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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2015 : Issue 102
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Twilight Of Midnight                  [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
      More Fibber and Molly                 [ Joe Stevens <joestevensus@[removed] ]
      A Strange Foreshadowing On The Capta  [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
      Tune into Yesterday Issue 76 ( Chris  [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
      OTR history help                      [ Eleanor Patterson <ejpatterson@wisc ]
      This week in radio history 20-26 Dec  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:34:42 -0500
    From: skallisjr@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Twilight Of Midnight

    Joe Mackey notes,

>     1949   After a decade on radio, Captain Midnight was heard for the final
>     time. Put your secret decoder badges away now, kids.

    The Captain Midnight radio programming history is interesting, in that it
    started as a syndicated adventure serial sponsored by Skelly Oil.  In the
    Fall of 1940, its sponsorship was taken over by Ovaltine, and only then
    did the "secret decoder badges" (called Code-O-Graphs) get introduced.
    The format of a 15-minute episodes in serial format persisted until the
    Fall of 1949.
    The final season had the program shifting to half-hour programs, each a
    complete story.  The new programs were considerably more juvenile than
    the bulk of the 15-minute episodes, and the actor who played the title
    role, Ed Prentiss, didn't assume the role in the half-hour programs:
    another actor, Bill Bouchey, played the character.  During the 1949 Fall
    series, no Code-O-Graph premium was offered.
    Only one of the half-hour shows was preserved.

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:37:20 -0500
    From: Joe Stevens <joestevensus@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More Fibber and Molly

    A few folks seemed to like the Fibber and Molly 39-40 Season so here is the
    40-41 season and a collection of all the Christmas Fibber and Molly Shows I
    could find.

    The second Gildersleave Season
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    Christmas Collection of Fiber and Molly
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    Merry Christmas

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:37:38 -0500
    From: skallisjr@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A Strange Foreshadowing On The Captain Midnight
     Program

    On the Fall, 1941 Captain Midnight radio adventure serial, the story had
    Captain Midnight and his central crew in Japanese-occupied China.  In the
    headquarters of the villainous leader, The Barracuda, Captain Midnight,
    on a rescue mission discovered what turned out to be plans for an attack
    on Pearl Harbor -- weeks before the actual event took place.
    After the actual attack, Federal investigators queried the script writer,
    Robert Burtt, on what he knew.  It was just a strange coincidence.   (The
    incident is recounted in the book, /Radio's Captain Midnight: The Wartime
    Biography/)

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:37:50 -0500
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tune into Yesterday Issue 76 ( Christmas edition
     )

    Hi.
    Issue 76 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday newsletter is now available. The main
    article in this edition is by Elizabeth Mortimer about her collection of Lone
    Ranger material, the rest of the magazine is full of current 'news from the
    archives'. A sample copy is free in the UK from our membership sec John
    Wolstenholme from: ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, England, S18  8XA
    ( UK membership 10 pounds per year, US membership is 30 dollars per year for
    4 issues ).

    Cheers ! Graeme

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:38:01 -0500
    From: Eleanor Patterson <ejpatterson@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: OTR history help

        Dear friends and fellow OTR enthusiasts,
      I am working on a research project about the history of collecting radio in
    the US. The radio researchers resources have been really helpful, but I am
    trying to find someone who can help me with the history of selling radio
    anthologies, and the  history of companies like Radio Spirits. I'Dtve
    contacted them by email and phone and haven'Dtt gotten anywhere. Any ideas of
    people I should get in touch with or other sources are very welcome! You can
    contact me at ejpatterson@[removed]
      cheers,  Eleanor Patterson

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    Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:39:58 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 20-26 December

     From Those Were The Days

    12/22

    1920   WEAF, in New York City, aired the first broadcast of a prize
    fight from ringside. The fight was broadcast from Madison Square Garden
    where Joe Lynch defeated Peter Herman to retain the bantamweight title.
    Bantamweights top the scales at 118 pounds. Just think, either of those
    boxers could have been mistaken for the microphone stand.

    1922   WEAF once again proved to be the pillar of radio promotion. This
    time they broadcast radio's first double wedding ceremony. 4,000
    spectators watched as the two couples exchanged vows at Grand Central
    Palace. The broadcast was made in conjunction with the American Radio
    Exposition. The couples each got $100; a hefty sum in 1922 ($1354 in
    2012 dollars).

    12/23

    In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast to
    coast network.

     From Today's Almanac --

    In 1947, the transistor was invented, leading to a revolution in
    communications and electronics.

    12/24

    1906   Professor Reginald A. Fessenden is said to have sent his first
    radio broadcast from Brant Rock, MA. The program included a little
    verse, some violin and a speech.  (This is a disputed event according to
    some sources -ed).

    1944   The Andrews Sisters starred in the debut of The Andrews Sisters'
    Eight to the Bar Ranch on ABC. Patty, Maxene and LaVerne ran a fictional
    dude ranch. George 'Gabby' Hayes was a regular guest along with Vic
    Schoen's orchestra. The ranch stayed in operation until 1946.

    12/25

    1931 - Lawrence Tibbett was the featured vocalist as radio came to the
    Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The first opera was "Hansel
    und Gretel", heard on the NBC network of stations. In between acts of
    the opera, moderator Olin Downes would conduct an opera quiz, asking
    celebrity guests opera-related questions. The program's host and
    announcer was Milton Cross. He worked out of Box 44.

    1937 - Arturo Toscanini conducted the first broadcast of "Symphony of
    the Air" over NBC.

    1939 - The Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol", was read by
    Lionel Barrymore on "The Campbell Playhouse" on CBS.

    1942 - The longest, sponsored program in the history of broadcasting was
    heard on the NBC Blue network. The daylong "Victory Parade's Christmas
    Party of Spotlight Bands" was heard over 142 radio stations. The
    marathon broadcast was sponsored by Coca-Cola.

    1949 - Dick Tracy got married on Christmas Day. The comic strip hero
    married Tess Trueheart. The couple later became parents of a daughter.
    The little girl's name was Bonnie Braids.

    12/26

    1954 - One of radio's most popular programs, "The Shadow", lurked around
    the airwaves for the last time. Vigilante crime-fighter Lamont Cranston
    battled greed and corruption since 1930. "Who knows what evil lurks in
    the hearts of men? The Shadow [removed]"

    Joe

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