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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 146
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 4/25-5/1 [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
email [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
Milton Cross [ <fc90030@[removed]; ]
Re: Article about Monitor [ Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed]; ]
LUCY [ RBackus22@[removed] ]
Met Opera / Milton Cross [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Baby themed Shows [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
Andrews Sisters [ Janine Preston <jpreston@makingwavs ]
"Philo Vance" [ kclarke5@[removed] ]
4-27 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
RE: Tape to Computer [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:19:09 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4/25-5/1
From Those Were The Days --
4/25
1938 - Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.
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 radio.
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 for the nationally
broadcast daily program. However, within 30 days, her salary increased
to a more respectable $1,500 a week.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:25:41 -0400
From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: email
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hello all,
i had a terrific time at cincy! i am sorry i had to leave early again this(my
nephew is doing fine now; what a scare) and i will be back again next
[removed] even slimmer than this year:) thank you for all the kind
words regarding my health, folks. bless you for your concern.
a number of you asked about my email address. [removed] it seems that for some
reason my email is listed incorrectly on the digest and a few other
places(something about a POP3 thing(????). my email address is actually
hopharrigan@[removed]. please resend your messages from last week if you
wish. i would love to read them.
my time at cincy has once again affirmed what i have long held to beleive as
the truth: THE OTR HOBBY HAS SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WITHIN IT!
blessings,
randy story
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:54:51 -0400
From: <fc90030@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Milton Cross
To have ever heard Milton Cross speak of, "...the great golden
[removed]" on a Metropolitan Opera Broadcast is to know just how
incredibly effective radio was in communicating to its audience
during OTRs, "Golden Age."
Frank Coopersmith
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:55:39 -0400
From: Mark J Cuccia <mcuccia@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Article about Monitor
On Sunday 25 April 2004, Jerry Reed wrote in OTR Digest:
Here's an article I thought the list might enjoy from the
San Bernardino County Sun - U Living.
"A new look at pioneering radio days
By Bob Sokolsky, Correspondent.
The book is the recently published 'Monitor (Take 2)'. Its author is
Dennis Hart, a UC Fresno professor of history, offering his second
recollection of 'Monitor', the pioner radio program NBC premiered in
1955 and nurtured until 1971."
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Well, I think that Sokolsky or his employer, the San Bernardino County
Sun newspaper, erred a bit.
Monitor ran on NBC Radio from (mid-June) 1955 through (the end of
January) 1975 !!, not 1971. That's almost twnety years, just short by
about four or five months.
Anyhow, it was still an interesting article even if only brief. It also
did mention some of ABC Radio's weekday morning "Breakfast Club" as well.
Mark J. Cuccia
mcuccia@[removed]
New Orleans LA CSA
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:56:04 -0400
From: RBackus22@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: LUCY
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I am preparing a CD as a gift for my niece who is a great Lucille Ball
fan, but not old enough to remember radio. Other than "My Favorite Husband"
can
anyone give me some suggestions for Lucy on OTR?
Thanks,
Dick Backus
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:59:35 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Met Opera / Milton Cross
In my post about the beginning of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, I gave
the wrong date. The first broadcast was on Christmas Day in 1931
(12/25/31). The opera broadcast was Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. Both
the Red and Blue Networks of NBC aired the program.
Milton Cross was the announcer; Deems Taylor did the narration. The
narration of that program was done over the music, not as a separate item.
The separate narration came later when Cross became the narrator and
announcer.
The tape I have dates from 1956 and includes host Clifton Fadiman,
Milton Cross, Deems Taylor, the engineer (Charlie ?) and the lead soprano.
For that first broadcast, Cross, Taylor, and the engineer were all squeezed
into box 44 at the old Met building.
Taylor could see little of the action from that vantage point, but
probably narrated from memory.
The NBC signal was also fed to the BBC and the CBC.
Ted Kneebone/1528 S. Grant [removed], SD 57401/605-226-3344
OTR: [removed]
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:03:44 -0400
From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Baby themed Shows
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I am trying to put together a list of radio programs that is a baby theme
episode, such as episodes with babies or expecting a baby, or just
baby-sitting
young babies. I came across a few from Great Gildersleeve, Meet Corliss
Archer, and 1 episode of Amos and Andy. If anyone out there can help I would
most
appreciate your assistance.
Trina,
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:29:47 -0400
From: Janine Preston <jpreston@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Andrews Sisters
Does anyone have contact information for Patty Andrews? Please e-mail
me off-line. Thanks.
Janine Preston
jpreston@[removed]
wknhradiotheatre@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:06:05 -0400
From: kclarke5@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "Philo Vance"
I recently enjoyed an episode of "Philo Vance"
titled "The Backstage Murder Case". While I was listening
to it, I noticed what sounded like Katherine Hepburn's
voice. The role was that of Betty Wheeler, the understudy
for a stage actress. My question is, understandably,
was it really her or just another actress who sounded
remarkably like her? Her name wasn't given in the credits
following the program.
BTW, was Katherine Hepburn ever on any OTR program(s)?
I think she would have done well on some game show
like "Information Please". Or was she just one of those
performers who preferred movies and stage acting to radio?
Another OTR fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:24:29 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-27 births/deaths
April 27th births
04-27-1902 - Ned Wever - NYC - d. 5-6-1984
actor: Dick Tracy "Dick Tracy"; Anthony Loring "Young Widder Brown"
04-27-1907 - Matty Matlock - Paducah, KY - d. 6-14-1978
jazz musician: (Member of the Big 7 Band) "Pete Kelly's Blues"
04-27-1933 - Casey Kasem - Detroit, MI
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
04-27-1937 - Sandy Dennis - Hastings, NE - d. 3-1-1992
actress: "CBS Mystery Theatre"
April 27th deaths
04-07-1915 - Stanley Adams - NYC - d. 4-27-1977
writer: "My Friend Irma"
04-25-1908 - Edward R. Murrow - Pole Cat Creek, NC - d. 4-27-1965
newscaster: (This is London) "Edward R. Murrow with the News"
06-28-1908 - Alan Bunce - Westfield, NJ - d. 4-27-1965
actor: Albert Arbuckle "Ethel and Albert"; Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"
08-21-1908 - Tom Tully - Durango, CO - d. 4-27-1982
actor: Charles Martin "Stella Dallas"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:50:22 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: Tape to Computer
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I took a look at the site recommended for the computer tape deck, and when I
found that it cost $150, I did a search that found the following link:
[removed]~lion4/articles/[removed]
It shows how to use existing equipment to run cassette tapes into a comfuser
sound card. The procedure should work on non-Windows machines.
Thanx,
B. Ray
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