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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2020 : Issue 15
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Voice of Firestone                    [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Truth or Consequences                 [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Earle Graser                          [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      No School Today                       [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 10-16 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Antique Radio Club of Illinois Radio  [ Don Shenbarger <donswiremail@comcas ]
      This week in radio history 17-23 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:22:56 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Voice of Firestone
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>     Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:24 -0400
>     From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

>     3/22

>     1948   The Voice of Firestone was one of the first commercial radio
>     programs to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.

    I remember, when I was about 11 years old, discovering that the Voice of
    Firestone was on TV and radio.  i didn't have access to an FM radio and
    didn't know much about FM at the time.  But it seemed strange to me that
    Firestone was not only on both radio and television, it was on two
    different radio stations.

    Eventually I figured out why.  At the beginning of the show, they said
    it was carried on AM radio, FM, and television.  It was a CBS program,
    so it was on the CBS radio affiliate.  But they didn't have an FM
    outlet.  So it was also on another station which simulcasted on FM.

    We lived in Guilderland, NY, a suburb of Albany at the time, in the
    mid-1950s.  The TV station, WRGB in Schenectady, the sole VHF station in
    the area, was primarily an NBC affiliate, but it also carried programs
    from the other networks.  This was quite common in the days when few TV
    markets had enough stations for each network to have its own
    affiliate.   On radio, WROW was the CBS affiliate, and WGY Schenectady
    was the NBC affiliate, co-owned with WRGB.  That may have had someting
    to do with it, too, but WGY had the Voice of Firestone in addition to
    WROW, and I'm guessing simulcasted it on their FM station, WGFM.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
    [removed] . [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:23:07 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Truth or Consequences
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>     Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:24 -0400
>     From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

>     3/23

>     1940   Truth or Consequences was first heard on radio. Ralph Edwards
>     produced and hosted the [removed] The show was originally heard on only
>     four CBS stations. Later, NBC picked up the show where it eventually
>     became the most popular of all radio audience-participation stunt shows.

    I'm glad that this time they aren't calling it a quiz show, which it
    wasn't.  I remember first hearing Truth or Consequences when I was
    supposed to be in bed and my parents were watching it on television.
    Jack Bailey was the host at that time.  I had heard him on Queen for a
    Day on radio, so I went into the living room, braving my parents'
    scolding, in order to see what he looked like.

    A few years later, I discovered that ToC was also on radio. Because of
    the shortage of TV stations, it was carried locally by kinescope about
    two weeks after the same show was on radio.  Eventually, it went off for
    awhile and then returned on daytime television.  It returned during
    school vacation, so I watched its daytime premiere. Ralph Edwards opened
    the show, said a couple of things about its history, and said that we
    would have to bid farewell to "Jolly old Jack," who was now "too busy
    crowning queens."  He then introduced the show's new host, Bob Barker,
    whom he said he had heard on the radio in his car and decided he was the
    right person to host ToC. That was the beginning of Bob Barker's long
    career hosting game shows.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
    [removed] . [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:23:20 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Earle Graser
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>     Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:00:45 -0400
>     From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];

>     4/8

>     1941   Earle Graser, the eight year voice of the The Lone Ranger, died
>     in an auto accident. Brace Beemer, previously the show's announcer, took
>     over the title role.

    And I read once in a book about The Lone Ranger that nobody could do the
    final "Hi Yo Silver!  Away!" as well as Graser did, so that even on the
    television show, that was a recording of Earle Graser at the end of each
    show.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
    [removed] . [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:23:32 -0400
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  No School Today
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>     Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:01:57 -0400
>     From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
>     Subject:  Amplify Headphones

>     On a No School Today show Big Jon told a story of how his father or a
>     relative of his did just that. I'll have to find that time and figure out a
>     way to post it somewhere.

    I hope you do.  That was another show that I liked to listen to on
    radio, especially Sparkie's description of the latest episode of the
    long-running movie serial "General Comet of the Universe Patrol." With
    the decline of network radio, the local ABC station stopped carrying the
    first segment of the show, which included the serial, and I was upset.

    It was serendipitous that I discovered the show in the first place. Most
    kids were watching television on Saturday morning by then, and I usually
    did, too.  But at some point I learned that there was a Howdy Doody
    radio show on Saturday morning, and I started listening to that.  I had
    my own radio in my room by that time, and as a result, I discovered a
    lot of old-time network radio during its final years.  So I listened
    regularly to Howdy Doody on radio.  It wasn't as good as the TV show.
    Buffalo Bob Smith said, during his college campus appearances, that it
    was recorded in segments after each daily TV show.  Then suddenly the
    Howdy Doody radio show disappeared, just about the same time that
    Buffalo Bob disappeared from the television show for several months.  I
    later learned that he'd had a heart attack.  In any case, I started
    turning the dial of my radio until I heard Sparkie's voice and started
    listening to "No School Today."

    Even better, I discovered that the radio version of Space Patrol was on
    right after No School Today.  That meant a new Saturday morning
    routine:  Listen to No School Today and Space Patrol in my room, then
    run into the living room and turn on the TV to watch Space Patrol on
    television.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
    [removed] . [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:23:43 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 10-16 May

     From Those Were The Days --

    5/10

    1927   The Hotel Statler in Boston, MA. became the first hotel to
    install radio headsets in each of its 1,300 rooms.

    5/11

    1946 - Jack Barry hosted "Juvenile Jury" on WOR radio in New York City.
    The show was such a hit after five weeks on the air that it debuted on
    the Mutual Broadcasting System coast to coast.

    5/12

    1812 --  Edward Lear, who helped popularize limericks, was born.  A
    popular limerick regarding radio was this bit of doggerel from any
    unknown wit:
        There once a was a man named Nation,
        Who worked for a radio station.
        Although he was tall,
        His hands were too small,
        Wee paws for station identification.

    5/14

    1945 - "The Sparrow and the Hawk", a serial for kids, was first
    broadcast over CBS radio.

    1945 - "Tennessee Jed" made his debut on ABC radio. Johnny Thomas played
    the part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

    5/15

    1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
    starred in the role of Mother Moran in the radio program, "Today's
    Children", which was heard for the first time this day.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:24:04 -0400
    From: Don Shenbarger <donswiremail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Antique Radio Club of Illinois Radiofest
     Cancelled

    The annual Antique Radio Club of Illinois (ARCI) Radiofest event
    scheduled for August 7 & 8, 2020 has been cancelled. Details are shown
    on the ARCI website. [removed]

    Radiofest 2019 photos and reports are available in the ARCI News
    October, 2019 bulletin available on the website archives.

    Don Shenbarger

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    Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:24:17 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 17-23 May

     From Those Were The Days -

    5/17

    1938 - The NBC Blue network presented "Information Please" for the first
    time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

    1939 - The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY was the scene of a
    memorable dual-network radio broadcast of Glenn Miller and his
    orchestra. Both NBC and Mutual carried the event, which was attended by
    1,800 people in the casino ballroom.

    5/18

    1942 - "David Harding, Counterspy" was heard on the NBC Blue network for
    the first time. The program enjoyed a long run on radio, lasting for 15
    years.

    5/19

    1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
    broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
    Denver Auditorium.

    5/20

    1933 - "Charlie Chan" was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio
    network after only six months on the air. Not to worry. Several revivals
    of the Chinese detective were on the air for years later ...

    5/22

    1955 - Jack Benny signed off his last first run network radio broadcast
    after a run of 23 years.  The show continued in repeats for several more
    years.

    5/23

    1922 - The first debate to be heard on radio was broadcast on WJH in
    Washington, DC. The two debaters argued about the topic of Daylight
    Saving Time with the audience acting as the judge.

    Joe

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