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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 1
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 4-10 Janu [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Happy Birthday Song [ LMooreRN@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 18:38:41 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4-10 January
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1928 NBC debuted one of radio's first variety shows. The Dodge Victory
Hour starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and singer Al
Jolson. The cost to produce this one show was $67,600 ($908,886 in 2013
dollars).
1932 NBC Red presented The Carnation Contented Hour. The show
continued on network radio for 19 years as a showcase for top singers
and musicians.
1935 Bob Hope was first heard on network radio as part of The Intimate
Revue with Jane Froman, James Melton and the Al Goodman Orchestra.
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1935 We proudly remind you that Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra was
featured on CBS this day on the program, The Hour of Charm. (ed And
who can ever forget Evelyn and her magic violin?)
1940 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first
demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static,
and noise in thunderstorms, was developed by Major [removed] Armstrong. The
first FM transmitter was put in operation in 1941.
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1941 A young actor appeared for the first time in a new program on CBS
titled, The Home of the Brave. Along with others in the cast, this was
Richard Widmark's radio debut.
1950 Ronald Coleman starred as the president of Ivy College in The
Halls of Ivy.
1974 CBS radio returned to dramatic programming at night with the
first broadcast of Radio Mystery Theatre, hosted by [removed] Marshall. The
program debuted on 218 CBS network stations.
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1926 A famous marriage that endured for many years is remembered this
day. It's the wedding anniversary of George Burns and Gracie Allen who
were married by a Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, Ohio.
1940 The gate to Gene Autry's Melody Ranch opened. "The singing
cowboy" would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years, other than
1942-45 when he was in the Army Air Corps.
1941 The NBC Blue network presented the first installment of Inner
Sanctum.
1950 Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville, TN. Ernest also did a 15 minute radio program each day that
became very popular in West Texas. So popular, in fact, that he bought
the radio station that had aired the program for years and years: KGKL
in San Angelo, Texas.
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1943 The quiz show, The Better Half, was first heard on Mutual this
day. The program brought four married couples to compete in stunts
involving traditional concepts of "manhood" and "womanhood".
Joe
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 18:38:46 -0500
From: LMooreRN@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Happy Birthday Song
The issue of Happy Birthday being copyright has been an on going dispute
for a considerable time. It isn't used in most films because of this dispute
and royalty requirements. I would suggest that the issue hasn't been
resolved because there is no money to be made from the resolution.
What we do see is the 8 or 16 (I forget which) which allows these short
cuts to be used. I saw (heard) the song used on the "other" median. Counted
it out. Yup. Only 8 bars. The 8 bar rule is often used on NPR's "Wait,
Wait, Don't Tell Me" when bridge music is needed. Listen and count for your
self.
Larry Moore
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