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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 21
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 8-14 Marc [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:14:56 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 8-14 March
3/8
1925 Bernard McFadden was a physical culturist who had a radio show in
New York City. But not for long. McFadden failed to show up for his
daily morning program, causing a young, studio engineer, John Gambling,
to ad lib on the air for a solid hour. As a result, the station (WOR)
decided to give Gambling the morning announcer's job. John Gambling
stayed at WOR for many years, then turned the mike over to his son, who,
finally, turned the program over to his son ... all named John. Rambling
with Gambling program attracted tri state (New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut) audiences in record numbers for over 70 years on the 50,000
watt talk radio powerhouse at 710 AM on your radio dial from New York
each morning.
3/9
1945 Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
Webster.
3/10
1922 Variety magazine greeted readers with the front page headline
that read, "Radio Sweeping Country--1,000,000 Sets in Use."
1955 The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.
3/12
1933 Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.
3/13
1923 A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new
models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones,
which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and
messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a 'foolproof'
design.
3/14
1937 Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in one of the biggest publicity
gags ever. It was called, "The Battle of the Century." The two
comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging
torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the
history of radio.
Joe
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