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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2014 : Issue 41
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 27 April [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OTR To Film [ <skallisjr@[removed]; ]
Updated Radio Series Broadcast Logs [ Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed]; ]
BBC Archives article [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
Speaking of the [removed] [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:12 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 27 April to 3 May
From Those Were The Days
4/27
1921 Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when
WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news.
1931 NBC presented Lum and Abner for the first time.
1932 The Texaco fire chief, Ed Wynn, was heard on Texaco Star Theater
for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a
live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to
radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio's first true superstar.
1937 The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC.
4/28
1947 Studio One on CBS was first broadcast. The show was full of great
stars, but no sponsors. CBS dropped Studio One after a year on the air.
4/30
1945 "How would you like to be queen for a day!" That opening line,
delivered by host, Jack Bailey, was first heard on Mutual on this day.
The first Queen for a Day was Mrs. Evelyn Lane.
1945 Arthur Godfrey began his CBS morning show. His theme was Seems
Like Old Times. Arthur Godfrey Time ran until this very same day in
1972. Godfrey's show used live talent and not records. His popularity
with listeners was the major reason that several sponsors gave Godfrey
the freedom to ad lib their commercials and, from time to time, joke
about the products as well.
5/1
1931 Singer Kate Smith began her long and illustrious radio career
with CBS on this, her birthday. The 22 year old Smith started out with
no sponsors and a paycheck of just $10 a week ($151 in 2013 dollars) for
the nationally broadcast daily program. However, within 30 days, her
salary increased to a more respectable $1,500 a week ($22,680 in 2013
dollars).
Joe
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:19 -0400
From: <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR To Film
Mary Poehler notes,
To see a movie of The Fat Man, starring J Smart with a young Rock Hudson
&
Julie London follow this link. ( [removed])
/The Fat Man/ wasn't the OTR program to transition to the silver screen.
Off the top of my head, there were:
/Captain Midnight/ (Serial), /Jack Armstrong/ (Serial) /Hop Harrigan/
(Serial), /Chandu, the Magician/ (Serial),
/Dragnet/ [[several] (Feature)
/I Love A Mystery/ (Feature)
/Pete Kelly's Blues/ (Feature)
/The Lone Ranger/ (Serial and Features)
/Stella Dallas/ (Feature)
Some that originated elsewhere, but that had OTR programs, include:
Buck Rogers (Serial)
Dick Tracy (Features)[several Terry and the Pirates (Serial)
Little Orphan Annie (Feature)
Superman (Serial and Features)
Blonde [several] (Features)
That's all I can recall.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
This fish is Toxic (avoid)
Impairs brain function, damages your heart, joints, & skin
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:24 -0400
From: Stewart Wright <otrwash@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Updated Radio Series Broadcast Logs
Updated series broadcast logs in Adobe Acrobat PDF format are Now Available at:
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Old-Time Radio Series Broadcast Logs
21st Precinct
A Date With Judy
Jeff Regan, Investigator
The Line Up
Pursuit
O'Hara
The most significant updates are the broadcast logs for
A Date With Judy
Additional shows found bring the total to shows known to exist. to 174.
Less than two years ago, only about 25 episodes from this series were known
to exist.
O'Hara
Contains extensive, previously unavailable information on the 1951 run of the
series
including verified broadcast dates and episode titles.
Contemporary Radio Series Broadcast Logs
Also available are 9 updated broadcast logs for series by produced by Jim
French Productions.
Dameron
Harry Nile
Hilary Caine Mysteries
Imagination Theater
Jim French Shows (Seattle)
Kincaid, The Strange Seeker
Raffles, The Gentleman Thief
Sherlock Holmes, The Classic Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes, The Further Adventures of
The logs can be individually downloaded or can be downloaded as a single ZIP
file containing all 15 logs.
Signing off for now,
Stewart Wright
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:42:29 -0400
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BBC Archives article
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Hi. This article appeared yesterday in 'Ariel', the BBC staff magazine. I
thought it might be of [removed] ...
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Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 22:47:03 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Speaking of the [removed]
...I stumbled over a show on BBC 4 Extra called, "Two Coconut Shells, a
Blow Lamp, and a Raspberry," which is a show about comedic sound effects.
Didn't know if anyone else would be interested, but I put it in the Digest's
shared Copy folder.
(If you don't have access, or can't remember how to get there, drop me a
note.)
Charlie
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