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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2018 : Issue 30
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 6-12 May   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 13-19 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 20-26 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 17:59:27 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 6-12 May

 From Those Were The Days

5/6

1937   A student of history, a broadcaster or anyone interested in news
coverage, will remember this day and the words of NBC's Herbert
Morrison. "Oh, the humanities!" Morrison's emotion filled historic
broadcast of the explosion of the dirigible, Hindenburg at Lakehurst,
NJ, became the first recorded coast to coast broadcast as it was carried
on both the NBC Red and NBC Blue networks from New York City.

5/9

1936   Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy started their own radio show on
NBC only months after they had debuted on Rudy Vallee's program. [removed]
Fields, Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour were a few of the stars that
helped Bergen and the little blockhead, McCarthy, jump to the top of
radio's hit parade.

5/10

1927   The Hotel Statler in Boston, MA. became the first hotel to
install radio headsets in each of its 1,300 rooms.

5/11

1946 - Jack Barry hosted "Juvenile Jury" on WOR radio in New York City.
The show was such a hit after five weeks on the air that it debuted on
the Mutual Broadcasting System coast to coast.

5/12

1812 --  Edward Lear, who helped popularize limericks, was born.  A
popular limerick regarding radio was this bit of doggerel from any
unknown wit:
    There once a was a man named Nation,
    Who worked for a radio station.
    Although he was tall,
    His hands were too small,
    Wee paws for station identification.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 17:59:59 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 13-19 May

 From Those Were The Days

5/14

1945 - "The Sparrow and the Hawk", a serial for kids, was first
broadcast over CBS radio.

1945 - "Tennessee Jed" made his debut on ABC radio. Johnny Thomas played
the part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

5/15

1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
starred in the role of Mother Moran in the radio program, "Today's
Children", which was heard for the first time this day.

5/17

1938 - The NBC Blue network presented "Information Please" for the first
time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

1939 - The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY was the scene of a
memorable dual-network radio broadcast of Glenn Miller and his
orchestra. Both NBC and Mutual carried the event, which was attended by
1,800 people in the casino ballroom.

5/18

1942 - "David Harding, Counterspy" was heard on the NBC Blue network for
the first time. The program enjoyed a long run on radio, lasting for 15
years.

5/19

1921 - The first opera presented in its entirety over the radio was
broadcast by 9ZAF in Denver, CO. The opera, "Martha", aired from the
Denver Auditorium.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 18:00:06 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 20-26 May

 From Those Were The Days -

5/20

1933 - "Charlie Chan" was heard for the final time on the NBC Blue radio
network after only six months on the air. Not to worry. Several revivals
of the Chinese detective were on the air for years later ...

5/22

1955 - Jack Benny signed off his last first run network radio broadcast
after a run of 23 years.  The show continued in repeats for several more
years.

5/23

1922 - The first debate to be heard on radio was broadcast on WJH in
Washington, DC. The two debaters argued about the topic of Daylight
Saving Time with the audience acting as the judge.

5/26

1940 - "Invitation to Learning" was first heard on CBS radio. The
educational radio program ran for 15 years on the network.

Joe

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