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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2010 : Issue 176
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      10-8 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      births/deaths 10-9                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Tales of the Texas Rangers            [ "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed]; ]
      Radio drama in Canada                 [ Morris Joseph <mjoseph55@[removed] ]
      Warner Archive                        [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      10-10 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 10-16 Oct  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:24:51 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-8 births/deaths

    October 18th births

    10-08-1871 - Albert Edward Wiggam - Austin, IN - d. 4-26-1957
    biologist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    10-08-1881 - Oscar O'Shea - Peterboro, Canada - d. 4-6-1960
    actor: John Marshall "Those We Love"
    10-08-1890 - Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker - Columbus, OH - d. 7-23-1973
    host, narrator: "The World's Most Honored Flights"
    10-08-1891 - Florence Malone - d. 3-4-1956
    actor: Christy Allen "Against the Storm"; Mrs. Diamond "Advs. of
    Captain Diamond"
    10-08-1897 - Rouben Mamoulian - Tiflis, Georgia, Russia - d. 12-4-1987
    film director: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    10-08-1902 - Gladys Bagwil - d. 12-14-1969
    blues singer: Hot Springs, Arkansas
    10-08-1904 - Wally Brown - Malden, MA - d. 11-13-1961
    actor: "The Jack Kirkwood Show"; "Joan Davis Time"
    10-08-1906 - William N. Robson - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 4-10-1995
    producer, director: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "CBS Radio Workshop"; "Escape"
    10-08-1908 - Albert Maltz - NYC - d. 4-26-1985
    screen writer: (One of Hollywood Ten) "Words at War"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    10-08-1910 - Roswell B. Rogers - d. 8-6-1998
    writer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Old Gold Show"; "Lum and Abner"
    10-08-1913 - Walter Schumann - NYC - d. 8-21-1958
    composer: "Dragnet"; "Junior Miss"; "Modern Advs. of Casanova"
    10-08-1914 - Mario "Mike" Dinapoli - Roxbury, MA
    pianist, arranger: "Frank Petty Trio"
    10-08-1917 - Billy Conn - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-28-1993
    prize fighter: "Kraft Music Hall"; "The Pepsodent Show"; "The Eddie
    Cantor Show"
    10-08-1918 - Ron Randell - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - d.
    6-11-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-08-1919 - Gabriel Dell - Barbados, British West Indies - d. 7-3-1988
    actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"
    10-08-1943 - Chevy Chase - Woodstock, NY
    comedian: "The National Lampoon Radio Hour"
    10-08-1951 - Jenny Boult - Warwickshire, England - d. 11-1-2005
    writer: "Can't Help Dreaming"

    October 8th deaths

    01-09-1915 - Fernando Lamas - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 10-8-1982
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-26-1913 - William Prince - Nichols, NY - d. 10-8-1996
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"
    02-14-1895 - Nigel Bruce - Ensenada, Mexico - d. 10-8-1953
    actor: Doctor John H. Watson "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    02-18-1892 - Wendell Willkie - Elwood, IN - d. 10-8-1944
    presidential candidate: "Information, Please"
    03-04-1908 - Lee Allman - d. 10-8-1989
    actor: (Sister of James Jewell) Lenore 'Casey' Case "The Green Hornet"
    03-15-1901 - Madeleine Pierce - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-8-1983
    actor: Wiki "Just Plain Bill"; Rudy Cameron "When A Girl Marries"
    04-10-1897 - Fred Hall - NYC - d. 10-8-1964
    composer, performer: (Hall and Fields) "Old Man of the Mountain"
    04-26-1891 - Paul Hoffmann - Western Springs, IL - d. 10-8-1974
    foreign aid administrator: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    04-29-1914 - Derek Guyler - Wallasey, Merseyside, England - d. 10-8-1999
    actor: "It's That Man Again"
    05-01-1933 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    05-16-1916 - Zeze Macedo - Rio de Janerio, Brazil - d. 10-8-1999
    brazilian comic: "Home Sweet Home"
    07-23-1908 - Karl Swenson - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-8-1978
    actor: Lorenzo Jones "Lorenzo Jones"; Lord Henry Brinthrope "Our Gal
    Sunday"
    08-02-1900 - Helen Morgan - Danville, IL - d. 10-8-1941
    hostess, singer: "Helen Morgan, Songs"; "Broadway Melodies"; "Fred
    Allen Show"
    08-30-1887 - Eduardo Ciannelli - Island of Ischia, Italy - d. 10-8-1969
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-01-1898 - Lilyan Ariel - d. 10-8-1969
    pianist: KFI Los Angeles, California
    11-06-1886 - Gus Kahn - Koblenz, Germany - d. 10-8-1941
    lyricist: "Good News of 1938"
    12-25-1916 - Oscar Moore - Austin, TX - d. 10-8-1981
    guitar: "The King Cole Trio"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:24:58 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  births/deaths 10-9

    October 9th births

    10-09-1888 - Irving Cummings - NYC - d. 4-18-1959
    host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-09-1897 - Robert Armbruster - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-20-1994
    conductor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Cousin Willie"
    10-09-1899 - Goebel (Leon) Reeves - Sherman, TX - d. 1-26-1959
    singer, yodeler: "Rudy Vallee Show"
    10-09-1905 - Norman Gottschalk - Chicago, IL - d. 9-8-1979
    actor: Joe Palooka "Joe Palooka": "Captain Midnight"
    10-09-1907 - Henry Hunter - Rahway, NJ - d. 5-25-1985
    actor: Anthony J. Marleybone "Affairs of Anthony"; Terry Regan
    "Attorney at Law"
    10-09-1909 - Robert Beatty - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - d. 3-3-1992
    announcer: BBC Radio Newsreel"; "London Column"
    10-09-1910 - Phil Hanna - River Forest, IL - d. 7-20-1957
    actor: Three Cheers "Al Pearce Show"
    10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
    scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
    10-09-1911 - Michael Allman - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-13-1989
    arranger for such bands as Mitchell Ayres, Freddy Martin and Harry James
    10-09-1912 - John L. Barrett - d. 5-1-1984
    actor: "Covered Wagon Days"; "Lone Ranger"
    10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
    writer: "Jack Benny Program"
    10-09-1912 - Walter Compton - Charleston, SC - d. 12-9-1959
    quizmaster: "Double or Nothing"
    10-09-1913 - John Guedel - Portland, IN - d. 12-15-2001
    producer: "You Bet Your Life"; "People Are Funny"; "Pillsbury House
    Party"
    10-09-1914 - M. Thomas Cousins - Wilson, NC - d. 10-22-1972
    trumpeter, arranger: "National Symphony"
    10-09-1915 - Edward Andrews - Griffin, GA - d. 3-9-1985
    actor: Nat "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    10-09-1915 - Lee Wiley - Fort Gibson, OK - d. 12-11-1975
    singer: "Lee Wiley"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts"; "It's Florida's
    Treat"
    10-09-1916 - Jack Boyle - Illinois - d. 10-15-1965
    actor: Andy Gump "The Gumps"
    10-09-1918 - Skip Farrell - Illinois - d. 5-8-1962
    actor, singer: "National Barn Dance"
    10-09-1922 - Phil Sterling - NYC - d. 11-30-1998
    actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Hilltop House"
    10-09-1929 - Harry Harvey - Florida - d. 12-8-1978
    actor: Oogie Pringle "A Date with Judy"
    10-09-1931 - Joan Flanagan - Waverly, Australia
    writer: "Frances, Where Are You?"
    10-09-1940 - John Lennon - Liverpool, England - d. 12-8-1980
    singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
    10-09-1945 - Kiyoko Suizenji - Kumamoto, Japan
    enka singer: "Kohaku Uta Gassen"

    October 9th deaths

    01-01-1923 - Milt Jackson - Detroit, MI - d. 10-9-1999
    vibraphone: "Modern Jazz Quartet"
    01-31-1917 - Bob Steel - d. 10-9-1994
    producer/director: "The Brighter Day"; "Big Town"; "Ellery Queen"
    02-02-1898 - William Costello - Rhode Island - d. 10-9-1971
    actor: Freddie Frog "Betty Boop Fables"
    03-10-1903 - Claire Boothe Luce - NYC - d. 10-9-1987
    correspondent: "University of Chicago Round Table"; "Wake Up America"
    03-20-1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Cotton Plant, AR - d. 10-9-1973
    singer: "Jubilee"
    04-08-1882 - Lulu McConnell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-9-1962
    comedian: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
    05-01-1913 - Louis Nye - Hartford, CT - d. 10-9-2005
    comedian: "Louis Nye Show"; "Official Detective"
    06-13-1939 - Tom Cheek - Pensacola, FL - d. 10-9-2005
    sports announcer: Original Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play
    06-30-1894 - Frank Davis - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-9-1970
    singer: "Fred Waring Show"
    07-08-1913 - Walter Kerr - Evanston, IL - d. 10-9-1996
    drama critic: "Stagestruck"
    10-06-1898 - Cliff Burwell - New Haven, CT - d. 10-9-1976
    pianist: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    10-09-1911 - Leo Boulette - d. 10-9-1990
    scriptwriter: "The Lone Ranger"
    10-13-1924 - Marilyn Hare - Flushing, NY - d. 10-9-1981
    singer: (Daughter of Ernie Hare) "The Happiness Boys"
    10-15-1908 - Gus Hatula - d. 10-9-1997
    audio engineer for WXYZ
    10-17-1909 - Minnabelle Abbott - Covington, KY - d. 10-9-1981
    actor: Mary Sothern "The Life of Mary Sothern"
    10-18-1902 - Miriam Hopkins - Bainbridge, GA - d. 10-9-1972
    actor: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"; "These Are Our Men"
    11-02-1899 - Glenn Rowell - Pontiac, MI - d. 10-9-1965
    singer, comedian: "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene and Glenn"
    11-15-1919 - Carol Bruce - Great Neck, NY - d. 10-9-2007
    singer: "Ben Bernie Orchestra"; "Carton of Cheer"
    11-24-1903 - Bernard Lenrow - Binghamton, NY - d. 10-9-1963
    actor: Geoffrey Barnes "Molle Mystery Theatre"
    11-28-1897 - John Kameaaloha Almeida - Pauao Valley, HA - d. 10-9-1985
    writer: "Hawaii Calls"; "Island Serenade"
    11-29-1921 - Virginia Egnor "Dagmar" - Huntington, WV - d. 10-9-2001
    dumb blonde: "Stars On Parade"; "Says Who?"
    12-07-1918 - Randy Atcher - d. 10-9-2002
    disk jockey: "Old Kentucky Barn Dance"
    12-21-1916 - St. John Terrell - Chicago, IL - d. 10-9-1998
    actor: Jack Armstrong "Jack Armstrong, the All-American boy"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:25:32 -0400
    From: "Ryan O" <ryano218@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tales of the Texas Rangers
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    Dear Ken:

    You asked about an episode of TTR in which the entire theme of the show is
    played uninterrupted by the announcers. I own all available episodes in the
    series and I am unaware of any such broadcast. I do however know of an
    episode that comes close to your description.

    It was the show broadcast on February 25, 1951 entitled, "the Trap." Near
    the close of the program, Joel mcCrea addressed the question often asked by
    audience members of the name of the theme; "The Texas Ranger March." He gave
    the name of the music and the name of the composer of the arrangement used
    on the program; that of Robert Armbruster (sp), the NBC Orchestra conductor
    at that time.

    Here's an amusing note. After McCrea gave the info, he pulled a trick you
    could only get away with on radio. He acted as if Armbruster was right there
    in the studio and asked him to commence with the theme to close the program.
    All music used on that series was canned. In fact, Armbruster created an
    entire library of recorded music used not only on TTR, but on other NBC
    shows such as Dimension X, The Falcon, Barrie Craig, Cloak and Dagger, The
    Chase, Screen Director's Playhouse and more. NBC must've sold the library to
    CBS a few years later, because you can also hear that music on Yours Truly,
    Johnny Dollar.

    Hope this helps.

    RyanO

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:26:26 -0400
    From: Morris Joseph <mjoseph55@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio drama in Canada
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    In response to Mr Ted Kneebone's inquiry about the current state of radio
    drama in Canada, I would like to say that radio drama in Canada is almost
    non-existent at the present time.

    The only dramatic series on CBC radio at the present time is a weekly
    30-minute program called "Afghanada". It tells the continuing story of four
    Canadian soldiers who ship out to Afghanistan. They are immediately sent deep
    into the heart of the conflict: Kandahar Province, where the Taliban
    insurgency is fiercest. Every day, these Canadian soldiers on the ground
    confront the chaos and violence of life "outside the wire". It is a reflection
    of the very real situation Canadian soldiers are facing every day in
    Afghanistan. The award winning series has garnered critical and public praise
    and is proving hugely popular with listeners. It is available every Thursday
    at 11:30 AM and again at 11:00 PM Eastern time on CBC Radio One, online at
    [removed] and on Sirius satellite radio's CBC channel.

    For many years, the CBC produced high quality radio drama. CBC Stage in the
    1940's and 1950's and CBC Wednesday Night in the 1950's and 1960's are two
    examples.

    In recent years, CBC management has decided to reduce and almost eliminate
    radio drama production because of budgetary constraints and the lack of
    listener interest.

    It is a sad state of affairs that Canada's public broadcaster fails to
    recognize the value of audio drama as the BBC continues to do.

    Morris Joseph

    Toronto, Canada

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:26:35 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Warner Archive

    Assuming this posting will appear in the Tuesday issue of the OTR Digest, I
    wanted to bring to everyone's attention of a goody that expires on midnight,
    October 12. The Warner Archive has a special 30 percent off sale for their
    DVDs-on-demand products. That is, the studio is burning copies on blank
    DVD-Rs for customers and a sales doesn't come along often. Leah Biel and my
    wife and I were at the recent New York Comic Con and got a postcard for 30
    percent off any Warner titles at [removed] Use the code NYCC30 at
    checkout. Or call 866-373-4389. This means titles like SUSPENSE (1946), early
    Vitaphone film shorts with radio actors, and other old-time radio related
    movies can be bought at a discount.

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:26:47 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-10 births/deaths

    October 10th births

    10-10-1870 - J. V. Barborka - Bohemia, Austria - d. 9-8-1936
    harpist: KMA Shenandoah, Iowa
    10-10-1889 - Harold Vermilyea - NYC - d. 1-8-1958
    actor: Cornlius Potter "Big Sister"; Mr. Bruce "Stella Dallas"
    10-10-1899 - Emily Kimbrough - Muncie, IN - d. 2-11-1998
    writer: "Information Please"
    10-10-1900 - Carlotta Stewart Watson - d. 6-14-2007
    Aunt Carrie on WDIA Memphis, Tennessee
    10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-17-1993
    actor: "New Penny"; "Electric Theatre"; "O'Neill Cycle"
    10-10-1903 - Ronald Dawson - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 1-24-1984
    actor, writer: "Martin Kane, Private Eye"; "The Clock"
    10-10-1903 - Vernon Duke - Pskov, Russia - d. 1-16-1969
    broadway composer: "Mildred Baily Show"; "Good News of 1940"; "March
    of Time"
    10-10-1906 - Paul Creston - NYC - d. 8-24-1985
    composer: "Radio Hall of Fame"; "Creeps By Night"
    10-10-1908 - Johnny Green - NYC - d. 5-15-1989
    conductor: "In the Modern Manner"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Man Called X"
    10-10-1908 - Margaret Baker - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-3-1992
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
    actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    10-10-1909 - Kathleen Niday - Boise, ID
    actor: "Death Valley Days"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    10-10-1910 - Don Hancock - Anderson, IN - d. 5-6-1980
    announcer: "The Goldbergs"; "Ellery Queen"; "Vox Pop"
    10-10-1911 - George Mathews - NYC - d. 11-7-1984
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    10-10-1911 - Marion Shockley - Kansas City, MO - d. 12-14-1981
    actor: Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish Rose"; Nikki Porter "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    10-10-1911 - Zeke Manners - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-14-2000
    singer, disc jockey: "Zeke Manners and His Gang"; "Zeke Manners"
    10-10-1913 - Janis Carter - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-30-1994
    scriptwriter: "Gangbusters"
    10-10-1913 - Johnny Downs - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-13-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-10-1915 - Bill Chadwick - NYC - d. 10-24-2009
    new york rangers color analyst
    10-10-1915 - Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Columbus, OH - d. 7-27-1999
    jazz trumpeter: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    10-10-1918 - Bobby Byrne - Columbus, OH
    trombonist, bandleader: big band remote from Glen Island
    10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
    actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
    10-10-1920 - Bernard Grant - The Bronx - d. 6-30-2004
    actor: "Rober Kilgore"; "Big Story"
    10-10-1920 - William David Adams - Chicago, IL - d. 1-18-1989
    writer/producer: "Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
    10-10-1926 - Oscar Brown, Jr. - Chicago, IL - d. 5-29-2005
    singer: "Destination Freedom"
    10-10-1926 - Richard Jaeckel - Long Beach, NY - d. 6-14-1997
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-10-1930 - Harold Pinter - Hackney, England - d. 12-24-2008
    writer, actor: "Focus on Football Pools"; "A Slight Ache"
    10-10-1946 - Ben Vereen - Miami, FL
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    10-10-1946 - Chris Tarrant - Reading, England
    writer, presenter: "Tiswas"; "OTT"

    October 10th deaths

    01-01-1939 - Ray Bellew - Montreal, Canada - d. 10-10-2006
    announcer for CBC radio
    01-20-1903 - Leon Ames - Portland, IN - d. 10-10-1993
    actor: "Earplay"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - NYC - d. 10-10-1964
    singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn
    Hour"
    03-19-1912 - Russ Case - Hamburg, IA - d. 10-10-1964
    orchestra leader: "On a Sunday Afternoon"; "Peggy Lee Show"; "Your Hit
    Parade"
    05-06-1915 - Orson Welles - Kenosha, WI - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"
    05-24-1886 - Paul Paray - Treport, Normandy, France - d. 10-10-1979
    conductor: "New York Philharmonic"
    07-07-1915 - Yul Brynner - Vladivostock, Czarist Russia - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: "As Easy as [removed]"
    07-08-1910 - Jack Rubin - New York - d. 10-10-1952
    writer: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "The Hardy Family"; "Hilltop House";
    "The O'Neills"
    07-10-1918 - Ernest Ricca - d. 10-10-1987
    director: "Lorenzo Jones"; "Valiant Lady"; "Stella Dallas"; "Romance
    of Helen Trent"
    07-12-1890 - Joseph Latham - Bolivar, NY - d. 10-10-1970
    actor: Uncle Will "Home Sweet Home"; Elmer Eeps "Just Plain Bill"
    07-24-1888 - Basil Ruysdael - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-10-1960
    announcer: "Beggar's Bowl"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Cavalcade of America"
    07-31-1915 - Chet Forrest - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1999
    composer, pianist: "[removed] Treasury Star Parade"
    08-11-1923 - Tommy Hanlon - Parkersburg, WV - d. 10-10-2003
    actor: "Orson Welles Mercury Theatre"
    09-06-1914 - Ken Vogt - Wisconsin - d. 10-10-2002
    disk jockey: WMIL; WFOX; WRIT Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    10-05-1912 - Tony Marvin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-10-1998
    announcer: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    10-23-1884 - Cesar Saerchinger - Aix-la-Chapelle, France - d. 10-10-1971
    news correspondent: "Story Behind the Headlines"; "America's Town
    Meeting of the Air"
    11-30-1885 - Charles West - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-10-1943
    actor: "Dramas of Youth"
    12-19-1902 - Ralph Richardson - Cheltenham, England - d. 10-10-1983
    actor: Doctor John H. Watson, "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    12-24-1901 - Nola Luxford - New Zealand - d. 10-10-1994
    broadcast journalist: "1932 Olympic Games"
    12-24-1914 - Ralph Marterie - Naples, Italy - d. 10-10-1978
    bandleader: "Marlboro Cigarettes Show"
    xx-xx-1888 - Frederick Barron - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-10-1955
    actor: "Archie Andrews"; "Stepmother"; "Ma Perkins"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:29:41 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 10-16 October

     From Those Were The Days

    10/10

    1932   Two of radio's earliest efforts at soap operas were heard for the
    first time. Judy and Jane, sponsored by Folger's Coffee, and Betty and
    Bob, sponsored by General Mills, had listeners glued to their radios
    into the early 1940s.

    1933   Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, went on sale. Ten years
    later, Dreft was the sponsor of The Dreft Star Playhouse.

    1937   The Mutual Broadcasting System debuted Thirty Minutes in
    Hollywood. 48 sponsors shared the cost of the program that aired in 72
    cities nationwide. It was the first Mutual co op radio show. George
    Jessel and Norma Talmadge starred. Music was provided by the Tommy
    Tucker Orchestra.

    10/11

    1936   Professor Quiz aired for the first time. It was the first
    national quiz show on radio and lasted until 1948. Guests asked
    Professor Quiz (Dr. Craig Earl) questions. If they were able to stump
    the prof, they collected a $25 prize ($382 in 2009 dollars). Professor
    Quiz announcers were Robert Trout and Arthur Godfrey. Sponsors included
    Kelvinator refrigerators, Teel Shampoo and Velvet pipe tobacco.

    1948   One of radio's last premiering soap operas, The Brighter Day,
    happened this day in Three Rivers. The show centered around the Dennis,
    and their extended family. It's interesting to take a look at the cast
    and see which names are still recognizable, like Hal Holbrook and
    William Redfield. Some of the sponsors are still around, too: Ivory Soap
    flakes, Blue Cheer detergent and Hazel Bishop lipstick. The soap opera
    lasted for six years on radio.

    10/12

    1937   The longest running detective show debuted. Mr. Keen, Tracer of
    Lost Persons lasted until 1955. Three different actors played the title
    role, Bennett Kilpack was Mr. Keen the longest, and Arthur Hughes saw
    the final show. Phil Clark also played the part. There were many more
    than three sponsors Anacin, Kolynos (a toothpaste), BiSoDol antacid
    mints, Hill's cold tablets, Heet liniment, Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor
    and Chesterfield cigarettes. Some are long gone, some are still around,
    some don't advertise on radio anymore, and some are not allowed to.

    10/13

     From [removed]

    1930  Groucho Marx made his radio debut introducing Heywood Broun on
    WABC, the New York affiliate of CBS.

    10/14

    1934   Folks had clean hands for 21 years beginning this day. The Lux
    Radio Theater was heard on the NBC Blue [removed] and nearly every
    famous Hollywood star over the next three decades appeared on the
    program. Lux Radio Theater adapted novels, Broadway plays and Hollywood
    films into radio's favorite dramatic series.

     From NYT Today in history

    1943 the Radio Corporation of America completed sale of the NBC Blue
    network to businessman Edward J. Noble for $8 million ($9,816,327,677 in
    2009 dollars); the network was renamed the American Broadcasting Company.

    10/16

    1939   Radio listeners welcomed The Right to Happiness on the NBC Blue
    network. The 15 minute drama turned out to be one of the longest running
    shows of its kind. It moved over to CBS in 1941, then back to NBC in
    1942. Fourteen years later Right to Happiness returned to CBS where it
    stayed until its last days in 1960. The show had a theme song, Song of
    the Soul, and what seemed like a cast of thousands. It just took a lot
    of different actors to play the continuing roles over a 21 year period.

    1945   Barry Fitzgerald starred as Judge Barnard Fitz in His Honor, the
    Barber, which debuted on NBC.

    Joe

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