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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 86
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 11-17 Aug [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Sears radio hour [ Bob & Marge Schram <schramwer2@comc ]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:01:12 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 11-17 August
From Those Were The Days
8/11
1909 The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
stations distress!), was first used by an American ship "The Arapahoe"
(out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.
8/12
1937 Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio as he
appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.
8/13
1912 St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.
8/14
1933 WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
role. Ma Perkins operated a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children
were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other
characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma
Perkins for 27 years and 7,065 episodes.
1942 Garry Moore hosted a new program on NBC. The Show Without a Name
was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey
(CBS) and Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (ABC). A prize of $500 was offered
to name the show and Someone came up with the title, Everything Goes.
1945 CBS began the series, Columbia Presents Corwin. Orson Welles did
a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, Fourteen August.
8/15
1911 Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco
hydrogenated shortening. (Where would all those shows have been with
Crisco as a sponsor? And remember, its digestible! ed)
8/16
1922 WEAF began broadcasting from new studios atop the Western
Electric Building in New York City.
1939 Lights Out, radio's "ultimate horror show," was heard for the
last time on NBC. In 1942, Arch Obler brought the show back to life on
CBS. The show's most familiar trademark, guaranteed to put you under the
covers on a dark night was, "Lights out, everybody!", followed by 12
chimes of a clock.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:01:20 -0400
From: Bob & Marge Schram <schramwer2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Sears radio hour
I just ordered the Mutual Radio Theater (sears radio hour) Unfortunately my order
did not have the show I was looking for. I am looking for one. All I remember was that
it was a about aliens taking the town folks away when the moon was full. They all walked to
the mountain and ship was waiting for them. As kids at our campsite we
got to listen to the radio and that one stood out as we listen in our
campsite with moon raising it was unforgettable and we still talk about
it today.
Would love to listen to it again. thank you.
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