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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2017 : Issue 15
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
senior citizen donates 1900 ETs [ "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@ ]
This week in radio history 19-25 Mar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:30:41 -0400
From: "jsalerno@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: senior citizen donates 1900 ETs
As of this posting the link is still good.
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Richard "Dick" Defore, 83, an audiophile who began collecting in the
1930s, wanted his collection of 1900 radio transcriptions to go to a
worthy recipient, and the Center for Popular Music on the campus of
Middle Tennessee State University was selected.
Joe Salerno
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:30:48 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 19-25 March
3/21
1924 The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world", on KDKA in
Pittsburgh, PA.
3/22
1948 The Voice of Firestone was one of the first commercial radio
programs to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.
3/23
1940 Truth or Consequences was first heard on radio. Ralph Edwards
produced and hosted the [removed] The show was originally heard on only
four CBS stations. Later, NBC picked up the show where it eventually
became the most popular of all radio quiz shows.
3/24
1932 Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train ... a
first for radio broadcasting. The program originated from a Baltimore
and Ohio train that chugged its way around the New York area. The
broadcast was heard on WABC in New York City.
1935 After a year as a local show from New York City, Major Bowes'
Original Amateur Hour was heard on the entire NBC network. The show
stayed on the air for 17 years. Later, Ted Mack took over for Bowes and
made the move from radio to television.
3/25
1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiered on network radio. The
pair replaced the popular Abbott and Costello following Lou Costello's
illness. Durante and Moore stayed on the air for four years.
Joe
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