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Volume 2020 : Issue 47
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This week in radio history 1-7 Novem [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 1-7 November
From Those Were The Days
11/1
1937 The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.
11/2
1931 Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time, on CBS. The program
centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and the
same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Damerel Fick. Three other
performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
continued for 11 years.
11/5
1934 The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.
1950 "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
exceeded a million dollars ($10,772,176 in 2019 dollars) in the three
years the program was on the air.
11/7
1932 CBS presented the first broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th
Century. Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin played
Buck in the serial over the years (1932 1947).
1937 Dr. Christian debuted on CBS. Jean Hersholt played the part of
the kindly, elderly Dr. Christian who practiced on the air until 1954.
Laureen Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Kleeb and Rosemary De Camp played
his nurse, Judy. The Dr. Christian theme song was Rainbow on the River.
Sponsors of the show included Vaseline (petroleum jelly, hair tonic and
lip ice).
1938 The first broadcast of This Day is Ours was heard on CBS. Eleanor
McDonald, played by Joan Banks and later by Templeton Fox, had all kinds
of problems. Her child was kidnapped, she lost her memory, helped a
friend find a killer, etc. The soap opera ran for two years.
Joe
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