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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2017 : Issue 68
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Nick Carter runs for office [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 15-21 Oct [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Bob Schiller [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 22-28 Oct [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:00:16 -0400
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Nick Carter runs for office
At a political event on Monday I met Nick [removed];<194>> That's the name of a
Newton lawyer who is running for the Massachusetts Governor's [removed];<194>>
He was well aware of the radio character by that name and hoped to do as
[removed];<194>> The Governor's Council is a body of 8 people elected from
districts plus the lieutenant governor, whose main function is
confirming the governor's judicial [removed];<194>> <<194>> We'll see
what
[removed];<194>> He's running against the incumbent councilor.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] <<194>><<183>> 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103
<<194>><<183>> Newton, MA 02459
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***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:00:25 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 15-21 October
10/16
1939 Radio listeners welcomed The Right to Happiness on the NBC Blue
network. The 15 minute drama turned out to be one of the longest running
shows of its kind. It moved over to CBS in 1941, then back to NBC in
1942. Fourteen years later Right to Happiness returned to CBS where it
stayed until its last days in 1960. The show had a theme song, Song of
the Soul, and what seemed like a cast of thousands. It just took a lot
of different actors to play the continuing roles over a 21 year period.
1945 Barry Fitzgerald starred as Judge Barnard Fitz in His Honor, the
Barber, which debuted on NBC.
10/17
1919 The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was formed.
1938 This was a big day in Tinseltown. NBC moved to the corner of
Sunset and Vine, the 'Crossroads of the World'. The new Hollywood Radio
City drew thousands of visitors ready to fill studio audience seats for
popular radio programs.
1938 Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time, on
Mutual. The Captain flew his single engine plane all over the place
fighting crime.
10/18
1922 As the British observed the wild growth of radio in the [removed],
they realized the potential of broadcasting in their own country, as
well as the need for its regulation. The British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) was established on this day to monitor the development
of the radio biz in Great Britain.
1943 The first broadcast of Perry Mason was presented on CBS. In the
15 minute (Monday Friday) shows, Perry was played by Barlett Robinson,
Santos Ortega, Donald Briggs and John Larkin.
10/19
1937 "The freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it justly, hold
it high, guard it well." The radio classic, Big Town, made its debut on
CBS radio. Star reporters at the Illustrated Press, Steve Wilson and
Lorelei Kilbourne, were played by Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor.
Tell the Story was the theme song. Sponsors included Ironized Yeast
tablets and Lifebuoy soap.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:00:57 -0400
From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bob Schiller
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Comedy writer Bob Schiller, who cut his teeth in radio writing for "Duffy's
Tavern," died last Tuesday, four weeks shy of his 99th birthday. He also wrote
for "Abbott and Costello," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "The Jimmy
Durante Show" and "The Mel Blanc Show." He then moved on to TV, where his best
known gig was as one of five staff writers on "I Love Lucy." Bob was one of
the funniest men I've ever met, and one of my all-time favorite interviews
(see my book "The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age.")
Here's the LA. Times obit:
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:01:03 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 22-28 October
Those were the days --
10/23
1932 - Fred Allen made his radio debut. His wife, Portland Hoffa, joined
him on the CBS radio broadcast. Allen's comedy-variety program was known
as "The Linit Bath Club Revue". It then became "The Salad Bowl Revue",
then, "The Sal Hapatica Revue", "The Hour of Smiles", "Town Hall
Tonight", "The Texaco Star Theatre" and finally, someone with just a bit
of sense, came up with "The Fred Allen Show". The comedic legend stayed
on radio for 17 years.
10/24
1929 The Rudy Vallee Show was broadcast for the first time on NBC.
Actually, the Rudy Vallee show had several different titles over the
years, all of which were referred to by the public as The Rudy Vallee
Show. Megaphone totin' Rudy and his Connecticut Yankees band were
mainstays on radio into the late 1940s.
10/25
1937 Stella Dallas made her debut on the NBC Red network. Stella hung
out on NBC until 1955 with Anne Elstner in the title role for the
entire run. Stella Dallas was "A continuation on the air of the true
life story of mother love and sacrifice, in which Stella saw her own
beloved daughter, Laurel, marry into wealth and society, and realizing
the difference in their tastes and worlds, went out of Laurel's life."
10/26
1935 A talented 13 year old sang on Wallace Beery's NBC show. Judy
Garland delighted the appreciative audience. The young girl would soon
be in pictures and at the top of stardom. It would be only four years
before Ms. Garland (George Jessel gave her the name, thinking it would
be better than her own, Frances Gumm) captured the hearts of moviegoers
everywhere with her performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
10/27
Marconi, Fessenden, and De Forest were the catalysts. However, it was an
engineer for Westinghouse Electric who, in 1916, was broadcasting music
from his garage (in Wilkinsburg, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh) over a
wireless (amateur radio station 8XK) who really got the whole thing
started. A newspaper article about the broadcasts caused such interest
that the head honchos at Westinghouse decided to build a real radio station.
It took until this day in 1920 for the Westinghouse radio station to
receive a license to broadcast. The license for KDKA, Pittsburgh came
from the [removed] Department of Commerce. Although the license was
officially issued on this day, KDKA did not start their broadcast
operations for a week (they had to wait until the license was posted in
the station). On November 2, 1920, the station aired the returns of the
Harding/Cox election ... the first radio programming to reach an
audience of any size ... approximately 1,000 people.
1947 This is Nora Drake premiered on NBC. Nora solved domestic, social
and child raising problems until January 2, 1959.
1947 "The one, the only Groucho" Marx appeared as quizmaster on You
Bet Your Life for the first time on ABC. George Fenneman was Groucho's
eternal straight man. Fenneman stayed with Marx during the program's run
on radio (1948-1959) and TV (1950-1961). By the way, who is buried in
Grant's tomb?
10/28
1922 WEAF in New York broadcast the first collegiate football game
heard coast to coast. Princeton played the University of Chicago at
Stagg Field in the Windy City. The broadcast was carried on phone lines
to New York City, where the radio transmission began. (Princeton 21,
Chicago 18.)
1946 Our favorite flying cowboy was heard on ABC for the first time.
Sky King starred Jack Lester, then Earl Nightingale, and finally, Roy
Engel, as Sky. Beryl Vaughn played Sky's niece Penny; Jack Bivans was
Clipper and Cliff Soubier was the foreman. Sky King was sponsored by
Peter Pan Peanut Butter
Joe
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