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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2019 : Issue 11
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
TV to Radio [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 24 Februa [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 3-9 March [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Re:TV to Radio [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 11:59:17 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TV to Radio
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 13:30:33 -0500
From: Wesley Tom <[removed]@[removed];
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(2) I Love Lucy had a brief run on radio in the early 50s after starting on
television
Thanks. That's exactly the sort of thing I'm trying to find out.
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A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 12:05:44 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 24 February to 2 March
From Those Were The Days
2/24
1942 It was an historic day in radio broadcasting, as the Voice of
America (VOA) signed on for the first time on this day.
2/27
1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convened the first National
Radio Conference in Washington, DC. Industry regulations were widely
discussed.
3/1
1932 Radio's greatest effort of on the spot news coverage began as NBC
and CBS rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the kidnapping of the Charles
and Anne Lindbergh baby.
1941 Commercial FM broadcasting began in the [removed] when station W47NV
in Nashville, TN started operations on this day.
1941 Duffy's Tavern debuted on CBS.
3/2
1945 Mystery fans remember this day when they gathered around the
radio set to listen to the Mutual Broadcasting System as Superman
encountered Batman and Robin for the first time.
1952 Whispering Streets debuted on ABC, remaining on the air until 1960.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 12:07:52 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 3-9 March
From Those Were The Days
3/4
1877 Emile Berliner came up with something called the microphone.
1925 Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office in Washington DC. The
presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.
1930 - "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day.
Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He
soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.
1942 Shirley Temple had a starring role in Junior Miss on CBS. The
show, heard for the first time, cost $12,000 a week ($186,092 in 2018
dollars) to produce and stayed on the airwaves until 1954.
1951 Sir John Gielgud, starring as Hamlet, was heard on The [removed] Steel
Hour on the NBC.
1952 President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing
radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.
3/6
1948 Ralph Edwards created a quiz on Truth or Consequences called The
Walking Man. After ten weeks of guesses by contestants playing the game,
it was finally revealed that Jack Benny was The Walking Man.
3/7
1933 CBS debuted Marie the Little French Princess which had a run of
two years.
1944 Norman Corwin hosted the program, Columbia Presents Corwin on the
CBS network this day.
3/9
1945 Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
Webster.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 12:08:01 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:TV to Radio
At 1:12 AM -0500 2/19/19, A Joseph Ross is rumored to have typed:
(2) I Love Lucy had a brief run on radio in the early 50s after starting on
television
Thanks. That's exactly the sort of thing I'm trying to find out.
I thought there was a single pilot made of an I Love Lucy radio program,
using audio from a television program augmented with Desi narration to cover
the visual? Are there more than the one I assumed unsold pilot?
Charlie
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