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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2012 : Issue 10
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
BBC Archives [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This time for sure! YUSA Saturday [ mschmid@[removed] ]
Re: Lights Out fan clubs? [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
1-20 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
1937-38 SHADOW scriptwriters [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
Cincinnati OTR Convention and "The S [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
1-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Sgt. Burke on The Green Hornet [ gsgreger@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 22-28 Jan [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:49:36 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BBC Archives
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Hi Folks.
The BBC staff magazine 'Ariel' carried an interesting article this
week about Archives.
Just Google it under the following title:
'Ariel BBC
considers archive fees for viewers'.
Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:49:41 -0500
From: mschmid@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: This time for sure! YUSA Saturday
Sadly, the program was delivered about ten minutes after it was
supposed to go on last Saturday at 11 AM. That means that it's ready
to go this week.
"The Mystery of the Masked Man's Music" interview with author Reg
Jones on The Golden Age of Radio.
I have just finished digitizing a copy of my interview with the author, Reg
Jones, and it will be presented this Saturday morning at 11 am on The
Golden Age of Radio on [removed]. The show will open with
episodes 89-90 of Chandu the Magician, a weekly feature, and #607 of
The Lone Ranger "Remember the Alamo, from Dec 22, 1941. The second
hour of the show is my talk with Reg Jones, with lots of clips of
music from The Lone Ranger. This was originally heard on WBAI in late
1987 when the book came out.
I have set up a new page on Facebook called "Golden Age of Radio
Hosted by Max Schmid" for advance notice of the line-ups for both the
WBAI broadcast (Sundays at 9pm) and for the YUSA show (Sat 11am-1pm).
I will update the page every week as I produce the programs. Like me,
love me, spread the word! Thanks, Max
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:00 -0500
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Lights Out fan clubs?
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Does anyone have any personal knowledge of such
clubs, or know of sources that would corroborate them.
The earliest references I've seen to
Lights Out fan clubs come from early 1935. NBC canceled the show in January to
allow writer-creator Wyllis Cooper time to work on other projects. (He was
still spelling his name "Willis" in those days and was frequently referred to
as "Bill" in print.) Listeners deluged NBC with requests to revive the show.
The April 13, 1935 Winnipeg Free Press reports:
"Petitions arrived from no
less than 87 fan clubs in Chicago alone. Other letters came from groups
ranging from society folk to taxi drivers who each Wednesday convened in
all-night restaurants to hear the programme. One letter came from the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police here in Winnipeg."
NBC quickly reinstated the show by
February. Perhaps as a thank you for helping to keep the show on the air, at
least one club got to sit in on a broadcast. According to the February 9, 1935
Chicago Tribune:
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Fifty members of Evanston's Lights Out club got more
than they bargained for the other midnight when they came to NBC studios to
view Bill Cooper's macabre "Lights Out" broadcast. This week's episode
concerned a honeymooning couple lost in the Roman catacombs. Studio lights are
doused during the broadcast, only two narrow beams playing on the actors
themselves. The studio sound experts gave Evanstonians a nice case of jitters.
***
There are conflicting estimates of the number of clubs. The August 10,
1935 Radio Guide says:
"There are at least 200 Lights Out clubs, composed of
from four to as many as fifty members. They meet each Wednesday evening to
play cards or dance until time for the program's broadcast. Each of these, as
well as hundreds of other listeners, sends in a weekly comment."
But the June
2, 1941 Time Magazine claims:
"There were about 600 Lights Out clubs in the
[removed] when Mr. Cooper stopped writing the show to go to Hollywood to do picture
scripts. A Kansas City, Mo. chapter whose meeting he attended had officers and
by-laws and fined any member who spoke or lit a cigaret during broadcasts."
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:49:23 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 1-20 births/deaths
January 20th births
01-20-1878 - Finlay Currie - Edinburgh, Scotland - d. 5-9-1968
actor: John H. Watson "BBC Home Theatre"
01-20-1894 - Harold Gray - Kankakee, IL - d. 5-9-1968
cartoonist: Creater of "Little Orphan Annie"
01-20-1895 - Roscoe Ates - Grange, MS - d. 3-1-1962
stuttering comedian: "Shell Chateau"; "Comedy Stars of Hollywood"
01-20-1896 - George Burns - NYC - d. 3-9-1996
comedian: "Advs. of Gracie"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
01-20-1896 - Rolfe Sedan - NYC - d. 9-15-1982
actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Mystery in the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-20-1898 - Norma Varden - London, England - d. 1-19-1989
actor: "Crime Classics"; "NBC University Theatre"
01-20-1898 - Tudor Owen - Wales, UK - d. 3-13-1979
actor: Jocko Madigan "Pat Novak for Hire"; Editor "Alias Jane Doe"
01-20-1899 - Joseph Buloff - Vilnius, Lithuania - d. 2-27-1985
actor: Barney Glass "House of Glass"
01-20-1900 - Colin Clive - [removed], France - d. 6-26-1937
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
01-20-1903 - Leon Ames - Portland, IN - d. 10-10-1993
actor: "Earplay"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
01-20-1912 - Paula Stone - NYC - d. 12-23-1997
moderator: "Leave It to the Girls"
01-20-1914 - Roy Plomley - Kingston-upon-Thames, England - d. 5-28-1985
announcer: Desert Island Discs"; "We Beg to Differ"; "One Minute Please"
01-20-1919 - Tony Shryane - St. Austell, England - d. 9-22-2003
BBC radio producer
01-20-1920 - DeForest Kelley - Atlanta, GA - d. 6-11-1999
actor: "Suspense"
01-20-1920 - Derek Bond - Glascow, Scotland - d. 10-15-2006
actor: "A Christmas Carol"
01-20-1921 - Connie Haines - Savannah, GA - d. 9-22-2008
singer: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Rhapsody in Rhythm"
01-20-1922 - Ray Anthony - Bentleyville, PA
band eader: Band remotes for CBS 1951-1952
01-20-1924 - Slim Whitman - Tampa, FL
singer: "Louisiana Hayride"
01-20-1926 - Patricia Neal - Packard, KY - d. 8-8-2010
actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"
01-20-1927 - Dawn Lake - Sydney, Australia - d. 1-1-2006
singer: "The Jack Davey Program"
January 20th deaths
01-27-1914 - Alexander Albert Avola - Boston, MA - d. 1-20-2000
guitarist/arranger: Artie Shaw Orchestra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
02-18-1903 - Jacques Fray - Paris, France - d. 1-20-1963
pianist, disc jockey: "Fray and Braggiotti"
03-17-1918 - Bill Felton - Greenland, MI - d. 1-20-2005
newscaster, disc jockey: "Valley Varieties"; "Recreation Room"
04-06-1927 - Gerry Mulligan - NYC - d. 1-20-1996
jazz saxophonist: "Sound of Jazz"; "White House Jazz Festival"; "Voice
of Vista"
05-01-1924 - Dennis Main Wilson - Dulwich. London, England - d.
1-20-1997
producer: "Goon Show"; "Hancock's Half Hour"; "Citizen Smith"
05-03-1880 - Horace Murphy - Finley, TN - d. 1-20-1975
actor: Buckskin Blodgett "Red Ryder"
05-04-1929 - Audrey Hepburn - Brussels, Belguim - d. 1-20-1993
actor: "[removed] Story"; "Stagestruck"
05-29-1894 - Beatrice Lillie - Toronto, Canada - d. 1-20-1989
commedienne: "Beatrice Lillie Show"
06-02-1904 - Johnny Weissmuller - Windber, PA - d. 1-20-1984
actor: Movie Tarzan and Jungle Jim
06-05-1907 - D'Artega - Silao, Mexico - d. 1-20-1998
conductor, composer: "Enna Jettick Melodies"
07-11-1922 - Bernard Punsly - NYC - d. 1-20-2004
actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"
07-16-1907 - Barbara Stanwyck - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-20-1990
actor: "Prudential Family Hour of Stars"; "This Is My Story"
08-05-1917 - Don Stanley - Stoughton, WI - d. 1-20-2003
announcer: "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "Out of the Deep"; "The Saint"
08-18-1902 - Joseph Catizone - Italy - d. 1-20-1973
trumpeter
09-14-1890 - Anthony Frome - Bellaire, OH - d. 1-20-1962
as "The Poet Prince" he sang and read poetry over NBC Blue in early
1930s
10-24-1891 - Nila Mack - Arkansas City, KS - d. 1-20-1953
director: "Helen and Mary"; "Let's Pretend"
11-14-1906 - Mercer McCloud - d. 1-20-1993
actor: Fran Cummings "Second Husband"
11-14-1913 - George Smathers - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 1-20-2007
[removed] senator from florida: "Meet the Press"
11-26-1911 - Robert Donley - Carmichaels, PA - d. 1-20-2004
actor: "Lieutenant Carpenter "Front Page Farrell"
12-05-1922 - Alan Freed - Johnstown, PA - d. 1-20-1965
disc jockey: "Moondog Show"; "Alan Freed Show"; "Camel Rock and Roll
Party"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:06 -0500
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 1937-38 SHADOW scriptwriters
Ryan O. asked: "Who were the authors for the 1937/1938 Blue Coal Shadow
season with Orson Welles?"
Scriptwriters for the 1937-38 Blue Coal winter season included Edward Hale
Bierstadt (who scripted the first episode and a couple other early
episodes), Burr Cook, Jerry Devine, Jerry McGill and Ernest Shenkin.
Scriptwriters for the 1938 Goodrich summer series included Jerry Devine,
Knowles Entriken and Arch Oboler. It's possible (but unconfirmed) that
"Revenge on The Shadow" might have been scripted by pulp wordsmith Walter
Gibson. Edith Meiser was script editor and probably wrote some of the
1937-38 scripts herself.
BTW, I've printed the scripts for a number of the 1937-38 "lost" episodes as
bonus material in some of my Sanctum Books SHADOW double-novel reprints
including the second show, "The Red Macaw" (THE SHADOW #40), the third
episode, "Danger in the Dark" (SHADOW #14), "Terror Island" (SHADOW #22) and
"Murder by the Dead" (SHADOW #31).
--Anthony Tollin
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:14 -0500
From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Cincinnati OTR Convention and "The Shadow"
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Hi everyone,
It was with great sadness that I learned that this year's
Cincinnati
Old Time Radio and Nostalgia Convention will be its last. Although
I was only able to attend these past few years, I gathered a lifetime of good
memories. I've also met so many wonderful new friends. We all owe an
incredible amount of thanks to the wonderful Mr. Bob Burchett and Robert
Newman for yeoman's work these past 25 years. Both Bobs, you are
terrific
human beings, and especially Burchett, who I got to know the
past couple of
years. I am proud to call you my friend. Also kudos to Barb
Davies, Lennell
Herbert-Marshall and Donna Kramer for running the front
desk, Don and Mary
Ramlow for the re-creations and Dave Davies and Jerry Williams for helping
with the sound effects during the re-creations and to anyone else I am
forgetting. So, let's all be in Cincy this year for one last big shindig!
Also, I am pleased to hear that Anthony Tollin is updating Walter
Gibson's
"Shadow Scrapbook." We all know that a lot of information about The Shadow has
come
forth recently, especially because of Martin Grams' 850 page book on the
subject, so anything carried over from the "Shadow Scrapbook" will
obviously
be updated. I was extremely interested in Anthony's
posting/reference to the
real author of two "Shadow" scripts. For years, it has been speculated by old
time radio fans (a very popular rumor, by the way, for anyone who didn't know
this) that the author of those two scripts was Walter Gibson himself,
arranging for Robert
Arthur to sign his name to them, but no hard evidence
has ever been
uncovered to prove this. No cancelled checks, no inter-office
memos,
nothing to verify. I asked Martin Grams at the recent Friends of Old
Time Radio Convention why it was not included in his book and Martin
told me
that he only printed what were known,verifible
facts and avoided printing
anything that was speculated, rumored or
unfounded without a printed source
to confirm. He told me that dozens of
Shadow inaccuracies, such as Kenny
Delmar's memory of replacing Orson
Welles for a Shadow broadcast, were
"assumptions" that went to print
without another source to back it, and he
wanted to avoid the same
mistakes others have done over the years. Remember,
inaccurate
information began with "assumptions." Martin said he found nothing
to
verify the "rumor" so he didn't put it in his Shadow book. I know that a
respected author such as Anthony Tollin wouldn't go by the "word" of
someone's 50 plus year-old memory, so I'll be interested to see what
Anthony
found that finally verifies whether or not Gibson was the
author. A scanned
copy of the evidence would not only be enlightening
but, in this case,
everyone would agree, "essential" for this particular factoid.
Ken
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:26 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 1-21 births/deaths
January 21st births
01-21-1867 - John Bratton - Wilmington, DE - d. 2-7-1947
composed "Teddy Bears Picnic" used as theme for "John and Sparky"
01-21-1895 - Muriel 'Molly' Pollock - The Bronx, NY - d. 5-25-1971
concert pianist: "Radio-Keith-Orpheum Hour"; "Sonara Hour"
01-21-1897 - J. Carrol Naish - NYC - d. 1-24-1973
actor: Luigi Basco "Life with Luigi"
01-21-1899 - Ernestine Hill - Rockhampton, Australia - d. 8-22-1972
writer: "Santa Clause of Christmas Creek"
01-21-1902 - Smith Ballew - Palestine, TX - d. 5-2-1984
singer: "The Ipana Troubadors"; "Shell Chateau"
01-21-1904 - Allen Prescott - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-27-1978
host: "Wife Saver"; "Prescott Presents"
01-21-1907 - Lydia Johnson - Ramseur, NC - d. 4-11-1979
singer: "The Johnson Family Singers"
01-21-1909 - Sid Raymond - NYC - d. 12-1-2006
actor: "X Minus One"
01-21-1914 - George A. Putnam - Middletown, NY - d. 4-8-1975
announcer: "Can You Top This?"; "Vic and Sade"; "Portia Faces Life"
01-21-1915 - Alan Hewitt - NYC - d. 11-7-1986
actor: Ken Martinson "This is Nora Drake"; Karl Dorn "Romance of Helen
Trent"
01-21-1915 - John Dunkel - Springfield, OH - d. 2-22-2001
writer: "Escape"; "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"
01-21-1915 - Ray Erlenborn - Denver, CO - d. 6-4-2007
sound effects, actor: "Burns and Allen"; "Anderson Family"
01-21-1919 - Jinx Falkenburg McCrary - Barcelona, Spain - d. 8-27-2003
hostess: "Hi! Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"; "Weekend"
01-21-1919 - Louis Innis - Seymour, IN - d. 8-20-1982
guitar: "Plantation Boys"
01-21-1921 - Charlotte Manson - NYC - d. 12-8-1996
actor: Patsy Bowen "Nick Carter, Master Detective"
01-21-1921 - Manya Starr - NYC - d. 7-26-2000
writer: Allegedly fired by Hummert asking about God, "Who's will play
him?"
01-21-1922 - Paul Scofield - Hurstpierpoint, England - d. 3-19-2008
actor: Kadmos "Dionysos"; "The Troy Trilogy"
01-21-1922 - Telly Savalas - Garden City, NY - d. 1-22-1994
actor: "[removed] Story"
01-21-1924 - Benny Hill - Southampton, England - d. 4-20-1992
comedian: "Educating Archie"
01-21-1925 - Charles Aidman - Frankfort, IN - d. 11-7-1993
acotr: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
01-21-1927 - Milus L. Bradley - Lake Charles, LA
composer, singer, pianist, accordionist
01-21-1937 - Paul Greenberg - Shreveport, LA
commentary: "Sunday Weekend Edition"
01-21-1941 - Placido Domingo - Madrid, Spain
tenor: "The Metropolitan Opera"
01-21-1947 - Jill Eikenberry - New Haven, CT
actor: "We Hold These Truths"
January 21st deaths
01-13-1915 - Mahlon Aldridge - d. 1-21-1986
sportscaster: Missouri
02-10-1902 - Jose Cortes - d. 1-21-1996
fiddle: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
02-21-1915 - Ann Sheridan - Dallas, TX - d. 1-21-1967
actor: (The Oomph Girl) "Smiths of Hollywood"; "Stars in the Air"
02-25-1951 - Don Poier - d. 1-21-2005
sports announcer
03-22-1895 - Joseph Schildkraut - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-21-1964
actor: "Intrigue"; "Best Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Hollywood Hotel"
04-01-1915 - Bob Dwan - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-21-2005
director: "You Bet Your Life"
05-12-1896 - Milton Herman - NYC - d. 1-21-1951
actor: Gargoyle "The Bishop and the Gargoyle"; Italo "Today's Children"
05-22-1938 - Susan Strasberg - NYC - d. 1-21-1999
actor: Emily Marriott "Marriage"
05-26-1920 - Peggy Lee - Jamestown, ND - d. 1-21-2002
singer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Peggy Lee
Show"
05-27-1910 - Sidney Slon - Chicago, IL - d. 1-21-1995
actor: Solly "The Goldbergs"; Mr. Trent "Valiant Lady"
06-01-1917 - Donald Dame - Titusville, PA - d. 1-21-1952
singer: "Music for an Hour"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
07-05-1921 - Mort Fega - d. 1-21-2005
long time jazz disc jockey in New York
07-25-1936 - Paulette Attie - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-21-2009
host: "Paulette Attie's Musical Playbill"
08-07-1927 - Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer - Paris, IL - d. 1-21-1959
actor: "Thirty Minutes In Hollywood"
08-11-1908 - Russell Procope - d. 1-21-1981
clarinetist, saxophonist: "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra";
"Ellington at Newport"
08-12-1881 - Cecil B. DeMille - Ashfield, MA - d. 1-21-1959
host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-03-1903 - Carlton Beck - d. 1-21-1979
newscaster: KOMA Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10-17-1914 - Jerry Siegel - Cleveland , OH - d. 1-21-1996
co-creator (with Joe Shuster): "Advs. of Superman"
10-25-1908 - Polly Ann Young - Denver, CO - d. 1-21-1997
actor: (Sister of Loretta) "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-23-1894 - Andrew Schoeppel - Chaflin, KS - d. 1-21-1962
governor kansas: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
12-02-1921 - Rita Lynn - Louisiana - d. 1-21-1996
actor: "Dimension X"
12-28-1904 - Country Washburn - Houston, TX - d. 1-21-1974
bandleader/singer: "Curt Massey/Martha Tilton"; "Spike Jones and His
City Slickers"
Ron
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:33 -0500
From: gsgreger@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sgt. Burke on The Green Hornet
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The WXYZ actor who usually appeared as Police Sgt. Burke was Ted Johnstone.
Johnstone would occasionally appear as Tonto on The Lone Ranger on a rare
off-day for John Todd. For example, Nov. 12 & 14, 1947 (Union Pacific series
parts 3 & 4) and Nov. 18, 1949 (The Widow Bandit). In addition, Johnstone was
often cast on TLR as a Sheriff or Padre, and was a reoccurring member of the
cast in a variety of roles for many years. Rollon Parker was another WXYZ
actor who was known to appear as Tonto ([removed], 1/15/51, 1/17/51, 1/22/51,
1/24/51).
Gordon Gregersen
La Grande, Oregon
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:50:38 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 22-28 January
From Those Were The Days -
1/22
1956 Raymond Burr starred as Captain Lee Quince in the Fort Laramie
debut on CBS. The program was said to be in "the Gunsmoke tradition."
1/23
1937 In an article published in Literary Digest, Edgar Bergen
mentioned that he made his dummy pal, Charlie McCarthy, the beneficiary
of a $10,000 trust fund ($150,200 in 2010 dollars) to keep him in
serviceable condition and repair.
1/24
1930 Ben Bernie (Benjamin Anzelwitz) began a weekly remote broadcast
from the lovely Roosevelt Hotel in NYC.
1942 - Abie's Irish Rose was first heard on NBC this day replacing
Knickerbocker Playhouse. The program was based on the smash play from
Broadway that ran for nearly 2,000 performances. Sydney Smith played the
part of Abie. Rosemary Murphy was played by Betty Winkler.
1/25
1937 NBC presented the first broadcast of The Guiding Light.
1944 The character, a black maid named Beulah and played by a white
man, Marlin Hurt, aired for the first time on Fibber McGee and Molly.
The spinoff, Beulah, became a radio series in 1945.
1/26
1947 The Greatest Story Ever Told was first heard on ABC.
1/27
1931 NBC introduced listeners to Clara, Lu 'n' Em on its Blue network.
The show became the first daytime network radio serial when it was moved
from its original nighttime slot.
1948 Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first
magnetic tape recorder. The 'Wireway' machine with a built-in oscillator
sold for $[removed] ($1,[removed] in 2010 dollars).
1956 The CBS Radio Workshop was heard for the first time. This first
broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, Brave New World.
1/28
1940 Beat the Band made its debut on NBC, with the Ted Weems band. Beat
the Band was where listeners' questions were selected in the hopes of
stumping the band. If a listener's question was chosen, he or she
received $10 ($[removed] in 2010 dollars) The questions were posed as
riddles: What song title tells you what Cinderella might have said if
she awoke one morning and found that her foot had grown too large for
her glass slipper? If the band played the correct musical answer, Where
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, the listener lost.
When Raleigh cigarettes sponsored Beat the Band, the listener who beat
the band won $50 ($[removed] in 2010 ) and two cartons of cigarettes ...
Raleigh's, of course. When the sponsor changed to General Mill's Kix
cereal, if the listener beat the band, he/she won twenty bucks ($[removed]
in 2010) and a case of Kix cereal.
1934 As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell,
in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several
offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as the
Redhead, adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions
across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a
ukulele and delivering down home patter) endeared him to fans for many
years. We remember the broadcasting legend, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go
back to my little grass [removed]"
Joe
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