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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2014 : Issue 23
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Whitney the Neighborly Whale          [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 2-8 March  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  FWD: Radio Show Question??            [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:59:47 -0500
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Whitney the Neighborly Whale

Here's a link to a recent post on a language blog by a retired college
professor who apparently acted in a story called "Whitney the Neighborly
Whale" for a 1950 episode of the Minnesota School of the Air and was
surprised to find it online sixty-four years later:

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:00:07 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 2-8 March

 From Those Were The Days

3/2

1945   Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.

1952   Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.

3/4

1877    Emile Berliner came up with something called the microphone.

1925   Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.

1930 - "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.

1942   Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week ($166,759 in 2012
dollars) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.

1951   Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
Hour on the NBC.

1952   President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.

3/6

1948   Ralph Edwards created a quiz on Truth or Consequences called The
Walking Man. After ten weeks of guesses by contestants playing the game,
it was finally revealed that Jack Benny was The Walking Man.

3/7

1933   CBS debuted Marie the Little French Princess which had a run of
two years.

1944   Norman Corwin hosted a program titled, Columbia Presents Corwin
on the CBS network this day.

3/8

1925   Bernard McFadden was a physical culturist who had a radio show in
New York City. But not for long. McFadden failed to show up for his
daily morning program, causing a young, studio engineer, John Gambling,
to ad lib on the air for a solid hour. As a result, the station (WOR)
decided to give Gambling the morning announcer's job. John Gambling
stayed at WOR for many years, then turned the mike over to his son, who,
finally, turned the program over to his son ... all named John. Rambling
with Gambling program attracted tri state (New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut) audiences in record numbers for over 70 years on the 50,000
watt talk radio powerhouse at 710 AM on your radio dial from New York
each morning.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:15:55 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FWD: Radio Show Question??

Received this in the ol' inbox; might want to copy any response to the
Digest, so we can all discuss.

         Charlie

--- begin forwarded text

From: kleenex57@[removed]

Hello!

 I had a couple of inquiry questions, I was sent here by Radio Spirits-they
had a lot of wonderful things to say about you and thought you might be able
to help me with my questions! I'm a huge fan of OTR and audio drama in
general-I've had this obsession with two shows I've been desperately trying to
find information for for years. They are from CBC, called "Nightfall" and
"Vanishing Point". They have several connects production and style wise-to say
I'm a huge fan (and maybe a little obsessed) would be more than an
understatement-I love these shows and I'm basically trying to find as much
information on them as possible! Maybe episodes of both shows appear to have
been erased from existence, I'm trying to track down as many of them as I can,
along with finding out as much as I can about them. I really appreciate your
time and I would love to hear back from someone! Thanks!

      -Orrin Taylor

--- end forwarded text

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