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Date: 5/1/2014 8:49 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 41
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 27 April   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      OTR To Film                           [ <skallisjr@[removed]; ]
      Updated Radio Series Broadcast Logs   [ Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed]; ]
      BBC Archives article                  [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      Speaking of the [removed]                [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]

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    Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:12 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 27 April to 3 May

     From Those Were The Days

    4/27

    1921   Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when
    WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.

    1931   NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.

    1932   The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater
    for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a
    live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to
    radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.

    1937   The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.

    4/28

    1947   Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of great
    stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on the air.

    4/30

    1945   "How would you like to be queen for a day!" That opening line,
    delivered by host, Jack Bailey, was first heard on Mutual on this day.
    The first Queen for a Day was Mrs. Evelyn Lane.

    1945   Arthur Godfrey began his CBS morning show. His theme was Seems
    Like Old Times. Arthur Godfrey Time ran until this very same day in
    1972. Godfrey's show used live talent and not records. His popularity
    with listeners was the major reason that several sponsors gave Godfrey
    the freedom to ad lib their commercials and, from time to time, joke
    about the products as well.

    5/1

    1931   Singer Kate Smith began her long and illustrious radio career
    with CBS on this, her birthday. The 22 year old Smith started out with
    no sponsors and a paycheck of just $10 a week ($151 in 2013 dollars) for
    the nationally broadcast daily program. However, within 30 days, her
    salary increased to a more respectable $1,500 a week ($22,680 in 2013
    dollars).

    Joe

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    Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:19 -0400
    From: <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR To Film

    Mary Poehler notes,

>     To see a movie of The Fat Man, starring J Smart with a young Rock Hudson

    &

>     Julie London follow this link.   ( [removed])

    /The Fat Man/ wasn't the  OTR program to transition to the silver screen.
     Off the top of my head, there were:
    /Captain Midnight/ (Serial), /Jack Armstrong/ (Serial) /Hop Harrigan/
    (Serial), /Chandu, the Magician/ (Serial),
    /Dragnet/ [[several] (Feature)
    /I Love A Mystery/ (Feature)
    /Pete Kelly's Blues/ (Feature)
    /The Lone Ranger/ (Serial and Features)
    /Stella Dallas/ (Feature)
    Some that originated elsewhere, but that had OTR programs, include:
    Buck Rogers (Serial)
    Dick Tracy (Features)[several Terry and the Pirates (Serial)
    Little Orphan Annie (Feature)
    Superman (Serial  and Features)
    Blonde [several] (Features)

    That's all I can recall.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

    This fish is Toxic &#40;avoid&#41;
    Impairs brain function, damages your heart, joints, & skin

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    Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:24 -0400
    From: Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Updated Radio Series Broadcast Logs

    Updated series broadcast logs in Adobe Acrobat PDF format are Now Available at:
    [removed]

    Old-Time Radio Series Broadcast Logs
    21st Precinct
    A Date With Judy
    Jeff Regan, Investigator
    The Line Up
    Pursuit
    O'Hara

    The most significant updates are the broadcast logs for

    A Date With Judy
    Additional shows found bring the total to shows known to exist. to 174.
    Less than two years ago, only about 25 episodes from this series were known
    to exist.

    O'Hara
    Contains extensive, previously unavailable information on the 1951 run of the
    series
    including verified broadcast dates and episode titles.

    Contemporary Radio Series Broadcast Logs
    Also available are 9 updated broadcast logs for series by produced by Jim
    French Productions.
    Dameron
    Harry Nile
    Hilary Caine Mysteries
    Imagination Theater
    Jim French Shows (Seattle)
    Kincaid, The Strange Seeker
    Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
    Sherlock Holmes, The Classic Adventures of
    Sherlock Holmes, The Further Adventures of

    The logs can be individually downloaded or can be downloaded as a single ZIP
    file containing all 15 logs.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:29 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC Archives article
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    Hi. This article appeared yesterday in 'Ariel', the BBC staff magazine. I
    thought it might be of [removed] ...

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    Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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    Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:47:03 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Speaking of the [removed]

       ...I stumbled over a show on BBC 4 Extra called, "Two Coconut Shells, a
    Blow Lamp, and a Raspberry," which is a show about comedic sound effects.
    Didn't know if anyone else would be interested, but I put it in the Digest's
    shared Copy folder.

       (If you don't have access, or can't remember how to get there, drop me a
    note.)

             Charlie

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