Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #111
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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 111
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      79 Wistful Vista                      [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 23-29 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      4-22 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:25:04 +0000
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  79 Wistful Vista

    David Ballarotto <alla@[removed];wrote:

     > They lived at 79 Wistful Vista, but here comes the tricky part.
     > Their house was located at the corner of 14th and Oak.

    Thanks, David. I don't feel so bad about being confused now.

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    Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:37:45 +0000
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 23-29 April

     From Those Were The Days --

    4/24

    1949 - Dick Powell starred in Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC.
    The show stayed on the air for four years.

    1955 - X-Minus One, a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC.

    4/25

    1938 - Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.

    4/27

    1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when WEW
    in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.

    1931 - NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.

    1932 - The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater for
    the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a live
    audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to radio. The
    network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.

    1937 - The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.

    4/28

    1947 - Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of great
    stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on radio.

    Joe

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    Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:40:47 +0000
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-22 births/deaths

    April 22nd births

    04-22-1887 - James Norman Hall - Colfax, IA - d. 7-6-1951
    writer: "Words at War"
    04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
    actor: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"
    04-22-1902 - John W. Vandercook - London, England - d. 1-6-1963
    commentator: "Newsroom of the Air/News of the World"
    04-22-1905 - Ed Ludes - d. 7-xx-1987
    sound effects: "Ozzie and Harriet"; "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Jack Benny Show"
    04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005
    actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"
    04-22-1909 - Ralph Byrd - Dayton, OH - d. 8-18-1952
    singer, actor: Local and Hollywood radio
    04-22-1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - NYC - d. 3-12-1999
    classical violinist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Pause that Refreshes"
    04-22-1920 - Hal March - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-19-1970
    comedian: Matt Henshaw "December Bride"; Mr. Cook "Too Many Cooks"
    04-22-1921 - Charlotte Lawrence - California - d. 10-20-1993
    actor: Stacy McGill "Advs. of Christopher Wells"; Reba Britten "Just
    Plain Bill"
    04-22-1921 - Vivian Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. xx-xx-1991
    writer: "The Beulah Show"
    04-22-1922 - Charlie Mingus - Nogales, AZ - d. 1-5-1979
    jazz bass player: "Here's to Veterans"
    04-22-1924 - Bill Simmons - d. 1-24-2005
    southern gospel musician: (Light Crust Doughboys)

    April 2nd deaths

    01-09-1913 - Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, CA - d. 4-22-1994
    [removed] president: "Image Minorities"; "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"
    02-04-1901 - Tom McKnight - d. 4-22-1963
    producer, director, writer: "Beulah Show"; "Gibson Family"
    02-22-1908 - John Mills - North Elmham, England - d. 4-22-2005
    actor: "A Christmas Carol"; "Charlie Chaplin"
    03-01-1885 - Lionel Atwill - Croydon, England - d. 4-22-1946
    singer: "Eveready Hour"
    03-09-1902 - Will Geer - Franfort, IN - d. 4-22-1978
    actor: Penny "Bright Horizon"
    03-12-1899 - Amparo Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 4-22-1969
    concert Pianist: (Jose's sister) "Concert Hall"
    04-20-1924 - Patricia Peardon - d. 4-22-1993
    actor: Mary Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Joan Worthington "Orphans of
    Divorce"
    08-08-1906 - Joe DuVal - Wisconsin - d. 4-22-1966
    actor: Professor Wiz the Owl "Cinnamon Bear", Big Town"
    09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    10-13-1891 - Irene Rich - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-22-1988
    actor: Faith Chandler "Dear John"; Irene Davis "Lady Counsellor"
    10-30-1924 - Norman Bird - Coalville, England - d. 4-22-2005
    actor: Major Burnaby "The Sittaford Mystery"
    11-10-1907 - Jane Froman - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-22-1980
    singer: "Florsheim Frolic"; "Bromo Seltzer Hour"; "Gulf Musical
    Playhouse"
    11-16-1894 - Ruth Cornell Woodman - d. 4-22-1970
    creator, writer: "Death Valley Days"; "Cavalcade of America"
    12-28-1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines - Duquesne, PA - d. 4-22-1983
    bandleader: "Band Remotes"; "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Dr. Howard W. Haggard - d. 4-22-1959
    alcoholism expert: "Devils, Drugs and Doctors"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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