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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 16
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
William Alland [ Ryan Ellett <oldradiotimes@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 15-21 Feb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Early pictures of BBC Broadcasting H [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 22-28 Feb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:15:30 -0500
From: Ryan Ellett <oldradiotimes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: William Alland
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I'm doing a bit of research on William Alland. Primarily remembered for film
work, he does have some radio credits. Every reference to him indicates he
won a Peabody Award for producing/writing Doorway to Life in 1947-1948.
However, looking at the Peabody site and other lists of Peabody recipients, I
don't actually see any reference to Alland or this series. Can anyone comment
on whether this was an embellishment of his work or an honor he actually
received? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places for confirmation of this
[removed],Ryan Ellett
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:15:37 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 15-21 February
2/15
1932 George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on The Guy
Lombardo Show on CBS.
1943 My True Story was heard for the first time on ABC. The program
continued for 17 years and was presented in cooperation with True Story
magazine.
2/18
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.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:16:01 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Early pictures of BBC Broadcasting House in 1932
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Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:16:14 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 22-28 February
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. (I saw a kinoscope of that show and
basically it was the radio show with a camera pointed at the cast.
Hmmm, come to think of it, it wasn't much different from today's video
podcasts. --ed)
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.
2/27
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened the first National
Radio Conference in Washington, DC. Industry regulations were widely
discussed.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:16:24 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
THE JENKINS FAMILY
"The Eskimo Pie Program"
Episode 8 1929 "Ulysses' Fake Cold"
CBS IS THERE
Episode 6 8-18-47 "The Alamo"
Stars: Ken Roberts
SUPERMAN
Episode 653 3-2-45 The First Appearance of "Batman"
LUX RADIO THEATER
Episode 107 11-16-36 "Conversation Piece" Host: Cecil B. DeMille
Stars: Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjou, Marjorie Gateson, George Sanders, Elsa
Buchanan, Ben Guy Philips, Phyllis Coghlan, Margaret Brayton, Grayce
Hampton, Lou Merrill, Evelyn Beresford, Colin Campbell, Frank Nelson,
Ross Forrester, Charles Emerson, David Kerman
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
DRAGNET IN TRANSITION
An interesting comparison with Version #1 and just a week later in the
earliest days of DRAGNET.
DRAGNET
(NBC) 6/10/49 Program #2 Homicide - Officer is killed.
DRAGNET
(NBC) 617/10 Program #3 "Werewolf" - New music, new format.
THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
(Synd/WOR/Nutual) 3/8/40
Clark is told of a crooked syndicate,
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
This week we continue our salute to Agnes Moorehead. This is week 5 of 6.
SUSPENSE
04/04/1946 Episode 187 Post Mortem.
Also features Joseph Kearns who will be our actor of the month in April.
Howard Duff is the announcer. Elliott Lewis is also heard.
MYSTERY IN THE AIR
08/14/1947 Episode (07) The Lodger.
Also features Peter Lorre.
HEDDA HOPPER SHOW
04/01/1951 Guest - Agnes Moorehead, plus Danny Kaye.
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
06/29/1952 Terror by Night.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 158
PHILCO RADIO HALL OF FAME FEATURING DICK POWELL & GINNY SIMMS
One of my favorite Philco Radio Hall of Fame shows plays this week. This
show features Dick Powell and Ginny Simms with Paul Whiteman and his
orchestra. Dick sings "Evalina" from the film "Bloomer Girl," and Ginny
sings "Cuddle Up a Little Closer," and "In the Still of the Night." The
orchestra performs a medley of "My Wonderful One," "Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers," "Three o' Clock in the Morning," "Rhapsody in Blue,"
"Valencia," and "When Day Is Done," vocalized beautifully by Sergeant Ginny.
Dick sings the patriotic "Shipmates Forever" in a tribute to the Navy,
and Paul honors Major Meredith Wilson for his service with the AFRS with
Meredith's own compositions of "Yankee Doodle Girl," "Iowa," (with
Ginny) and "Hit the Leather and Ride."
There are some comedy bits along the way, of course, and Jimmy
Wallington does his usual expert announcing duties on this show from
January 28, 1945, on NBC's Blue Network.
Dick Powell revealed remarkable talents early on and even formed his own
band by the age of 17. He learned to play several instruments, but his
singing caught the attention of Hollywood producers, and later he hit it
big in movies like "42nd Street" and "Footlight Parade" in 1933. In the
1940's he began playing tough hero type characters like Philip Marlow in
"Murder, My Sweet." Then in the 1950's he concentrated on directing in
films and producing on TV. As much as I enjoyed and appreciated his
acting, I for one can only imagine how so many additional songs through
the years could have been enhanced by Dick's delightful singing voice. .
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Greg celebrate President's Day!
Mr. President - "Abraham Lincoln"
originally aired Sunday, January 22, 1950 on ABC
Starring: Edward Arnold, Betty Lou Gerson.
Sustained
Fibber McGee and Molly - "Telling The Truth On Washington's Birthday"
originally aired Tuesday, February 22, 1949 on NBC
Starring: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Bea
Benadaret,
The King's Men, Billy Mills and His Orchestra.
Harlow Wilcox announcing.
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax
America Salutes The President's Birthday
originally aired Saturday, January 29, 1944 on CBS
Starring: from New York: Paul Whiteman, Georgia Gibbs, Jimmy Durante,
Garry Moore, Mary Pickford, Lili Pons,
from Washington: The United States Marine Band, Basil O'Connor, from
London: Edward R. Murrow, Major Morton Wilson,
from the West Coast: Bob Hope, Frances Langford, Frank Sinatra, Dinah
Shore, Eddie Cantor, Jerry Colonna,
Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra, The Santa Ana Air Force Band, President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Conrad Nagel hosts.
Dan Seymour announcing.
Sustained
Strange - "The Flying Dutchman"
originally aired 1955 on ABC
Starring: Leon Janney, Lawson Zerbe.
Walter Gibson hosts.
Charles Woods announcing.
Sustained
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