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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2018 : Issue 28
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 21-28 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 29 April   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 21:12:55 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 21-28 April

     From Those Were The Days

    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.

    4/28

    1947   Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of great
    stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on the air.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 21:13:02 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 29 April to 5 May

     From Those Were The Days

    4/30

    1945   "How would you like to be queen for a day!" That opening line,
    delivered by host, Jack Bailey, was first heard on Mutual on this day.
    The first Queen for a Day was Mrs. Evelyn Lane.

    1945   Arthur Godfrey began his CBS morning show. His theme was Seems
    Like Old Times. Arthur Godfrey Time ran until this very same day in
    1972. Godfrey's show used live talent and not records. His popularity
    with listeners was the major reason that several sponsors gave Godfrey
    the freedom to ad lib their commercials and, from time to time, joke
    about the products as well.

    5/1

    1931   Singer Kate Smith began her long and illustrious radio career
    with CBS on this, her birthday. The 22 year old Smith started out with
    no sponsors and a paycheck of just $10 a week ($163 in 2017 dollars) for
    the nationally broadcast daily program. However, within 30 days, her
    salary increased to a more respectable $1,500 a week ($24,558 in 2017
    dollars).

    5/5

    1935   The program, Rhythm at Eight, made its debut. The star of the
    show was 24 year old Ethel Merman. Though Merman would become a legend
    years later, she didn't fare so well on radio. Her show was taken off
    the air after 13 weeks and Miss Merman returned to her first love, Broadway.

    Joe

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