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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 55
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Ranger questions [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
Mel Allen [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Re: Vic and Sade's announcer [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
Superman's KKK consultant interviewe [ "Stephen Davies" <SDavies@[removed] ]
Re: Collectors Corner [ jimb <beshiresjim@[removed]; ]
Chief Gray Wolf - Imperial Broadcast [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
Air Dates [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
Station WMCA owner& Ann Frank [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
2-17 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 18-24 Feb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:41:16 -0500
From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Ranger questions
Tonto's tribal affiliation (Potowatamee) is revealed in "Woman of Courage",
April 4, 1950. One example of Tonto contributing to solving a dilemma for
the Ranger can be found in "As The Arrow Points", December 20, 1950 in which
Indian arrows directing a massacre are interpreted and altered by Tonto.
The Ranger often relied on Tonto to help with the meaning of Indian customs
and signs.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:58:10 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Mel Allen
Jay Manarky writes:
An announcer for Vic & Sade in 1941 called himself Mel (sometimes
Melvin) [removed] Could that by any chance be the same Mel Allen who was
the voice of the New York Yankees on radio?
While I haven't established confirmation that this Mel was "your" Mel, Jay,
somebody else may be able to do that for us. In the meantime, there are
definitely hints -- despite dissimilarity in voice inflection -- that
suggest the two Mels could be one and the same. For instance, of the dozen
aural series I was able to confirm for Melvin Allen Israel (the Yankees
broadcaster) in my just released volume of biographical profiles, he
routinely introduced such programs as Kitty Foyle and This Day Is Ours, both
soap operas, a genre to which some scholars add Vic and Sade. He was
handling those shows between 1938-44 which precisely coincides with your
date in question. Is that too much of a stretch?
Allen had a fascinating leap from Birmingham, Ala., the city of his origin,
to the Yankees. Equipped with a law degree, a career in sportscasting was
apparently quite distant in his mind. The absorbing details of how it all
shook out are comprehensively revealed in the new 360-page hardback "Radio
Speakers," profiling 600 air personalities while identifying another 600
with their links to the ether. It's available by calling 800-253-2187
(daytime, M-F) or at [removed].
Jim Cox
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:58:30 -0500
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Vic and Sade's announcer
Hello again --
In answer to Jay Manarky's query regarding the Mel Allen who announced Vic
and Sade, yes, it is the same one we know better as a sports announcer from
the forties and fifties. On a couple of shows Mel's southern accent that we
are so familiar with slips through occasionally.
And, yes, Vic and Sade had as other announcers and pitchmen THE Ralph
Edwards and THE Mike Wallace in addition to the regulars of Ed Roberts, Ed
Herlihy, and Bob Brown.
yOurs TRuly
Jan Bach
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:44:50 -0500
From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Superman's KKK consultant interviewed
I promise that I am not trying to start a provocative [removed]
Yesterday's edition of _The Current_ on CBC Radio One gave a half hour
update on the KKK. They promised this intriguing segment, described below,
but never once referred on air to Superman or OTR. It was a big
disappointment. Nevertheless, if you're interested in hearing the
interview, it's archived at:
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as the RealAudio link in Part 2. Stetson is interviewd beginning at 11:50.
KKK Resurgence - Stetson Kennedy
For 140 years, the Ku Klux Klan's record has been as horrifying as it has
been consistent -- hate-filled propaganda, lynching campaigns and violent
reprisals on civil rights activists -- black or white. And throughout that
history, the Klan has had few opponents as committed and troublesome as
Stetson Kennedy.
In the 1940s, his infiltration of the KKK resulted in the sensational book,
The Klan Unmasked. Around the same time, he used his role as a consultant
on the Superman radio series to expose the Klan's secret codes and rituals.
Stetson Kennedy is currently working on his memoir, Dissident-At-Large and
he was at his home in St. Augustine, Florida.
Stephen D
Calgary
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:28:36 -0500
From: jimb <beshiresjim@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Collectors Corner
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Hi All,
The OTRR is scaning and uploading to our website back issues of many of the
'no longer available' otr magazines. For the 'Collector's Corner', we are
missing issue #9, and #26, and any, if published, after #33. Does anyone
have copies of these that they might could scan, or loan to us to be scanned
in?
You can see what we've uploaded so far by going to the 'publications' page
on our website located at [removed].
Thanks for any help you might be able to give.
jimb
Fans of OTR - please check out the OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP
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MEMBER: ASSOCIATION OF OLD TIME RADIO GROUPS
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:33:40 -0500
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Chief Gray Wolf - Imperial Broadcasting System
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I have 2 episodes of a radio show called something like Chief Gray Wolf. At
the end of one it says it is on the Imperial Broadcasting System. Does anyone
have any info on the show or the system. I think it may be a 1930s broadcast
system from Canada.
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:23:40 -0500
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Air Dates
Thanks so much to Ed for providing the link to the
site listing all radio logs. This is very helpful to
me in authenticating some broadcast dates (NY Times).
Anne
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:26:34 -0500
From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Station WMCA owner& Ann Frank
I just received a fascinating message about Ann Frank's father's messages in
1941 to Nathan Strauss, in Frank's efforts to get help for his family to
emigrate. Check YIVO's website which should have details
Among other things, Strauss's station broadcast the first rate show, "New
World A' Coming"
Howard Blue
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:39:46 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-17 births/deaths
February 17th births
02-17-1871 - Donald Brian - St. John's, Canada - d. 12-22-1948
singer, actor: "The Philco Hour"
02-17-1881 - Arthur Judson - d. 1-28-1975
executive: Founder of the Columbia Broadcasting System
02-17-1897 - Ben Alley - West Virginia - d. 2-8-1970
singer: (the Golden Tenor) "Melody Lane"; "Sweethearts Of the Air"
02-17-1897 - Harry Tugend - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1989
writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
02-17-1906 - Charlie Spivak - New Haven, CT - d. 3-1-1982
orchestra leader: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"
02-17-1907 - Larry "Buster" Crabbe - Oakland, CA - d. 4-23-1983
actor: "George Jessel Show"; "Hollywood Showcase"
02-17-1908 - Staats Cotsworth - Oak Park, IL - d. 4-9-1979
actor: David Farrell "Front Page Farrell"; Mark Trail "Mark Trail"
02-17-1908 - Walter "Red" Barber - Columbus, MS - d. 10-22-1992
sportscaster: (The Old Redhead) "Schaefer Star Revue"
02-17-1910 - Marc Lawrence - NYC - d. 11-28-2005
actor: "Let George Do It"; "This Is Your FBI"; "Scout About Town"
02-17-1910 - Mark Hawley - New Jersey - d. 9-5-1986
announcer: Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve broadcast
02-17-1911 - Orrin Tucker - St. Louis, MO
bandleader: "Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra"; "One Night Stand"
02-17-1912 - Clifford Evans - Senghenydd, Wales - d. 6-9-1985
Producer and director on Welsh radio
02-17-1914 - Arthur Kennedy - Worcester, MA - d. 1-5-1990
actor: "Best Plays"
02-17-1914 - Larry Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-15-1996
actor, singer: "Here's to Romance"
02-17-1914 - Wayne Morris - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-14-1959
actor: "Radio Reader's Digest"; "NBC university Theatre of the Air"
02-17-1919 - Kathleen Freeman - Chicago, IL - d. 8-24-2001
actor: California Artists Radio Theatre"
02-17-1923 - Buddy De Franco - Camden, NJ
bandleader: "Glenn Miller Orchestra"
02-17-1924 - Margaret Truman - Independence, MO
soprano: "The Big Show"
02-17-1924 - Mel Welles - NYC - d. 8-19-2005
worked as a radio disc jockey before moving to Hollywood in the 1950s
02-17-1925 - Hal Holbrook - Cleveland, OH
actor: Grayling Dennis "Brighter Day"
02-17-1929 - Patricia Routledge - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
actor: "Saturday Play"
02-17-1941 - Gene Pitney - Hartford, CT - d. 4-5-2006
singer: "Voices of Vista"
02-17-1949 - Don Scardino - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
02-17-1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips - Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
actor: "Twilight Zone"
February 17th deaths
01-10-1896 - Frances Lockridge - d. 2-17-1963
writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
02-12-1904 - Joseph Kearns - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 2-17-1962
actor, host: Melvyn Foster "A Date with Judy"; Man in Black "Suspense"
03-13-1908 - Paul Stewart - NYC - d. 2-17-1986
actor: Gyp Mendoza "Life Can Be Beautiful"; Richard Rogue "Rogue's
Gallery"
03-15-1904 - Verree Teasdale - Spokane, WA - d. 2-17-1987
actor: (Wife of Adolph Menjou) "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
03-17-1901 - Alfred Newman - New Haven, CT - d. 2-17-1970
composer, conductor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "Radio Hall of Fame";
"Silver Theatre"
05-01-1919 - Dan O'Herlihy - Wexford, Ireland - d. 2-17-2005
actor: Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
06-17-1922 - Jerry Fielding - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-17-1980
conductor: "Hardy Family"; "Jack Paar Show"; "You Bet Your Life"
07-17-1905 - William Gargan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-17-1979
actor: Martin Kane "Martin Kane, Private Eye"; Barrie Craig "Barrie
Craig, Private Investigator"
09-15-1876 - Bruno Walter - Berlin, Germany - d. 2-17-1962
conductor: "Salzburg Music Festival"; "Word from the People"; "New
York Philharmonic"
10-15-1918 - Bob Sherry - Chattanooga, TN - d. 2-17-2003
announcer: "Archie Andrews"; "Author Meets the Critics"
xx-xx-1882 - Georgette Harvey - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-17-1952
female bass singer: "New World A' Coming"; "Free Company"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:05:38 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 18-24 February
From Those Were The Days --
1949 - Yours Truly Johnny Dollar debuted on CBS. The program starred
Charles Russell as the insurance investigator with the action-packed
expense account.
2/19
1922 - Ed Wynn became the first big-name vaudeville talent to sign on as
a radio talent. Previously, top talent had not considered radio a
respectable medium.
2/22
1954 - ABC radio's popular Breakfast Club, program with longtime host,
Don McNeill, was simulcast on TV beginning this day. The telecast of
the show was a bomb, but the radio program went on as one of the
longest-running programs on the air.
2/23
1927 - [removed] President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill into law that
created the Federal Radio Commission, "to bring order out of this
terrible chaos." The president was speaking, of course, of the nation's
then unregulated radio stations. The commission assigned frequencies,
hours of operation and power allocations for radio broadcasters across
the [removed] The name was changed to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) on July 1, 1934.
2/24
1942 -- It was an historic day in radio broadcasting, as the Voice of
America (VOA) signed on for the first time on this day.
Joe
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