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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 122
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 17-23 Nov [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
"Stuffy" Singer [ Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
WotW, Range-riding [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:24:45 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 17-23 November
From Those Were The Days
11/18
1307 The story of William Tell shooting the apple off of his young
son's noggin is said to have taken place on this day.
(If it hadn't been for Tell there would have been no opera, if there had
been no opera there would have been no overture, if there had been no
overture the Lone Ranger wouldn't have had the theme music we [removed]
ed. That's a joke son, I say that's a joke).
11/20
1929 - The first broadcast of The Rise of the Goldbergs, with Gertrude
Berg as Molly, was heard on the NBC Blue network. Later, the title would
be shortened to The Goldbergs. Mrs. Berg, incidentally, wrote the first
scripts for the 15-minute program and starred in the show -- for $75 a
week. ($993 in 2012 dollars). The program continued until 1945 (it
returned for one season in 1949-1950). Gertrude Berg entertained
audiences with New York style, motherly phrases like, "Button up your
neck. It's cold outside."
11/21
1938 WBOE in Cleveland, OH became the first school operated radio
station (owned by a municipality) to receive a license from the FCC.
WBOE went on the air as a 500 watt AM station and later became an FM
station.
1938 The first broadcast of Central City was heard. It was an
adventure mystery show set at the newspaper in, you guessed it, Central
City. Elspeth Eric played the part of crime reporter Emily Olson; and
Van Heflin was crime reporter Bob Shellenberger (later, the part was
played by Myron McCormick). Central City aired until 1941.
1944 "Happy trails to you, until we meet [removed]" The Roy Rogers
Show was first heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Singing along
with Roy (The King of the Cowboys), were the Whippoorwills and The Sons
of the Pioneers.
11/22
1906 Delegates attending the Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference in
Germany voted to use SOS (...[removed]) as the letters for the new
international signal. The international use of "SOS" was ratified in
1908. Its meaning? No, not "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" as many
believe. Its only meaning was as a distress signal, quick to transmit by
Morse code and not easily misread. It is not an acronym. Incidentally,
how did SOS pads come to use the same initials? They're named after a
patented process, Soap on Steel.
11/23
1929 Shirley Booth and Ed Gardner were married on this day. Miss Booth
was famous for her television acting role ("Hazel"); but we remember
when she and her husband played Miss Duffy and Archie on Duffy's Tavern.
1958 One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual
in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel
was broadcast on CBS and starred John Dehner as Paladin.
Joe
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:24:53 -0500
From: Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Stuffy" Singer
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How did Simon get the name Stuffy?
- Doug Douglass
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:50:09 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WotW, Range-riding
Folks;
On this week's SummersTime, we're playing War of the [removed], no, not
that one, the Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the George Pal film.
SummersTime runs on Radio Once More various times throughout the week, listed
at [removed] and [removed]
And on next week's show, our last before the December break, we're havin'
a [removed] all-western show to celebrate the publication of the new
book Radio Rides the Range, which is Kate's very first publishing credit!
We'll play shows we wrote about, Lightning Jim and Rin Tin Tin, other shows
from the old west, and we'll take a look at some historical news as well! Be
sure to listen in!
Charlie
[removed] The other War of the Worlds material is still in the Digest's Copy
folder, so if you need access instructions, lemme know. You do need to have a
Copy account to access, but accounts are completely free.
Me
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