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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2020 : Issue 47
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

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      This week in radio history 1-7 Novem  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:13:16 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
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    Subject: This week in radio history 1-7 November

     From Those Were The Days

    11/1

    1937   The first broadcast of Hilltop House was aired on CBS; while on
    NBC, the comic strip character Terry and the Pirates debuted.

    11/2

    1931   Myrt and Marge was heard for the first time, on CBS. The program
    centered on two chorus girls who competed for the same parts and the
    same men. The creator and writer (Cliff Thomas wrote some) of the
    series, Myrtle Vail, also played the role of Myrt; and the original
    Marge was performed by Vail's daughter, Donna Damerel Fick. Three other
    performers played the part when Donna died giving birth. Myrt and Marge
    continued for 11 years.

    11/5

    1934   The first broadcast of The Gumps was heard on CBS. Wilmer Walter
    played Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead was Gump's wife, Min, and Jackie Kelk
    was son, Chester. Karo syrup and Pebico toothpaste/tooth powder sponsored.

    1950   "The greatest stars of our time on one big program" was the
    introduction by actress Tallulah Bankhead, who opened the 90 minute Big
    Show on NBC. It was a big show all right. The peacock saw red as losses
    exceeded a million dollars ($10,772,176 in 2019 dollars)  in the three
    years the program was on the air.

    11/7

    1932   CBS presented the first broadcast of Buck Rogers in the 25th
    Century. Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin played
    Buck in the serial over the years (1932 1947).

    1937   Dr. Christian debuted on CBS. Jean Hersholt played the part of
    the kindly, elderly Dr. Christian who practiced on the air until 1954.
    Laureen Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Kleeb and Rosemary De Camp played
    his nurse, Judy. The Dr. Christian theme song was Rainbow on the River.
    Sponsors of the show included Vaseline (petroleum jelly, hair tonic and
    lip ice).

    1938   The first broadcast of This Day is Ours was heard on CBS. Eleanor
    McDonald, played by Joan Banks and later by Templeton Fox, had all kinds
    of problems. Her child was kidnapped, she lost her memory, helped a
    friend find a killer, etc. The soap opera ran for two years.

    Joe

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