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Re: Beulah [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 26 Januar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:25:08 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
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Subject: Re: Beulah
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On 1/21/2020 12:18 PM, I wrote:
And it became a TV series for a few years in the 1960s, with Ethel
Watersl and then Louise Beavers as Beulah.
That's a typo. It should have read 1950s, not 1960s.
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A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:25:15 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 26 January - 1
February
From Those Were The Days --
1/26
1947 The Greatest Story Ever Told was first heard on ABC.
1/27
1931 - NBC radio introduced listeners to "Clara, Lu 'n' Em" on its Blue
network (later, ABC radio). The show became the first daytime radio
serial when it was moved from its original nighttime slot.
1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first
magnetic wire recorder. The "Wireway" machine with a built-in oscillator
sold for $[removed] ($1,[removed] in 2019 dollars).
1956 - The "CBS Radio Workshop" was heard for the first time. This first
broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, "Brave New World".
1/28
1940 Beat the Band made its debut on NBC, with the Ted Weems band. Beat
the Band was where listeners' questions were selected in the hopes of
stumping the band. If a listener's question was chosen, he or she
received $10 ($184 in 2019 dollars ) The questions were posed as
riddles: What song title tells you what Cinderella might have said if
she awoke one morning and found that her foot had grown too large for
her glass slipper? If the band played the correct musical answer, Where
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, the listener lost.
When Raleigh cigarettes sponsored Beat the Band, the listener who beat
the band won $50 ($924 in 2019 dollars) and two cartons of cigarettes
... Raleigh's, of course. When the sponsor changed to General Mill's Kix
cereal, if the listener beat the band, he/she won twenty bucks ($369 in
2019 dollars ) and a case of Kix cereal.
1934 As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell,
in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several
offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as the
Redhead, adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions
across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a
ukulele and delivering down home patter) endeared him to fans for many
years. We remember the broadcasting legend, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go
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1/30
1933 The Lone Ranger was heard for the first time.
1/31
1936 The Green Hornet was introduced by its famous theme song, The
Flight of the Bumble Bee. The radio show was first heard on WXYZ in
Detroit, MI on this day. The show stayed on the air for 16 years. The
Green Hornet originated from the same radio station where The Lone
Ranger was performed. You may remember that the title character in The
Green Hornet was really named Britt Reid. He was, in fact, supposed to
be the great nephew of John* Reid, the Lone Ranger. Both popular series
were created by George Trendle and Fran Striker. (*The name of John is
disputed since his first name is believed not to be recorded anywhere).
Joe
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