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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2015 : Issue 49
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      OTR Club Roll Call                    [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Re: Roll Call for OTR Clubs           [ Wboenig <wboenig@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 31 May to  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      The Whispers                          [ Jay Hickerson <jayhick@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Old BBC documents on-line             [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:20:52 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR Club Roll Call

    Walden Hughes has called for an update on the OTR clubs in the [removed]

    As an OTR editor, I exchange newsletters with most of them.  The club in
    Tucson, as well as the one in Louisville, don't publish any newsletter, but
    both are alive and well as far as I know.

    How Walden forgot to mention REPS in Seattle, WA I don't know but they are
    certainly going strong. Nor did he mention the largest club of all, SPERDVAC
    in Los Angeles. (I guess he figured we'd all know they were both still
    active.)

    Radio Collectors of America (RCA) in the Boston region is still in good
    shape. Not sure what Illinois club Walden refers to, unless it's ORCATS, who
    still exist, as far as I [removed] least their web site is current. However
    the Chattanooga Club in TN was dissolved last [removed] malady as the
    Colorado club: no new volunteers to keep the group running.

    I only know of one OTR club in Ohio and that's Radio Listener's Lyceum in the
    Cincinnati region. The Buffalo Club, which was recently re-named the Old Time
    Radio & Nostalgia Club, is doing very well, as is the OTR club in Milwaukee,
    WI. If there is another OTR club in NY, I guess Walden would be referring to
    the Gotham Radio Players, who show up at most OTR conventions.

    Last, and I hope not least, the Metro Washington OTR Club is still going
    strong, celebrating our 31st anniversary this year. Half of our 140 members
    are in the DC, MD and VA area while the remainder are scattered from Maine to
    San Diego.

    If I've failed to mention any existing club, I apologize in advance.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:20:59 -0400
    From: Wboenig <wboenig@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Roll Call for OTR Clubs
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    The Quincy, Massachusetts-based Radio Collectors of America OTR club still
    exists, although we have seen our membership dwindle to 19.

    Wayne Boenig

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:21:08 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 31 May to 6 June

    5/31

    1943 - A comic strip came to radio as "The Adventures of Archie
    Andrews". It was heard on the NBC Blue network. Archie, Veronica and the
    gang stayed on radio for about ten years, moving to Mutual Broadcasting
    in January 1944, and then to NBC in June 1945. The radio sitcom was
    based on Bob Montana's comic strip about Archie Andrews and his teen-age
    pals.

    1949 - A crowd of 35,000 people paid tribute to radio personality Mary
    Margaret McBride at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, (one of the five
    boroughs that make up New York City). McBride was celebrating her 15th
    year in radio.

    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.

    Joe

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:21:16 -0400
    From: Jay Hickerson <jayhick@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Whispers
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    This new television show is starting on Monday, June 1.  As most of you know,
    it was based on Ray Bradbury's Zero Hour, appearing on X-1.  Drill is still
    the main evil character.

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:21:23 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    THE GUY LOMBARDO SHOW
    Episode 244 1948 A Musical Portrait Of "Hands"
    Features: Don Rodney, Kenny Gardner, The Lombardo Trio
    Announcer: David Ross
    ZIV Syndication

    STANDARD SCHOOL BROADCAST
    22nd Annual Season
    "Music Map Of The World" series
    Episode 1 10-13-49 "A New Shoreline"
    Standard Oil Syndication

    TUNE UP AMERICA
    Episode 4 3-25-42 Guest: Bub Zurke, Jazz Pianist
    Host: Betty Jane Rhodes
    Music: David Rose Orchestra
    Announcer: Joe Doaks
    Mutual Sustaining Wednesdays 11:30-12:00 Mid.

    TURK MURPHY AND HIS DIXIELAND BAND
    1950 "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
    Features: Turk Murphy and His Dixieland Band, Skippy Anderson
    Announcer: Bob Cummings
    Remote Engineer: Ted Crosby
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    ROSA RIO - Grand Dame of Old Time Radio
    Interviews and music of beloved organist of vintage radio on her passing
    at age 107.

    GANGBUSTERS
    (CBS) 9/26/53 "The Case of the Fugitive Soldier"

    THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
    (WOR/Synd) 4/8/40 Dr. Beechum's story continues.

    EXTRA - BOB & RAY
    "Tippy, The Wonder Dog"
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we salute Ezra Stone. Ezra was best known for his role as
    Henry Aldrich.

    He was an honorary SPERDVAC member and appeared at many Friends of Old
    time Radio conventions.

    He was a class individual.

    THE RUDY VALLEE HOUR
    04/28/1938 Guest - Ezra Stone.
    Ezra was appearing in the play "What A Life". The Vallee show featured
    him in many scenes as Henry Aldrich prior to the radio show of the same
    name.

    THE ALDRICH FAMILY
    10/27/1939 (016) Girl Trouble aka Date Mix-Up.

    THE JACK BENNY SHOW
    06/16/1940 Ezra Stone guests.
    Ezra appeared on the Benny show to plug the Aldrich family who would be
    on during the summer as the jack Benny replacement while Jack and cast
    went on vacation.
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 171

    RADIO WORLD PREMIER EPISODE OF THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LOWER BASIN
    STREET: GUEST SOLOIST DINAH SHORE

    Here's the very first radio episode of the Chamber Music Society of
    Lower Basin Street, broadcast on NBC Blue on Sunday afternoon, January
    2, 1940. Guests are Arthur J. "Zutty" Singleton, jazz and percussionist
    aficionado, and "Mademoiselle Diva" Dinah Shore as soloist.

    "Professor" Zutty performs "I Know That You Know" and "Bugle Call Rag,"
    while Dinah does "Rockin' Chair" and "There'll Be Some Changes Made."
    Announcer Gene Hamilton assumes his stodgy commentator role as "Doctor"
    Gino Hamilton and speaks briefly about the trouble with modern music
    while alluding to his supercilious "book" on that subject with a
    non-sensical and wonderfully funny German title, ending with the word
    "Knackwurst."

    Maestro Laval and his "Double Woodwind Quintet" contribute "Runnin'
    Wild" after a deliciously long, long-haired introduction, and maestro
    Levine and his "Mason Dixon Octet" perform the "austere classic" "Blue
    Room" and "Muskrat Ramble" "with its subtle shadings and mutations."

    "A Little Street in Singapore" and "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
    (*All the Little Birdies Go Tweet, Tweet, Tweet") round out a super
    "World Premiere" show for "music lovers."

    You may also enjoy previous Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
    episodes 109, 110, and 170 in my archives.

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Stu celebrate Mother's Day and Memorial Day!

    The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show - "Mother's Day Present" (aka "Hot
    Merchandise")
    originally aired Sunday, May 8, 1949 on NBC
    Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis, Walter Tetley, Jeanine
    Roose,
    Anne Whitfield, Robert North.
    Bill Foreman announcing.
    Sponsor: Rexall

    Dragnet - "The Big Mother"
    originally aired Thursday, November 9, 1950 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.
    Hal Gibney and George Fenneman announcing.
    Sponsor: Fatima Cigarettes

    The Great Gildersleeve - "Memorial Day Parade"
    originally aired Sunday, May 30, 1943 on NBC
    Starring: Harold Peary, Lurene Tuttle, Walter Tetley, Earle Ross, Ben
    Alexander,
    Shirley Mitchell, Lillian Randolph, Richard LeGrand.
    Ken Carpenter announcing.
    Sponsor: Kraft

    Anthology - "Memorial Day 1954"
    originally aired Sunday, May 30, 1954 on WNBC/NBC
    Starring: Bing Crosby, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Lovejoy, Walter Huston.
    Harry Fleetwood announcing.
    Sustained

    =======================================================If you have any
    questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:21:38 -0400
    From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Old BBC documents on-line

    Hi.
    I was recently browsing through the BBC Research and Development website and
    see that they have put a lot of old documents on line , including some about
    early disc and tape recording. Two examples below:

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    Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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