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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2018 : Issue 24
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Largest Radio Audience                [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
      JFK's lost speech                     [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      BBC Radio 4 'Archive on 4'            [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      BBC Radio 4 'Archive on 4'            [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 25-31 Mar  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Tune into Yesterday Issue 83          [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 1-7 April  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:34:52 -0400
    From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
    To: OTR List-serve <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Largest Radio Audience

    Norman Corwin's "We Hold These Truths" in 1941 reached some 63 million
    listeners, according to the contemporary rating services. At the time,
    the total population of the US was about 130 million.

    Later broadcasts might have reached more people, as the total grew, but
    I wonder if any other broadcast has reached a larger percentage of the
    American population.

    Richard Fish

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:35:15 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  JFK's lost speech

>     Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:18:46 -0400
>     From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];

>     JFK's lost speech brought to life
>       Audio technology was used to recreate JFK's voice so that the 55-year-old
>     speech could be heard.

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    Well, I listened to it, and I think it was a partial success.  Some of
    it sounds very much like Jack Kennedy, with the intonations that were
    uniquely his.  Some of it sounds rather idiosyncratic and not like JFK
    at all.  For a first appearance of this technology, not bad, but it
    still needs work.  I have no doubt that the technology will get better
    in the future.  Which means that we will never be able to be sure
    whether we are listening to the genuine article or a re-creation.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
    [removed] . [removed] . [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:35:24 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC Radio 4 'Archive on 4'
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    Hi
    This programme is on BBC Radio 4 this evening UK time. I thought it might be
    of potential interest to readers of the Digest:
    The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak, Archive on 4 -
    BBC Radio 4

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    The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak, Archive [removed]

    In 1968, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy were murdered. Michael
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    Cheers ! Graeme

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:36:09 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC Radio 4 'Archive on 4'
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    Hi
    This programme is on BBC Radio 4 this evening UK time. I thought it might be
    of potential interest to readers of the Digest:

    The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak, Archive on 4 -
    BBC Radio 4

    Cheers ! Graeme

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:36:19 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 25-31 March

     From Those Were The Days

    3/25

    1943   Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiered on network radio. The
    pair replaced the popular Abbott and Costello following Lou Costello's
    heart attack. Durante and Moore stayed on the air for four years.

    3/27

    1943   Blue Ribbon Town was first heard on CBS.

    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 there 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 ($41,558 in 2017 dollars) to
    attract name talent.

    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.

    Joe

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:36:25 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tune into Yesterday Issue 83
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    Hi. Issue 83 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday magazine is now available. The main
    section is current news from the radio archives, while the Supplement with
    this issue looks back at radio in post-war Europe. A sample copy is free in
    the UK from our membership secretary John Wolstenholme at: ORCA, PO Box 1922,
    Dronfield, S18  8XAAnnual membership is 12 pounds UK.
    Graeme Stevenson ( Editor: Tune into Yesterday )

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    Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 00:36:45 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 April

     From Those Were The Days

    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.

    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.

    4/4

    1938   After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
    noontime talk show.

    4/6

    1931   Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by
    Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.

    1942   We Love and Learn premiered on CBS. The serial featured Frank
    Lovejoy as Bill. The program would continue until 1951.

    1945   This is Your FBI debuted on ABC.

    Joe

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