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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2019 : Issue 36
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 30 June t [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Sources of radio shows [ Warren Jones <nikurashi@[removed] ]
Bill Bragg is gone [ "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@yeste ]
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:10:11 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 30 June to 6 July
From Those Were The Days
6/30
1921 Documents were signed forming the Radio Corporation of America,
better known as RCA. RCA soon rivaled its main competitor, General
Electric (GE).
7/1
1934 The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the
Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the
regulator of broadcasting in the United States.
7/2
1939 The Aldrich Family debuted on NBC.
1946 CBS signed Arthur Godfrey to do a weekly nighttime show.
1951 NBC presented Bob and Ray (Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding) on a
network show.
7/3
1939 Chic Young's comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS.
1940 The legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted
with their network show on NBC.
1945 NBC gave the comedian/pianist Victor Borge his own the summer
replacement show for Fibber McGee and Molly. He had been heard a few
years earlier as a semi regular on NBC's "Kraft Music Hall" with Bing
Crosby.
7/4
1943 The Rhythm Boys, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris, were
reunited for the first time since the 1930s on Paul Whiteman Presents on
NBC.
1951 Jack Webb, along with Dragnet, also did a summer show that of
Pete Kelly. Pete Kelly's Blues, a crime drama, was the summer
replacement on NBC for Halls of Ivy (with Ronald Colman and Benita Hume).
7/5
1943 The Adventures of Nero Wolfe debuted on the NBC Blue network.
Nero Wolfe was "the detective genius who rates the knife and fork the
greatest tools ever invented by man." The 'gargantuan gourmet' continued
on the air until 1951.
1948 My Favorite Husband, with Lucille Ball, became the gifted
redhead's first regular radio program on CBS. Richard Denning co
starred with Lucy as "two people who live together and like it." (Which
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1951 The Silver Eagle debuted on ABC as a entry into radio's action
adventure lineup. Jim Ameche starred as Jim West.
7/6
1943 Judy Canova, the 'Queen of the Hillbillies', began a weekly
comedy show on CBS.
1947 A hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the
first time this night, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC airwaves.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:10:19 -0400
From: Warren Jones <nikurashi@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sources of radio shows
There are about seventeen possible radio programs where the material I am
looking for might be found, but I have narrowed it to three because of the
dates involved and the known performances. These are: 1. The Van Heusen Show,
2. Maxwell House Showboat, Captain Henry's Showboat, Captain Henry's Maxwell
House Showboat, 3. Camel Caravan
I would greatly appreciate any information as to what sources might be most
likely to have these shows.
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 20:10:43 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <waldenhughes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Bill Bragg is gone
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We have sad news to report. Bill Bragg the owner and founder of Yesterday
USA died on Friday. Bill wife Kim is planning to keep Yesterday USA on the
air.
Walden Hughes
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