles. For the format of "Star Time" Frank
planned frequently to have a popular guest artist to introduce a current
hit recording and would also arrange with popular performers to record
introductions to their own hits. Recorded appearances of artists on this
trial show in February of 1953 included Vaughn Monroe, Frankie Laine,
and Billy May. Vaughn introduced his "Tenderly" recording; Billy May
brought "My Silent Love;" and Frankie Laine had "Wonderful, Wasn't It?"
Upon first hearing this delightful show I found Frankie's song
pleasantly new and fresh after I thought I'd heard all of his many
recordings through several decades. (See my "Frankie Laine Tribute" on
Episode 72.)

Now as you listen, you'll hear The Modernaires perform a new "Juke Box
Saturday Night" with their renditions of songs by Don Cornell, The Four
Aces, Les Paul & Mary Ford, and Johnnie Ray. The show's crescendo is
Joni James' number 1 hit at the time of my high-school graduation in
1953: "Why Don't You Believe Me?"

Of all the great songs on this "Star Time" my favorite is probably "Glow
Worm" by the Mills Brothers. Not only is the song and performance great,
with outstanding new and clever lyrics written by Johnny Mercer, but
this tune is dear to my heart for a special reason. It was also one of
my song choices on my brief "DJ of the Day," "audition" which I produced
for Eddie Hubbard and which he played on ABC radio. After my retirement
from The University of Texas at Arlington that was my first "fantasy"
venture into producing shows for conventional and internet radio which
soon led me to Bill Bragg's YesterdayUSA and most recently to Jerry
Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network.

Frank's in-person guest on this show is Eddie Fisher, who was about to
leave for Germany for his army commitment. Eddie talks about
entertaining the troops and about his new recording "Lady of Spain" with
Hugo Winterhalter's fine orchestra.

Frank signs off with "Keep well till I see you tomorrow on KPOL." Frank,
however did not "see" his radio audience "tomorrow" because KPOL in a
major blunder failed to pick up the show. Radio KPOL audiences in 1953
were -- and current listeners on The Olde Tyme Radio Network are -- the
losers of more wonderful additional shows that could have been produced
and aired as part of the continuing Golden Days of Radio, celebrated in
Frank's book "Radio's Golden Years" (with artist Bobb Lynes).

Thank you, Frank, for blessing us with so much radio joy, and thank you,
Lord, for blessing us with Frank Bresee, "Mr. Old Time Radio."

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Special thanks to Jerry Haendiges for the meticulous restoration of
"Star Time." This show is available for purchase from Jerry Haendiges
Productions. .
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Make Believe Ballroom Time

Episode 6

Today, BBSS is featuring Chuck Foster and his "Music in the Foster
Fashion" They are broadcasting from the Hotel New Yorker in NY City. The
New Yorker Hotel is located in Manhattan's Garment Center, central to
Pennsylvania Station, Madison Square Garden, Times Square and the Empire
State Building. An early ad for the building boasted that the hotel's
"bell boys were 'as snappy-looking as West Pointers'" and "that it had a
radio in every room with a choice of four stations" It was a New Yorker
bellboy who served as tobacco company Phillip Morris' pitchman for
twenty years, making famous their "Call for Phillip Morris" advertising
campaign.

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the hotel was among New York's most
fashionable and hosted many popular Big Bands, such as Benny Goodman and
Tommy Dorsey, while notable figures such as Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford
and Fidel Castro stayed there. The New York Observer noted that in the
building's heyday, "actors, celebrities, athletes, politicians,
mobsters, the shady and the luminous-the entire Brooklyn Dodgers roster
during the glory seasons-would stalk the bars and ballrooms, or romp
upstairs".

Some say the Foster band copied the style of Guy Lombardo's successful
and popular Royal [removed] Reed player Chuck Foster began his career
as a bandleader in 1938, bringing the sweet (and sometimes syrupy)
sounds of his band to such sizeable venues as San Francisco's Mark
Hopkins Hotel and the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel's famous Biltmore Bowl.

With radio remotes routinely being broadcast from both locations, the
band hit its stride early and quickly achieved popularity with the help
of talented pianist Hal Pruden and a raft of popular vocalists.

The Foster band is appearing on BBSS in a remote broadcast from the
Hotel New Yorker in NY City. It's mid-August 1945 just prior to Chuck
Foster being drafted into the WWII military.
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

Jerry Haendiges

Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:12:07 -0400
From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The 2013 Cincinnati Nostalgia Expo

Well, the 2013 Cincinnati Nostalgia Convention is in the can now, and it's
looking great for 2014.  We squeaked through financially, and the next step
is to set the date for next year.  Stay tuned!

What a fantastic time it was.  Everyone was in a great mood, the guest stars
(Bob Hastings and Ivan Cury) were absolutely wonderful (and friendly and
approachable beyond belief), the recreations were stellar, and I just didn't
want it to end.

Charlie Summers and his daughter Katie did extended interviews with both
stars, and they did a fantastic job.  Bob and Ivan both told so many
wonderful stories about their early lives in radio. I hope Charlie can post
these so everyone can hear them.

Every year we auction off scripts of each show, signed by everyone who was in
the show.  This year we also auctioned off the actual scripts the stars used
in the shows, complete with their handwritten notes and emphasis markings.
For an OTR fan, these scripts are priceless.

We had twice as many teams play in the Nostalgia Quiz Bowl this year, and
competition was tight!  Martin Grams and Terry Salomonson were the judges,
and I thank them again for catching my questions that were a bit vague before
I sprang them on the teams.

People are posting the photos they took at the convention on Facebook, but
non-Facebook members (and there are a substantial number of them) can't
access them.  So I invite you to post your pictures on the Cincy OTR board
([removed]). People are also writing about
their personal experiences at the show.  My daughter Karen has posted an
extended play-by-play of the convention, and you can access it through a link
on the CincyOTR board, or directly at [removed] .

You can also get to the Cincy OTR board by going to CincyOTR - dot - info .
That's easier to remember than the actual link, but this board doesn't allow
direct links to URLs that automatically forward to other URLs, so I had to
type out the word "dot".

So if you were at Cincy, or wanted to be, drop over to the CincyOTR board.
You can sign up to get all the messages sent to you as emails (no cost, no
ads!) - just click the "Get Email" button when you get to the board.

A huge thanks to Mike Wheeler, who took on the financial obligations of the
convention when Bob Burchett retired.  Were it not for Mike, there would be
no convention.

And Charlie and Katie, I hope your interviews become a regular part of the
convention.  Thanks again!

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:12:12 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Cincinnati [removed]

Folks;

   We've returned from Cincinnati safe and sound yet with more than we took
with us, thanks to winning a few door prizes. (Man, those doors are large!)
As usual, when I get back from these conventions, it'll take me a day or
three to get back into the ol' routines - hope to be caught up with email
today, other stuff by the middle of the week.

   I wanted to publicly thank Mike Wheeler for inviting Kate and me to do our
radio show live from the convention. We had a great time (after we settled
our nerves, anyway) and some great conversations, which will appear on our
Radio Once More program in the coming weeks. Ivan and Bob couldn't have been
nicer or more patient, and we heard some really awesome stories!

   I posted some pics in real-time at [removed] - I'll
repost those and add some more to the blog at [removed] -
hopefully sometime today, and if the lawd's willin' and the creek don't rise,
I'll even get a short video clip from the interviews posted there as well. I
might even tell the story of how those of you who tried out Copy (I thank you
yet again for trying it out!) saved my phone, and by extention allowed me to
post those pics to my Twitter stream in real-time, while I was in Cincy!

         Charlie

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