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This week in radio history 24-30 Apr [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:15:36 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 24-30 April
From Those Were The Days
4/24
1949 Dick Powell starred in Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC.
The show stayed on the air for four years.
1955 X Minus One, a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC.
1959 The final broadcast of One Man's Family was heard on NBC after
being on the air 27 years.
4/25
1938 Your Family and Mine, a radio serial, was first broadcast.
4/27
1921 Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when
WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.
1931 NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.
1932 The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater
for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a
live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to
radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.
1937 The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.
4/28
1947 Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of great
stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on the air.
4/30
1945 "How would you like to be queen for a day!" That opening line,
delivered by host, Jack Bailey, was first heard on Mutual on this day.
The first Queen for a Day was Mrs. Evelyn Lane.
1945 Arthur Godfrey began his CBS morning show. His theme was Seems
Like Old Times. Arthur Godfrey Time ran until this very same day in
1972. Godfrey's show used live talent and not records. His popularity
with listeners was the major reason that several sponsors gave Godfrey
the freedom to ad lib their commercials and, from time to time, joke
about the products as well.
Joe
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