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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 311
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 26 Sept t  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  NBC's Fourth Chimes and V for Victor  [ BH <radiobill@[removed]; ]
  RE: Thurber                           [ "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed]; ]
  9-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Bill Ballance                         [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:08:36 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 26 Sept to 2 Oct

  From Those Were The Days --

9/27

1933 - NBC debuted Waltz Time, featuring the orchestra of Abe Lymon. The
program continued on the network until 1948.

1938 - Thanks for the Memory was heard for the first time on The Bob
Hope Show -- on the NBC Red network.

9/28

1936 - Bachelor's Children debuted on CBS (at 9:45 [removed]) in addition to
its schedule on the Mutual Network (at 10:15 [removed]). The show's theme
song, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, opened the 15-minute, critically
acclaimed, daily serial. Bachelor's Children became very popular because
of its natural dialogue which made folks think they were hearing a real
event. Bachelor's Children ... brought to you by Old Dutch Cleanser,
Palmolive-Peet Soap, Colgate Toothpaste and Wonder Bread.

1939 - The final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard. The star
of the show, Rudy Vallee, wrapped things up after a decade of
entertaining radio.

9/29

1920 - Radios for 10 bucks! That's what Joseph Horne Company's
department store in Pittsburgh, PA was selling. The radios were
advertised in The Pittsburgh Sun for $10 and up. One could get a
ready-made radio in a box with headphones and tuning knob. This way, one
could do away with the Quaker Oats round box and the cat's whisker wire,
which was a pain to tune.

1930 - "This is Lowell Thomas." Those words were spoken for the first
time as a young Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS. He replaced Floyd
Gibbons on the nightly (6:45 [removed]), 15-minute newscast. Thomas, who
started as a reporter for the New York Daily News (at age 19), was heard
on the radio for the next 46 years.

1930 - "Ba, ba, ba, boo. I will, ba ba ba boo ... marry you!" Bing
Crosby, America's premier crooner for decades, married Dixie Lee.

1940 - Double or Nothing was first heard on Mutual. Each time
contestants answered questions correctly, their winnings would double
from $20 to $40 to the big payoff of $80. If they gave an incorrect
answer, they were gone! Nobody bet on long how long the show would last.
Good thing. It kept going for a dozen years. Among the sponsors:
Feen-A-Mint, Chooz breath candy and Campbell's soup.

1946 - Mystery fans remember when The Adventures of Sam Spade debuted on
CBS this Sunday night. (It had aired in the summer of 1946 on ABC on
Friday nights.) The Adventures of Sam Spade, with Howard Duff playing
Spade, became a big hit in the Sunday night radio lineup. And now a word
from our sponsor: "Use Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie ... it keeps your
hair in [removed]"

9/30

1930 - Death Valley Days was first heard on the NBC Red network this day
(and) became one of radio's biggest hits. The 30-minute,
Western-adventure series starred Tim Daniel Frawley as the Old Ranger,
Harvey Hays as the Old Prospector, John White as the Lonesome Cowboy,
Edwin Bruce as Bobby Keen, Robert Haag as Sheriff Mark Chase and Olyn
Landick as Cassandra Drinkwater.

The tales heard on Death Valley Days were all based on fact and were
human interest stories revolving around the borax mining town of Death
Valley, California. The show was created by Ruth Woodman, a script
writer for a New York ad agency. She had never seen Death Valley; but
had found the vehicle to sell 20-Mule-Team Borax. As time went on, Ms.
Woodman did make a trip to Death Valley. She went back again and again
after that, digging up facts for her scripts. She even met an
honest-to-goodness old ranger, Wash Cahill, who knew everyone and
everything about the mining town.

Death Valley Days was renamed Death Valley Sheriff in 1944 and The
Sheriff in 1945. And Ruth Woodman continued to write the scripts. She
even wrote scripts when Death Valley Days became a TV show. Buy some
20-Mule-Team Borax in commemoration.

1933 - The theme song was Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here and it opened
the National Barn Dance. The half-hour country music and comedy show,
originally heard on WLS, Chicago since 1924, moved to the NBC Blue
network this night. National Barn Dance was broadcast from the Eighth
Street Theater in Chicago, where the stage was transformed into a
hayloft every Saturday night. The host was Joe Kelly. Uncle Ezra was
played by Pat Barrett who was known to say, "Give me a toot on the
tooter, Tommy," as he started dancing. A few of the other Barn Dance
characters were Arkie, the Arkansas Woodchopper; Pokey Martin; the
Hoosier Hotshots; the Prairie Ramblers; cowgirl, Patsy Montana; Pat
Buttram; Lulu Belle and the Cumberland Road Runners. Gene Autry and Red
Foley were heard early in their careers on National Barn Dance. Although
there were plenty of sponsors (Alka Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins,
Phillips Milk of Magnesia), the National Barn Dance was one of the few
radio shows to charge admission.

1935 - "Calling all [removed]" The Adventures of Dick Tracy came to radio
for the first time -- on the Mutual Radio Network. Based on the comic
strip created by Chester Gould, the 15-minute adventure show was heard
Monday thru Friday at 5:45 [removed] The sponsors were Quaker Puffed Wheat
and Quaker Puffed Rice.

1939 - Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time -- on
Mutual. The Captain flew his single-engine plane all over the place
fighting crime. Talk about a popular show: Ovaltine dropped its
sponsorship of Little Orphan Annie to climb on board with Captain
Midnight. The show was also sponsored by Skelly Oil.

10/1

1942 - People Are Funny went on the air with host Art Baker.

Joe

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:26:35 -0400
From: BH <radiobill@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  NBC's Fourth Chimes and V for Victory

Michael Shoshani said:

At this moment I am actually in email
negotiations with NBC-Universal's legal department, who seem to be
willing to grant permission for me to obtain copies of the Hindenburg
airchecks from the NBC collection at the Library of Congress, so I can
listen and hear if the fourth chime is present.

I wonder if  that by the time the Hindenburg airchecks were being made
the ringing of the fourth chime had already be rung and didn't make the
recording? Hope that isn't the case as I would like to hear that fourth
chime, it would be interesting to see if it is different from the fourth
chime we hear on D-Day, and I suspicion it would be.

Bill H.

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:08:41 -0400
From: "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RE: Thurber

I know this may be late & may have already been mentioned (I've been away)
but on the subject of James Thurber how can we forget one of the funniest
broadway shows "The Thurber Carnival". Opened on broadway February 1960 &
starred Tom Ewell, Peggy Cass, Paul Ford, John McGiver & Alice Ghostley. I
still enjoy listening to it.

Don Fisher

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:30:17 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  9-27 births/deaths

September 27th births

09-27-1885 - Harry Blackstone - Chicago, IL - d. 11-16-1965
magician: "Harry Blackstone, the Magic Detective" based on him.
09-27-1887 - Pat "Uncle Ezra" Barrett - Holden, MO - d. 3-25-1959
actor: "National Barn Dance"; Uncle Ezra "Uncle Ezra"
09-27-1893 - Phil Cook - Coldwater, MI - d. 9-18-1958
comedian: "Radio Chief"; "Quaker Oats Man"; "Morning Almanac"
09-27-1898 - Vincent Youmans - NYC - d. 4-5-1946
composer: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
09-27-1913 - Hugh Rowlands - d. 1-5-1978
actor: Trigger Brett "Island Venture"; Jimmy "Tom Mix"
09-27-1917 - William Orr - d. 12-25-2002
actor: "Hollywood Theatre Group"
09-27-1918 - James McCallion - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 7-11-1991
actor: Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"; Sydney Lawrence "One Man's Family"
09-27-1920 - Jayne Meadows - Wu Chang, China
actress: "Hollywood Star Preview"
09-27-1920 - William Conrad - Louisville, KY - d. 2-11-1994
actor: Matt Dillon "Gunsmoke"; Louis Dumont "Jason and His Golden Fleece"
09-27-1921 - Carol Thurston - Forsyth, MT - d. 12-31-1969
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-27-1923 - Mary McCarthy - Winfield, KS (Raised: Los Angeles, CA) - d.
4-3-1980
actress: "MGM Musical Comey Theatre"
09-27-1934 - Claude Jarman, Jr. - Nashville, TN
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-27-1934 - DickSchaap - NYC - d. 12-21-2001
sportscaster: "Sports Answer Man: "Sports Week"

September 27th deaths

01-03-1900 - Cecil Underwood - Vienna, MO - d. 9-27-1976
producer, director: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Great Gildersleeve"
01-09-1898 - Dame Gracie Fields - Rochdale, Lancashire, England - d. 9-27-1979
comedienne, singer: "Gracie Fields Victory Show"; "Gracie Fields Show"
01-12-1896 - Harry Reser - Piqua, OH - d. 9-27-1965
bandleader: "Cliquot Club Eskimos"
05-21-1904 - Robert Montgomery - Beacon, NY - d. 9-27-1981
actor: "Doctor Fights"; "Suspense"; "This Is War"
06-26-1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Port Arthur, TX - d. 9-27-1956
all-around athlete: "Babe Didrikson Zaharia Sports Show"
07-29-1905 - Clara Bow - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-27-1965
actress: (The It Girl) "Kay Parker in Hollywood"
08-11-1902 - Lloyd Nolan - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-27-1985
actor: Johnny Strange "Results Inc."; Martin Kane "Martin Kane, Private Eye"
08-28-1925 - Donald O'Connor - Chicago, IL - d. 9-27-2003
comedian, actor: "Ginny Simms Show"; "Philip Morris Playhouse"; "Suspense"
10-04-1909 - James Webb - Denver, CA (that is right, CA) - d. 9-27-1974
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:30:25 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Bill Ballance

Does anyone know the birth date and birth place of Bill Ballance? He passed
away last Thursday.
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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