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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 14
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 26 Januar  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  OTR Photo Restoration                 [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:05:26 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 26 January to 2
 February

 From Those Were The Days

1/27

1931   NBC introduced listeners to Clara, Lu 'n' Em on its Blue network.
The show became the first daytime network radio serial when it was moved
from its original nighttime slot.

1948   Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first
magnetic tape recorder. The "Wireway" machine with a built-in oscillator
sold for $[removed] ($1,[removed] in 2011 dollars).

1956   The CBS Radio Workshop was heard for the first time. This first
broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, Brave New World.

1/28

1940 Beat the Band made its debut on NBC, with the Ted Weems band. Beat
the Band was where listeners' questions were selected in the hopes of
stumping the band. If a listener's question was chosen, he or she
received $10 ($[removed] in 2011 dollars ) The questions were posed as
riddles: What song title tells you what Cinderella might have said if
she awoke one morning and found that her foot had grown too large for
her glass slipper? If the band played the correct musical answer, Where
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, the listener lost.

When Raleigh cigarettes sponsored Beat the Band, the listener who beat
the band won $50 ($[removed] in 2011 dollars) and two cartons of cigarettes
... Raleigh's, of course. When the sponsor changed to General Mill's Kix
cereal, if the listener beat the band, he/she won twenty bucks ($[removed]
in 2011 dollars ) and a case of Kix cereal.

1934   As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell,
in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several
offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as the
Redhead, adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions
across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a
ukulele and delivering down home patter) endeared him to fans for many
years. We remember the broadcasting legend, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go
back to my little grass [removed]"

1/30

1933    The Lone Ranger was heard for the first time.

1/31

1936   The Green Hornet was introduced by its famous theme song, The
Flight of the Bumble Bee. The radio show was first heard on WXYZ in
Detroit, MI on this day. The show stayed on the air for 16 years. The
Green Hornet originated from the same radio station where The Lone
Ranger was performed. You may remember that the title character in The
Green Hornet was really named Britt Reid. He was, in fact, supposed to
be the great nephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. Both popular series
were created by George Trendle and Fran Striker.
2/2

1946   The Mutual Broadcasting System presented Twenty Questions for the
first time. Bill Slater was the master of ceremonies.

Joe

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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:05:31 -0500
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR Photo Restoration

I have a collection of 50 to 70 photographs that have been scanned and need
to be digitally restored. Some were awful, water damaged and wrinkled. I did
the best I could to flatten them out on the scanner. A couple were so bad the
glossy photos cracked when I unrolled them! None of these photos have ever
been published in trade columns, magazines or books and a few are family
photos from a relative -- his father worked on the show. It is my intention
to reprint the photographs in a book that goes to print in a couple months.
Some need minor restoration, others need major restoration.

A year ago, after I completed a slide show presentation of THE CAVALCADE OF
AMERICA at the Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention, a couple kind souls saw
similar "damage" when they were blown up on the big screen and volunteered to
clean them up for me. I sent them copies of photos at their request and they
were able to digitally restore them and eliminated the evident damage. Both
men said they had Adobe Photoshop. Now I cannot find their e-mail address. If
they are on this digest and are reading this, can they drop me a line? Or if
anyone wants to take up the task, please let me know off the digest. I would
be more than welcome to acknowledge them in my book and make sure they get a
complimentary copy.

Martin
mmargrajr@[removed]

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