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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2018 : Issue 20
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 4-10 Marc [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 01:29:47 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4-10 March
From Those Were The Days
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1877 Emile Berliner came up with something called the microphone.
1925 Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.
1930 '<<196>>" "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.
1942 Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week ($183,496 in 2017
dollars*) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.
1951 Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
Hour on the NBC.
1952 President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.
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1948 Ralph Edwards created a quiz on Truth or Consequences called The
Walking Man. After ten weeks of guesses by contestants playing the game,
it was finally revealed that Jack Benny was The Walking Man.
3/7
1933 CBS debuted Marie the Little French Princess which had a run of
two years.
1944 Norman Corwin hosted the program, Columbia Presents Corwin on the
CBS network this day.
3/8
1925 Bernard McFadden was a physical culturist who had a radio show in
New York City. But not for long. McFadden failed to show up for his
daily morning program, causing a young, studio engineer, John Gambling,
to ad lib on the air for a solid hour. As a result, the station (WOR)
decided to give Gambling the morning announcer's job. John Gambling
stayed at WOR for many years, then turned the mike over to his son, who,
finally, turned the program over to his son ... all named John. Rambling
with Gambling program attracted tri state (New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut) audiences in record numbers for over 70 years on the 50,000
watt talk radio powerhouse at 710 AM on your radio dial from New York
each morning.
3/9
1945 Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
Webster.
3/10
1922 Variety magazine greeted readers with the front page headline
that read, "Radio Sweeping Country 1,000,000 Sets in Use."
1955 The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.
Joe
***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!
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