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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2016 : Issue 15
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 28 Februa  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:32:37 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 28 February to 5 March

    3/1

    1932   Radio's greatest effort of on the spot news coverage began as NBC
    and CBS rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the kidnaping of the Charles and
    Anne Lindbergh baby.

    1941    Commercial FM broadcasting began in the [removed] when station W47NV
    in Nashville, TN started operations on this day.

    1941   Duffy's Tavern debuted on CBS.

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    1945   Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
    radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
    encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.

    1952   Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.

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    1877    Emile Berliner came up with something called the microphone.

    1925   Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
    presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.

    1930 - "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
    Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
    soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.

    1942   Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
    show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week ($176,319 in 2015
    dollars) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.

    1951   Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
    Hour on the NBC.

    1952   President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
    radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.

    Joe

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