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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 111
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 27 Decemb  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:38:06 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 27 December to 3
     January

    12/28

    1941 - "The Helen Hayes Theater" on CBS, was called the first casualty
    of World War II. Lipton Tea dropped sponsorship of the program as it
    prepared for shortages in tea imports from India.

    12/29

    1945 - The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on the
    radio show, "Truth or Consequences", hosted by Ralph Edwards. The
    feature was intended as a spoof of giveaway shows.  However, the idea
    was taken seriously and lasted five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey
    was identified as Mr. Hush -- for a prize of $13,500.

    12/30

    1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited.
    After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on "Town Hall
    Tonight".  Mr. Allen said, "A certain alleged violinist should hide his
    head in shame for his poor fiddle playing." It didn't take long for Mr.
    Benny to respond.  The humorous feud lasted for years the comedian's shows.

    1942 - "Mr. and Mrs. North" debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin played Jerry
    North and Alice Frost played Pam.  A typical episode would find Pam
    leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild-goose chase as they tracked
    down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading police to
    the criminals.  The theme song for the show was "The Way You Look
    Tonight".  Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo
    shampoo.

    12/31

    1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne".  It
    had been the band's theme song long before 1929.  However, this night
    was the start of a New Year's Eve tradition as Lombardo's famed
    orchestra played at the Hotel Roosevelt Grill in New York City to usher
    in the new year.

    1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP
    (the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry
    was prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for
    ten months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made
    giant strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights.  Many radio
    stations had to resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches
    and operas, to keep their stations on the air.  Even kids songs were
    played over and over again until the ban was lifted. One of the most
    popular songs to be played was "Happy Birthday to You", which was
    performed in many different languages just to get past the ban.  The
    original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece of music, though it
    wasn't at the time.

    1947 - Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, and Dale Evans were hitched
    in marriage.  They rode off into the sunset together for over fifty years.

    1/1

    1923   The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los
    Angeles over KHJ.

    1925   Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera
    in New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The
    broadcast over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.

    1927   The very first coast to coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
    Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play by play on NBC.

    1930   The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue
    network.

    1/2

    1921   The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
    Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
    Pennsylvania.

    1959   CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This
    is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.

    Joe

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