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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2017 : Issue 30
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  More movies from radio                [ Welsa <welsa@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 14-20 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 12:54:01 -0400
From: Welsa <welsa@[removed];
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Subject:  More movies from radio
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Mike's reminder about radio-related movies on TV comes on the heels of my
receiving this week three DVDs featuring a popular British radio sleuth,
Inspector [removed]  I believe the three movies I have are the only ones
made based on that radio [removed]  I have watched only one so far, and it
was great [removed]  Hornleigh's sidekick, a bumbling police sergeant is played by
a very young Alistair Sim.

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Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 12:54:07 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
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Subject:  This week in radio history 14-20 May

 From Those Were The Days --

5/14

1945 - "The Sparrow and the Hawk", a serial for kids, was first
broadcast over CBS radio.

1945 - "Tennessee Jed" made his debut on ABC radio. Johnny Thomas played
the part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

5/15

1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
starred in the role of Mother Moran in the radio program, "Today's
Children", which was heard for the first time this day.

5/17

1938 - The NBC Blue network presented "Information Please" for the first
time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

1939 - The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY was the scene of a
memorable dual-network radio broadcast of Glenn Miller and his
orchestra. Both NBC and Mutual carried the event, which was attended by
1,800 people in the casino ballroom.

5/18

1942 - "David Harding, Counterspy" was heard on the NBC Blue network for
the first time. The program enjoyed a long run on radio, lasting for 15
years.

5/19

1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
Denver Auditorium.

5/20

1933 - "Charlie Chan" was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio
network after only six months on the air. Not to worry. Several revivals
of the Chinese detective were on the air for years later ...

   Joe

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