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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2020 : Issue 53
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 22-28 Nov [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
BBC Written Archives [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
Thanks to Graeme and Sorry for Plain [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:11:50 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 22-28 November
From Those Were The Days
11/22
1906 Delegates attending the Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference in
Germany voted to use SOS (... ...) as the letters for the new
international signal. The international use of "SOS" was ratified in
1908. Its meaning? No, not "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" as many
believe. Its only meaning was as a distress signal, quick to transmit by
Morse code and not easily misread. It is not an acronym. Incidentally,
how did SOS pads come to use the same initials? They're named after a
patented process, Soap on Steel.
11/23
1929 Shirley Booth and Ed Gardner were married on this day. Miss Booth
was famous for her television acting role ("Hazel"); but we remember
when she and her husband played Miss Duffy and Archie on Duffy's Tavern.
1958 One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual
in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel
was broadcast on CBS and starred John Dehner as Paladin.
11/24
1937 Music from the Raymor Ballroom in Boston, Massachusetts was
beamed coast to coast on NBC. The special guests during this broadcast
were Glenn Miller and his orchestra.
11/25
1920 The first play by play coverage of a football game was broadcast
by WTAW in College Station, TX. Texas University beat the Aggies of
Texas A&M, 7 3.
1944 CBS presented The FBI in Peace and War for the first time. It
became one of the longest running crime shows on radio lasting 14 years.
1945 A spoof of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, [removed] Pinafore, was
broadcast on The Fred Allen Show. The spoof was titled, The Brooklyn
Pinafore. Joining actress Shirley Booth in the skit was baseball great
Leo 'The Lip' Durocher.
1960 Radio actors were put out of work when CBS axed five serials
(soap operas) from the airwaves. We said so long to The Second Mrs.
Burton (after 14 years), Young Doctor Malone, Whispering Streets (after
8 years), Right to Happiness (after 21 years) and Ma Perkins (after 27
wonderful years.) In 1940, the high point for these radio programs,
there were as many as 45 on the air each day.
11/26
1945 - "Bride and Groom" debuted on the ABC network. It is estimated
that 1,000 newly-wed couples were interviewed on the program before it
left the airwaves in 1950.
11/27
1930 Broadcasting from "...the little theatre off Times Square,"
according to the show's introduction, The First Nighter was first heard.
The program, which actually originated from Chicago, then from
Hollywood, aired for 23 years and featured dramas and comedies.
11/28
1932 Groucho Marx performed on radio for the first time.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 13:18:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BBC Written Archives
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Interesting article about BBC Written Archives, looks like they plan in the future to start making files available online for research:
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Cheers ! Graeme
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:25:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Thanks to Graeme and Sorry for Plain Text mixup
I'll look into the info you sent--many thanks, Graeme.
And, Charlie, I'll have to remember to use plain text from now [removed] hope this works.
Best,
Steve
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