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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 125
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      If not the William Tell Overture      [ "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@ ]
      BearManor Media sale + Paul Frees bo  [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      [removed]                              [ "[removed]" <[removed]@zo ]
      This week in radio history 1-7 Decem  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Re: Bride and Groom                   [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Dec Issue: RADIO RECALL               [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]

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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:38:04 -0500
    From: "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  If not the William Tell Overture

    If not the William Tell Overture, perhaps the Finale of the 1812
    Overture? Maybe a snippet of something from of the operas of Wagner?

    I'm glad it didn't happen that way. I just can't think of any music that
    makes such an urgent announcement as the WT Overture.

    joe salerno

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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:39:09 -0500
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BearManor Media sale + Paul Frees book

    Just a note to say: check out the opening screen of
    [removed] and plug in that coupon code to your order and
    you'll save 20%. :)

    I started BearManor Media in 2000, and what a ride it's been. I wanted to say
    Thank You to everyone here on the radio list for helping me, with answers,
    orders and friendship.

    I put out my Paul Frees biography in 2004. Now the 2nd edition of the book is
    ready. Nearly 10 years later. Where does the time go?

    I found lots more info for a second edition, including letters to and from
    Paul and his first wife. Jeri, his wife in the 1960s, found me and gave me
    Lots of missing info. Plus, I located Paul's friend in the sheriff's dept.
    who gave me lots of interesting stories about their time together, bustin'
    crime. Also he game me some photos of Paul acting as best man at his wedding.

    Plus, I saved my favorite picture - Paul standing among his many pantings -
    to use as the cover for the new book. Check it out here:

    [removed];product_id=717

    I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. There's no turkey and dressing here
    in Japan. But I hope to make up for it at Christmas!

    Ben Ohmart
    New books on old movies
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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:39:18 -0500
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    I used to belong to a group dedicated to One Man's Family. Does anyone know
    what became of the group?

    Thanks,

    Jeffrey

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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:39:29 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 December

     From Those Were The Days

    12/2

    1932   The Adventures of Charlie Chan was first heard on the NBC Blue
    network.

    12/4

    1932   "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the
    ships at sea. Let's go to press!" The Jergens Journal aka The Walter
    Winchell Show and later, Kaiser Frazer News was first heard on the NBC
    Blue network. Winchell kept that gossip show going on the radio for 23
    years. It was sponsored at first by Jergens lotion and, later, by Dryad
    deodorant, Kaiser Frazer cars and Richard Hudnut shampoo.

    1933   One of America's great radio shows made the leap to the big time.
    Ma Perkins moved from WLW in Cincinnati, OH to the NBC Red network. The
    show proved to be so popular that it was later carried on both CBS and NBC.

    12/5

    1936   Bing Crosby took over as host of The Kraft Music Hall. Jimmy
    Dorsey (who would later be host, himself) led the Kraft Orchestra.

    1952   Mutual broadcast The Green Hornet for the final time. The show
    left the air after 15 years on Mutual, NBC and ABC.

    12/6

    1923   The first presidential address to be carried on radio was
    broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a
    joint session of the [removed] Congress.

    12/7

    1948   NBC presented the Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity Program for the
    first time. The talent show earned Dick Contino, an accordionist, the
    $5,000 ($47,042 in 2012 dollars) prize as the program's first national
    winner. Over the years Heidt gave some big stars their big starts: Art
    Carney, Frankie Carle, Gordon MacRae, the King Sisters, Alvino Rey, Ken
    Berry, Frank DeVol, Dick Contino, Al Hirt, Fred Lowrey, Ronnie Kemper,
    Larry Cotton, Donna and her Don Juans, Ollie O'Toole and many others.

    1952   My Little Margie, starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell, made
    its debut on CBS. The TV version of the popular show had begun on June
    16, 1952. My Little Margie stayed on radio for three years.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:37:57 -0500
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Bride and Groom

>     11/26

>     1945   Bride and Groom, debuted on the NBC Blue network. It is estimated
>     that 1,000 newly wed couples were interviewed on the program before it
>     left the airwaves in 1950.

    Did they just interview the couples?  I'm wondering because in the TV
    series of the same name, the actual wedding was telecast.  The TV series
    was a daytime show, which, according to "Total Television," by Alex
    McNeil, appeared on CBS from 25 January 2952 to 9 October 1953 and
    returned on NBC from 1 July 1957 to 10 January 1958.  The show started
    with an interview of that day's couple, possibly including some family,
    and possibly separately if they wanted to follow the tradition of not
    seeing each other before the ceremony (I was 12 years old at the time
    and didn't necessarily pay attention to such details), then the ceremony
    itself.  And of course there were plenty of prizes for the lucky
    couple.  One of the things I liked was seeing the different religious
    traditions represented in the various weddings.

    In any event, the show did not debut on the "NBC Blue network."  As most
    of us know, by 1945, the Blue Network was separate from NBC and was by
    then called ABC.  I realize this is not your error, but that of the
    reference that you get these from, and I always enjoy these lists.  But
    I thought it appropriate to set the record straight.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:39:37 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dec Issue: RADIO RECALL
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    The December issue of RADIO RECALL in full color has been emailed to
    subscribers who want the PDF version. The B & W hardcopy will be mailed to the
    others on or after December 14th.

    Lennell Herbert-Marshall leads off this issue with an article chronicling the
    history of The Cinnamon Bear. This syndicated classic children's holiday
    series was first broadcast in 1937 and is still airing on some stations today.
    The cast included many actors who would go on to fame on network radio: Hanley
    Stafford, Elliott Lewis, Verna Felton, Gale Gordon and others.

    The editor reviews the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago,
    highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. Radio seems to take second place to
    television in this three story [removed] local Chicago TV personalities
    getting the most play. Martin Grams, Jr. reveals his unsuccessful attempts to
    get permission to write a Jack Armstrong radio history book. General Mills
    officials have been totally ignoring his polite requests for over two years.

    Why was the Labor Secretary under FDR referred to as "Ma Perkins" by other
    Cabinet members?  RADIO RECALL explains it all. Dedicated OTR researcher
    Stewart Wright brings us up to date on the 141 previously uncirculated
    episodes of A Date With Judy which are now available from Jerry Haendiges.
    Stewart also lists the five ladies who played "Judy" during its long run.

    Both full-length and mini book reviews are found in this issue. Arlene Osborne
    reviews one of Jim Cox's latest offerings from McFarland: Radio After the
    Golden Age. She finds it "jam-packed with facts, figures and details." Martin
    Grams, Jr. returns to these pages with some short reviews of two other books:
    The Gunsmoke Chronicles by David R. Greenland (which covers the TV version)
    and Radio Journalism in America by Jim Cox.

    A short tribute to Rosa Rio, the OTR organist who died at age 107 in 2010,
    closes out the issue. All this, plus letters to the editor and contact
    information on all upcoming OTR events.

    To sample back issues or obtain subscription information,  point your mouse at
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    Jack French
    Editor

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