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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 265
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Ellery Queen                          [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
      9-15 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      August 2007 deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 16-22 Sep  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:05:51 -0400
    From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ellery Queen

    Ken Greenwald made some comments about the Ellery Queen show.  Just last
    night we read an Ellery Queen script at our monthly table reading program.
    We were in stitches throughout the reading.  Not because the story was
    funny, but because of the sound effects cues.  The script had such cues as:

    SOUND:  Ellery and Inspector take chairs hesitantly

    SOUND:  The inspector responds in the usual manner

    SOUND:    Wearily ring the doorbell

    SOUND:    They look blank

    I suspect such cues would leave even the best sound man scratching his head.

    Ted

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    Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:50:04 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-15 births/deaths

    September 15th births

    09-15-1876 - Bruno Walter - Berlin, Germany - d. 2-17-1962
    conductor: "Salzburg Music Festival"; "Word from the People"; "New
    York Philharmonic"
    09-15-1878 - William Hard - Painted Post, NY - d. 1-30-1962
    commentator: "Back of the News"
    09-15-1889 - Robert Benchley - Worcester, MA - d. 11-21-1945
    comedian: "Buick Program"; "Melody and Madness"
    09-15-1890 - Agatha Christie - Torquay, England - d. 1-12-1976
    author: Creator of "Hercule Poirot"
    09-15-1894 - Edwin Cooper - Illinois - d. 2-2-1984
    actor: "The Eddie Bracken Show"
    09-15-1896 - Irene Arledge - d. 7-xx-1977
    contralto: KFDM Beaumont, Texas
    09-15-1898 - Gene Arnold - d. 4-12-1954
    singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) "National Barn Dance"
    09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
    doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
    09-15-1901 - Alexander Kirkland - Mexico City, Mexico - d. unknown
    actor: "Helen Hayes Theatre"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Society Girl"
    09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
    singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-15-1904 - Sheilah Graham - Leeds, England - d. 11-17-1988
    gossip commentator: "Heinz Magazine of the Air"; "Sheilah Graham"
    09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    09-15-1906 - Kathryn Murray - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-6-1999
    hostess: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    09-15-1907 - Jack Bailey - Hampton, IA - d. 2-1-1980
    emcee: "Queen for a Day"; "Truth or Consequences"
    09-15-1908 - Penny Singleton - Phildelphia, PA - d. 11-12-2003
    actor: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie" Penny Williamson "Penny Singleton
    Show"
    09-15-1909 - Frank Richards - NYC - d. 4-15-1992
    actor: "I Love A Mystery"
    09-15-1911 - Grace Carney - Hartford, CT
    actor: Freelance
    09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
    guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
    Jazz Concert"
    09-15-1915 - John Conte - Palmer, MA - d. 9-4-2006
    emcee: "Maxwell House Coffee Time"; "John Conte Show"
    09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
    narrator: "Moon River"
    09-15-1916 - Margaret Lockwood - Karachi, British India - d. 7-15-1990
    actor: "A Christmas Carol"
    09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
    writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
    09-15-1922 - Jackie Cooper - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "George Jessel Show"; "Voice of the Army"
    09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
    jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
    09-15-1924 - Bobby Short - Danville, IL - d. 3-21-2005
    singer: Sang on Chicago radio at beginning of his career
    09-15-1928 - Cannonball Adderley - Tampa, FL - d. 8-8-1975
    jazz saxphonist: "Voices of Vista"

    September 15th deaths

    01-20-1896 - Rolfe Sedan - NYC - d. 9-15-1982
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Mystery in the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-06-1927 - Smoky Burgess - Caroleen, NC - d. 9-15-1991
    sportscaster: "Sports Report"
    02-09-1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong - Portland, OR - d. 9-15-2003
    preacher: (Son of Herbert W. Armstrong) "Plain Truth"; "The World
    Tomorrow"
    02-17-1914 - Larry Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1996
    actor, singer: "Here's to Romance"
    03-06-1916 - Virginia Gregg - Harrisburg, IL - d. 9-15-1986
    actor: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    03-23-1915 - Louis Quinn - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1988
    actor: "Studio One"
    04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
    author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
    06-29-1915 - Leo Diamond - NYC - d. 9-15-1966
    harmonica player: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    07-24-1919 - Jerry Wayne - Buffalo, NY - d. 9-15-1996
    vocalist: Lover "Happy Island"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
    08-14-1911 - Ken Nordine - Chicago, IL - d. 9-15-1993
    announcer: "Armstrong of the SBI"; "The Breakfast Club"
    08-20-1908 - Andre Baruch - Paris, France - d. 9-15-1991
    announcer, disc jockey: "Your Hit Parade"; "Kate Smith Program";
    "Myrt and Marge"
    09-25-1895 - Jack Denny - Indiana - d. 9-15-1950
    music: "The American Revue"; "The Harry Richman Show"
    10-02-1921 - Edmund Crispin - Chesterham Bois, England - d. 9-15-1978
    author: "The Moving Toyshop"
    10-05-1904 - John Hoyt - Bronxville, NY - d. 9-15-1991
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"
    11-11-1906 - Harry Holcomb - Malta, OH - d. 9-15-1987
    director, narrator: "Curtain Time; "Dr. [removed], The Mental Banker";
    "Moon River"
    11-26-1891 - Anne Nichols - Dales Mill, GA - d. 9-15-1966
    writer: "Abie's Irish Rose"
    12-13-1915 - Mark Stevens - Cleveland, OH - d. 9-15-1994
    actor: "This Is Hollywood"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Suspense"
    xx-xx-1880 - Gertrude Bondhill - Cincinnati, OH - d. 9-15-1960
    actor: Dal Tremaine's Mother "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Johnnie Neblett - d. 9-15-1946
    announcer: "Bargain Counter"; "Tin Pan Alley"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:50:11 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  August 2007 deaths

    August 2007 deaths

    xx-xx-xxxx - Ron Lyons - Asheville, NC - d. 8-3-2007
    traffic anchor: KCBS San Francisco, California
    07-09-1929 - Lee Hazelwood - Mannford, OK - d. 8-4-2007
    disk jockey, singer, songwriter
    04-01-1917 - Mel Shavelson - NYC - d. 8-8-2007
    writer: "The Bob Hope Show"
    08-20-1918 - Henry Leff - NYC - d. 8-12-2007
    actor: Ray Mallard "Candy Matson, YU2-8209"
    07-06-1925 - Merv Griffin - San Mateo, CA - d. 8-12-2007
    singer: "San Francisco Sketchbook/Merv Griffin Show"
    09-25-1917 - Phil Rizzuto - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-13-2007
    sportscaster: "Phil Rizzuto's Sports Caravan"; "Image Minorities"
    01-10-1924 - Max Roach - New Land, NC - d. 8-15-2007
    jazz drummer: "Bands for Bonds"; "Jazz Alive"; "Newport Jazz Festival"
    11-28-1907 - Rose Bampton - Cleveland, OH - d. 8-21-2007
    singer: "Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre"
    05-08-1929 - Miyoshi Umeki - Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan - d. 8-28-2007
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:23:54 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 16-22 September

     From Those Were The Days --

    9/18

    1927 - The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927.
    CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.

    1948 - The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years
    after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes.
    Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.

    9/19

    It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was
    first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like
    people we all know." The 15-minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15
    [removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy,
    who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber,
    everybody came to him with their problems -- and Bill helped them
    straighten things out.

    Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played
    harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling
    Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in
      the same manner.

    The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr.
    Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon
    Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal
    Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill
      chalked up over 20 years on the air. A few of the Just Plain Bill
    sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and Clapp's baby [removed]

    9/20

    1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania started one of the first daily
    radio newscasts in the country. The broadcast came from the city desk of
    The Pittsburgh Post.

    1953 - Jimmy Stewart debuted in The Six Shooter on NBC. He played Britt
    Ponset on the Western.

    9/21

    1946 - After being tested on a regional basis, The Second Mrs. Burton
    was heard for the first time on the entire CBS network. The Second Mrs.
    Burton fared very well, having a relationship with the network for 14 years.

    1948 - The serial Life With Luigi debuted on CBS. Luigi Basko was played
    by J. Carroll Naish. Naish, an Irish-American, became typecast as an
    Italian immigrant.

    9/22

    1943 - Singer Kate Smith finished her War Bond radio appeal. For 13
    continuous hours Smith had stayed on the air, collecting a whopping $39
    million dollars in bond pledges.

    1957 - The CBS Radio Workshop was silenced after 18 months of what the
    critics said was "ingenious radio programming."

    Joe

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