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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2020 : Issue 9
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  major old time radio events in 2020   [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
  The Glowing Dial Live with Big John   [ JOHN MATTHEWS <glowingdial@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 9-15 Febr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 16-22 Feb  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Another Glowing Dial Live Extra toda  [ JOHN MATTHEWS <glowingdial@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 22-29 Feb  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:06 -0500
From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  major old time radio events in 2020
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Hi Everybody,

A question was ask about is there any old time radio convention today in
2020.  The answer is yes.

REPS  will have one starting on Friday 3-27-20 through Sunday 3-29-20 go to
[removed] <[removed];

You will enjoy panels and radio re-creation during this 3 day event in WA.

SPERDVAC convention will start  on Thursday 11-12-20 through Sunday
11-15-20.  The  hotel is the Crowne Plaza in Costa Mesa.  The address

 Is 3131 Bristol Street,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

You will enjoy having dinner with our radio family, watching   radio
re-creations, and panels.

SPERDVAC is also hosting a one day event on Saturday 3-14-20 at the Tibor
Rubin VA   Medical Center in Long Beach at the Pantages Theater.  The
theater is located on the second floor  in building 126.  There will be
three shows on that day.  Doors open at 1-45 PM and shows will start around
2 PM.

Martin Grams offers radio panels   and re-creation at his convention in
Sept.

I hope more events are produce   around the USA in 2020.

Take care,

Walden

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:14 -0500
From: JOHN   MATTHEWS   <glowingdial@[removed];
To: old time radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company

Hello fellow old time radio enthusiasts!

I have only been sporadically posting here and need to do it more often, if
only to promote my show(s). I now do three versions of The Glowing Dial on
the internet:
The Glowing Dial with Big John and Steve Tri-Weekly Podcast
The Glowing Dial with Big John and Steve (2 hour show done for Yesterday USA)
The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company (4 hour Live show done for
Yesterday USA)

The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company - Saturday, February 8, 2020
from 6 to 10pm EST.
This will be our Salute to British Old Time Radio with special guest
Garry Berman, who has authored the book "Best Of The Britcoms"
His book is mostly about Britcoms on tv but many of them have radio
counterparts and we'll be talking
about those on the show tonight. Please listen in and call in! We have our
new phone call-in line installed now.
The number (during shows only) is 248-439-0147.
We'll have the two latest chapters of the South African version of The
Avengers, our usual trivia contest where
you can win a USB flash drive packed with shows from The Glowing Dial
Archives, fun old time radio programs
and more!

The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company - Saturday, February 15, 2020
from 6 to 10pm EST.
This will be our Birthday Salute to Jack Benny with special guest
Laura Leibowitz who is the President of The International Jack Benny Fan Club.
Laura and I will be talking about all things "Benny".
Please listen in and call in! We have our new phone call-in line installed
now.
The number (during shows only) is 248-439-0147.
We'll have the two latest chapters of the South African version of The
Avengers, our usual trivia contest where
you can win a USB flash drive packed with shows from The Glowing Dial
Archives, fun old time radio programs
and more!

To hear the show, simply go to [removed] and click on the
Red Network link.

Thanks for your time and I'll see you on the radio!
Big John Matthews

[removed] - Best wishes and positive thoughts go out to Jay Hickerson and his
family and friends! Get well soon Jay :-)

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WOW! Homepage ([removed])

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:24 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 9-15 February

 From These Were The Days

2/11

1940   NBC presented The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street for
the first time. The famous Blue network series included several
distinguished alumni    among them, Dinah Shore and Zero Mostel. The
chairman, or host, of The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
was Milton Cross. He would say things like, "A Bostonian looks like he's
smelling something. A New Yorker looks like he's found it." The show
combined satire, blues and jazz and was built around what were called
the three Bs of music: Barrelhouse, Boogie Woogie and Blues.

2/12

1924   Calvin Coolidge, known by many as the 'Silent Cal', made the
first presidential political speech on radio. The speech originated from
New York City and was broadcast on five radio stations. Some five
million people tuned in to hear the President speak.

1924   The Eveready Hour became radio's first sponsored network program.
The National Carbon Company took the honor of being the first sponsor of
a network show.

1940   Mutual presented the first broadcast of Superman. The identity of
the man from planet Krypton was actually that of Bud Collyer.

1956- Wild Bill Hickok (and Jingles) rode off into the sunset on Mutual
for the last time, having been on radio since 27 May 1951.

2/13

1939   Virginia Payne, already popular as the voice of Ma Perkins, took
on a new character in NBC's soap opera, The Carters of Elm Street.
Virginia played the part of Mrs. Carter.

1943   Frank Sinatra made his debut as vocalist on radio's Your Hit
Parade this night. Frankie had left the Tommy Dorsey Band just four
months prior to beginning the radio program. He was described as,
"...the biggest name in the business."

2/15

1932   George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on The Guy
Lombardo Show on CBS.

1943   My True Story was heard for the first time on ABC.  The program
continued for 17 years and was presented in cooperation with True Story
magazine.

Joe

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:36 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 16-22 February

 From Those Were The Days

2/18

1949   Yours Truly Johnny Dollar debuted on CBS. The program starred
Charles Russell as the insurance investigator with the action packed
expense account.

2/19

1922   Ed Wynn became the first big name vaudeville talent to sign on as
a radio talent. Previously, top talent had not considered radio a
respectable medium.

2/22

1954   ABC radio's popular Breakfast Club, program with longtime host,
Don McNeill, was simulcast on TV beginning this day. The telecast of the
show was a bomb, but the radio program went on as one of the longest
running programs on the air.  (I saw a kinoscope of that show and
basically it was the radio show with a camera pointed at the cast.
Hmmm, come to think of it, it wasn't much different from today's video
podcasts. --ed)

Joe

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:47 -0500
From: JOHN   MATTHEWS   <glowingdial@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Another Glowing Dial Live Extra today!

Hello folks,

I hope some of you caught my Glowing Dial Live show tonight (Saturday, 2/15).
We had great fun with Laura Leibowitz of The International Jack Benny Fan
Club and Shirley Ann Worthen of The Jack Benny Fans (new) Facebook Page! It
was day 2 of Yesterday USA's Jack Benny Birthday celebration weekend. I will
be concluding the weekend tomorrow (Sunday 2/16) from 5pm to 10:30pm EST on
Yesterday USA Radio! Hope you all can tune in and even call in with requests.
I'll be taking requests for your favorite Jack Benny radio episodes. There'll
be some vintage music in between too. My website is
[removed] . To listen, go to [removed] and
click on the Red Stream. The listen link there is
[removed] .

Also, thanks to Lanny Gilbert for the Lum and Abner tapes. I'll get the money
order for the postage out to you as soon as I can.

Big John Matthews
The Glowing Dial Live with Big John and Company

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Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:09:58 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 22-29 Feb

 From Those Were The Days

2/23

1927   [removed] President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill into law that
created the Federal Radio Commission, "to bring order out of this
terrible chaos." The president was speaking, of course, of the nation's
then unregulated radio stations. The commission assigned frequencies,
hours of operation and power allocations for radio broadcasters across
the [removed] The name was changed to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) on July 1, 1934.

2/24

1942     It was an historic day in radio broadcasting, as the Voice of
America (VOA) signed on for the first time on this day.

2/27

1922   Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened the first National
Radio Conference in Washington, DC.  Industry regulations were widely
discussed.

Joe

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