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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2017 : Issue 7
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      February Issue: RADIO RECALL          [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      WEAF, WABC                            [ Jody Davis <baroygis@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 5-11 Febr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:44:20 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  February Issue:  RADIO RECALL

    The February issue of RADIO RECALL in full color went out February 1st via
    PDF to subscribers who chose this method. Hard-copies of same publication in
    B&W will be mailed on or about Feb 12th to the rest of subscribers.

    This entertaining and informative issue leads off with Part I of a two-part
    series on the history of the JOE PALOOKA radio productions. Written by
    industrious OTR historian, Karl Schadow, this article covers the various
    attempts at getting this boxing champ on the air, usually through
    syndication. Article also contains reprints of 1930's advertisements that
    Karl's research uncovered.

    Jumping to the 1940's an article by the editor details the background of the
    most realistic paper model airplanes, distributed by Wheaties, the sponsor of
    JACK ARMSTRONG. A total of 14 planes were available, two per set in exchange
    for a nickel and a Wheaties box top. Fully formed when done, these planes
    flew (well, glided) very well for good distances.

    A follow-up to SAG-AFTRA magazine's assertion that MA PERKINS was radio's
    very first soap opera is contained in these pages. Their legal department
    fashioned an apology for the [removed] admits nothing. Another article
    points out that the MWOTRC re-creations of April 16, 2016 at the Packard
    Campus Theater of the Library of Congress (LOC) were so well received that
    they had the highest attendance of any event hosted that year by LOC.

    DEATH VALLEY DAYS, under its original title and subsequent ones, was on
    network radio from 1930 to 1951 and starting in 1952 it went to television
    where it totaled 568 episodes. An update of present Death Valley (a gigantic
    National Park for past 22 years) is delineated in this issue. And if you
    thought all radio listeners were grateful for news reports on the Dec 7, 1941
    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, think again. Many listeners called their
    station to complain about this interruption to their favorite program. An
    article by Bert Rude sets forth these strange complaints, gleaned from 1941
    contemporary sources.

    In our SHORTAKES column, we learn that 1)  in 1950 more [removed] farms had a
    radio than had a car, a telephone, or even electricity 2) that radio provided
    actors with steady employment for the first time in history and 3) Edwin
    Armstrong never suspected that David Sarnoff would lead a secret cartel to
    cripple FM radio and the infant TV industry.

    All this, plus Letters to the Editor, updates on upcoming OTR conventions,
    and praise for the new editor (Martin Grams, Jr) who takes over the reins
    with the June 2017 issue.

    To peruse articles from past issues or to learn about membership in MWOTRC,
    point your mouse at <[removed]>

    Jack French
    Editor for now, but not for long

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    Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 12:26:23 -0500
    From: Jody Davis <baroygis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WEAF, WABC
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    In response to the question from the esteemed Counselor Ross, I consulted the
    terrific reference, The Airwaves Of New York for the answer. Nowhere is there
    a hint of any connection between the two changes on the same day. WEAF became
    WNBC at 6 pm and WABC turned into WCBS at 10 [removed] on 11/2/46. You'd think
    it was more than just a coincidence. Who knows? Perhaps Paley and Sarnoff were
    sharing a pastrami sandwich at lunch and said, "What the [removed]'s both do
    it today!" ;-)

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    Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 11:28:41 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 5-11 February

    2/5

    1931   Eddie Cantor's long radio career got underway as he appeared on
    Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann Hour.

    1940   Amanda of Honeymoon Hill debuted. Joy Hathaway starred as 'the
    beauty of flaming red hair'. The program stayed for six years on NBC.

    2/6

    1950   NBC first broadcast Dangerous Assignment. The show starred Brian
    Donlevy in the role of soldier of fortune, Steve Mitchell.

    2/8

    1924   John Joseph Carty of the Bell Telephone System spoke in Chicago,
    IL. His speech was carried across the nation on the first coast to coast
    radio hookup. An estimated 50 million people heard the speech.

    2/11

    1940   NBC presented The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street for
    the first time. The famous Blue network series included several
    distinguished alumni    among them, Dinah Shore and Zero Mostel. The
    chairman, or host, of The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
    was Milton Cross. He would say things like, "A Bostonian looks like he's
    smelling something. A New Yorker looks like he's found it." The show
    combined satire, blues and jazz and was built around what were called
    the three Bs of music: Barrelhouse, Boogie Woogie and Blues.

    Joe

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