Subject: [removed] Digest V2014 #49
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 6/2/2014 4:18 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]
Reply-to: [removed]@[removed]

    ------------------------------

                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 49
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Thanks for "This week in radio h  [ StepToons@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 1-7 June   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

    ------------------------------

    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 15:59:00 -0400
    From: StepToons@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Thanks for "This week in radio history"

    I just wanted to say thanks for the "This week in radio history" postings.
    It's easy to tell that a lot of work has gone into compiling these posts.
    'Always interesting and always appreciated.
    -Step

    In a message dated 5/28/2014 6:18:06 [removed] Eastern Daylight  Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:
    This week in radio history  25-31 May

    ------------------------------

    Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 15:59:06 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 June

    6/1

    1936   The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
    Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
    Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.

    1938 - The first issue of "Action Comics" was published. In its pages
    was the world's first super hero, Superman. Jerry Siegel had a dream
    about the baby, Moses, who was abandoned by his parents in order that
    his life be saved. This dream prompted Siegel's creation of the "Man of
    Steel".  Artist Joe Shuster made the comic book hero come alive. The
    first story, in this first issue, took place on the planet, Krypton,
    where baby Kal-El was born. The infant was shot to Earth in a rocket
    just before Krypton exploded.

    6/2

    1946   The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
    Frank Morgan starred as the absent minded Dr. Tweedy.

    1937   CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
    continued on the air until 1946.

    6/3

    1946 - Mutual Radio debuted "The Casebook of Gregory Hood". The show was
    the summer replacement series for "Sherlock Holmes". The mystery series
    became a regular weekly program in the fall of 1946.

    6/4

    1944 - "Leonidas Witherall" was first broadcast on the Mutual
    Broadcasting System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like
    William Shakespeare.

    6/6

    1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
    radio network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
    sacrifice." Stella continued to do this and so much more until 1955.

    6/7

    1945   The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
    time.

    1955   NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
    program had aired for 21 years.

    Joe

    --------------------------------
    End of [removed] Digest V2014 Issue #49
    ********************************************

    Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved,
      including republication in any form.

    If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it:
       [removed]

    For Help: [removed]@[removed]

    To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed]

    To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed]
      or see [removed]

    For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP
      in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed]

    To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed]

    In the event of a major mail problem, please contact the listmaster via
      the web-based contact form available at [removed]
      (on the sidebar) or follow/DM CFSummers on Twitter

    To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]