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Date: 3/23/2017 12:34 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2017 : Issue 15
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      senior citizen donates 1900 ETs       [ "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@ ]
      This week in radio history 19-25 Mar  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:30:41 -0400
    From: "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
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    Subject:  senior citizen donates 1900 ETs

    As of this posting the link is still good.

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    Richard "Dick" Defore, 83, an audiophile who began collecting in the
    1930s, wanted his collection of 1900 radio transcriptions to go to a
    worthy recipient, and the Center for Popular Music on the campus of
    Middle Tennessee State University was selected.

    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:30:48 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 19-25 March

    3/21

    1924   The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
    heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world", on KDKA in
    Pittsburgh, PA.

    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.

    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.

    3/24

    1932   Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train ... a
    first for radio broadcasting. The program originated from a Baltimore
    and Ohio train that chugged its way around the New York area. The
    broadcast was heard on WABC in New York City.

    1935   After a year as a local show from New York City, Major Bowes'
    Original Amateur Hour was heard on the entire NBC network. The show
    stayed on the air for 17 years. Later, Ted Mack took over for Bowes and
    made the move from radio to television.

    3/25

    1943   Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiered on network radio. The
    pair replaced the popular Abbott and Costello following Lou Costello's
    illness. Durante and Moore stayed on the air for four years.

    Joe

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