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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2019 : Issue 18
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 31 March [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 12:36:56 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 31 March to 6 April
From Those Were The Days
3/31
1937 Phil Harris recorded one of his best-known songs, That's What I
Like About the South.
1953 Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network
radio. It had been the longest running show of its kind. Cavalcade of
America presented dramatized events in American history for 18 years.
4/1
1941 The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
began on W71NY in New York City.
1949 The first all black cast variety show, Happy Pappy was presented
on WENR TV in Chicago, IL.
4/2
1947 The Big Story was first heard on NBC. It stayed on the air for
eight years.
4/3
1939 Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15 minute
nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.
1942 People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.
4/4
1938 After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
noontime talk show.
4/6
1931 Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by
Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.
1942 We Love and Learn premiered on CBS. The serial featured Frank
Lovejoy as Bill. The program would continue until 1951.
1945 This is Your FBI debuted on ABC.
Joe
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