Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #56
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Date: 3/28/2010 8:40 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 56
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Antique radio                         [ Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@yahoo. ]
      Free OTR app                          [ Richard Carpenter <newsduck@[removed] ]
      Looking for a scary show. Help pleas  [ "Steven Kelez" <otrsteve@[removed]; ]
      3-25 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      3-26 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      3-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 28 March   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 28-March   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:35:02 -0400
    From: Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Antique radio

    I assume there are some on this list who are not only interested in shows but
    also the radios of the OTR era. In cleaning out the back room of my mother's
    house, I came upon an old Philco 42-PT95 table model radio that I remember
    from my childhood. It's restorable, I'm sure, but I really don't know what
    I'm doing. Still, I'd like to give it a shot.

    Is anyone also a member of the Antiques Radio List? I've tried to join for
    some advice and counsel, but the administrator seems to be on vacation or
    something, because my "application," as it were, is still pending after
    nearly a week.

    I could use any help with that, or any direction toward other resources on
    radio restoration that someone would be kind enough to offer. I suppose it
    should be off-list, as this isn't precisely on topic.

    Thanks,

    Alan
    _________________
    Alan/Linda Bell
    Santa Rosa, CA

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:35:31 -0400
    From: Richard Carpenter <newsduck@[removed];
    To: Old Radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Free OTR app

    Those of you with an iPhone or iPod touch might be interested to know there
    us free OTR app called OTR Streamer. It contains a few hundred shows that can
    be streamed or downloaded, and it is easy to navigate.  If you do a search in
    the App Store for OTR or old time radio, the free streamer app will show up,
    as will several apps that charge.

    Sent from my iPod

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:35:50 -0400
    From: "Steven Kelez" <otrsteve@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Looking for a scary show. Help please

    Subject:  Looking for a scary show. Help please

    I think Jim Yellen is looking for Escape: Blood Bath 6/30/50 starring
    Vincent Price. A recording of this should be easy to find on line.

    Steve Kelez

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:35:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-25 births/deaths

    March 25th births

    03-25-1867 - Arturo Toscanini - Parma, Italy - d. 1-16-1957
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    03-25-1887 - Raymond Gram Swing - Cortland, NY - d. 12-22-1968
    commentator: "Voice of America"
    03-25-1892 - Andy Clyde - Blaingowrie, Scotland - d. 5-18-1967
    actor: California Carlson "Hopalong Cassidy"
    03-25-1897 - John Laurie - Dumfries, Scotland - d. 6-23-1980
    actor: James Fraser "Dad's Army"
    03-25-1899 - Bella Spewack - Bucharest, Romania - d. 4-27-1990
    writer: "The Radio Guild"
    03-25-1901 - Ed Begley - Hartford, CT - d. 4-28-1970
    actor: Walt Levinson "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    03-25-1901 - John Earl Fetzer - Decatur, IN - d. 2-21-1991
    broadcast pioneer: "WKZO Fiftieth Anniversary Broadcast"
    03-25-1903 - Binnie Barnes - London, England - d. 7-27-1998
    panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Breakfast with Binnie and Mike"
    03-25-1903 - Frankie Carle - Providence, RI - d. 3-7-2001
    bandleader, pianist: "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
    03-25-1905 - George Burt Cole - South Portland, ME - d. 12-xx-1980
    composer, arranger for CBS 1941-1956
    03-25-1906 - Jean Sablon - Nogent-sur-Marne, France - d. 2-24-1994
    baritone/composer: (French Troubadour) "Shell Chateau"; Magic Key of
    RCA"
    03-25-1906 - Margaret Daum - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-23-1977
    singer: "American Album of Familiar Music"
    03-25-1908 - David Lean - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 4-16-1991
    screenwriter, film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-25-1908 - Philip Reed - NYC - d. 12-21-1996
    actor: Ross Barrington "Society Girl"; Brian Wells "David Harum"
    03-25-1909 - Frank James Damico - Jersey City, NJ
    aranger: "Texaco Radio"
    03-25-1909 - Jay Blackton - NYC - d. 1-8-1994
    composer, conductor, pianist: "Stu Erwin Show"; "Broadway Showtime"
    03-25-1910 - Jack Carlton - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-17-1991
    staff singer, actor, announcer: WCAU Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    03-25-1913 - Prescott Robinson - Montreal, Canada - d. 5-19-1999
    newscaster: "Eight O'Clock Morning News on Mutual"
    03-25-1914 - Forrest Bartlett - d. 7-3-2006
    newscaster: KGER Long Beach, California
    03-25-1914 - Robert Rounseville - Attleboro, MA - d. 8-6-1974
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
    03-25-1916 - Jean Rogers - Belmont, MA - d. 2-24-1991
    actor: Elaine Dascomb "Those We Love"
    03-25-1917 - Don Gibson - Waynesburg, PA - d. 10-xx-1987
    actor: "New World A' Coming"
    03-25-1919 - Jeanne Cagney - NYC - d. 12-7-1984
    actor: (Sister of James Cagney) "Movietone Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
    03-25-1920 - Howard Cosell - Winston-Salem, NC - d. 3-23-1995
    sportscaster: "Speaking of Sports"
    03-25-1921 - Nancy Kelly - Lowell, MA - d. 1-15-1995
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Free Company"; "Suspense"
    03-25-1924 - Harold Neal - Michigan - d. 2-27-1980
    announcer: "Challenge of the Yukon"; "Green Hornet"; "Lone Ranger"
    03-25-1925 - Len Dressler - d. 10-16-2005
    voice of the Jolly Green Giant
    03-25-1926 - Paul Leder - Springfield, MA - d. 4-8-1996
    singer: "Molly Goldberg Show"
    03-25-1940 - Anita Bryant - Barnsdall, OK
    singer: "Guard Session"; "Let's Go To Town"
    03-25-1948 - Bonnie Bedelia - New York, NY
    actor: "Empire of the Air"
    03-25-1964 - Greg Smith - Bay Springs, MS
    talk show host: "On a Roll"
    03-25-1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker - Nelsonville, OH
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    March 25th deaths

    01-15-1899 - Goodman Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-25-1982
    comedian, writer: "Easy Aces"
    02-25-1906 - Warren Hymer - NYC - d. 3-25-1948
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-12-1921 - Earl Nightingale - d. 3-25-1989
    actor, announcer: Sky King "Sky King"
    05-03-1924 - Ken Bailey - East Cleveland, OH - d. 3-25-2008
    producer: "Morning Midway"; "Breakfast With the Baileys"
    05-06-1899 - Billy Cotton - London, England - d. 3-25-1969
    bandleader: "Wakey Wakey!!"
    05-10-1921 - Nancy Walker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-25-1992
    actor: "Mail Call"
    06-01-1905 - Robert Newton - Shaftesbury, England - d. 3-25-1956
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-02-1921 - Bob Arthur - Kansas - d. 3-25-1997
    newscaster: "Bob Arthur Show"
    06-12-1917 - Wendell Barcroft - d. 3-25-1974
    newscaster: KGGM Albuquerque, New Mexico
    07-01-1920 - Alexander Lepak - d. 3-25-2009
    percussionist: "Hartford Symphony Orchestra"
    08-06-1932 - Jerry Girard - Chicago, IL - d. 3-25-2007
    disk jockey, record librarian, news writer, sportscaster
    08-12-1929 - Buck Owens - Sherman, TX - d. 3-25-2006
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"
    08-16-1915 - Gloria Blondell - NYC - d. 3-25-1986
    actor: Gerry Booker "I Love A Mystery" Gloria Dean "Hollywood Mystery
    Time"
    09-08-1902 - Welcome Lewis - d. 3-25-1999
    singer: "Singo"; "The Singing Bee"
    09-16-1911 - Paul Henning - Independence, MO - d. 3-25-2005
    writer: "Burns and Allen"
    09-27-1887 - Pat "Uncle Ezra" Barrett - Holden, MO - d. 3-25-1959
    actor: "National Barn Dance"; Uncle Ezra "Uncle Ezra"
    11-22-1906 - Trezzvant W. Anderson - Charlotte, NC - d. 3-25-1963
    newscaster: "Pittsburgh Courier News"
    11-29-1910 - Al Schwartz - Passaic, NJ - d. 3-25-1988
    writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Bob Hope Show"
    12-08-1916 - Richard Fleischer - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-25-2006
    film director: "The TM Radio Program"
    12-11-1922 - Robert Arden - London, England - d. 3-25-2004
    actor: "America Looks Abroad"
    12-12-1915 - Bea Fontane - New Milford, NJ - d. 3-25-2002
    singer: (The Fontane Sisters) "Chesterfield Supper Club"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:36:05 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-26 births/deaths

    March 26th births

    03-26-1894 - Will Wright - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-19-1962
    actor: Ed Kremer "Fibber McGee and Molly"; George Honeywell "My Little
    Margie"
    03-26-1900 - Creighton Allen - Macon, MS - d. 7-18-1969
    pianist for NBC in 1935
    03-26-1907 - Clarence Stroud - Kaufman, TX - d. 8-15-1973
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-26-1907 - Claude Stroud - Kaufman, TX - d. 10-16-1985
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Chaarlie McCarthy Show"
    03-26-1907 - Leigh Harline - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-10-1969
    music: "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Ford Festival of American Music"
    03-26-1907 - Phil Rapp - d. 1-23-1996
    creator, writer, director: "The Bickersons"; "Baby Snooks"; "Old Gold
    Time"
    03-26-1908 - Hank Sylvern - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-4-1964
    orchestra leader: "Beyond Tomorrow"
    03-26-1911 - Hank Booream - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-9-2006
    director: "March of Time"; "Burns and Allen"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    03-26-1911 - Tennessee Williams - Columbus, TN - d. 2-25-1983
    author: "Drama Critics Award"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-26-1912 - Al Sloey - d. 12-15-1975
    singer: (Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Hollywood Barn
    Dance"
    03-26-1915 - Flip Phillips - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-17-2001
    jazz saxophonist: "Woody Herman Show"; "Saturday Night Swing Session"
    03-26-1916 - Sterling Hayden - Montclair, NJ - d. 5-23-1986
    actor: "We the People"
    03-26-1916 - Vic Schoen - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-5-2000
    music: "The Andrews Sisters"
    03-26-1918 - William Hardcastle - Newcastle, England - d. 11-10-1975
    newscaster: "The World At One"
    03-26-1920 - Junior Blizzard - d. 2-2-2005
    disk jockey: WMJM Cordele, Georgia
    03-26-1923 - Bob Elliott - Boston, MA
    comedian: "Bob and Ray Show"; "Back Bay Matinee"
    03-26-1923 - Charles Wheeler  Bremen, Germany - d-. 7-4-2008
    news correspondent: "Transatlantic Call"; "A Tribute to Alistair"
    03-26-1924 - Jean M. Brooks - Brighton, England - d. 1-3-2003
    writer: "Gregory of the Outback"; "Opal Witch"
    03-26-1924 - Marcia Van Dyck - Grants Pass, OR
    actor: Marcia Barry "It's the Barrys"
    03-26-1925 - Barry Letts - Leicester, England - d. 10-11-2009
    actor/director: "The Paradise of Death"; "The Ghosts of N-Space"
    03-26-1928 - Carole Carr - London, England - d. 1-8-1997
    singer, actress: "Calling All Forces"
    03-26-1928 - Patsy Lee - Alameda, CA
    singer: "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club"
    03-26-1931 - Leonard Nimoy - Boston, MA
    actor: [removed] Theatre Works "War of the Worlds"

    March 26th deaths

    01-27-1918 - Irving Cummings - d. 3-26-1996
    producer, host: "Lux Radio Theater"; "Gulf Screen Theatre"
    02-27-1899 - Ian Keith - Boston, MA - d. 3-26-1960
    actor "The O'Neill Cycle"
    03-04-1904 - Dorothy Page - Northampton, PA - d. 3-26-1961
    vocalist: "Paducah Plantation"
    04-03-1921 - Jan Sterling - NYC - d. 3-26-2004
    actor: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
    05-16-1922 - Larry Glick - Roxbury, MA - d. 3-26-2009
    talk show host: Boston, Massachusetts
    05-31-1819 - Walt Whitman - Long Island, NY - d. 3-26-1892
    writer: "Against the Storm"
    06-06-1898 - Walter Abel - St. Paul, MN - d. 3-26-1987
    actor: "Columbia Presents Shakespeare"; "Magic Key"; "Voice of the Army"
    06-18-1898 - Francis 'Dink' Trout - Beardstown, IL - d. 3-26-1950
    actor: Waldo Binney "Life of Riley"; Mr. Anderson "A Day in the Life
    of Dennis Day"
    06-25-1908 - Hawley Ward Ades - Bloomington, IL - d. 3-26-2008
    arranger: "The Fred Waring Show"
    07-23-1888 - Raymond Chandler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-26-1959
    detective story author: "Phillip Marlow"
    08-13-1909 - Tristram Coffin - Mammoth, UT - d. 3-26-1990
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-18-1896 - Alan Mowbray - London, England - d. 3-26-1969
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Screen
    Guild Theatre"
    08-29-1917 - Eddie Hubbard - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-26-2007
    disk jockey: "Music Unlimited"
    09-06-1889 - Louis Silvers - NYC - d. 3-26-1954
    music director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-26-1897 - William B. Heyne - d. 3-26-1992
    choral director: "Lutheran Hour"; "Lutheran Laymen's League"
    10-13-1904 - Wilfred Pickles - Halifax, England - d. 3-26-1978
    announcer, newsreader: "Have A Go"; "Children's Hour"; "Where Are You
    Now?"
    10-25-1902 - Eddie Lang - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-26-1933
    jazz guitarest: "Music That Satisfies"
    12-09-1912 - Bartlett Robinson - NYC - d. 3-26-1986
    actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"; Perry Mason "Perry Mason"
    12-13-1894 - Olin Landick - d. 3-26-1972
    actor: Cassandra Drinkwater "Cousin Cassie"
    12-16-1899 - Noel Coward - Teddington, Middlesex, England - d. 3-26-1973
    actor, playwright: "Stagestruck"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:36:09 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-27 births/deaths

    March 27th births

    03-27-1892 - Ferde Grofe - NYC - d. 4-3-1972
    conductor, composer: (The Grand Canyon Suite) "Florsheim Frolic"
    03-27-1892 - Thorne Smith - Annapolis, MD - d. 6-21-1934
    writer: "Advs. of Topper" based on his book
    03-27-1895 - William W. Chaplin - NYC - d. 8-18-1978
    newsman: White House correspondent for NBC
    03-27-1899 - Gloria Swanson - Chicago, IL - d. 4-4-1983
    panelist: "Hollywood Byline"; "Suspense"
    03-27-1902 - Sidney Buchman - Duluth, MN - d. 8-23-1975
    movie writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-27-1904 - Hal Kemp - Marion, AL - d. 12-21-1940
    bandleader: "Phil Baker Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "Gulf Gas
    Program"
    03-27-1906 - Pee Wee Russell - Maple Wood, MO - d. 2-15-1969
    clarinet: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"
    03-27-1907 - Mary Treen - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-20-1989
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-27-1914 - Budd Schulberg - NYC - d. 8-5-2009
    writer: "Free World Theatre"; "The New Theatre"
    03-27-1914 - Richard Denning - Poughkeepsie, NY - d. 10-11-1998
    actor: George Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Jerry North "Mr. and Mrs.
    North"
    03-27-1914 - Snooky Lanson - Memphis, TN - d. 7-2-1990
    singer: "Snooky Lanson Show"; "Your Hit Parade"
    03-27-1915 - Hugh Conover - Washington, [removed] - d. 9-27-1992
    announcer: "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"; "Big Sister"; "Right to
    Happiness"
    03-27-1915 - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Turkey Scratch, AR - d. 11-21-2006
    guiatrist: "KFFA King Biscuit Time"
    03-27-1916 - Howard Merrill - NYC - d. 4-20-2002
    writer: "Advs. of Leonidas Witherall"; "Leave It to Mike"; "Secret
    Missions"
    03-27-1919 - Robert Homme - Stoughton, WI - d. 5-2-2000
    created "Friendly Giant" for radio in Madison, Wisconsin
    03-27-1920 - Richard Hayman - Cambridge, MA
    arranger, harmonica player: "Stop the Music"; "Steve Lawrence Show"
    03-27-1921 - Fletcher Markle - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - d. 5-22-1991
    actor, director, producer: "Columbia Workshop"; "Studio One"
    03-27-1921 - Fred Foy - Detroit, MI
    announcer, narrator: "The Lone Ranger"
    03-27-1921 - Harold Nicholas - Winston-Salem, NC - d. 7-3-2000
    dancer: (The Nicholas Brothers) "Big Broadcast of 1936"; "Ben Bernie
    Show"
    03-27-1924 - Sarah Vaughn - Newark, NJ - d. 4-3-1990
    singer: "Guest Star"; "Your Rhythm Revue"
    03-27-1930 - Bob Larson - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-1-2002
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-27-1930 - Jack Adams - Hobart, OK - d. 6-14-2003
    singer in nightclubs and radio
    03-27-1940 - Janis Martin - Sutherlin, VA - d. 9-3-2007
    rockabilly singer: "Army of Stars"; "Reflections By Starlight"

    March 27th deaths

    01-10-1916 - Don Gardiner - NYC - d. 3-27-1977
    newscaster: "Monday Morning Headlines"
    01-17-1904 - Grant Withers - Pueblo, CO - d. 3-27-1959
    actor: "Calling All Cars"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    04-09-1904 - Joseph "Sharkey" Bonamo - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-27-1972
    conductor: (Sharkey Bonamo and His Sharks of Rhythm) "Saturday Night
    Swing Club"
    06-12-1910 - Leon Carr - Allentown, PA - d. 3-27-1976
    composer: "Voices of Vista"
    06-18-1908 - Elmore Vincent - Amarillo, X - d. 3-27-2000
    actor: Phineas Peabody "Lum and Abner"
    06-22-1906 - Billy Wilder - Sucha, Austria-Hungary - d. 3-27-2002
    screenwriter, film director: "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    07-07-1925 - Wally Phillips - Portsmouth, OH - d. 3-27-2008
    radio personality: WGN Chicago, Illinois
    07-08-1911 - Gertrude Niesen - Mid-Atlantic Ocean - d. 3-27-1975
    singer: "Songs by Gertrude Niesen"; "Good News of 1939"
    07-12-1908 - Milton Berle - NYC - d. 3-27-2002
    comedian: "Milton Berle Show"; "Let Yourself Go"; "Three Ring Time"
    08-05-1914 - Anita Colby - Washington, DC - d. 3-27-1992
    actor: "Radio Hall of Fame"
    08-26-1922 - Irving R. Levine - Pawtucket, RI - d. 3-27-2009
    newsman: "World News Roundup"; "News of the World"
    09-06-1904 - Ted Royal Dewar - Skedee, Oklahoma Territory - d. 3-27-1981
    orchestrator: "Wayne King and His Orchestra"; Ted Weems and His
    Orchestra"
    09-25-1926 - Aldo Ray - Pen Argyl, PA - d. 3-27-1991
    actor; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    11-03-1889 - Gustave Haenschen - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-27-1980
    conductor: "Palmolive Hour"; "Show Boat"; "Saturday Night Serenade"
    11-04-1930 - Kate Reid - London, England - d. 3-27-1993
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    12-12-1902 - Helen Menken - NYC - d. 3-27-1966
    actor: Brenda Cummings "Second Husband"
    12-17-1895 - Rudolph Anders - Germany - d. 3-27-1987
    actor: Dr. VanMeter "Space Patrol"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:36:15 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 28 March to 3 April

     From Those Were The Days

    3/28

    1941   Louella Parsons hosted Hollywood Premiere for the first time on
    CBS. The gossip columnist introduced famous guests who appeared in
    dramatized stories.

    1944   WQXR in New York City, owned by The New York Times newspaper,
    banned singing commercials from its airwaves as of this day.
    Understandable, since the station has always been the classical music
    voice of Manhattan and t here aren't many classical singing commercials.

    3/29

    1932   Jack Benny appeared on radio for the first time. He agreed to
    join then newspaper columnist, Ed Sullivan, on his interview show.

    1937   The serial, Our Gal Sunday, debuted. The question, "Can this girl
    from a small mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of a
    wealthy and titled Englishman?" was asked each day for next 22 years.

    3/30

    1936   The serial Backstage Wife made a move across the dial from the
    Mutual Broadcasting System to NBC.  Once there, the program continued to
    air for the next 23 years.

    1945   The Dreft Star Playhouse was heard for the final time. The show
    had been paying up to $3,000 per week ($35,382 in 2009 dollars) to
    attract name talent.

    1946   Academy Award was heard for the first time. The first dramatized
    story was titled, Jezebel and starred actress Bette Davis.

    3/31

    1937   Phil Harris recorded one of his best known songs, That's What I
    Like About the South.

    1953   Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network
    radio. It had been the
    longest running show of its kind. Cavalcade of America presented
    dramatized events in American
    history for 18 years.

    4/1

    1941   The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
    began on W71NY in
    New York City.

    1949   The first all black cast variety show, Happy Pappy was presented
    on WENR TV in  Chicago, IL.
    4/2

    1947   The Big Story was first heard on NBC. It stayed on the air for
    eight years.

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:36:24 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 28-March to 3 April

       Missed one, sorry.

     From Those Were The Days

    4/3

    1939   Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
    serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15 minute
    nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
    format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.

    1942   People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC
    1949   Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.

    Joe

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