Subject: [removed] Digest V2010 #209
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 209
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 5-11 Dece  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      12-5 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Stories of the Shield             [ gregadd@[removed] ]
      British transcriptions found          [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Favorite Detective Series             [ Robert Everest <erest@[removed]; ]
      Re: Cinnamon Bear                     [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Dick Beals                            [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      re: OTR on LP records                 [ "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@run ]
      OTR on LP records                     [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      12-6 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Story of the Story of the Shield      [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:57:52 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 5-11 December

     From Those Were The Days

    12/5

    1936   Bing Crosby took over as host of The Kraft Music Hall. Jimmy
    Dorsey (who would later be host, himself) led the Kraft Orchestra.

    1952   Mutual broadcast The Green Hornet for the final time. The show
    left the air after 15 years on Mutual, NBC and ABC.

    12/6

    1923   The first presidential address to be carried on radio was
    broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a
    joint session of the [removed] Congress.

    12/7

    1948   NBC presented the Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity Program for the
    first time. The talent show earned Dick Contino, an accordionist, the
    $5,000 prize as the program's first national winner. Over the years
    Heidt gave some big stars their big starts: Art Carney, Frankie Carle,
    Gordon MacRae, the King Sisters, Alvino Rey, Ken Berry, Frank DeVol,
    Dick Contino, Al Hirt, Fred Lowrey, Ronnie Kemper, Larry Cotton, Donna
    and her Don Juans, Ollie O'Toole and many others.

    1952   My Little Margie, starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell, made
    its debut on CBS. The TV version of the popular show had begun on June
    16, 1952. My Little Margie stayed on radio for three years.

    12/9

    1940   The Longines Watch Company signed for the first FM radio
    advertising contract    with experimental station W2XOR in New York
    City. The ads ran for 26 weeks and promoted the Longines time signals.

    12/10

    1927   For the first time, famed radio announcer George Hay introduced
    the WSM Barn Dance as The Grand Ole Opry.

    12/11

    1944   The Chesterfield Supper Club debuted on NBC. Perry Como, Jo
    Stafford and many other stars of the day shared the spotlight on the 15
    minute show that aired five nights a week. The show was sponsored by
    Chesterfield cigarettes.

    (Little humour here:  The first display of the Northern Lights was
    recorded in America. The sighting was made in New England on this day in
    1719. The report said that a mysterious face seemed to appear in the
    atmosphere; and, since most aurora borealis displays occur in September
    and October and again in March and April, this is very strange, indeed!

    The green, red, and frost white light displays occur most frequently
    when there is a great deal of sunspot activity.

    Old joke.  Phil Harris and Alice Faye go to Alaska to see the Northern
    Lights.  While watching them Phil notices Alice yawning and asks, "Does
    the aurora bore ya Alice?")

    Joe

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    Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:57:57 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-5 births/deaths

    December 5th births

    12-05-1883 - May Davenport Seymour - Boston, MA - d. 10-5-1967
    actor: Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Porter "Against the Storm"
    12-05-1886 - Rose Wilder Lane - De Smet, SD - d. 10-30-1968
    writer: (Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) "Hallmark Hall of Fame";
    "Helen Hayes Theatre"
    12-05-1890 - Fritz Lang - Vienna, Austria - d. 8-2-1976
    film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    12-05-1892 - Al Boasberg - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-1937
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"
    12-05-1901 - Grace Moore - Jellico, TN - d. 1-26-1947
    opera singer: "General Motors Concerts"; "Speed Show"; "Vicks Open
    House"
    12-05-1901 - Walt Disney - Chicago, IL - d. 12-15-1966
    actor: Mickey Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
    12-05-1903 - Fred Van Deventer - Tipton, IN - d. 12-2-1971
    newscaster, panelist: "Vandeventer and the News"; "Twenty Questions"
    12-05-1904 - Harold Huber - NYC - d. 9-29-1959
    actor: Hercule Poirot "Hercule Poirot"; Fu Manchu "Shadow of Fu Manchu"
    12-05-1906 - Otto Preminger - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-23-1986
    actor, film producer, director: "Fun In Print"; "Listen to the People"
    12-05-1906 - William Spier - d. 5-30-1973
    producer, director: "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Suspense"
    12-05-1907 - Reid Kilpatrick - Michigan - d. 8-11-1983
    host: "Quiz of Two Cities"
    12-05-1912 - Hans Wolf - Hamburg, Germany - d. 8-5-2005
    conducted operas and symphonies for radio
    12-05-1918 - Ralph Blizard - Kingsport, TN - d. 12-3-2004
    fiddler: At age 12 formed "The Southern Ramblers"; Appeared on many
    Tri-cities radio stations
    12-05-1919 - Hal Goldman - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-27-2001
    writer: "The Jack Benny Program"
    12-05-1922 - Alan Freed - Johnstown, PA - d. 1-20-1965
    disc jockey: "Moondog Show"; "Alan Freed Show"; "Camel Rock and Roll
    Party"
    12-05-1929 - Richard Beebe - Pasadena, CA - d. 8-29-1998
    newsman: "The Credibility Gap"
    12-05-1930 - Jeremy Sandford - Hertfordshire, England - d. 5-12-2003
    writer: "Dreaming Badsmen"

    December 5th deaths

    02-12-1916 - Max Geldray - Amsterdam, Netherlands - d. 12-5-2004
    vocalist: "The Goon Show"
    02-16-1921 - Norman Swallow - Eccles, England - d. 12-5-2000
    producer: "Speaking Personally"
    02-18-1920 - Howard Rodman - New York - d. 12-5-1985
    writer: "The American School of the Air"
    03-09-1914 - Fred Clark - Lincoln, CA - d. 12-5-1968
    actor: "This Is Your FBI"; "Amos 'n' Andy Show"
    04-05-1910 - Jim Alderman - d. 12-5-1992
    newscaster: Dallas, Texas
    04-20-1924 - Nina Foch - Leyden, The Netherlands - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"
    05-06-1900 - Dave Elman - Park River, ND - d. 12-5-1967
    emcee: (The Dean of American Hobbyists) "Hobby Lobby"
    05-08-1915 - John Archer (Ralph Bowman) - Lincoln, NE - d. 12-5-1999
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Gateway to Hollywood"
    06-18-1897 - Henry Wadsworth - Maysville, KY - d. 12-5-1974
    actor: Alabama Randall "Jane Arden"
    07-09-1923 - Molly O'Day - McVeigh, KY - d. 12-5-1987
    country singer: "Renfro Valley Barn Dance", Midday Merry-Go-Round"
    07-24-1802 - Alexandre Dumas - Aisne, France - d. 12-5-1870
    writer: "Works adapted for radio
    09-01-1925 - Walter Stocker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-5-2003
    actor: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
    jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
    10-12-1907 - Bob Ancell - d. 12-5-1988
    disk jockey: WTVN Columbus, Ohio
    10-17-1926 - Beverly Garland - Santa Cruz, CA - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: Worked in radio early in her career
    11-03-1912 - Gilbert Mack - NYC - d. 12-5-2005
    actor: Impy the Midget "Cloak and Daggeer"; "This is My Story"
    11-29-1917 - George Walsh - Cleveland, OH - d. 12-5-2005
    announcer: "Gunsmoke"; "Music 'Til Dawn"
    12-07-1906 - Fred Stewart - Atlanta, GA - d. 12-5-1970
    actor: "The Columbia Workshop"
    12-16-1907 - Albert Gore, Sr. - Granville, TN - d. 12-5-1998
    [removed] senator tennessee: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    12-18-1904 - Montana Slim - Guysborough, Novia Scotia - d. 12-5-1996
    singer: Had his own show on CBS

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:04:09 -0500
    From: gregadd@[removed]
    To: old time radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Stories of the Shield

    I read Charlie's question regarding WSM's "Stories of the Shield".
    Ironically, I'm reading through Craig Havighurst's book "Air Castle of the
    South: WSM and the Making of Music City" (ISBN 0-252-03257-8) which
    chronicles the history of the station that launched the Grand Old Opry. "The
    Story of the Shield" has a brief mention in this book.

    The show was the brainchild of Ed Kirby, who was hired by WSM's owner,
    National Life and Accident Insurance Company (WSM's call letters as many
    already know were named for the company's slogan "We Shield Millions"). It
    was soon after his hire that Kirby, with an advertising background, began
    producing programs as sales tools for National Life using WSM to distribute
    them to their sales force.

    It is within this context that "The Story of the Shield" began in January
    1936 according to the mention in Havighurst's book on pg 80. Quoting from the
    book, "...billed as 'a study of man's first and most important form of
    protection in all ages from the dawn of time to the present time.' Researched
    for more than a year by a Vanderbilt professor, the show dramatized stories
    of heroes who carried literal or metaphorical shields, like Charlemagne,
    Robin Hood, Sir Galahad, Roland, Lancelot, King Arthur and the Knights of the
    Round Table. It also featured a new announcer, a veteran of Alabama radio
    named Ottis 'Ott' Devine." The book goes on to say that "The Story of the
    Shield" was created "for adults and kids alike" and added that the show ran
    three times a week at 5:30 PM.

    Greg Addington
    Oak Ridge TN

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:54:15 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: oldtimeradio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  British transcriptions found

    I just read Graeme Stevenson's post re BBC Transcription discs:

>     ...a hoard of BBC Transcription Service discs were found at a British Antartic
>     Survey station in the South Pole. The discs date from the 1950's - 1970's and
>     contain drama, features and music.

    Let's hope there are some "new" Paul Temple shows! Wouldn't that be great!!!

    Barbara

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:54:21 -0500
    From: Robert Everest <erest@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Favorite Detective Series

    Just a few

    1.  Sam Spade (Howard Duff)
    2.  New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    3.  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (Bob Bailey)
    4.  Richard Diamond (Dick Powell attitude and Ed Begley's  befuddled
    lieutenant are fun)
    5.  Night Beat

    Also some favorites

    Let George Do It (mainly because of Bob Bailey)
    Adventures of Michael Shayne, Philip Marlowe (love the opening) or Nero
    Wolfe.
    Broadway is My Beat
    I'd add Pat Novak for Hire if the sound wasn't so bad on the ones that
    have survived.

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:55:04 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Cinnamon Bear
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    In a message dated 12/5/2010 1:58:56 [removed] Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Research  by First
>     Generation Radio Archives has determined that the very first  episode was
>     broadcast in the USA on Friday, November 26, 1937, so you will  be carrying
>     on a tradition lasting over seventy  years!

    I love "The Cinnamon Bear," and listened to the whole series for the first
    time in 2008 through the magic of the internet.

    Here's something I've always wondered, and I may be the only person who
    even cares, but here goes:  has anyone ever compiled a list of known  stations
    that carried "The Cinnamon Bear"?  Perhaps even the years, even  local
    sponsors. I've always wondered if any Alabama stations carried the  show and
    even went as far as to research the radio listings of The Anniston Star  from
    1937 to 1944, to see if it aired in that city at least in those  years.  (No
    luck.)  I would love to see that list, but perhaps not in  this digest as I
    imagine it would be lengthy.

    Also, I'm still hoping for  that ever-elusive and probably lost cause, of
    finding at least one "Cinnamon  Bear" episode recorded from a local station
    back in the day.  I'm sure with  the commercials and IDs we could get a
    fascinating early look at Christmas  merchandising in the local broadcast
    media.

    Dixon

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:55:22 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dick Beals

    I've noticed Dick Beals hasn't been doing the voice of Speedy for years, so
    it's been quite a while. Oddly, that reminds me of something I've been
    meaning to ask for a long while. When I was a kid and a talking teddy bear
    called Teddy Ruxpin was the popular rage of the times, an imitation talking
    bear with audio cassettes and children's books featured a voice that to this
    day, I can remember with such clarity I would swear it was Dick Beals
    supplying the voice. Does anyone know if that was Beals voicing the generic
    bear?

    Just last week, by the way, my wife and I watched a PETER GUNN episode about
    a ventriloquist dummy and the twist was the dummy wasn't a wooden dummy -- it
    was Dick Beals!

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:55:30 -0500
    From: "Matthew Bullis" <matthewbullis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: OTR on LP records

    Hello, while I've seen these advertised online, including USB turntables
    which connect right into your computer, so that you don't need to wire up
    your existing turntable into your computer sound card, most of these don't
    say whether they include a proper cartridge and stylus for playing 78s. They
    seem fine otherwise, so just be aware of that, and maybe there is one out
    there which has the double-sided cartridge or a swappable shell. I'm
    guessing that most of these models will not have the detachable screw-on
    cartridge arms, nor the adjustable weight in back. If someone finds one
    which does actually have these features and plays 78s, please let us know,
    as there are many out there that you can buy at Musicians Friend or Guitar
    Center which will play 33s and 45s only.
    Thanks a lot.
    Matthew

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:55:35 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR on LP records

    Jim Cox mentioned that you can still find 3 speed record turntable
    and players. True, but I noticed that two that I saw had on a single
    needle for playing the records. You need to find one that  has two
    needles or a way of changing the cartridge (each with it's own
    needle). Most 33 1/3  and 45 records were made with microgrooves.
    Most 78s use a standard groove.

    Using a standard groove needle on microgroove disc can damage the
    record. Using a microgroove needle on a standard disc can cause the
    record to sound scratchy since the needle is sitting too deep in the groove.

    I've really over simplified the above statements. I'm not sure what
    needles come with these new 3 speed turntables. They may be the
    smaller needle for microgroove discs or a needle that has an in
    between size to work on both (which I don't think really works well).

    There are companies that still make turntables that have tone arms
    with changeable carts and needles. I don't have the info right in
    front of me, but I can post it either later tonight or tomorrow.

    Something else to think about when it comes to needles. They don't
    last for ever. Diamond styluses are suppose to last for about 1000
    hours and are the best you can buy. But they do eventually wear out.
    So if you've got an old turntable or record player that you've had
    for years, think about replacing the needle.

    Somewhere in my files I have a little booklet put out by one of the
    needle manufacturers back in the 50's. It explains what happens with
    you play a record and why you need to replace the needle. I'll see if
    I can find it and make it available. At one time I had ordered a
    hundred of them and use to give them away.

    Fred
    Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 08:55:43 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-6 births/deaths

    December 6th births

    12-06-1887 - Lynn Fontanne - Waterford, England - d. 7-30-1983
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Biography In Sound"
    12-06-1888 - Will Hay - Stockton-on-Tees, England - d. 4-18-1949
    comedian: British Radio
    12-06-1893 - Alma Platts - d. 7-13-1970
    actor: "The World's Great Novels"
    12-06-1895 - Lou Little - Boston, MA - d. 5-28-1979
    football coach: "Football Forecasts"; "Friday Night Quarterback"
    12-06-1896 - Ira Gershwin - NYC - d. 8-17-1983
    songwriter: "Lady in the Dark"; "Jolson Story"; "Barkleys of Broadway"
    12-06-1898 - Eric Sagerquist - Karlstad, Sweden - d. 9-11-1944
    orchestra leader/violinist: "First Nighter"; Romantic Melodies"
    12-06-1898 - Gunnar Myrdal - Gustafs, Sweden - d. 5-17-1987
    1974 nobel prize winner in economics: "United Nations Today"
    12-06-1898 - Jack Beall - Waxahachie, TX - d. 1-1-1963
    newscaster: "News of Tomorrow"; "American Legion Presents"
    12-06-1900 - Agnes Moorehead - Clinton, MA - d. 4-30-1974
    actor: Margo Lane "The Shadow";  Marilly "Mayor of the Town"
    12-06-1900 - Robert Effros - London, England - d. 9-12-1983
    trumpeter: "Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra", "Your Hit Parade"
    12-06-1903 - Hugh Farr - Llano, TX - d. 3-17-1980
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    12-06-1904 - Elissa Landi - Venice, Italy - d. 10-21-1948
    actor: "I'm An American"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-06-1904 - Eve Curie Lubouisse - Paris, France - d. 10-22-2007
    writer: (Daughter of Marie Curie) "This I Believe"
    12-06-1909 - Lyn Murray - London, England - d. 5-20-1989
    conductor: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Ford Theatre"
    12-06-1913 - Karl Haas - Speyer-on-the-Rhine, Germany - d. 2-6-2005
    musician, broadcaster: "Adventures in Good Music"
    12-06-1913 - Oswald Hoffman - Nebraska - d. 9-8-2005
    preacher: "The Lutheran Hour"
    12-06-1916 - Elmore Balthis - d. 10-31-1989
    newscaster: KCOK Tulare, California
    12-06-1919 - Bob Blagg - d. 12-19-1998
    disk jockey: WDNE Elkins, West Virginia
    12-06-1920 - Dave Brubeck - Concord, CA
    jazz musician: "Dave Brubeck Quartet"
    12-06-1920 - Howard Atwell - d. 3-20-2002
    disk jockey: WVPO Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
    12-06-1924 - Eric Merriman - Golders Green, England - d. 6-2-2003
    writer, creator: "Beyond Our Ken"
    12-06-1924 - Susanna Foster - Chicago, IL - d. 1-17-2009
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Mail Call"
    12-06-1924 - Wally Cox - Detroit, MI - d. 2-15-1973
    comedian: "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Wally Cox Show"
    12-06-1925 - Robert William Cooke - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-5-1993
    saxophonist: "Stan Kenton and His Orchestra"
    12-06-1926 - Carroll Abbott - d. 7-6-1984
    sportscaster in Kerrville, Texas
    12-06-1934 - Vivienne Garrett - Iowa
    writer: "Breast Stroke"

    December 6th deaths

    01-03-1911 - Al Sack - NYC - d. 12-6-1947
    orchestra leader: "Beula Show"; "Tony Martin Show"; "Frank Morgan Show"
    01-07-1908 - Eliot Daniel - Massachusetts - d. 12-6-1997
    music: "Fabulous Dr. Tweddy"; "The King's Men"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    01-11-1910 - Izler Soloman - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-6-1987
    conductor: "Design for Living"; "Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra!
    01-19-1909 - Hans Hotter - Offenback am Main, Germany - d. 12-6-2003
    bass-baritone: "Metropolitan Opera"
    01-29-1885 - Leadbelly (Huddie Leadbetter) - Louisiana - d. 12-6-1949
    jazz musician: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin street"
    02-02-1893 - Len Doyle - Toledo, OH - d. 12-6-1959
    actor: Harrington "Mr, Distric Attorney"
    02-23-1892 - Kathleen Harrison - Blackburn, England - d. 12-6-1995
    actor: ""Meet the Huggetts"
    03-22-1899 - Douglas Stanbury - Canada - d. 12-6-1980
    baritone: "Roxy's Gang"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    04-07-1915 - Fred B. Cole - Hingham, MA - d. 12-6-2007
    voice of the big bands
    05-23-1912 - John Payne - Roanoke, VA - d. 12-6-1989
    actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-31-1908 - Don Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 12-6-1993
    actor, singer: John Bickerson "Bickersons"; Captain Hughes "Jack
    Armstrong"
    06-30-1910 - Sundra Love - Chicago, IL - d. 12-6-1996
    actor: Kay Fairchild "Stepmother"; Ethel Foster "Guiding Light"
    08-01-1910 - Jerry Mann - NYC - d. 12-6-1987
    singer: (The Jerry Mann Voices) "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round"
    09-12-1897 - Walter B. Gibson - Germantown, PA - d. 12-6-1985
    creater of "The Shadow"; writer for "The Avenger"
    09-24-1921 - Edward Bryce - Allenport, PA - d. 12-6-1999
    actor: Captain Strong "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
    10-05-1911 - Jonquil Anthony/Antony - London, England - d. 12-6-1980
    scriptwriter: "Mrs. Dale's Diary"
    10-13-1917 - Burr Tillstrom - Chicago, IL - d. 12-6-1985
    actor, puppeteer: "The Northerners"; "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
    11-01-1942 - Michael Zaslow - Inglewood, CA - d. 12-6-1998
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-03-1909 - James Reston - Clyde Bank, Scotland - d. 12-6-1995
    new york times columnist: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Meet
    the Press"
    11-12-1940 - Robert Francis Boulanger - Lewiston, ME - d. 12-6-2005
    sang on the radio at the age of 7
    11-23-1915 - Ellen Drew - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-6-2003
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Suspense"
    11-24-1925 - Alum Owen - Menai Bridge, North Wales - d. 12-6-1994
    writer: "Two Sons"; "It Looks Like Rain"
    12-26-1874 - Leon Rothier - Rheims, France - d. 12-6-1951
    opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:26:06 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Story of the Story of the Shield

    Folks;

       An update on the information I've received.

       Shortly after posting, Ryan Ellett pointed me to Craig Havighurst's book,
    "Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City" which was also
    mentioned with show detail by Greg Addington here on the Digest. Of course I
    ordered a copy (we're currently working on changing our bookstore affiliate,
    so no puchase links, I'm afraid) but also used a look-inside feature to read
    the section of this book dealing with the show.

       Bill Knowlton forwarded my interest to Mr. Havighurst, who was kind enough
    to contact me directly. He mentioned he hasn't yet found any audio from this
    show, but suggested scripts might be at Vanderbilt University.

       Not-so-coincidentally, Craig Havighurst is a guest on today's Bob Edwards
    Show on XM Satellite Radio (kinda wish I had known that when I [removed]);
    this interview in edited form will likely appear on this weekend's Bob
    Edwards Weekend on public radio stations and the web. For those who can't
    wait until the weekend to listen at [removed],info/ just contact
    me for a copy of this morning's program.

       I want to thank everyone who provided information, and ask that everyone
    keep an ear-to-the-ground; while it's unlikely, it's always possible a piece
    of this program might turn up somewhere sometime, and if it does I'd love to
    hear it!

              Charlie

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