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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 204
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 24-30 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      8-23 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      OTR Recreation in Chicago Area        [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Destination Freedom Reels             [ John edwards <jcebigjohn41@hotmail. ]
      Lone Ranger important question        [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Re: TV Interview                      [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      OTR in the 1930s                      [ "Alan B. Howard" <abh9h@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:12 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 24-30 August

     From Those Were The Days --

    8/25

    1939 - Arch Oboler's Plays presented the NBC Symphony, for the first
    time, as the musical backdrop for the drama, This Lonely Heart.

    8/28

    1922 - The first commercial to be broadcast on radio was heard on WEAF
    in New York City. Announcer [removed] Blackwell spoke about Hawthorne Court,
    a group of apartment buildings in Queens, New York. The Queensboro
    Realty Company, of Jackson Heights, bought what was called Toll
    Broadcasting. WEAF, owned by AT&T, sold their block programming, five
    one-minute programs, one a day for five days, for $50 plus long-distance
    toll fees. The Queensboro Realty Company paid $100 for 10 minutes of
    commercial airtime.

     From The [removed] --

    1938 -- The first degree given to a ventriloquist's dummy is awarded to
    Charlie McCarthy--Edgar Bergen's wooden partner. The honorary degree,
    "Master of Innuendo and Snappy Comeback," is presented on radio by Ralph
    Dennis, the dean of the School of Speech at Northwestern University.

    8/30

    1951 - Screen Directors' Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC.
      The program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:17 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-23 births/deaths

    August 23rd births

    08-23-1869 - Edgar Lee Masters - Garnett, KS - d. 3-5-1950
    author: "Cavalcade of America"; "CBS Radio Workshop"
    08-23-1883 - Art Van Harvey - Chicago, IL - d. 7-7-1957
    actor: Vic Gook "Vic and Sade"; Jeffery Barker "Welcome Valley"
    08-23-1897 - Ray Perkins - Boston, MA - d. 1-31-1969
    emcee, singer: "National Amateur Night"; "Show of the Week"; "Nickel
    Man"
    08-23-1902 - Carl Hohengarten - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-xx-1968
    orchestra leader: "Double Everything"; "Knickerbocker Playhouse"
    08-23-1902 - Charles Paul - NYC - d. 9-18-1990
    organist: "Kate Smith"; "As the Twig is Bent"
    08-23-1905 - Rags Ragland - Louisville, KY - d. 8-20-1946
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    08-23-1906 - Harriet Parsons - Burlington, IA - d. 1-2-1983
    commentator: (Daughter of Louella Parsons) "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-23-1908 - Natalie Bodanya - NYC - d. 3-4-2007
    opera soprano: "The Metropolitan Opera"
    08-23-1910 - John Nesbitt - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - d.
    8-10-1960
    commentator: ""John Nesbitt and the News"; Passing Parade"
    08-23-1912 - Gene Kelly - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-2-1996
    actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Star for a Night"; "Suspense"
    08-23-1915 - Ralph Amati - d. 6-xx-1980
    sound effects: "One Man's Family"; "I Love A Mystery"
    08-23-1919 - Olin Tice - Savannah, GA - d. 1-8-1998
    announcer: "The Mindy Carson Show"; "The Peggy Lee Show"
    08-23-1922 - George Kell - Swifton, AR
    baseball announcer: Detroit Tigers
    08-23-1924 - Frank Pacelli - d. 3-7-1997
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Sportsman Club"; "War Town"
    08-23-1925 - Larry Nunn - Marshfield, OR - d. 10-20-1974
    actor: Don Bradley "Glorious One"; Peter Bretn "Brenthouse"
    08-23-1926 - Eugene Troopnick - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-2003
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-23-1928 - Marian Seldes NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    08-23-1947 - Willy Russell - Whiston, England
    writer: "I Read the News Today"

    August 23rd deaths

    01-10-1883 - Francis X. Bushman - Norfolk, VA - d. 8-23-1966
    actor: John Fairchild "Step Mother"; Peter Standish "Betty and Bob"
    02-09-1884 - Wilmer Walter - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-23-1941
    actor: David Harum "David Harum"; Andy Agnes "The Gumps"
    03-27-1902 - Sidney Buchman - Duluth, MN - d. 8-23-1975
    movie writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-28-1897 - Frank Hawks - Marshalltown, IA - d. 8-23-1938
    flying ace: "Roads of the Sky"; "Time Flies"
    05-16-1882 - Mary Gordon - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 8-23-1963
    actor: Mrs. Emmett "Those We Love"; Mrs. Hudson "Sherlock Holmes"
    05-20-1899 - Virginia Sale - Urbana, IL - d. 8-23-1992
    actor: Martha "Those We Love"
    05-28-1928 - Maynard Ferguson - Montreal, Canada - d. 8-23-2006
    trumpeter: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    06-07-1903 - Glen Gray - Metamora, IL - d. 8-23-1963
    bandleader: "Camel Caravan"
    06-15-1910 - David Rose - London, England - d. 8-23-1990
    conductor: "Red Skelton Show"; "David Rose Show"; "Bold Venture"
    07-02-1927 - Brock Peters - NYC - d. 8-23-2005
    actor: Darth Vader "Star Wars"; "Earplay"
    07-06-1918 - Sebastian Cabot - London, England - d. 8-23-1977
    actor: Toussiant Charbonneau "Horizons West"; "Studio One"; "Lives of
    Harry Lime"
    07-12-1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II - NYC - d. 8-23-1960
    lyricist: "Pet Milk Show"
    07-26-1883 - Walter Blaufuss - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-23-1945
    composer, conductor, pianist: "Breakfast Club"; "Viennese Ensemble"
    08-22-1907 - Sherling Oliver - Kipling, AL - d. 8-23-1971
    actor: Dudley Trowbridge "Valiant Lady"
    10-13-1919 - Marion Hargrove - Mount Olive, NC - d. 8-23-2003
    author: "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "Information, Please"; "March of Time"
    10-18-1915 - Reuben Ship - Montreal, CA - d. 8-23-1975
    writer: "Life of Riley"; "The Man Who Liked Christmas"
    10-23-1911 - Martha Rountree - Gainesville, FL - d. 8-23-1999
    co-founder, moderator: "Meet the Press"
    xx-xx-1897 - Nan Rae - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-23-1946
    singer: (The Clark Sisters) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Kate Smith"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:21 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Recreation in Chicago Area

    This article from the Elgin Courier news reports on a local radio fan, Jeff
    Small, who is putting on a radio comedy review in Elgin this weekend.

    Details follow:

    [removed],3_5_EL22_CO
    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:27 -0400
    From: John edwards <jcebigjohn41@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Destination Freedom Reels
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    Hi, If there is anyone on the list that still has reel to reel capability, I
    have 6 reels of a series called DESTINATION FREEDOM that I no longer need. The
    reels are recorded 2 track and is on good quality [removed] it could be reused.
    If you will re-imburse the postage the reels are yours.  It is an interesting
    series that was done in Chicago that started out with Civil Rights Stories &
    then later switched to stories with a patriotic theme. Dates of the shows are:
    4/17/49, 9/11/49, 9/25/49, 11/6/49, 1/22/50, 2/19/50, 4/9/50, 4/16/50,
    4/23/50, 6/27/48, 7/30/50, 12/18/48, 5/22/49, 4/2/50, 6/4/50, 5/14/50, 5/7/50,
    6/11/50, 8/29/48, 9/12/48, 11/14/48, 9/19/48, 11/21/48, 11/28/48, 12/26/48,
    9/18/49, 10/16/49, 10/2/49.  Thanks very much, I hope someone can use the
    reels. John
    Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with
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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:38 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger important question

    I have read many questions & answers regarding the Ranger.  I haven't
    read about his "disguise". The narrator tells that LR goes to town to
    investigate a crime or other reason, he is in a disguise.

     Dose he change cloths, have a fake mustache, Change his guns & bullets.
    I would assume that taking off his mask would be enough of a disguise,
    because know body, except Tonto and his nephew, knows what he looks like
    with out the mask Isn't that enough of a disguise?

    Frank McGurn.

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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:31:59 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: TV Interview

    Two members of the MWOTRC (Metro Washington Old Time Radio Club) have
    a television show on a local Virginia Cable station.

    Last month they had me on their show for an interview. The program is
    also broadcast on the Internet. You can find the link listed below. A
    few months earlier they also interviewed another of our members. The
    current president of the club, Edgar Farr Russell, III. His interview
    is also on their site.

    [removed]

    or link to it on

    <[removed];[removed]

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
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    Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:32:15 -0400
    From: "Alan B. Howard" <abh9h@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in the 1930s

    I'd like to call attention to a project on the 1930s that includes a
    timeline with representative selections of film and radio of the decade.

    The main site is at

                 [removed]~1930[removed]

    The direct link to the timeline is:

                 [removed]~1930s2/[removed]

    I'll welcome comments and suggestions.

                                               Alan B. Howard
                                               Director (retired)
                                               American Studies Programs
                                               The University of Virginia

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