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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2016 : Issue 64
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 25 Septem  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Tune into Yesterday ( Autumn issue )  [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      The Glowing Dial, Show No. POD44      [ JOHN MATTHEWS <glowingdial@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:42:49 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 25 September to 1 Oct

    9/25

    1933 - America's favorite cowboy, Tom Mix, was heard for the first time
    on NBC. The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters continued on the air until
    June 1950.

    9/27

    1933   NBC debuted Waltz Time, featuring the orchestra of Abe Lymon. The
    program continued on the network until 1948.

    1938   Thanks for the Memory was heard for the first time on The Bob
    Hope Show on the NBC Red network.

    9/28

    1936   Bachelor's Children debuted on CBS (at 9:45 [removed]) in addition to
    its schedule on the Mutual Network (at 10:15 [removed]). The show's theme
    song, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, opened the 15 minute, critically
    acclaimed, daily serial. Bachelor's Children became very popular because
    of its natural dialogue which made folks think they were hearing a real
    event. Bachelor's Children ... brought to you by Old Dutch Cleanser,
    Palmolive Peet Soap, Colgate Toothpaste and Wonder Bread.

    1939   The final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard. The star
    of the show, Rudy Vallee, wrapped things up after a decade of
    entertaining radio before moving on to other sponsors.

    9/29

    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 ($119 in 2015 dollars) 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.

    1930   "This is Lowell Thomas." Those words were spoken for the first
    time as a young Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS. He replaced Floyd
    Gibbons on the nightly (6:45 [removed]), 15 minute newscast. Thomas, who
    started as a reporter for the New York Daily News (at age 19), was heard
    on the radio for the next 46 years.

    1930   "Ba, ba, ba, boo. I will, ba ba ba boo ... marry you!" Bing
    Crosby, America's premier crooner for decades, married Dixie Lee.

    1940   Double or Nothing was first heard on Mutual. Each time
    contestants answered questions correctly, their winnings would double
    from $20 to $40 to the big payoff of $80.  ($341, $683 and $1366 in 2015
    dollars: [removed]) If they gave an incorrect
    answer, they were gone! Nobody bet on long how long the show would last.
    Good thing. It kept going for a dozen years. Among the sponsors: Feen A
    Mint, Chooz breath candy and Campbell's soup.

    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, became a big hit in the Sunday night radio lineup. And now a word
    from our sponsor: "Use Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie ... it keeps your
    hair in [removed]"

    9/30

    1930   Death Valley Days was first heard on the NBC Red network this day
    (and) became one of radio's biggest hits. The 30 minute, Western
    adventure series starred Tim Daniel Frawley as the Old Ranger, Harvey
    Hays as the Old Prospector, John White as the Lonesome Cowboy, Edwin
    Bruce as Bobby Keen, Robert Haag as Sheriff Mark Chase and Olyn Landick
    as Cassandra Drinkwater.

    The tales heard on Death Valley Days were all based on fact and were
    human interest stories revolving around the borax mining town of Death
    Valley, California. The show was created by Ruth Woodman, a script
    writer for a New York ad agency. She had never seen Death Valley; but
    had found the vehicle to sell 20 Mule Team Borax. As time went on, Ms.
    Woodman did make a trip to Death Valley. She went back again and again
    after that, digging up facts for her scripts. She even met an honest to
    goodness old ranger, Wash Cahill, who knew everyone and everything about
    the mining town.

    Death Valley Days was renamed Death Valley Sheriff in 1944 and The
    Sheriff in 1945. And Ruth Woodman continued to write the scripts. She
    even wrote scripts when Death Valley Days became a TV show. Buy some 20
    Mule Team Borax in commemoration.

    1933   The theme song was Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here and it opened
    the National Barn Dance. The half hour country music and comedy show,
    originally heard on WLS, Chicago since 1924, moved to the NBC Blue
    network this night. National Barn Dance was broadcast from the Eighth
    Street Theater in Chicago, where the stage was transformed into a
    hayloft every Saturday night. The host was Joe Kelly. Uncle Ezra was
    played by Pat Barrett who was known to say, "Give me a toot on the
    tooter, Tommy," as he started dancing. A few of the other Barn Dance
    characters were Arkie, the Arkansas Woodchopper; Pokey Martin; the
    Hoosier Hotshots; the Prairie Ramblers; cowgirl, Patsy Montana; Pat
    Buttram; Lulu Belle and the Cumberland Road Runners. Gene Autry and Red
    Foley were heard early in their careers on National Barn Dance. Although
    there were plenty of sponsors (Alka Seltzer, One A Day vitamins,
    Phillips Milk of Magnesia), the National Barn Dance was one of the few
    radio shows to charge admission.

    1935   "Calling all [removed]" The Adventures of Dick Tracy came to radio
    for the first time    on the Mutual Radio Network. Based on the comic
    strip created by Chester Gould, the 15 minute adventure show was heard
    Monday thru Friday at 5:45 [removed] The sponsors were Quaker Puffed Wheat
    and Quaker Puffed Rice.

    1962 - The death of OTR.  The last regularly scheduled network programs,
    Suspense and Johnny Dollar was heard.

    10/1

    1942   People Are Funny went on the air with host Art Baker.

    Joe

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:42:59 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tune into Yesterday ( Autumn issue )
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     The Autumn issue of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday magazine is now available. The
    main articles are by Dave Goldin writing about the days of the big band
    'remotes' on the American networks, and Martin Grams Jr writing about the
    Radio Preservation Task Force conference held earlier this year. Supplement 1
    with this issue is full of 'news from the archives' and Supplement 2 looks
    back to the early days of the BBC at Savoy Hill in the [removed] free sample
    copy is available in the UK from our membership secretary:B John Wolstenholme,
    ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, England, S18B  8XAAnnual membership costs ten
    pounds UK ( B#10 ) or thirty dollars US ($30 ) which brings you four issues
    plus access to our lending library of old programmes. The Autumn library list
    includes some rare editions of the BBC'sB Variety Bandbox + Workers Playtime
    which we received recently from privately recorded discs.
    Cheers ! GraemeB

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    Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:43:08 -0400
    From: JOHN   MATTHEWS   <glowingdial@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Glowing Dial, Show No. POD44
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    Hello friends, I have been lax about announcing new episodes of my show The
    Glowing Dial with Big John and Steve.

    Well, I'm here to remedy that. I hope you'll take a listen. A little history
    of us, well we started back in 1996 on Yesterday USA Radio where we won our
    spot out of some 10 other shows. We did shows for them for 5 years, at which
    time we had to take a hiatus due to my health and personal problems. We came
    back in 2003 on The Glowing Dial Page, [removed] , and Jerry
    Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network where we ran for 4 more years, then had to
    take another, longer hiatus. We came back in 2014 on The Glowing Dial Page and
    also on Jerry Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network and we have been going strong
    since.

    We love to hear from our listeners so please e-mail us with your comments.

    We now post a new episode every 3 weeks. We are also getting ready to launch
    The Glowing Dial LIVE where you, our listeners will be able to call us via
    SKYPE and talk with us on the air and maybe even request an old time radio
    show! All details on our regular and upcoming LIVE show are on our homepage
    (link above).

    Now to our current episode:

    The Glowing Dial
    Latest Episode: No. POD44
    running from September 25 to October 15, 2016
    run time: 2 hrs. 41 min. 30 sec.

    Big John and Steve celebrate Columbus Day and say, "Hmmm, That's Strange"!

    Strange - "Captain Robinson"
    originally aired 1955 on ABC/AFRTS
    Starring: Walter Gibson (host), Grace Keddy, Court Benson.
    Charles Woods announcing.
    Sustained

    The Strange Dr. Weird - "Murder Will Out"
    originally aired Tuesday, February 27, 1945 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Maurice Tarplin.
    Sponsor: Adam Hats

    Strange Wills - "The Unwanted"
    originally aired 1948 in Australia/Teleways Syndication
    Starring: cast unknown.
    Sponsor: varied due to syndication

    Strange As It Seems - "The Banquet Of Ghosts"
    originally aired 1935-1938 in Syndication
    Starring: Gayne Whitman (host).
    Sponsor: Ex-Lax

    Ripley's Believe It Or Not - "Strange War Facts"
    originally aired Sunday, October 25, 1936 on NBC BLUE
    Starring: Robert L. Ripley (host), Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, Shirley
    Lloyd.
    Ben Grauer announcing.
    Sponsor: Your Neighborhood Baker

    Click this link to LISTEN NOW!
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    Click this link for show details and for information on how you can subscribe
    to our podcast!
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    Thanks so much for reading and I'll see you on the radio!

    Big John Matthews

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