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Date: 8/11/2013 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 86
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 11-17 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Sears radio hour                      [ Bob & Marge Schram <schramwer2@comc ]

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    Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:01:12 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 11-17 August

     From Those Were The Days

    8/11

    1909    The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
    stations distress!), was first used by an American ship "The Arapahoe"
    (out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.

    8/12

    1937   Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio as he
    appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.

    8/13

    1912   St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
    experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.

    8/14

    1933   WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
    later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
    network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
    role. Ma Perkins operated a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children
    were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other
    characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma
    Perkins for 27 years and 7,065 episodes.

    1942   Garry Moore hosted a new program on NBC. The Show Without a Name
    was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey
    (CBS) and Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (ABC). A prize of $500 was offered
    to name the show and Someone came up with the title, Everything Goes.

    1945   CBS began the series, Columbia Presents Corwin. Orson Welles did
    a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, Fourteen August.

    8/15

    1911   Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco
    hydrogenated shortening.  (Where would all those shows have been with
    Crisco as a sponsor?  And remember, its digestible!  ed)

    8/16

    1922   WEAF began broadcasting from new studios atop the Western
    Electric Building in New York City.

    1939   Lights Out, radio's "ultimate horror show," was heard for the
    last time on NBC. In 1942, Arch Obler brought the show back to life on
    CBS. The show's most familiar trademark, guaranteed to put you under the
    covers on a dark night was, "Lights out, everybody!", followed by 12
    chimes of a clock.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:01:20 -0400
    From: Bob & Marge Schram <schramwer2@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sears radio hour

    I just ordered the Mutual Radio Theater (sears radio hour) Unfortunately my order
    did not have the show I was looking for. I am looking for one. All I remember was that
    it was a about aliens taking the town folks away when the moon was full. They all walked to
    the mountain and ship was waiting for them. As kids at our campsite we
    got to listen to the radio and that one stood out as we listen in our
    campsite with moon raising it was unforgettable and we still talk about
    it today.
    Would love to listen to it again. thank you.

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