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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2003 : Issue 356
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Sam Spade online [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
Today in radio [removed] more [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
MASH quotes [ "Stephen Bauer" <viajero97@hotmail. ]
Re: George Fenneman [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
10-1 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
George Fenneman [ james h arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
Radio Replica [ "mike kerezman" <philipmarlowe@cfai ]
The Archers [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
Today in radio history [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:53:55 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sam Spade online
Joe Mackey wrote:
1946 - Mystery fans remember when The Adventures of Sam Spade debuted on
CBS this Sunday night. (It had aired in the summer of 1946 on ABC on
Friday nights.) The Adventures of Sam Spade, with Howard Duff playing
Spade.
You can still hear those Sam Spade broadcasts on KNX radio on Monday nights
in the Los Angeles area, and ONLINE at
[removed] the next day, as part of KNX's
'Drama Hour' OTR programming.
They even include the Wildroot commercials!
Herb Harrison
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:54:26 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Today in radio [removed] more
Joe Mackey wrote:
1920 - Radios for 10 bucks! That's what Joseph Horne Company's
department store in Pittsburgh, PA was selling. The radios were
advertised in The Pittsburgh Sun for $10 and up. One could get a
ready-made radio in a box with headphones and tuning knob. This way, one
could do away with the Quaker Oats round box and the cat's whisker wire,
which was a pain to tune.
The Westinghouse company, in order to pump up the sales of its radio sets,
used a shed on the roof of its headquarters building in Pittsburgh to
broadcast the Harding-Cox Presidential election results in 1920. This is
widely considered to be the first broadcast by a commercial radio station,
KDKA.
(It's still there, and still broadcasting, and accessible on the Web. As
for the question of why a Pittsburgh station would have a "K-designation",
it was "grandfathered-in" when the Federal government set up the call
letter system of 'W= East of the Mississippi, K= West of the Mississippi.)
Herb Harrison
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:11:35 -0400
From: "Stephen Bauer" <viajero97@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: MASH quotes
Speaking of radio references in MASH, I remember when Hawkeye and Trapper
clandestinely taped and broadcast a romantic interlude between Frank and Hot
Lips. Just as the broadcast was starting, Hawkeye said, "Shhh, Frank. It's
time for our favorite soap opera, 'Just Plain MacArthur'".
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:59:39 -0400
From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: George Fenneman
Kenneth Clarke asked about George Fenneman:
Did he act as announcer for other programs as well?
He must have. If so, what were they?
After Liggett & Myers began sponsoring "Dragnet," Fenneman eventually took
over this line from Eddy King: "The story you're about to hear is true.
Only the names have been changed, to protect the innocent." He also spoke
the TV variation of that line on every single "Dragnet" program through
1970.
Fenneman also became the announcer for the second season (1952-53) of "The
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show," once Chesterfield became the sole sponsor.
It's fun listening to him make fun of himself on that show ("The
Chesterfield 'Ooooooh, they're best for youuuuu' Players [removed]").
Hopefully, Cope Robinson has a Fenneman anecdote or two to share with us?
Michael
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:12:44 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-1 births/deaths
October:
Birthstone: Opal
Flower: Calendula
Holidays:
6th Yom Kippur
12th Columbus Day
24th United Nations Day
31st Halloween
October 1st births
10-01-1889 - Ralph W. Sockman - Mount Vernon, OH - d. 8-29-1970
preacher: "National Radio Pulpit"
10-01-1898 - Curtiss Arnall - Cheyenne, WY - d. 9-22-1964
actor: Buck Rogers, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
10-01-1903 - George Coulouris - Manchester, England - d. 4-25-1989
actor: Hugh Drummond "Bulldog Drummond"; Frank Harrison "As the Twig Is Bent"
10-01-1909 - Everett Sloane - NYC - d. 8-6-1965
actor: Frank Kennelly, "Twenty-First Precinct"; Alfred Drake "This Is Nora
Drake"
10-01-1911 - Vaughn Monroe - Akron, OH - d. 5-21-1973
singer, bandleader: "Penthouse Party"; "The Vaughn Monroe Show"
10-01-1921 - James Whitmore - White Plains, NY
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-01-1927 - Tom Bosley - Chicago, IL
host: "Sears Adventure Theatre"
October 1st deaths
02-27-1894 - Frank Munn - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-1-1953
singer (The Golden Voice of Radio) Paul Oliver "Palmolive Hour"
06-21-1900 - Jack Arthur - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-1-1980
singer, emcee: "Echoes of New York"; "Family Time"; "Jack Arthur Show"
06-26-1900 - Richard Crooks - Trenton, NJ - d. 10-1-1972
singer: "Voice of Firestone"
07-26-1911 - Buddy Clark - Dorchester, MA - d. 10-1-1949
singer: "Your Hit Parade"; "New Carnation Contented Hour"
09-26-1901 - Donald Cook - Portland, OR - d. 10-1-1961
actor: John Morrison "Mother O" Mine"; "Robert Allison "My Son Jeep"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:58:28 -0400
From: james h arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: George Fenneman
30 SEP 03
Kenneth Clarke wanted to know if George Fenneman did any announcing for
programs other than "You Bet Your Life". Well, I took a looks thorugh
the catalog of my collection and found some "Dragnet" programs from the
fall of 1953, some "Gunsmoke" programs from the spring of 1955, and some
"Pat Novak, for Hire" programs from the spring of 1949 in which he was
the announcer or, in the case of "Dragnet", one of two announcers.
Jim Arva
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:58:45 -0400
From: "mike kerezman" <philipmarlowe@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio Replica
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Actually a few years ago (around 1990 or so) My Dad now deceased bought an
old, late 1930s (1936 I think) stand up radio (not an replica) with the green
eye from a local farmer in up state New York for around $10 or $15. He had to
replace a tube in it but it still works even today. I used it to listen to
program on [removed] station yesterday.
Mike Kerezman
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:51:43 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Archers
This publication for British seniors notes the continuing popularity of the
long-time British soap opera, "The Archers."
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:31:17 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in radio history
From Those Were The Days --
1942 - People Are Funny went on the air with host Art Baker.
Joe
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