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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2019 : Issue 42
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 11-17 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Meet John Doe                         [ "Koni Shaughnessy" <konibaloni@netz ]
  is there a list of radio premiums?    [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
  Wartime BBC                           [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 18-24 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:14:11 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 11-17 August

 From Those Were The Days

8/11

1909    The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
stations distress!), was first used by an American ship "The Arapahoe"
(out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.

8/12

1937   Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio as he
appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.

8/13

1912   St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.

8/14

1933   WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
role. Ma Perkins operated a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children
were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other
characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma
Perkins for 27 years and 7,065 episodes.

1942   Garry Moore hosted a new program on NBC. The Show Without a Name
was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey
(CBS) and Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (ABC). A prize of $500 ($7,790 in
2018 dollars) was offered to name the show and Someone came up with the
title, Everything Goes.

1945   CBS began the series, Columbia Presents Corwin. Orson Welles did
a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, Fourteen August.

8/15

1911   Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco
hydrogenated shortening.  (Where would all those shows have been with
Crisco as a sponsor?  And remember, its digestible!  ed)

8/16

1922   WEAF began broadcasting from new studios atop the Western
Electric Building in New York City.

1939   Lights Out, radio's "ultimate horror show," was heard for the
last time on NBC. In 1942, Arch Obler brought the show back to life on
CBS. The show's most familiar trademark, guaranteed to put you under the
covers on a dark night was, "Lights out, everybody!", followed by 12
chimes of a clock.  (On campus there is a clock that strikes the hours
and I will catch myself saying "It-is-later-than-you-think.
Lights-out-every-body" at 10 quite often.  -ed)

Joe

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:14:49 -0400
From: "Koni Shaughnessy" <konibaloni@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Meet John Doe
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Does anyone have a recording of Meet John Doe (Screen Guild Theater?) that
they could share with me?  I have to type a script for a re-creation and can't
find audio anywhere. Thanks!

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:15:54 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  is there a list of radio premiums?
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Hi Everybody,

Is there a list of the different types of radio premiums that was offered on
Jack Armstrong and Tom Mix?  The web shows a complete one for Captain
Midnight.  Take care,

Walden

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:16:09 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Wartime BBC

Hi. A programme coming up later this month on BBC Radio 4 might be of interest:

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Cheers ! Graeme

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Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:16:18 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 18-24 August

 From Today in History (New York Times)

8/19

In 1929, Amos and Andy, starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll,
made its network debut on NBC.

8/22

1947   After many years as a 15 minute daily serial, Jack Armstrong, the
All American Boy, was heard for the first time as a 30 minute feature on
ABC. Remember, if you want to grow up to be big and strong like Jack
Armstrong, keep these three rules in mind: Get plenty of sleep, fresh
air and exercise. Make a friend of soap and water, because dirt breeds
germs and germs can make people sickly and weak. And for sound
nourishment and keen flavor, eat a big bowlful of Wheaties, the
Breakfast of Champions, with plenty of milk or cream and some type of fruit.

8/24

1950 - The summer replacement radio show for "Suspense", titled
"Somebody Knows", was heard for the final time on radio. The program
offered a reward of $5,000 ($52,753 in 2018 dollars) for information
that led to the solving of crimes. "Somebody Knows" began with the
introduction, "You out there. You, who think you have committed the
perfect crime -- that there are no clues, no witnesses -- listen.
Somebody knows."

Joe

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