Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #252
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 10/29/2008 9:49 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 252
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Re: Teddy Bergman                     [ Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed] ]
      jack benny videos                     [ EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      10-27 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Clarabelle Hornblow                   [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
      Moon Over Africa                      [ david rogers <david_rogers@hotmail. ]
      10-28 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Pittsburgh NBC affiliate?             [ rand@[removed] ]
      OTR history                           [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Clarabelle Hornblow                   [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Houdini Seance                        [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Chronicle of Higher Education on WOT  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Off the Press -- This Day in Network  [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:12:02 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:45:11 -0400
    From: Michael Ogden <michaelo67@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Teddy Bergman

    Re: Teddy Bergman, [removed] (Before Changing his name to Alan Reed)...

    George inquired as to what is the earliest surviving radio recording featuring Teddy Bergman.

    According to Goldin, he has in his collection a December 13, 1931 broadcast of the Eddie Cantor program which includes in the cast "Alan Reed," presumably appearing as the speaking voice of David Rubinoff. The Goldindex describes it thusly: "Judge Cantor holds court. 'Mrs. Rubinoff' is suing 'David Rubinoff' for divorce."

    >From 1932, in addition to the GEORGE BRUCE'S AIR STORIES that George mentioned, there are also two episodes from the JOE PALOOKA series. They're listed in Goldin as follows:

    [[removed]] "Joe is in Florida, training for the championship fight with Quinn. Joe hires ex-middleweight champ Chip O'Roarke after the ex-champ collapses from lack of food."

    [May 3, 1932] "Knobby Walsh is in love with Delia Bennett, even though she's working against Joe. Delia and Chip O'Roarke are re-united after four years."

    In 1930 Bergman appeared as the lead character "Jim O'Malley" in the syndicated program EMERALD ISLE REVUE. Although I've never heard of any episodes turning up, the fact that it was a transcription series means that there's still hope that some discs survive. I've documented that it ran on stations in Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and Toronto.

    After 1932, Goldin lists for Bergman more Cantor appearances plus extant recordings from THE SAL HEPATICA REVUE, HOUR OF SMILES, CIRCUS NIGHT IN SILVERTOWN, FLASH GORDON, TOWN HALL TONIGHT, RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FLEISCHMANN HOUR, BEAUTY BOX THEATRE, GREAT PLAYS and, of course, THE SHADOW.

    No recordings are known to survive from his own mid-Thirties "Blubber Bergman" series.

    Mike Ogden

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:45:33 -0400
    From: EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  jack benny videos

    hi everyone
    sorry, i fell in the bin looking for the jack benny videos
    but couldn't find anymore.
    however not is all lost, another fellow came through and told me his local
    wal-mart had about 20
    so he said to contact him if i ran out, which i did
    email him at wr k <wrk41@[removed];
    and he'll fill in the gaps
    take care all, oh! i wasn't hurt in the fall
    edcarr@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:45:57 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-27 births/deaths

    October 27th births

    10-27-1890 - Bob Becker - Terryville, SD - d. 8-10-1962
    commentator: "Fireside Chats About Dogs/Pet Parade"
    10-27-1896 - Eric Dressler - NYC - d. 8-12-1978
    actor: "Scattergood Baines"; "Young Widdr Brown"
    10-27-1898 - Kathryn Cravens - Burkett, TX - d. 8-29-1991
    newscaster: "News Through a Woman's Eye"
    10-27-1898 - Richard Carroll - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-11-1959
    writer: "Shorty Bell"
    10-27-1901 - David Stone - Savannah, GA - d. 8-31-1995
    announcer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-27-1907 - Mignon Schreiber - Chicago, IL - d. 4-18-1965
    actor: Jennie Fox "Foxes of Flatbush", Mrs. Kransky "Guiding Light"
    10-27-1908 - DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins - Harris, NC - d. 4-30-1990
    strings: (Jenkins String Band) "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    10-27-1908 - Josephine Antoine - Boulder, CO - d. 10-30-1971
    singer: "Contented Hour"
    10-27-1910 - Jack Carson - Carmen, Canada - d. 1-2-1963
    comedian: "Jack Carson Show"; "New Sealtest Village Store"
    10-27-1911 - Charles R. Callender - Phrae, Thailand - d. 7-26-1987
    sang and played piano on radio
    10-27-1911 - Leif Erickson - Alameda, CA - d. 1-29-1986
    actor: Richard Rhinelander III "My Friend Irma"
    10-27-1914 - Dylan Thomas - Uplands, Swansea, Wales - d. 11-9-1953
    writer: "Life of the Modern Poet"; "Modern Muse"
    10-27-1915 - Albert Albinger - d. 11-29-1982
    newscaster: WKWK Wheeling, West Virginia
    10-27-1918 - Bill Ballance - Peoria, IL - d. 9-23-2004
    talk show host: "Feminine Forum"; "Bill Ballance Show"
    10-27-1918 - Teresa Wright - NYC - d. 3-6-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-27-1920 - Nanette Fabray - San Diego, CA
    singer, actor: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    10-27-1923 - Peter Bryant - London, England - d. 5-19-2006
    announcer, script editor for BBC Radio
    10-27-1924 - Ruby Dee - Cleveland, OH
    actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"; "Story Hour"
    10-27-1927 - Charles Mullen - d. 4-14-2002
    actor: "The Blue Playhouse"; "Advs. of Archie Andrews"
    10-27-1933 - Floyd Cramer - Camti, LA - d. 12-31-1997
    country pianist: "Country Music Time"; "Country Style [removed]"
    10-27-1939 - John Cleese - Weston-Super-Mare, England
    comedian: Basil Fawlty "Fawlty Towers"

    October 27th deaths

    01-01-1900 - Xavier Cugat - Tirona, Spain - d. 10-27-1990
    bandleader: (King of the Rhumba) "Camel Caravan"
    01-12-1894 - Georges Carpentier - Lens, France - d. 10-27-1975
    boxer: Dempsey vs. Carpentier first boxing match broadcast
    02-13-1917 - Clara Antonetti - d. 10-27-1995
    broadcaster on WTSA Brattleboro, Vermont
    03-05-1900 - Sam Hearn - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-27-1964
    comedian: Schlepperman "Jack Benny Program, Glamour Manor"
    03-21-1919 - Lois Collier - Salley, SC - d. 10-27-1999
    actor: Carol Chandler "Dear John"
    04-22-1921 - Vivian Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. 10-27-1991
    writer: "The Beulah Show"
    05-11-1884 - Alma Gluck - Lasil, Romania - d. 10-27-1938
    opera singer: made one radio appearance in 1929
    05-26-1910 - Larry Rhine - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-2000
    writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-29-1923 - Winifred Wolfe - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-1981
    writer: "Cloak and Dagger"
    06-08-1909 - Leland Frederick Cooley - Oakland, CA - d. 10-27-1998
    writer, emcee: "Andre Kostelanetz Program"; "The Shadow"
    08-26-1907 - Lester Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-27-2004
    bandleader: "Lester Lanin and His Orchestra"; "Here's to Veterans"
    09-20-1911 - Frank De Vol - Moundsville, WV - d. 10-27-1999
    conductor: "Rudy Vallee Drene Show"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Dinah
    Shore Show"
    09-23-1910 - Elliott Roosevelt - NYC - d. 10-27-1990
    commentary for the Mutual Network (Son of FDR) "Information Please"
    09-24-1929 - Alfred Hudgins - d. 10-27-2004
    disc jockey: "Blues in the Night"
    10-25-1891 - Father Charles Coughlin - Hamilton, Canada - d. 10-27-1979
    commentator, preacher: (The Radio Priest)
    10-29-1910 - Lew Parker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-27-1972
    actor: John Bickerson "The Bickersons" "Mennen Shave Time with Lew
    Parker"
    11-30-1914 - Charles Hawtrey - Hounslow, Middlesex, England - d.
    10-27-1988
    actor, comedian: Hubert Lane "Just William"
    12-01-1886 - Rex Stout - Noblesville, IN - d. 10-27-1975
    author: (Creator of Nero Wolfe) Debunker of Axis Propaganda "Our
    Secret Weapon"
    12-01-1911 - Randy Merriman - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-27-2005
    actor: "Doctor [removed]"
    12-13-1912 - Herb Sheldon - Connecticut - d. 10-27-1964
    announcer, host: "Honeymoon in New York"; "Luncheon at the Latin
    Quarter"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:46:14 -0400
    From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Clarabelle Hornblow
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    Jim Widner might be interested to know that the character of Clarabelle
    Hornblow was introduced on The Lone Ranger radio program in an episode called,
    "Thunder and Clarabelle" aired January 9th, 1946.  This pre-dates Clarabelle
    the clown on Howdy Doody.  The character of Clarabelle was created for actress
    Elaine Alpert, who was extremely good at imitating Marjorie Main and took to
    the role of Clarabelle immediately.  Many of the early scripts were rehashed
    from scripts involving the characters of Mustang Mag and her ranch foreman
    Missouri.

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:46:22 -0400
    From: david rogers <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Moon Over Africa
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    Can anyone reccomend any websites that offer any information about the show
    "Moon Over Africa"?  I did a bit of a search and google and couldn't find
    much.  So I was wondering if anyone knew of something I was missing.

    Love as always, David

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:46:32 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-28 births/deaths

    October 28th births

    10-28-1886 - Ruth Gates - Denton, TX - d. 5-23-1966
    actor: Mrs Lenord "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - Rhode Island - d. 5-2-1957
    actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
    10-28-1895 - John Boles - Greenville, TX - d. 2-27-1969
    actor, singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"
    10-28-1896 - Howard Hanson - Wahoo, NE - d. 2-26-1981
    conductor, composer: "New York Philharmonic"; "ASCAP World's Fair
    Concert"
    10-28-1897 - Edith Head - San Bernardino, CA - d. 10-24-1981
    costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-28-1902 - Catherine Shepherd - Zimbabwe - d. 2-18-1976
    writer: "The Golden Cockerel"
    10-28-1902 - Elsa Lanchester - Lewisham, England - d. 12-26-1986
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Everyman's
    Theatre"
    10-28-1906 - Lou Bring - d. 7-15-1951
    orchestra leader: "The Al Jolson Show"; "The Gracie Fields Show"
    10-28-1908 - David LeWinter - NYC - d. 1-22-1976
    orchestra leader: Late night dance band remotes
    10-28-1910 - Arthur Altman - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-18-1994
    CBS staff violinist and librarian
    10-28-1912 - Madaline Lee - Dallas, TX - d. 1-10-1974
    actor: Genevive Blue "Amos 'n' Andy"; Wendy Burton "Second Mrs. Burton"
    10-28-1913 - Ruth Peterson - Wauwatosa, WI - d. 2-2-1985
    actor: Linda Carroll "Hawthorne House"
    10-28-1915 - Alwyn Kurts - Perth, Western Australia - d. 5-4-2000
    performer: "Raising a Husband"
    10-28-1915 - Dody Goodman - Columbus, OH - d. 6-22-2008
    actor: "Hopalong Cassidy"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    10-28-1917 - Ron Rawson - Iowa - d. 7-18-1994
    announcer: "Right to Happiness"; "Advs. of Topper"; "Advs. of the Thin
    Man"
    10-28-1934 - Cecil Blackwood - Ackereman, MS - d. 11-13-2000
    singer: (Blackwood Brothers Quartet) "Songs of the Gospel"
    10-28-1934 - Johnny Western - Two Harbors, MN
    singer, actor, songwriter: (Ballad of Paladin) Daily show on KFDI
    Wichita, KS

    October 28th deatha

    01-26-1914 - Jack de Manio - Hampstead, England - d. 10-28-1988
    announcer: "Today"; "Jack de Manio Precisely"; "Woman's Hour"
    02-22-1891 - George Jeske - Utah - d. 10-28-1951
    writer: "Truth or Consequences"
    02-27-1893 - Maurice Spitalny - Tetieff, Russia - d. 10-28-1986
    conductor: Music director for KDKA Pittsburgh
    03-04-1910 - Miriam Kressyn - Poland - d. 10-28-1996
    Was the most popular Yiddish artist on radio of her day
    03-24-1918 - Bill Aya - d. 10-28-1985
    sportscaster: KEVE Seattle, Washington
    04-01-1917 - Leon Janney - Ogden, UT - d. 10-28-1980
    actor: Danny Stratford "Life of Mary Sothern"; Richard Parker "Parker
    Family"
    05-27-1924 - Eric Lauder - Rugby, England - d. 10-28-1999
    actor: "Violent Shore"
    07-27-1918 - Veola Vonn - NYC - d. 10-28-1995
    actor: Dimples Wilson "Blondie"; Princess Nadji "Chandu the Magician"
    08-12-1927 - Porter Wagoner - West Plains, MO - d. 10-28-2007
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-18-1917 - Mary Rolfe - Brooklyn NY - d. 10-28-1996
    actor: Mary Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"; Rose O'Brien "Rose of My
    Dreams"
    08-29-1913 - Sylvia Fine - NYC - d. 10-28-1991
    writer: (Wife of Danny Kaye) "Danny Kaye Show"; "Forecast"; "Bud's
    Bandwagon"
    09-15-1915 - Phil Brito - Boomer, WV - d. 10-28-2005
    narrator: "Moon River"
    09-16-1919 - Larry Dobkin - NYC - d. 10-28-2002
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; Ellery Queen "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - South Dakota - d. 10-28-2000
    actor: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    09-20-1917 - Red Auerbach - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-28-2006
    legendary baskeball coach: "The Inside Track"
    10-06-1899 - Mitchell Leisen - Menominee, MI - d. 10-28-1972
    director: Lux Radio Theatre
    11-02-1892 - Alice Brady - NYC - d. 10-28-1939
    actor: "Hollywood Hotel"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:46:38 -0400
    From: rand@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Pittsburgh NBC affiliate?

    I recently got a set of acetates where a local station recorded some
    different programs (soaps and variety shows) in the summer of 1947 direct
    from their NBC line.

    The acetates don't have labels, but do have grease pencil markings with
    dates and titles.  One looks like it has the notation "WIIC".

    I found a tv station in Pittsburgh with the callsign WIIC that went on the
    air in 1957 (it's now WPXI).  Was WIIC a Pittsburgh radio station and NBC
    affiliate in 1947?

    Just curious, so I can document these in my database.  It's interesting to
    hear how the network line would sound at different local stations - at
    this one, there's a definite background "whine" during the shows.

    The discs include several non-circulating episodes of soaps like
    "Backstage Wife", a variety show I've never heard called "Tex and Jinx",
    and some other goodies.

    Randy

    __________
    Randy A. Riddle
    Mebane, NC

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:47:29 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR history

>     1947 - "The one, the only Groucho" Marx appeared as quizmaster on You
>     Bet Your Life for the first time -- on ABC. George Fenneman was
>     Groucho's eternal straight man.

    But George Fenneman wasn't on the early shows.  I don't know who the
    announcer was on the earlier shows, but it wasn't Fenneman.

>     Chipper and Cliff Soubier was the foreman. Sky King was sponsored by
>     Mars candy.

    Cliff Soubier?  Was he the same guy who played the clown Cliffy on
    the TV show "Super Circus"?

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:48:14 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Clarabelle Hornblow

>     Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:08:20 +0000
>     From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];

>     A question was recently asked of me via my web site for which I didn't
>     have a good answer. The Lone Ranger show referred to was from July 9,
>     1954 "Trouble at Rafter H". Of course Clarabelle was first heard on
>     the Triple B Ranch radio program over WEAF in 1947 which later became
>     the Howdy Doody Show.

    Not quite.  Clarabell the clown (spelled without an e on the end,
    since he was male) developed on the Howdy Doody TV show.  As Buffalo
    Bob told the story, Bob Keeshan was initially an assistant to Bob
    Smith.  On one early show, "Mr. Smith," as he was then called, had to
    give a prize to a kid, and time was running short, so he had Bobb
    Keeshan bring him the prize.  Afterwards, Niles Trammel, president of
    NBC television, called him and told him (a) if he's going to be on
    television, give him a costume, and (b) don't let him talk because
    then we'll have to pay him actor's wages.

    So they found a clown costume in stock, and he wore it, initially
    without makeup.  At some point some clowns from the Barnum & Bailey
    Circus were on as guests.  When they saw Keeshan in costume, without
    makeup, they suggested that their bit on the show should be to make
    him up as a clown.  They did, and he was named "Clarabell."

    It wasn't until some years later that he started to be called
    "Clarabell Hornblow" occasionally.  They didn't keep calling him
    that, and more recently, after I learned of the Lone Ranger
    character, I began to wonder if the Howdy Doody Show got a cease and
    desist letter from the Lone Ranger's owners.

    The Triple-B Ranch didn't "become" the Howdy Doody Show.  It remained
    the Triple-B Ranch on radio.  The TV show was initially "Puppet
    Playhouse."

    And by 1947 it was WNBC, not WEAF.

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:48:59 -0400
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Houdini Seance

    In #250, Michael Molloy asked:

>     Years ago when most of my OTR collection was on cassettes,
>     before I knew about MP3s, I had from SPERDVAC a cassette
>     of Houdini's widow having a final seance trying to speak
>     with her late husband.

    Check out Jerry Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network here
    ([removed]).  At the bottom of the
    page, he has an archive broadcast of The Glowing Dial, and at the very bottom
    is a link to a real audio recording of this seance.

    You can record that audio stream to mp3 with many different programs.  The
    sound quality won't be great, but it might do for what you need.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:49:08 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Chronicle of Higher Education on WOTW

    Here's a recent article on the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast in The
    Chronicle of Higher Education.

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:49:18 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Off the Press -- This Day in Network Radio

    Just in time for the gift-giving season ... for yourself ... for someone
    else ... McFarland has this week released my newest opus:

    "This Day in Network Radio:  A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts,
    Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History"

    This 251-page 7-1/8"x10" softbound edition includes 2,627 entries based on
    the 366-day Gregorian calendar that encompasses:

    83 citations of watershed moments in network radio history by date,
    participants, and significance
    363 debuting shows highlighted with network, date, cast, premise, and
    anecdotes
    345 canceled series identified by network and date on which they departed
    968 key personalities before and behind the microphones introduced with
    birthdates, places, credits in multiple venues, and other often unpublished
    biographical information
    868 deaths of radio personalities recorded with dates and places

    More of these individuals celebrated their birthdays on three dates --
    February 8 and 14 and June 10 -- than any other days of the year.  More of
    them died on three dates -- January 3 and 29 and July 4 -- than any other
    days.  With 49 series premiering in October, that was easily the month in
    which the most debuts occurred while August saw the fewest with 9.  June
    witnessed more cancellations than other months with 60 while August saw the
    fewest with 15.  More birthdays of the show people included occurred in June
    than any other month, 102, while September had the fewest with 72.  More
    personalities died in January than any other month, 94, while the fewest
    passed in April with 60.

    Those are some of the intriguing discoveries from this day-by-date calendar
    of network radio.  More than a mere calendar, however, there are
    biographical and series vignettes outlining the details of individuals' and
    series' lives to accompany the pertinent factual data.  I don't believe this
    much specific material has been amassed on this many folks and features and
    landmark occasions before, certainly not all in one volume.  Hopefully, it
    will be a keeper that will honor the shelves of hobbyists as well as
    intensive media historiographers.

    "This Day in Network Radio" is available today from [removed] and
    also may be ordered by telephone daytime M-F at 800-253-2187 or fax anytime
    at 336-246-4403.  It sells for $[removed] with shipping/handling $[removed]

    I trust it will provide a durable and stimulating record of so much that
    transpired in network radio in the 20th century and am happy to commend it
    to you.

    Jim Cox

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