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Volume 2017 : Issue 36
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Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 4-13 June [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:14:31 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4-13 June
6/4
1944 - "Leonidas Witherall" was first broadcast on the Mutual
Broadcasting System. Witherall was a detective who looked just like
William Shakespeare.
6/6
1938 - Stella Dallas was presented for the first time on the NBC Red
radio network. The serial was "the true to life story of mother love and
sacrifice." Stella continued to do this and so much more until 1955.
6/7
1945 The NBC program The Adventures of Topper was heard for the first
time.
1955 NBC presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. The
program had aired for 21 years.
6/8
1942 The comic soap opera Clara, Lu 'n Em was revived on CBS (the
original show began in 1931 on NBC). Clara, Lu and Em were together
again for just a short while before vanishing into radio oblivion.
1947 Lassie debuted on ABC. It was a 15 minute show about an
extraordinary collie. Animal imitator, Earl Keen provided the whines and
other dog noises. The announcer was Charles Lyon; Marvin Miller and
Betty Arnold played Lassie's owners. The sponsor was Red Heart dog food.
6/10
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1909 An SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency
when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores.
From Those Were The Days
1924 The first political convention on radio was presented. Graham
McNamee provided coverage of the Republican National Convention from
Cleveland, OH.
Joe
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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:14:37 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
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Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
THE MORTON DOWNEY SHOW
"Songs By Morton Downey"
Episode 183 10-17-45 Guest: Capt. Eddie Richenbacker
MUTUAL COCA COLA
Monday-Friday 4:15 - 4:30 pm
STARS: Morton Downey
HOST: David Ross
WITH Leah Ray, the "Listening Lady"
THE MAGIC OF SWING
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall October 6th, 1939.
Host: ASCAP President, Gene Buck
Features: Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Charlie Christian, Lionel
Hampton, Arthur Bernstein, Nick Fatool, Jimmy Maxwell, Ziggy Elman,
Johnny Martel, Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Fletcher Henderson, Arnold
Covey, Gene Buck, Glenn Miller and his band, Marion Hutton and Ray Eberle.
QUALITY SET TO MUSIC
10-1-53 "Cookbook Sales Company"
NBC WMAQ WMAQ Quality Stores
Interviews: Mary Merryfield
Announcer: Bill Griskey
Music: Joseph Gallicchio, NBC Orchestra
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THE EDDIE CANTOR SHOW
(Pabst) 03/06/1947 (024) Al Jolson guests.
How Eddie and Al Jolson Got Started.
THE JACK BENNY SHOW
04/02/1950 Al Jolson. From Palm Springs.
ALJOLSON SALUTE
10/01/1946. Mutual network. 03/21/2017 Larry, Walden, and Patricia with
an Interview with Kelly Stewart, daughter of Jimmy Stewart.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 255
AL JOLSON IN KOREA, KRAFT MUSIC HALL, MORE LADIES OF SONG - REPRISE
Here is more of Al Jolson and two more of his Ladies of Song shows on
the Kraft Music Hall on NBC featuring Doris Day and Dinah Shore. Al does
his energetic "Jolson" treatment on "Sittin' On Top of the World" and
welcomes Dinah by singing "Dinah." Oscar Levant plays "Maleguena," and
then Al's "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" and "When Day Is Done" round
out the first show.
Then on the KMH of December 30, 1948, Al does his special upbeat
rendition of "Smiles" followed by "It All Depends On You," "Who Cares."
and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen." Band leader Lou Bring conducts the
orchestra on this AFRS show.
After being on top of the entertainment world before and through the
1920's and 1930's, Jolson and his popularity hit bottom with changing
musical tastes until the 1946 movie on his life, "The Jolson Story,"
opened new horizons on radio in the later 1940's. Once again, he was on
top, but sadly, he passed away in 1950, just one month after returning
to the [removed] after performing for our troops in South Korea and when he
was scheduled for an appearance on Bing Crosby's radio show. And plans
were in the works for his TV debut in grand style. Also, he was to
costar with Dinah Shore in a movie to be called "Stars and Stripes
Forever." Columbia was even considering another Jolson musical starring
Al himself. It was to be called "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet" and would
dramatize his tours of military bases. But the exertion in Korea took
its toll, especially for a man with only one lung, and he succumbed to a
heart attack at the age of 64.
Jolson's activity and dedication to entertain our troops in World War II
has been almost forgotten by older or perhaps overlooked by newer
generations. Even before the USO began to set up a formal program
overseas, the excitable Jolson was deluging War and Navy Department
brass with phone calls and wires. He demanded permission to go anywhere
in the world where there is an American serviceman who wouldn't mind
listening to "Sonny Boy" or "Mammy." Early in 1942, Jolson became the
first star to perform at a GI base in World War II He did as many as
four shows a day in the jungle outposts of Central America and covered
the string of [removed] Naval bases. He paid for part of the transportation
out of his own pocket. While touring in the Pacific, Jolson contracted
malaria and had to have his left lung surgically removed.
On September 17, 1950, a dispatch from 8th Army Headquarters, Korea,
announced, "Al Jolson, the first top-flight entertainer to reach the
war-front, landed here today by plane from Los [removed] traveled
to Korea at his own expense. And a lean, smiling Jolson drove himself
without letup through 42 shows in 16 days."
Alistair Cooke wrote, "He [Jolson] had one last hour of glory. He
offered to fly to Korea and entertain the troops hemmed in on the United
Nations precarious August bridgehead. The troops yelled for his
appearance. He went down on his knee again and sang 'Mammy', and the
troops wept and cheered. When he was asked what Korea was like he warmly
answered, 'I am going to get back my income tax returns and see if I
paid enough.'"
After returning from a tour of overseas bases, the Regimental Hostess at
one camp wrote to Jolson, "Allow me to say on behalf of all the soldiers
of the 33rd Infantry that you coming here is quite the most wonderful
thing that has ever happened to us, and we think you're tops, not only
as a performer, but as a person. We unanimously elect you Public Morale
Lifter No. 1 of the [removed] Army."
Soon after Al's death Defense Secretary George Marshall presented the
Medal for Merit to Jolson, "to whom this country owes a debt which
cannot be repaid." The medal carried a citation noting that Jolson's
"contribution to the [removed] action in Korea was made at the expense of his
life" and was presented to Jolson's adopted son as Jolson's widow looked
on. Another source sharing Jolson's faith commented, "Until Jolson died,
heaven hadn't heard 'nothin' yet."
Information and quotations were gathered from Wikipedia and various
online biographies.
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Steve celebrate Mother's Day and Memorial Day!
The Aldrich Family - "Mother's Day Dinner At Kathleen's"
originally aired on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 on NBC
Starring: Ezra Stone.
Harry Von Zell announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O
Anthology - "Memorial Day 1955"
originally aired on Sunday, May 29, 1955 on WNBC/NBC
Starring: Helen Hayes, Walter Huston, Claude Rains.
Harry Fleetwood announcing.
Sustained
The Whistler - "Death In Sixteen Millimeter"
originally aired on Sunday, July 17, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Ted de Corsia, Virginia Gregg, Jack Petruzzi,
Bill Forman possibly as The Whistler. *
Marvin Miller possibly announcing. *
Sponsor: Signal Oil Company
* If you have correct information here, please e-mail me.
The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show - "Driving Test (Driver's License Renewal)"
originally aired on Sunday, May 21, 1950 on NBC
Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Hans
Conreid,
Bob Sweeney, Robert North, Jeanine Roose, Anne Whitfield.
Bill Forman announcing.
Sponsor: Rexall
Audio restoration on some shows in this episode was done by Jerry Haendiges.
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Jerry Haendiges
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