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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 40
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 26 April [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Edward R. Murrow 107th birthday [ Brian Rogers <brogers3909@sbcglobal ]
New Rocky Jordan 1948 - 55 Broadcast [ Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed]; ]
Question on old broadcast and networ [ "Jim Widner" <jwidner@[removed]; ]
Two questions [ Gary <actuarylaw@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:08:21 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 26 April to 2 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: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:08:29 -0400
From: Brian Rogers <brogers3909@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Edward R. Murrow 107th birthday
Here's a link to my blog post on the occasion of Edward R. Murrow's 107th
birthday
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Thanks,
Brian Rogers
Dearborn, Michigan
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:08:38 -0400
From: Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: New Rocky Jordan 1948 - 55 Broadcast Log
ROCKY JORDAN 1948-55 Broadcast Log
A project that I started in 2002 is now completed: a Broadcast Log for the
1948-53 runs of ROCKY JORDAN.
The log is Adobe Acrobat PDF format and can be found at
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This 1948-1955 ROCKY JORDAN Broadcast Log contains much new information on
the series, particularly about 1952-53 run which until now has been very
poorly documented.
A Teaser:
If you have all of the ROCKY JORDAN episodes known to be in circulation, you
will be in for some Real Surprises! You actually have more episodes than you
think you do.
The Broadcast Log starts with summary information on:
Audition Shows
First Broadcast
Last Broadcast
Number of Broadcast Episodes
Broadcasts In Circulation
Episode Lengths
My broadcast log includes sections on:
RESEARCH CONDUCTED
Accessing Primary Sources; An Expensive Proposition
Information Entry and Evaluation
Correcting Misinformation
Broadcast Log Updates
SIDEBAR
Newspaper Radio Programming Listings Can Cause Confusion
SERIES BACKGROUND & DESCRIPTION
EPISODE OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS
AN ABORTED REVIVAL
PROPOSED JUMP TO THE SMALL SCREEN
CAST AND CREW
Cast
Series Leads
Supporting Cast
Guest Cast
Crew
Directors
Producers
Writers
Announcers
Music
Sound
SPONSORS
REUSE OF SCRIPTS
INCORRECTLY DATED AFRTS MP3 FILES
SIDE BAR
The AFRTS Pgm 7 "The Nile Runs High" Mystery Solved
An Exercise in Investigative Old-Time Radio Research
LOG
Broadcast Dates, Air Times and Episode Titles
Episodes in Circulation
Scripts Reused
SOURCES CONSULTED
Radio Broadcasts
Interviews
Scripts and Other Related Documentation
Books
Newspapers and Periodicals
Internet
Signing off for now,
Stewart Wright
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:09:00 -0400
From: "Jim Widner" <jwidner@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Question on old broadcast and network
Would anyone have any information on a recording I have, that I don't think
is rare and probably in circulation of a 1931 World in Review broadcast from
the "Royal Broadcasting System?" This is one of those "March of Time" style
news programs typical of the time and refers to itself as the "newsreel of
the air." I am thinking it is Canadian, but not sure. This is because the
announcer does not have a British accent and sounds somewhat "American" in
dialect.
I've tried to find out more, but have not been successful. If Elizabeth
McLeod ever mentioned it, I don't recall seeing it. On my copy it is dated
5/03/1931. The close sounds like this:
"This is the World in Review program, a newsreel of the [removed]
presentation of the Royal Broadcasting System." All of this is with Band
March music in the background.
Thanks for any help.
Jim Widner
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:15:44 -0400
From: Gary <actuarylaw@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Two questions
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Two questions for the readers of this list:
1. I was listening to a Damon Runyon radio show this morning on Sirius XM
radio and came across what I thought was the voice of Ben Welden, a frequent
comic heavy on the Adventures of Superman. But they didn't roll the credits so
I wasn't 100% sure. Do you know if Ben Welden did radio shows as well? This
prompted the next question.
2. There's IMDB ( Internet movie database) and IBDB (Internet Broadway
database) that is a resource for movie or Broadway shows; is there a database
for old time radio shows?
Gary
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