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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2017 : Issue 80
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Voice of Firestone                [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
  Re: Presidential address on radio.    [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
  Bob and Ray on CBS                    [ karl tiedemann <karltiedemann@hotma ]
  OTR Christmas Shows                   [ "Ronald W. Vickery, PE" <rvickery@v ]
  re: Christmas Shows                   [ Jay Hickerson <jayhick@[removed]; ]
  Re: Christmas Episodes                [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
  Christmas Show Favorites              [ Jack French <otrpiano@[removed]; ]
  All I Want for Christmas is           [ "Walden" <waldenhughes@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:51:31 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Voice of Firestone

12/3
1928   The first broadcast of The Voice of Firestone was heard. The
program aired each Monday evening at 8.

I remember sometime in the mid-1950s discovering, to my surprise, that
the Voice of Firestone was on radio on two stations at the same time as
it was on television. They promoted at the time that they were on AM
radio, FM, and television. I believe CBS was carrying the program, but
in the Albany, NY area, where I lived at the time, it was carried by the
area's sole VHF TV station, WRGB, which was primarily an NBC affiliate,
but which also carried programs from the other networks. The CBS radio
affiliate didn't have an FM signal at the time, and I'm guessing that
was why WRGB's sister station, WGY, also an NBC affiliate was carrying
the Voice of Firestone on radio, so that it would also go out on their
FM station, then called WGFM.

The Voice of Firestone left the air a year or two later, then returned
only on television a few years later, this time I think on ABC.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 Newton, MA 02459
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:51:26 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Presidential address on radio.

12/6

1923   The first presidential address to be carried on radio was
broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a
joint session of the [removed] Congress.

This seems to have been a State of the Union address. They were given
in December in those days, when a new session of Congress started, as
required before the adoption of the 20th Amendment. That amendment moved
the start of the new Congressional session to 3 January and moved the
start of a President's term from 4 March to 20 January.

But while this was the first Presidential address to be broadcast
nationally, it apparently was not the first Presidential address to be
carried on radio. According to CNN, at
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, "The first of the annual messages broadcast nationally on radio was
Calvin Coolidge's speech on December 6, 1923. A year earlier, Warren
Harding's annual message was broadcast on radio to a very limited
audience, including the first lady, who listened from the White House
while recovering from an illness."

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 Newton, MA 02459
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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:51:40 -0500
From: karl tiedemann <karltiedemann@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Bob and Ray on CBS

According to B and R biographer Dave Pollock, Bob and Ray's CBS show was part
of an early evening endeavor calld COMEDY BLOCK.  This included five minute
offerings from A. Griffith, recycled Burns and Allen routines and I believe,
a spot with Garry Moore.  Also included under this rubric was the AMOS 'N'
ANDY MUSIC HALL (in its final season) and monologues from George Gobel.  (I
have an assortment on the latter, acquired because I'm working on a book on
THE GEORGE GOBEL SHOW.

Thanks for listenin'.

Karl Tiedemann (NYC)

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:51:52 -0500
From: "Ronald W. Vickery, PE" <rvickery@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR Christmas Shows

Frederick Martin asked about OTR Christmas show favorites.  I too listen
primarily to Fibber McGee & Molly during the holiday season, but I've heard
a few others (usually not at Christmastime) that stick in my memory.  Casey
Crime Photographer from 12/25/47, titled "The Santa Claus of Bums' Blvd" is
one of my new favorites.  I also really like the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
5-part titled "the Nick Shurn Matter", from 12/19/55 to 12/23/55.  Finally,
the Tales of the Texas Rangers episode "Christmas Present", from 12/24/50,
is one that tugs at the heartstrings.  All are readily available online.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!!

Ron

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:55:04 -0500
From: Jay Hickerson <jayhick@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re: Christmas Shows

My favorite and mst moving episode is from Radio Reader's Digest sponsored by
Hallmark; "Room for a Stranger" with Frank Sinatra; 12/19/46.  Jay

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:56:56 -0500
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Christmas Episodes

Hello

Frederick Martin asked about favorite Christmas radio episodes.  Last night I
heard Family Theater's production "The Littlest Angel" narrated by Loretta
Young on When Radio Was. Great Episode.  Another favorite is "A Christmas
Carol" with Lionel Barrymore.  Another is Grand Central Station's "A Miracle
for Christmas".

Anne Walker

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 00:11:07 -0500
From: Jack French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Christmas Show Favorites
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Frederick Martin invites us all to tell of our favorite radio Christmas
program.

Mine has always been "Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol"  (12-20-53) from
the great Six Shooter series, starring Jimmy Stewart.

In this episode Britt comes upon a disillusioned young lad on the trail. He
tells the boy the Dickens classic tale, with old west characters substituting
for the traditional Victorian ones. The result is pure delight and even sends
the boy back to his home filled with the Christmas spirit.

Jack French
Co-author:  Radio Rides the Range

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 00:11:42 -0500
From: "Walden" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  All I Want for Christmas is
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Hi Everybody,

Bill ask about the song All I Want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
Jerry Haendiges has some of the 1948 Perry Como Christmas shows.  You might
want to check on the date you have for the song being sung  for the first
time and look at Jerry log over at [removed] <[removed];

Take care,

Walden

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