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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 2
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Stephen J. McCormick, RIP             [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Re: Long-running public radio shows   [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
      1-3 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:19:50 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Stephen J. McCormick, RIP

    A former White House correspondent from the 30s who became an
    announcer for Mutual radio and NBC-TV, died at the age of 97 at a
    medical facility in Bar Harbor, ME. Stephen J. McCormick had worked
    most of FDR's 'fireside chats" for the Mutual Broadcasting Company.
    He would go on to cover three other Presidents, including JFK, before
    becoming an executive at Mutual.

    He was  born 5-4-14 in Taunton, MA and attended Boston University
    before moving to Washington, DC where his broadcasting career
    blossomed. He enlisted in the US Army in World War II and saw action
    in the Pacific, including the Battle of Saipan. McCormick returned
    from service with a Bronze Star for valor. Although he returned to
    broadcasting, he remained in the Army Reserve, eventually reaching
    the rank of Lt. Col.

    In the 50s he was the host of two NBC-TV programs, "The American
    Forum" and "Youth Wants To Know."  He was so well-known that he got
    to play himself in the 1959 motion picture, "It Happened to Jane"
    which starred Doris Day and Jack Lemmon. By 1960 he had returned to
    Mutual and appeared on the air with news reports and interviews
    through the 70s; he directed the network's coverage of the manned
    flights of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.

    About five years ago, he and his family left the Washington, DC area
    where they had lived in Alexandria, VA and Potomac, MD for many
    years. They  settled in Swan's Lake, ME. He was survived by Theo
    McCormick, his wife of 66 years, one daughter, Teddi, and five
    grandchildren.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
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    Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:20:03 -0500
    From: James Meadows <walthamus@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Long-running public radio shows
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    After Ryan Ellett mentioned the passing of Jim Seaver and his show, "Opera Is
    My
    Hobby", I tried to think of some of the long-running public radio shows. And
    the
    one that came to mind is that of folksinger Oscar Brand. According to his
    website ([removed]), Oscar Brand's "Folksong Festival" has
    been
    airing on WNYC-AM in New York City since 1945. Oscar himself turns 91 next
    month. The show's webpage is at [removed].

    Jim Meadows

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:20:10 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-3 births/deaths

    January 3rd births

    01-03-1886 - Josephine Hull - Newtonville, MA - d. 3-12-1957
    actor: Miss Julia "Miss Julia"; Mrs. Kayden "The O'Neills"
    01-03-1891 - Gaston Anderson - d. 5-28-1978
    disk jockey: WGWD Gasden, Alabama
    01-03-1892 - Marion Davies - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-25-1961
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "How I Made Up for the Moview"
    01-03-1893 - Gilbert Seldes - Alliance, NJ - d. 9-29-1970
    writer: "Americans All, Immigrants All"
    01-03-1897 - Dorothy Arzner - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-1-1979
    film director: "You Were Meant to be a Star"
    01-03-1898 - Freddie Rich - Warsaw, Poland - d. 9-8-1956
    bandleader: "Friendly Five Footnotes"; "Freddie Rich's Penthouse Party"
    01-03-1898 - John Loder - London, England - d. 12-9-1988
    actor, host: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"
    01-03-1898 - Zasu Pitts - Parsons, KS - d. 6-7-1963
    comedian: "Lum and Abner"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    01-03-1900 - Cecil Underwood - Vienna, MO - d. 9-27-1976
    producer, director: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"
    01-03-1905 - Anna May Wong - Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-3-1961
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    01-03-1905 - Ray Milland - Neath, Wales - d. 3-10-1986
    actor: Ray McNutley "Meet Mr. McNutley"
    01-03-1909 - Victor Borge - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 12-23-2000
    comedian, pianist: "Victor Borge Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    01-03-1911 - Al Sack - NYC - d. 12-6-1947
    orchestra leader: "Beula Show"; "Tony Martin Show"; "Frank Morgan Show"
    01-03-1914 - Carl (Henry) Stewart - Alabama - d. 2-4-1993
    bass: "The Radio Cowboys"
    01-03-1916 - Betty Furness - NYC - d. 4-2-1994
    actor: Anne Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"
    01-03-1916 - Maxine Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-21-1995
    singer: (Andrews Sisters) "Andrews Sisters Revue"
    01-03-1917 - Jay Sommers - NYC - d. 9-25-1985
    writer: "Lum and Abner"; "Joan Davis Time"; "Alan Young Show"
    01-03-1918 - Jesse White - Buffalo, NY - d. 1-8-1997
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"; "Sears Radio Theatre"
    01-03-1920 - Lester Bashara - d. 2-19-1990
    newscaster: KGFW Kearney, Nebraska
    01-03-1923 - Charles Tingwell - Coogee, Australia - d. 5-15-2009
    actor: "The Clock"
    01-03-1925 - Jill Balcom - London, England - d. 7-18-2009
    actress: "Time for Verse"
    01-03-1927 - William Boyett - Akron, OH - d. 12-29-2004
    actor: Freelance in younger years
    01-03-1930 - Marcel Dube - Montreal, Canada
    author: "Chambres a louer"
    01-03-1942 - John Thaw - West Gorton, England - d. 2-21-2002
    actor: "Peter Pan"

    January 3rd deaths

    01-27-1905 - Howard McNear - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-3-1969
    actor: Doctor Charles Adams "Gunsmoke"
    02-08-1890 - Irving Kaufman - Syracuse, NY - d. 1-3-1976
    singer: "Champion Sparkers"; "Broadway Vanities"
    02-08-1892 - Will Aubrey - Lithuania - d. 1-3-1958
    actor: (The Bard of the Byways) "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    02-10-1897 - Judith Anderson - Adelaide, Australia - d. 1-3-1992
    actor: Royal Gelatin Hour"
    02-13-1904 - Erwin D. Canham - Auburn, ME - d. 1-3-1982
    news commentator: "Christian Science Monitor Views the News"
    02-20-1874 - Mary Garden - Aberdeen, Scotland - d. 1-3-1967
    singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
    02-22-1901 - Bess Johnson - d. 1-3-1975
    actor: Bess Johnson "Story of Bess Johnson"; Lady Esther "Lady Esther
    Serenade
    03-03-1948 - Byron MacGregor - Alberta, Canada - d. 1-3-1995
    CKLW radio newsman, recorded narrative "The Americans"
    03-04-1907 - Pat McGeehan - Steelton, PA - d. 1-3-1988
    announcer, actor: "Abbott and Costello"; "The Red Skelton Show"
    03-26-1924 - Jean M. Brooks - Brighton, England - d. 1-3-2003
    writer: "Gregory of the Outback"; "Opal Witch"
    04-02-1907 - Luke Appling - High Point, NC - d. 1-3-1991
    baseball great: "Tops in Sport"; "Dimension X"
    04-03-1904 - Peter Van Steeden - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - d.
    1-3-1990
    bandleader: "Town Hall Tonight"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    04-16-1897 - Milton J. Cross - NYC - d. 1-3-1975
    announcer, commentator: (The Voice of the Met) "General Motors Concerts"
    04-24-1906 - William "Lord Haw Haw" Joyce - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-3-1946
    propagnadist for Nazi Germany during World War II: Hung for treason
    05-16-1880 - Julius Tannen - Chicago, IL - d. 1-3-1965
    comedian: (Human Chatterbox) "Goldenrod Revue"; "Seven Star Revue"
    05-23-1907 - Kenneth Griffin - Enid, Oklahoma Territory - d. 1-3-1951
    actor: Larry Noble "Mary Noble, Backstage Wife"
    06-06-1923 - Beverly Styles - Richmond, VA - d. 1-3-2005
    violinist, pianist, drummer vocalist
    07-25-1894 - Isabella Beech - d. 1-3-1972
    food editor: Francis Lee Barton "Mother Knows Best"
    08-12-1895 - Carol DeAngelo - Rome, Italy - d. 1-3-1962
    actor, director: "We Love and Learn"; "The Jack Benny Program"
    08-14-1917 - Marty Glickman - NYC - d. 1-3-2001
    sprorts broadcaster: "Saturday Night Bandwagon"; "Play Ball"; "Box
    Score Review"
    09-04-1923 - Graham Archer - d. 1-3-2001
    disk jockey: "Wax Museum"; "The States of the Union"
    10-23-1912 - Floyd Mack - Ava, OH - d. 1-3-1983
    commentator: "Floyd Mack and the News"; "Bell Telephone Hour"
    12-09-1912 - Philip Guest Adams - d. 1-3-1998
    actor: "The Green Hornet"; "Gangbusters"
    12-19-1894 - Tess Gardella - Wilkes-Barre, PA - d. 1-3-1950
    actor: Aunt Jemina "Aunt Jemina"
    12-20-1906 - Marion Talley - Nevada, MO - d. 1-3-1983
    singer: "Ry-Krisp Presents Marion Talley"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Bryna Raeburn - d. 1-3-1986
    actor: "Gangbusters"; "Philo Vance"; "The Big Story"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:20:23 -0500
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Bob Bro's "The Old Time Radio Show," John and Larry
    Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."  Streamed in high-quality audio,
    on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    WANTED!
      Episode 5    8-4-50    "The Case Of The Dope Fiend Of The West"
      NBC Sustained Fridays 10:00-10:30 Pm
      Host: Walter Mcgraw
      Announcer/Narrator: Fred Collins
      Supervisor: James Kovac

    THE DOCTOR FIGHTS
      Episode 7    7-17-45    "Burma Incident"
      Stars: Van Hefflin
      CBS Schenley Laboratories Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm
      Summer Replacement for "Best Plays"
      Stories of Doctors in World War II
      ANNOUNCER: Jimmy Wallington
      MUSIC: Leith Stevens

    TALES OF FATIMA
      Episode 20    5-21-49    "A Much Expected Murder"
      STARS Basil Rathbone
      CBS FATIMA CIGARETTES
      Saturdays 9:30 - 10:00pm

    ABC MYSTERY TIME
      1957    "The White Curtain"
      Stars: George Petrie, Ann Loring
      HOST: Don Dowd
      STARS: Mason Adams

    FIVE MINUTE MYSTERY
      Episode 50    "Collector's Item"
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    THE LUX RADIO THEATER
      (CBS) 12/20/38 "Snow White" full hour radio adaptation of the movie.
    Special Guest: Walt Disney.

    LUM AND ABNER
      (ABC) 1/1/45 A few memories of the "old fellas" from their live
    holiday broadcast.
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    THE OLD TIME RADIO SHOW

    OUR MISS BROOKS (CBS)
      Title: A Suit for Charity
      Original Air: 12/17/50
      Starring: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon

    I LOVE A MYSTERY (MUTUAL)
      Title: Battle of the Century --- Episode 17
      Original Air: 2/21/50
      Starring: Russell Thorson, Jim Boles, Tony Randall

    GUNSMOKE (CBS)
      Title: Big Girl Lost
      Original Air: 12/19/53
      Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    In late December, we lost a fine actor and friend in Robert Easton. He
    was 81. He appeared at SPERDVAC on many occasions and had a fine radio
    career. But he was best known as the dialect coach to the stars.

      He taught thousands of actors and actresses dialects for future roles
    in pictures, voice-overs and television.

      This week, we feature his radio work, although the examples we have
    are mostly from the 50's in which he plays characters with Texas dialects.

    A DATE WITH JUDY
      from 11/17/49 Episode (274) Sylvester From Texas.

    THE HAROLD PEARY SHOW
      from 02/28/51 Episode (23) Willis Can't Pass The Physical.

      Ronald Colman and Benita Hume star in
    THE HALLS OF IVY
      this episode is from 07/05/50 Episode (027) Poetry Reading. Listen for
    a football player known to those at Ivy as Phillip, the Texas Moose.

    SUSPENSE
      starring John Lund in, Tarawa Was Tough Episode (698) from 05/12/57.
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    CLASSICS & CURIOS

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
      Episode 8. "Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show of Jan., 1947 with
    Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers"

    Plus: "Songs of Dreaming and Remembering" to start the New Year from
    vintage recordings and    radio performances by the 4 Lads, Perry Como,
    Bing & the Andrews Sisters, the Pied Pipers, Bob Hope, Guy Lombardo and
    more.
    ====================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:12:03 -0500
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
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