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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2020 : Issue 30
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 6-12 Sept  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 06:29:42 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: This week in radio history 6-12 September

     From Those Were The Days

    9/6

    1920   The first prizefight broadcast on radio featured Jack Dempsey
    knocking out Billy Miske in the third round of a bout in Benton Harbor,
    MI.  WWJ in Detroit was the station that fight fans were tuned to.

    9/8

    1935   The Hoboken Four, featuring Frank Sinatra as lead singer,
    appeared on Major Bowes Amateur Hour on WOR. The group won the
    competition held at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.

    1944   Ed Wynn resumed his radio career after seven years off the air.
    Wynn starred in Happy Island on the NBC Blue network.

    9/9

    1926    the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created by the Radio
    Corp. of America.

     From Those Were The Days

    1946   Ben Alexander hosted Heart's Desire for the first time, a
    giveaway contest program on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

    9/10

    1935 - <<226>><<128>><<156>>I<<226>><<128>><<153>>m Popeye the sailor [removed];<226>><<128>><<157>> toot! toot! "Popeye" was heard for
    the first time on NBC radio. The show was based on the Elzie Crisler
    Segar comic strip, which featured Popeye, Olive Oyl, Brutus, Wimpy and
    Sweepea. Now, eat your spinach in celebration!

    1950 - Eddie Cantor moved from radio to TV, as he hosted the "Colgate
    Comedy Hour" on NBC. In addition to Cantor, other hosts of the "Colgate
    Comedy Hour" included: Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Gordon
    MacRae, Jimmy Durante along with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

    9/12

    1938   [removed] Kaltenborn made broadcasting history by covering a crisis in
    Czechoslovakia for CBS beginning on this day. Kaltenborn was so devoted
    to his work that he slept in the studio for 18 days while bringing
    updates to his appreciative audience.

    Joe

     ***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!

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