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Volume 2018 : Issue 50
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This week in radio history 9-15 Sept [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 14:20:54 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 9-15 September
From the New York Times Today in history
9/9
1926 the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was created by the Radio
Corp. of America.
From Those Were The Days
1946 Ben Alexander hosted Heart's Desire for the first time, a
giveaway contest program on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
9/10
1935 - "I'm Popeye the sailor [removed]" toot! toot! "Popeye" was heard for
the first time on NBC radio. The show was based on the Elzie Crisler
Segar comic strip, which featured Popeye, Olive Oyl, Brutas, Wimpy and
Sweepea. Now, eat your spinach in celebration!
1950 - Eddie Cantor moved from radio to TV, as he hosted the "Colgate
Comedy Hour" on NBC. In addition to Cantor, other hosts of the "Colgate
Comedy Hour" included: Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bob Hope, Gordon
MacRae and Jimmy Durante.
9/12
1938 [removed] Kaltenborn made broadcasting history by covering a crisis in
Czechoslovakia for CBS beginning on this day. Kaltenborn was so devoted
to his work that he slept in the studio for 18 days while bringing
updates to his appreciative audience.
9/13
1931 Vaudeville star Eddie Cantor was heard for the first time on NBC.
The Chase and Sanborn Hour became one of the most popular radio shows of
the 1930s.
1937 The first broadcast of Kitty Keene, Inc. was heard on the NBC Red
network.
9/14
1936 NBC presented John's Other Wife for the first time. Actually,
John's other wife was not his wife at all. She was his secretary.
9/15
1934 NBC presented The Gibson Family to American audiences. The
program was the first musical comedy drama to be broadcast. Ernest
Whitman and Eddie Green were featured members of the cast and were
billed as "network radio's only colored comedians." The show originated
from the studios of WEAF in New York City.
Joe
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