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Date: 9/18/2019 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2019 : Issue 45
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Article about wartime BBC             [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 8-14 Sept  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      re: CBS Mystery Theater               [ jfurek@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 15-21 Sep  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Red Skelton and fraternal orgs        [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:14:20 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Article about wartime BBC
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    Hi. I thought this might be of interest:
    BBC's secret World War Two activities revealed

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    BBC's secret World War Two activities revealed

    Newly released archive reveals BBC sent coded messages to resistance fighters
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    Cheers ! Graeme

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    Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:14:31 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 8-14 September

     From Those Were The Days

    9/8

    1935   The Hoboken Four, featuring Frank Sinatra as lead singer,
    appeared on Major Bowes Amateur Hour on WOR. The group won the
    competition held at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.

    1944   Ed Wynn resumed his radio career after seven years off the air.
    Wynn starred in Happy Island on the NBC Blue network.

    9/9

    1926    the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created by the Radio
    Corp. of America.

    1946   Ben Alexander hosted Heart's Desire for the first time, a
    giveaway contest program on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

    9/10

    1935 - "I'm Popeye the sailor [removed]" toot! toot! "Popeye" was heard for
    the first time on NBC radio. The show was based on the Elzie Crisler
    Segar comic strip, which featured Popeye, Olive Oyl, Brutus, Wimpy and
    Sweepea. Now, eat your spinach in celebration!

    1950 - Eddie Cantor moved from radio to TV, as he hosted the "Colgate
    Comedy Hour" on NBC. In addition to Cantor, other hosts of the "Colgate
    Comedy Hour" included: Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Gordon
    MacRae and Jimmy Durante.

    9/12

    1938   [removed] Kaltenborn made broadcasting history by covering a crisis in
    Czechoslovakia for CBS beginning on this day. Kaltenborn was so devoted
    to his work that he slept in the studio for 18 days while bringing
    updates to his appreciative audience.

    9/13

    1931   Vaudeville star Eddie Cantor was heard for the first time    on
    NBC. The Chase and Sanborn Hour became one of the most popular radio
    shows of the 1930s.

    1937   The first broadcast of Kitty Keene, Inc. was heard on the NBC Red
    network.

    9/14

    1936   NBC presented John's Other Wife for the first time. Actually,
    John's other wife was not his wife at all. She was his secretary.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:14:43 -0400
    From: jfurek@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: CBS Mystery Theater
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    I'm looking for the title and possible date of a CBS Mystery Theater
    show. It involves a man who spends a night in a haunted house with his
    dog. He is either a writer or a realtor, I can't remember. His dog is
    killed during the night. It's a frightening show. If anyone can
    identify this show, can you please respond to me or to the
    [removed],John

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    Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:14:51 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 15-21 September

     From Those Were The Days -

    9/15

    1934   NBC presented The Gibson Family to American audiences. The
    program was the first musical comedy drama to be broadcast. Ernest
    Whitman and Eddie Green were featured members of the cast and were
    billed as "network radio's only colored comedians." The show originated
    from the studios of WEAF in New York City.

    9/18

    1927   The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927.
    CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.

    1948   The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years
    after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes.
    Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.

    9/19

    It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was
    first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like
    people we all know." The 15 minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15
    [removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy,
    who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber,
    everybody came to him with their problems and Bill helped them
    straighten things out.

    Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played
    harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling
    Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in
    the same manner.

    The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr.
    Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon
    Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal
    Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill
    chalked up 23 years on the air, until 30 September, 1955. A few of the
    Just Plain Bill sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and
    Clapp's baby [removed]

    9/20

    1921   KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started one of the first daily
    radio newscasts in the country. The broadcast came from the city desk of
    The Pittsburgh Post.

    1953   Jimmy Stewart debuted in The Six Shooter on NBC. He played Britt
    Ponset on the Western.

    9/21

    1946   After being tested on a regional basis, The Second Mrs. Burton
    was heard for the first time on the entire CBS network. The Second Mrs.
    Burton fared very well, having a relationship with the network for 14 years.

    1948   The serial Life With Luigi debuted on CBS. Luigi Basko was played
    by J. Carroll Naish. Naish, an Irish American, became typecast as an
    Italian immigrant, and went on to play the same role in the TV version
    in 1952.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:15:07 -0400
    From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Red Skelton and fraternal orgs

    A writer for the Scottish Rite Journal would like to know if there are any
    RED SKELTON episodes where Skelton (a member of the Scottish Rite and also a
    Shriner) pokes fun at fraternal organizations.  Anyone with definite
    knowledge of this please contact me along with responding to the list.

    Thank you,
    Michael J. Hayde
    President, MWOTRC

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