Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #206
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Date: 7/30/2006 10:19 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 206
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Jack Webb                             [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Gale Storm                            [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      This week in radio history 30 July t  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Farm news/Ask the Dust                [ Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      GRETA GARBO                           [ "belanger" <belanger@[removed]; ]
      Shadow/Phil&Alice                     [ John Ruklick <ruklick55@[removed]; ]
      John Dunning pays tribute             [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      RE: live OTR guest on line up on Yes  [ "Carl J. Chimi" <cchimi@[removed]; ]
      Big Broadcast - Cincinnati area       [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      7-30 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:08:20 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Webb

>     Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:07:38 -0400
>     From: PURKASZ@[removed]

>     According to everything I have read, Mr Webb had both a good sense
>     of humor. I can also attest to that because there was always  this
>     rumor around Hollywood that Jack wore red socks and nothing but.

    This can't be right.  He wouldn't have been able to appear on
    television if he wore nothing but socks.  He always was fully clothed
    whenever I saw him on TV.  ;->

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    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:08:31 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gale Storm

    Gale Storm appeared with Charles Boyer on the the "Screen Directors'
    Playhouse" in a radio version of "Appointment for Love" that was directed by
    William Steiter. Broadcast date 8/26/49. The program was sponsored by Pabst
    Blue Ribbon Beer. Hope this helps  Walden Hughes.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:43:43 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 30 July to 5 August

     From Those Were The Days --

    7/30

    1937 - The American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) was organized. It
    was part of the American Federation of Labor. The union was for all
    radio performers except musicians. The union later became The American
    Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to include TV folk,
    as well.

    1942 - Stage Door Canteen was first heard on CBS. The show was broadcast
    from New York City and 500 servicemen were entertained each week by
    celebrities who freely donated their time for the war effort.

    7/31

    1933 -- listeners turned up the radio on this day to hear the announcer
    introduce "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy!" The show was one of
    the longest-running adventure programs on radio, continuing until 1951.

    8/4

    1921 - The first tennis match on radio was broadcast on KDKA in
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a natural since KDKA was the first
    commercial radio station in the United States. Within eight months the
    powers that be figured out that sports on radio would bring in big sales
    revenues. And so, the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and
    Australia was aired on the radio; but much to the wonderment of KDKA's
    listeners. Tennis anyone? On radio? It rates right up there with radio
    wrestling or, maybe, [removed]

    1927 - Station 2XAG, later named WGY, the General Electric station in
    Schenectady, NY, began experimental operations from a 100,000-watt
    transmitter. Later, the FCC regulated the power of AM radio stations to
    not exceed 50,000 watts on 'clear channels' (where few, if any, stations
    would cause interference with each other).

    1940 - Crime Doctor introduced a new kind of radio hero to audiences.
    The CBS program presented Dr. Benjamin Ordway, the show's main
    character, who was a victim of amnesia. He once was a criminal, but got
    hit on the head, and suddenly began to work as a crime fighter. Nice twist.

    8/5

    1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play-by-play broadcast of a
    baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat
    Philadelphia 8-5.

    1935 - Backstage Wife was first aired, on MBS.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:44:18 -0400
    From: Bhob Stewart <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Farm news/Ask the Dust

    Jumping back to the farm news discussion:

    Robert Towne's ASK THE DUST (2006) is now available on DVD. Based on
    John Fante's autobiographical novel, the film is a remarkable
    recreation of Los Angeles in 1933 (yet filmed almost entirely in
    South Africa):
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    The opening of the film has a voiceover frost warning from the 1930s
    Fruit Frost Service, which Towne says aired nightly from Pomona at
    sign off. Presumably, the voice is that of Floyd D. Young, the
    original Fruit Frost Service broadcaster:
    [removed]~ucalhist/general_history/campuses/[removed]

    A brief Walter Winchell opening is heard elsewhere in the film.

    Bhob @ [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:44:30 -0400
    From: "belanger" <belanger@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  GRETA GARBO
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    I THINK I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS GUESTION (I THINK I GO HOME NOW),
    BUT I'LL ASK ANYWAY: DID GRETA GARBO EVER DO ANY RADIO?

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:45:10 -0400
    From: John Ruklick <ruklick55@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Shadow/Phil&Alice

    Hello, I heard that there was one new Shadow and a few new Phil Harris and
    Alice Faye shows put into [removed] anybody know if this is so, and
    know of a vendor that might have these for sale? I am just dying to hear this
    "new" stuff. Thanks a million,
      John

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:24:54 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  John Dunning pays tribute

    A bit of trivia.  I've just finished the  "Sign of the Book', the 4th book
    in the 'Bookman' Cliff Janeway series by John Dunning.  Dunning pays tribute
    to an OTR great by naming one of the characters, a good guy, a kind lawyer
    in a small Colorado town -- Parley.

    Irene

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:06:12 -0400
    From: "Carl J. Chimi" <cchimi@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: live OTR guest on line up on Yesterday USA

>     Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:58:23 -0400
>     From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
>     Friday 7-28-06

>     A.  Frank Bresee features his two part interview with Harold Parry

    I hope I am replying to this thread in the digest correctly.

    I read this with interest as I am a big fan of Harold Peary.  I am going
    through the Gildersleeves in chronological order, and am now up to Peary's
    last season as Gildersleeve.  It will be strange hearing someone else taking
    on that role.

    Anyway, I got this message this morning, apparently a day late to hear the
    Frank Bresee interview with Harold Peary.  Is there some way to hear that
    interview?  Will it be rebroadcast?

    Thanks for any info.  I enjoy being a silent lurker on this list, but this
    one made me de-lurk for a moment.

    Carl

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:39:03 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Big Broadcast - Cincinnati area

    When we last heard, all of the old time radio at WVXU in Cincinnati
    (over 10-15 hours per week) was going away because WVXU had sold their
    licenses to another Cincinnati station who chose not to continue the
    programs.

    Well, I am pleased to say that much of it is back on a new low powered
    station in the area - WMKV [removed] FM. Not much help to those outside the
    area, but the station streams very very good audio of all of the
    programs. So check out the media stream if you have a highspeed
    connection. One of the programs include the four hour Big Broadcast
    program with Mike Martini (who occasionally contributes to this digest)
    and Mark Magistrelli.

    The stream can be heard at: [removed] and
    the web site is:
    [removed]

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:10:03 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-30 births/deaths

    July 30th births

    07-30-1880 - Robert R. McCormick - Chicago, IL - d. 4-1-1955
    newspaper publisher, commentator: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    07-30-1890 - Casey Stengel - Kansas City, MO - d. 9-30-1975
    hall of fame baseball manager: "DiMaggio Farewell"; "Witness!"; "Tops
    in Sports"
    07-30-1912 - Charles Irving - Minneapolis, MN - d. 2-15-1981
    actor: Tex Mason "Bobby Benson's Advs."; Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"
    07-30-1912 - Edward L. Bliss - Fizhou, China - d. 11-25-2002
    cbs news correspondent: (One of Morrow's Boys) CBS News Twentieth
    Century Roundup"
    07-30-1914 - John Meston - Pueblo, CO - d. 3-24-1979
    writer: "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Fort Larmie"
    07-30-1922 - Meredith Davies - Birkenhead, England - d. 3-9-2005
    conductor: "City of Birmingham Choir"
    07-30-1928 - Christine McGuire - Middletown, OH
    singer: (The McGuire Sisters) "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    07-30-1928 - Joe Nuxhall - Hamilton, OH
    baseball annoucer for the Cincinnati Reds

    July 30th deaths

    01-02-1931 - Renee Roy - Buffalo, NY - d. 7-30-2005
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    02-08-1908 - Myron McCormick - Albany, IN - d. 7-30-1962
    actor: Christopher Wells "Advs. of Christopher Wells"
    03-17-1916 - Karl Weber - Columbus Junction, IA - d. 7-30-1990
    actor: Ray Matson "Dr. Six Gun"; Phil Stanley "When a Girl Marries"
    05-10-1914 - Charles McGraw - NYC - d. 7-30-1980
    actor: Ken Thurston "Man Called X", "Dragnet"; "Suspense"
    06-07-1897 - George Szell - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 7-30-1970
    orchestra leader: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "New York Philharmonic"
    07-10-1914 - Joe Shuster - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - d. 7-30-1992
    co-creator (with Jerry Siegel): "Advs. of Superman"
    08-22-1897 - Eddie Dunstedter - Edwardsville, IL - d. 7-30-1974
    organist, conductor: "Gold Medal Fast Freight"; "Lineup"; "It
    Happened in Hollywood"
    09-08-1896 - Howard Dietz - NYC - d. 7-30-1983
    song lyricist: "The Gibson Family"
    09-13-1903 - Claudette Colbert - Paris, France - d. 7-30-1996
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Lux Radio Theatre";
    "Millions for Defense"
    09-29-1915 - Brenda Marshall - Island of Negros, Philippines - d.
    7-30-1992
    actor: Nancy Smith "Smiths of Hollywood"
    11-27-1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith - Buffalo, NY - d. 7-30-1998
    actor: Howdy Doody "Howdy Doody"
    12-06-1887 - Lynn Fontanne - Waterford, England - d. 7-30-1983
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Biography In Sound"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Bob Guilbert

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