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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2015 : Issue 29
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      KDKA "The First Commercial Broadcast  [ Ron Vanover <rvanover1@[removed] ]
      Truth Or Consequences                 [ <skallisjr@[removed]; ]
      Radio History                         [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Whistler Show                         [ michael j kerezman sr <mikekerezman ]

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    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:06:49 -0400
    From: Ron Vanover <rvanover1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  KDKA "The First Commercial Broadcast"

    The Adventures in Research Episode #95 dated November 21, 1944 appears
    in some logs under the name "The History Of The First Regular Radio
    Broadcast."  I have this episode in my collection with the title "Eyes
    and Ears for the Millions" which was the name given to this show by Dr.
    Phillips Thomas, the Westinghouse Research Scientist featured in this
    episodes 95 and 96. If anyone would like a copies of these programs,
    I've placed both on [removed]

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    Ron Vanover
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    Home of the Old-Time Radio USB Hard Drive

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    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:08:09 -0400
    From: <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Truth Or Consequences

    Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; notes,

>     1940   Truth or Consequences was first heard on radio. Ralph Edwards

    produced and hosted the [removed] The show was originally heard on only

>     four CBS stations. Later, NBC picked up the show where it eventually

    .became the most popular of all radio quiz shows.

    The show was so popular that the city of  Hot Springs, New Mexico,
    changed its name to Truth Or Consequences.  In 1950, Ralph Edwards
    broadcast the show from the city.

    SAKjr

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    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:08:15 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio History

>     Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:05:28 -0400
>     From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

>     3/22

>     1948   The Voice of Firestone was one of the first commercial radio
>     programs to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.

    Before long, it was on AM, FM, and television.  I remember discovering
    it on radio while it was on TV and thinking something had gone wrong
    with my radio.  In fact, it was on two different radio stations.  I
    believe the show was on CBS at the time, and WROW, the CBS radio
    affiliate in the Albany area (where we lived at the time) didn't have an
    FM outlet.  So WGY, the NBC station carried it, and since they didn't do
    separate FM programs, they carried it on both WGY and WGFM.

>     3/23

>     1940   Truth or Consequences was first heard on radio. Ralph Edwards
>     produced and hosted the [removed] The show was originally heard on only
>     four CBS stations. Later, NBC picked up the show where it eventually
>     became the most popular of all radio quiz shows.

    It always bothers me when these references refer to Truth or
    Consequences as a quiz show.  It wasn't.  The questions were
    grade-school-level riddles, designed not to be answered by the
    contestants.  The point of the show was the "consequence" that had been
    devised for the contestant, usually some sort of stunt and often a prank
    of some sort that was unknown to the contestant, but was disclosed to
    the audience before the contestant even came out. They were already
    assuming that the contestant wouldn't be able to answer the question,
    and they were right.  The one occasion I saw the contestant actually
    answer the question, the host (by this time Bob Barker) said he had just
    gotten a signal from the control room that he had asked the wrong
    question and asked another one.

    Some examples of "questions" asked:

    Q. What is a paradox?
    A. Two doctors.

    Q. What do a girl preparing to go to the beach and a man figuring out
    his income taxes have in common?
    A. They both take off as much as the law will allow.

    Q. What do an elephant and a clam have in common?
    A. Neither can ride a bicycle.

    Not a quiz show.

>     1944   WQXR in New York City, owned by The New York Times newspaper,
>     banned singing commercials from its airwaves as of this day.
>     Understandable, since the station has always been the classical music
>     voice of Manhattan and there aren't many classical singing commercials.

    The Geno's Pizza roll commercial with the William Tell Overture and the
    Lone Ranger?

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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    Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:08:28 -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
    demand, 24/7 at: [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Many new additions to our Transcription Disc scans:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    THE RUGGLES
    Audition Episode 1    12-18-57    "The Driver's Test"
    Stars: Charlie Ruggles, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford, Olin Soule,
    Sammy Ogg, Margaret Carey.
    Announcer: Roy Royan

    FAMILY THEATER
    Episode 304    1-21-53    "A Kind Of Treasure"
    Hostess: Natalie Wood
    Stars: Walter Brennan and Vivi Janus
    Author John McGreevy

    THE RUGGLES
    Audition Episode 2    12-19-57    "A Strict Schedule"
    Stars: Charlie Ruggles, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford, Olin Soule,
    Sammy Ogg, Margaret Carey.
    Announcer: Roy Royan

    THE SIGNAL CARNIVAL
    Audition Show    2-9-41    "Looking For Waldo"
    NBC SIGNAL OIL COMPANY
    HOST: Johnny Frasier
    STARS: Jack Carson, Vera Vague, Kay St. Germain
    MUSIC: Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, The Signalaires

    IT REALLY HAPPENED
    9-11-45 "A Man Drinks DDT"
    Narrator: Herb Newcombe
    ABC Sustained

    THE TOMMY RIGGS AND BETTY LOU SHOW
    8-19-46 "United States On A Greyhound Bus"
    NBC Sustained
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
    (NBC) 4/17/47 Includes the "Who's On First" skit.

    ADVENTURES OF ARCHIE ANDREWS
    (NBC) 3/10/51 Income Tax Troubles.

    THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
    3/16/40 Lois is trapped in a prison riot. Superman arrives.
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we begin a 3 week tribute to W. C. Fields.

    LUX RADIO THEATER
    03/07/1938 Episode (166) Poppy.

     From 03/08/2015 An interview done by John and Larry Gassman and Walden
    Hughes with Doctor Harriet Fields, grand Daughter of W. C. Fields.
    ==================================
    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 161

    EDDIE HUBBARD SPECIAL WITH SONGS OF SPRING

    "Spring is Here," as Carly Simon declares on her recording on Eddie
    Hubbard's Special from 1990 featuring songs of spring. Other spring
    songs are performed by artists like the Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers,
    the Platters, Russ Morgan and the Ames Brothers, Perry Como, Evelyn
    Knight, Nat King Cole, the Four Freshmen, Count Basie, and Mel Torme.

    Examples of super recordings are "Queen of the Senior Prom," "Graduation
    Day," "A Little Bird Told Me," "It Might As Well Be Spring," "Blue
    Gardenia," "April Showers," "Everything's Coming Up Roses," and, one of
    my Mother's fondest favorites, "Red Sails in the Sunset."

    In Perry Como's "Songs I Love" from 1963 he addresses his true love as
    he sings of "tender melodies" that echo experiences "that make [them]
    cling together" and that help them "face the years" together. In
    contrast, Eddie's last song stretches the implications of the meaning of
    true love more than a bit, namely, "All the Girls I've Loved Before,"
    with Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias. In their words they sing of girls
    traveling "in and out [their] doors," but it is a well-written and
    pretty song and, of course, sung well.

    It's truly a pleasure and an honor to play the wonderful radio work of
    my late friend Eddie Hubbard who touched the lives of so many performers
    in the music world. Eddie began his career at Chicago radio stations and
    ended with the ABC Radio Network on hundreds of stations and a local
    station in Dallas. He was a performer, actor, emcee, interviewer, and
    script writer for TV shows like "Love, American Style." He especially
    loved music of the 1940's and 1950's, was a personal friend and help to
    many performers and began the famous radio Browsers shows. He was
    responsible for my amateur "audition" on his show and therefore for my
    modest future shows on streaming internet radio which have brought much
    joy to me following retirement after some 40 years as a professor. As a
    radio DJ, Eddie brought great joy to millions of fans (Hubbard's
    Clubbers) as he demonstrated class and integrity, smooth
    professionalism, and a vast knowledge of the big bands and performers.
    Eddie was more than a friend. He was one of my heroes.

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    Thanks to Jerry Haendiges Productions for expert remastering of the
    original studio tape for rebroadcast. .

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Greg celebrate Big John's Birthday!

    The Shadow - "Stake Out"
    originally aired Sunday, March 14, 1948 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Bret Morrison, Grace Matthews.
    Andre Baruch announcing.
    Sponsor: Blue Coal

    Command Performance - "episode 215"
    originally aired Thursday, March 14, 1946 on AFRS
    Starring: June Haver, Desi Arnaz, Larry Stark, Red Skelton, Verna
    Felton, Pat McGeehan.
    Ken Carpenter announcing.
    Sustained

    Life With Luigi - "Big Brothers Of America
    originally aired Tuesday, March 14, 1950 on CBS
    Starring: J. Carrol Naish, Alan Reed, Jody Gilbert, Mary Shipp, Hans
    Conreid, Joe Forte, Ken Peters.
    Bob Stevenson announcing.
    Sponsor: Wrigley's Spearmint Gum

    The Mysterious Traveler - "The Big Brain"
    originally aired Tuesday, March 14, 1950 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Maurice Tarplin, Leon Janney, Marilyn Erskine, Santos Ortega,
    John Marley.
    Bob Emerick 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, 25 Mar 2015 17:56:26 -0500
    From: michael j kerezman sr <mikekerezman@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Whistler Show

    Hello,

    I am trying to locate a episode of The Whistler I heard a long time ago but
    cannot remember the title or broadcast date.

    The plotline concerns a woman who is romantically involved with a young man
    who wants to stop seeing her as result of pressure from his older brother.
    The woman kills him. Later she gets a phone call from the older brother who
    is at his brothers apartment and knows she did it. He tells her he is not
    gonna involve the police but take care of her himself.  The woman flees the
    city. Toward the end of the show she is on a train moving from car to car to
    elude a man she thinks is following her at the behest of the older brother.
    Finally, he catches her in one other train car's but she pulls a gun from her
    purse and kills him. It turns he was a cop that was looking for someone else.

    Does anyone know what episode this is?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Mike Kerezman
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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