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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 137
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 29 Decemb  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Elgin Thanksgiving program 1948       [ IreneTH@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:28:15 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 29 December to 4
     January

     From Those Were The Days

    12/29

    1945   The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on
    Truth or Consequences, hosted by Ralph Edwards. The feature was intended
    as a spoof of giveaway shows. However, the idea was taken seriously and
    lasted five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey was identified as Mr. Hush
    for a prize of $13,500.  ($169,953 in 2012 dollars).

    12/30

    1936   The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited.
    After a 10 year old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen
    Show.  Allen's comment on the East Coast broadcast was, "What do you
    know, Murray? A little fella in the fifth grade at school and already he
    plays better than Jack Benny."  This got four seconds of laughter, and
    the show moved on. It didn't take long for Benny to respond. The
    humorous feud lasted until Allen's death in 1956.

    1942   Mr. and Mrs. North debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin played Jerry
    North and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical Mr. and Mrs. North episode
    would find Pam leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild goose chase as
    they tracked down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading
    police to the criminals. The theme song for the show was The Way You
    Look Tonight. Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo
    shampoo.

    12/31

     From This Day in History --

    1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians' first New Year's Eve
    broadcast from the Roosevelt Grill in New York City, which became an
    annual event, was heard over the CBS network.

     From Those Were The Days

    1940   As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP
    (the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry
    was prevented from playing any ASCAP licensed music. The ban lasted for
    ten months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made
    giant strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights. Many radio
    stations had to resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches
    and operas, to keep their stations on the air. Even kids songs were
    played over and over again until the ban was lifted. One of the most
    popular songs to be played was Happy Birthday to You; which was
    performed in many different languages just to get past the ban. The
    original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece of music, though it
    wasn't at the time.

    1947   Roy Rogers, 'the King of the Cowboys', and Dale Evans were
    hitched in marriage. They rode off into that sunset together for over
    fifty years.

    1/1

    1923   The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los
    Angeles over KHJ.

    1925   Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera
    in New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The
    broadcast over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.

    1927   The very first coast to coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
    Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play by play on NBC.

    1930   The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue
    network.

    1/2

    1921   The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
    Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
    Pennsylvania.

    1959   CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This
    is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.

    1/4

    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 $895,455 in 2012 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.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:36:50 -0500
    From: IreneTH@[removed]
    To: old time radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Elgin Thanksgiving program 1948
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    Martin Fass, you were close on the name of the writing supervisor for the
    1948 "Elgin Thanksgiving Day Greeting to America" broadcast Nov 25, 1948. His
    name is Ed Helwig. There are three credits for Ed Helwig on RadioGoldindex.
    Railroad Hour in 1948 and 1949 are the other two. I did do some searching but
    didn't come up with any additional info on Helwig. The closing remarks were
    wonderful.

    Irene

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