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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2016 : Issue 25
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 3-9 April [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Space travel [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
April issue RADIO RECALL [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
Question about musical piece in a ra [ gnrocky@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:38:54 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 3-9 April
From Those Were The Days
4/3
1939 Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15 minute
nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.
1942 People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC
1949 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.
4/4
1938 After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
noontime talk show.
4/6
1931 Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by
Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.
1942 We Love and Learn premiered on CBS. The serial featured Frank
Lovejoy as Bill. The program would continue until 1951.
1945 This is Your FBI debuted on ABC.
4/8
1941 Earle Graser, the eight year voice of the The Lone Ranger, died
in an auto accident. Brace Beemer, previously the show's announcer, took
over the title role.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:39:11 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Space travel
With the discussion on how long it would take Martians to land in
Grover's Mill, general space travel, time compression, etc it was quite
common on radio and in the movies. (Along with that upstart t-------n).
Listen to Space Patrol, watch the Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon serials
sometime and its all over the place. They make interstellar space
travel seem like going down to the corner store for a bottle of milk.
(I'm sure a few old-timers here will remember corner grocery stores and
milk in bottles).
Hero (Take your pick): We have to get Saturn to join us to defeat
the enemies from another constellation. If I leave by 0600 I should be
there and back by this afternoon.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:39:19 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: April issue RADIO RECALL
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The April 2016 issue of RADIO RECALL in full color went out in PDF via email
to most subscribers yesterday. The B & W hard copy version will go out to the
remainder on or about April 10th.
This is our special Swim Suit edition featuring the beach charms of Natalie
Park, Harriet Hilliard, Marie Wilson and other OTR beauties. The leading
article, by radio historian Ryan Ellett, rescues from obscurity the 1929 NBC
network series, The Nit Wit Hour, one of the first comedies on radio. While no
scripts or audio copies have survived, Ellett manages to put the microscope on
the contemporary data on the show and its cast. On our back cover, Ellett also
provides a publicity photo of the cast in their vainglorious costumes.
Cort Vitty follows with a biographical portrait of the Incomparable
Hildegarde, tracing her musical journey from her birth in the village of
Ardell, Wisconsin to her triumphs in the capitals of Europe and network radio
in the [removed] She was a big supporter of the American forces during WWII on her
show, Raleigh Room, and she also generated millions in war bond sales.
Sylvia Gibson provides a fascinating back story on the lifetime of newscaster
Lowell Thomas, starting with his childhood in Colorado, in a town named after
Dan Reidbs horse. Her tale ends with his second marriage at age 85 and his
death in Pawling, NY in 1981. Plans for a Christmas cruise with the Cinnamon
Bear to the Panama Canal Zone in 2016 are examined by Mark Anderson, who gives
all the details, including ports of call from Portland to the Zone and back.
The Adventures of Nero Wolfe, in the original novels & short stories, the
different radio programs, as well as the TV shows, of this famous detective
are discussed by John Heimman. He praises the best of them as the Canadian 13
hour set from 1982, some of which episodes are now available on-line for free.
Some short bits in this issue concern the death of Clive Rice, the last and
longest Bobby Benson on Mutual, as well as the civil court battles resulting
from the death of Himan Brown and who inherits what.
All this plus Letters to the Editor and details on all upcoming OTR
conventions and festivals, plus a frank admission of what is an April Fool
joke in this issue and what is notb&.you will have difficulty determining
this from reading the above.
To read articles from prior issues of RADIO RECALL, or take out a
subscription, point your mouse at [removed] <[removed];
Jack French
Editor
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:39:34 -0400
From: gnrocky@[removed]
To: discussion digest Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Question about musical piece in a radio
continuity
I'm hoping someone can help shed light on a small mystery. I've seen quite a
few continuities in which direction is given for "MUSIC UP A AND B". This was
for a radio program that had a small orchestra, so I understand it was some
sort of direction for them to play a musical transition or bridge between two
sections of dialog. These same continuities also frequently call for
something like "MUSIC UP AND FADE", which is fairly obvious ... but what does
"MUSIC UP A AND B" mean?
Scott Tanner
Researcher and enthusiast of "Empire Builders" (1929-1931)
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