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Date: 7/6/2016 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2016 : Issue 48
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 3-9 July   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Old radio collectibles in Portland,   [ Rex Bills <rexbills@[removed]; ]
      Dave Garroway biography project       [ Jodie Peeler <superelectra@mindspri ]
      "Language of the Dead" - A Lost Shad  [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 21:00:13 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 3-9 July

     From Those Were The Days

    7/3

    1939   Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.

    1940   The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted
    with their network show on NBC.

    1945    NBC gave the comedian/pianist Victor Borge his own the summer
    replacement show for Fibber McGee and Molly.  He had been heard a few
    years earlier as a semi regular on NBC's "Kraft Music Hall" with Bing
    Crosby.

    7/4

    1943   The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were
    reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on
    NBC.

    1951   Jack Webb, along with Dragnet, also did a summer show that of
    Pete Kelly. Pete Kelly's Blues, a crime drama, was the summer
    replacement on NBC for Halls of Ivy (with Ronald Colman and Benita Hume).

    7/5

    1943   The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
    Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
    greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
    on the air until 1951.

    1948   My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
    redhead's first regular radio program on CBS.  Richard Denning co
    starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it."  (Which
    today has a different [removed] -ed)

    1951   The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's action
    adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.

    7/6

    1943   Judy Canova, the 'Queen of the Hillbillies', began a weekly
    comedy show on CBS.

    1947   A hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the
    first time this night, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC airwaves.

    7/7

    1927    Christopher Stone becomes the first British 'disc jockey' when
    he plays records for the BBC.

      From Those Were The Days

    1920   A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time
    on a [removed] Navy airplane near Norfolk, Virginia.

    1943   Flashgun Casey was heard on radio.  The name of the program had
    several name changes, Casey,  Press Photographer, Crime Photographer and
    ended up as Casey, Crime Photographer.

    7/8

    1950   Joel McCrea appeared in the lead role of Tales of the Texas
    Rangers on NBC.

    Joe

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    Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 21:00:26 -0400
    From: Rex Bills <rexbills@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old radio collectibles in Portland, Oregon
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    I live in Portland am wondering if any old radio fans here would be interested
    in obtaining collectibles for the hobby.  I ran a mail-order business for
    about 20 years in the 70's and 80's called Golden Age Radio, selling cassettes
    and reel-to-reel tapes.  I have a couple neat old table-top radios and many
    books and other collectibles that I picked up during that time.  Now in my
    80's I am ready to release them.  You can post this in your newsletter if  you
    would like.  Rex E. Bills--rexbills@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 21:00:34 -0400
    From: Jodie Peeler <superelectra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dave Garroway biography project

    OTR Friends:

    After much consideration, I am beginning research for a full-length
    biography of Dave Garroway. This is an ambitious project, to say the
    least, but thanks to the Lee Lawrence Collection at the Library of
    American Broadcasting, there's a lot of good and intriguing material to
    begin from. I've also had able help from another couple of researchers
    who know about Garroway very well, have scouted what's available, and
    have steered me toward some valuable material.

    Of course, we all know about his tenure as the first Communicator on
    "Today," but my intent is to capture the man in full. That will, of
    course, include his work in radio, which is dear to all of us on the
    list. I've been rounding up everything I can find - which, thus far,
    includes a 1954 edition of "Sunday with Garroway," five episodes of
    "Dial Dave Garroway," and a few "Monitor" segments. I also have the
    interview Chuck Schaden did with Dave in 1976 (itself a goldmine for the
    biographer). However, I'm also looking for material I've missed, or
    that's not as widely-known.

    Also, I'm looking to contact people who knew Garroway or worked with
    him, and interview them (preferably face-to-face, but e-mail or phone if
    need be). There are plenty of accounts in books and articles, but
    nothing compares to people who were there.

    If any of you out there know of any little-known Garroway radio or TV
    material out there, know people who would be willing to help, or can
    otherwise give me an assist on this project, I'd sure appreciate if
    you'd e-mail me.

    This is a big job and I want to do it right, and give the original
    Master Communicator the biography he's deserved for so long.

    Many thanks in advance.

    Jodie Peeler
    superelectra@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 21:00:41 -0400
    From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Language of the Dead" - A Lost Shadow Radio
     Adventure

    One of the many lost adventuress of The Shadow was "Language of the
    Dead" broadcast on February 21, 1943. It was a shuddery tale of vampires
    and a vampire hunter who spoke a language [removed] yes, the dead. Sadly, no
    recordings of this great old radio show have survived. So although you
    can't hear it, you can read a summary of it at:

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    Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of vampires? I think you know
    the answer!

    John

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         See the pulpy side of things. Check out */That's Pulp!/*

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