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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2020 : Issue 11
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 1-7 March [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Jay & Karen [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
This week in radio history 8-14 Marc [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
REPS Showcase will be reschedule to [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
This week in radio history 15-21 Mar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:08:28 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 1-7 March
From Those Were The Days
3/1
1932 Radio's greatest effort of on the spot news coverage began as NBC
and CBS rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the kidnapping of the Charles
and Anne Lindbergh baby.
1941 Commercial FM broadcasting began in the [removed] when station W47NV
in Nashville, TN started operations on this day.
1941 Duffy's Tavern debuted on CBS.
3/2
1945 Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.
1952 Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.
3/4
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 - "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 ($190,909 in 2019
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.
3/6
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.
Joe
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:01 -0400
From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jay & Karen
Hello Jay and Karen,
I hope for a speedy recovery and resumption of your entries into the Old Time
Radio Digest.
Barbara Harmon
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:20 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 8-14 March
From Those Were The Days
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.
3/12
1933 Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.
3/13
1923 A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new
models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones,
which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and
messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a 'foolproof'
design.
3/14
1937 Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in one of the biggest publicity
gags ever. It was called, "The Battle of the Century." The two
comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging
torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the
history of radio.
Joe
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:10:51 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: REPS Showcase will be reschedule to October
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Hi Everybody,
REPS Showcase will be reschedule to October because of the virus out break.
Go to [removed] <[removed]; for update. Take
care,
Walden
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:11:00 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 15-21 March
From Those Were The Days
3/17
1933 Comedian Phil Baker was heard on network radio for the first time
on a regular basis when The Armour Jester was heard on the Blue network.
Baker rapidly rose to the top of the radio ratings.
3/18
1940 Light of the World was first heard on NBC. The soap opera was
unique in that it featured the Bible as the center of the story line.
3/21
1924 The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world", on KDKA in
Pittsburgh, PA.
Joe
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