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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 56
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 29 June t  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Bob Hastings                          [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]

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    Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:23:33 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 29 June to 5 July

    6/29

    1932   Vic and Sade debuted on the NBC Blue network this day.

    1947   Radio's show with a heart made its debut. Strike It Rich became a
    favorite on CBS. Todd Russell was the original host. Warren Hull took
    over a few years later.

    1951   Bill Stern did his last 15 minute program of sports features for
    NBC. Stern had been with NBC for 14 years. He later moved to the Mutual
    Broadcasting System to finish out an illustrious sportscasting career.

    6/30

    1921   Documents were signed forming the Radio Corporation of America,
    better known as RCA. RCA soon rivaled its main competitor, General
    Electric (GE).

    7/1

    1934   The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the
    Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the
    regulator of broadcasting in the United States.

    7/2

    1939   The Aldrich Family debuted on NBC.

    1946   CBS signed Arthur Godfrey to do a weekly nighttime show.

    1951   NBC presented Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) on a
    network show.

    7/3

    1939   Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.

    1940   The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted
    with their network show on NBC.

    1945    NBC gave the comedian/pianist Victor Borge his own the summer
    replacement show for Fibber McGee and Molly.  He had been heard a few
    years earlier as a semi regular on NBC's "Kraft Music Hall" with Bing
    Crosby.

    7/4

    1943   The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were
    reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on
    NBC.

    1951   Jack Webb, along with Dragnet, also did a summer show    that of
    Pete Kelly. Pete Kelly's Blues, a crime drama, was the summer
    replacement on NBC for Halls of Ivy (with Ronald Colman and Benita Hume).

    7/5

    1943   The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
    Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
    greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
    on the air until 1951.

    1948   My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
    redhead's first regular radio program on CBS.  Richard Denning co
    starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it."  (Which
    today has a different [removed] -ed)

    1951   The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's action
    adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:23:38 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
    and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
    demand, 24/7 at: [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    *Independence Day Celebration*

    FAMILY THEATER
    Episode 278 07-02-52 "We Hold These Truths"
    Host: Colonel Frances Debresky
    Stars: Jeff Chandler
    Announcer: Tony La Frano
    Created By: Father Patrick Peyton
    MUTUAL Sustaining

    FREEDOM UNDER GOD
    7-1-51 "175 years of Freedom"
    Stars: Jimmy Stewart, Bing Crosby, Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Swanson,
    General Matthew Ridgeway.
    Sponsored by the "Committee To Proclaim Liberty" honoring the 175th
    anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
    CBS 8:30 - 9:30 pm.

    LIVING 1949
    Episode 25 7-4-49 "The Biggest Firecracker In The World"
    Host: Ben Grauer
    Director: James Harvey
    Announcer: Robert Warren
    Music: Milton Katims
    NBC Sustaining Sundays at various times

    THE PENNY SINGLETON SHOW
    Episode 6 7-4-50 "A Safe And Sane Fourth"
    Summer Replacement for THE BOB HOPE SHOW
    STARS: Penny Singleton, Sheilah James, Mary Lee Robb, Jim Bacus, Gale
    Gordon, Bea Benaderet
    DIRECTOR: Max Hutto
    NBC Wheaties Tuesdays 9:00-9:30 pm
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    X MINUS ONE
    (NBC) 5/8/55 "Mars Is Heaven" by Ray Bradbury. A Classic!

    A LIFE IN YOUR HANDS
    (NBC) 2/18/52 "The Dr. Alanby Case" by Erle Stanley Gardner.

    THE WORLD ADVENTURER'S CLUB
    (Synd) Program #24 (1932) "The Fawn".
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    This week we pay tribute to both Fred Allen and Charlie McCarthy.
    In 1945, both Fred Allen and Edgar Bergen with McCarthy appeared on each
    others shows. McCarthy threatened to leave Edgar for Fred Allen.

    We follow the dialogue with 4 shows which aired during the month of
    October 1945.

    CHARLIE MCCARTHY
    from 09/30/45 Fred Allen & Portland Hoffa guest.

    THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
    10/07/45 (040) Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy who Auditions for Fred.

    CHARLIE MCCARTHY
    10/21/45 Fred Allenguests.

    THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
    10/28/45 (043) Charlie Mccarthy Sues Fred for Slander.
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    This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 127

    "MIRACLE OF AMERICA" ON CBS & "A JULY 4TH SPECIAL" ON CLASSICS & CURIOS

    Happy Birthday, America! America's Charter of Freedom or Independence
    was declared on July 2, 1776, approved by Congress on July 4, and signed
    on August 2 -- all after 86 edits including deleting the condemnation of
    slavery. The completed document brought into life the miracle of
    America, and that's the name of the first program of this episode: "The
    Miracle of America," broadcast in 1950 on CBS.

    Robert Young hosted this program featuring artists like Frank Sinatra,
    Jack Benny, Bing and Bob Crosby, Ronald Coleman, Charles Laughton, Dick
    Haymes, Jo Stafford, Smilin' Jack Smith, Jerry Gray, and Dinah Shore.
    Some of the songs performed include "Hoop-Dee-Doo," "The House I Live
    In," "The Lord's Prayer," and a medley of Stephan Foster songs performed
    by Lucille Norman and the Lud Gluskin orchestra.

    Jack Benny and Mary Livingston do a comedy sketch at the racetrack,
    Charles Laughton shares his moving experience of becoming a [removed] citizen
    in 1950, and Governor Earl Warren delivers a message about America,
    along with messages from the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor.

    On this independence day episode we play "The Miracle of America" to
    salute all the brave service men and women who made and make the miracle
    known as America and its freedom a reality.

    And Classics & Curios also presents a July 4th original special
    production. Phil Spitalny and his Hour of Charm twenty-two piece all
    girl orchestra and chorus begin the show with a great version of
    "American Patrol." [Spitalny came to this country from the Ukraine to
    become a [removed] citizen. We can see him and the talented Hour of Charm
    orchestra as they perform on YouTube.] John Philip Sousa's stirring
    "Stars and Stripes," Bing Crosby's "Road to Victory," and Kate Smith's
    "God Bless America" highlight the musical celebration.

    Quotes from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and
    Abraham Lincoln remind us of our heritage of faith and the price of
    freedom. Theodore Roosevelt adds, "Americanism means the virtues of
    courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood -- the virtues
    that made America."

    Believing that those values must never fade, Sammy Kaye salutes our
    armed forces with "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen," sung by
    Don Cornell. From "[removed]" comes this moving recollection
    of the Stage Door Canteen, Hollywood branch:

    -- The canteen was an instant success, and that success continued. Seven
    nights a week the building pulsed with hordes of servicemen and young
    women dancing to the sounds of the most famous bands in the country.
    Stars [removed]

    A young actress named Lauren Bacall volunteered on Monday nights. "There
    was fierce jitterbugging," she wrote. "Many a time I found myself in the
    middle of a [removed] whirled and twirled by one guy, then passed on
    to another, non-stop, until I thought I would [removed] wasn't much to do
    for the war effort, but it was something."The sign over the door of the
    Hollywood canteen read, "Through these portals pass the most beautiful
    uniforms in the world." "The most beautiful people" could easily have
    been added to that. Some of those beautiful people made quite a stir on
    some memorable nights. One regular was movie star Marlene Dietrich. She
    caused mass hysteria one night when she arrived straight from the set of
    the fantasy film "Kismet" covered in gold paint. [Betty] Davis, who said
    volunteering at the canteen was one of the "few accomplishments in my
    life that I am sincerely proud of," recalled a Christmas Eve that
    heartthrob crooner Bing Crosby showed up unannounced accompanied by his
    young sons. The Crosbys sang carols for an hour, she remembered, and
    "there was not a dry eye in the Canteen.

    "Posterity, you will never know how much it has cost my generation to
    preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." -- John
    Quincy Adams

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    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Greg celebrate Independence Day

    The Great Gildersleeve - Fourth Of July Speech
    originally aired Wednesday, July 2, 1952 on NBC
    Starring: Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Earle Ross, Mary Lee Robb,
    Gloria Blondell, Lillian Randolph.
    John Hiestand announcing.
    Sponsor: Kraft Foods

    The Magnificent Montague - July Fourth
    originally aired Saturday, June 30, 1951 on NBC
    Starring: Monty Wooley, Anne Seymour, Pert Kelton, Art Carney, Johnny
    Gibson,
    John Griggs, Anne Pitoniak.
    Don Pardo announcing.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield, Anacin, RCA Victor

    CBS Is There (You Are There) - Philadelphia, July 4, 1776
    originally aired Sunday, March 21, 1948 on CBS
    Starring: John Charles Daly, Ken Roberts, Ned Calmer, Bud Collier.
    Sponsor: Sustained

    Mystery House - The Thirsty Death (Audition Show)
    originally recorded Monday, July 3, 1944 for NBC
    Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lurene Tuttle, John Carradine.
    Ken Carpenter announcing.
    Sustained

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    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

    Jerry Haendiges

    Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
    The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
    Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 18:28:59 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bob Hastings

    Folks;

       Terry Salomonson reports the unhappy news that Robert Francis "Bob"
    Hastings, Archie Andrews on radio and Elroy Carpenter on TV's McHale's Navy,
    passed away June 30, 2014. Bob and his wife Joan have four children, ten
    grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren.

       Bob was a staple at various OTR conventions around the country, including
    REPS, FOTR, the Ohio Nostalgia Expo where an award is given in his name, and
    others. He was also, as Terry put it, "one helluva friend." I second that,
    and my daughter agrees, too - Bob always fussed over Kate.

       Many of us here have fond memories of the time we spent with him, not only
    enjoying his performances at the conventions, but over coffee (or later in
    the evening, other beverages). Terry told me the first time he met Bob was
    back in 1967 or 1968; Terry took the Universal tour, and Bob was the
    "Celebrity of the Day" on Terry's tour, the Universal star who chatted with
    the tour, taking questions and entertaining the crowd.

       Last year at the Nostalgia Expo, Bob sat down with Kate and me for an
    in-depth interview, talking about his career in radio, television,
    voice-over, and films. That interview, which aired on Radio Once More last
    year, will be repeated next week (see [removed] for
    information, and [removed] to hear our show), and is also
    available for on-line listening or download at
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       We are going to miss you, friend.

             Charlie

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