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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 3
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Charles Chilton dies [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 6-12 Janu [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:19:02 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Charles Chilton dies
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A report in todays Daily Telegraph that famous BBC radio producer Charles
Chilton has died, aged 95. Famous for producing the classic 1950s sci-fi
series Journey into Space.
Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 12:19:10 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 6-12 January
From Those Were The Days --
1/6
1941 A young actor appeared for the first time in a new program on CBS
titled, The Home of the Brave. Along with others in the cast, this was
Richard Widmark's radio debut.
1950 Ronald Coleman starred as the president of Ivy College in The
Halls of Ivy.
1974 CBS radio returned to dramatic programming at night with the
first broadcast of Radio Mystery Theatre, hosted by [removed] Marshall. The
program debuted on 218 CBS network stations.
1/7
1926 A famous marriage that endured for many years is remembered this
day. It's the wedding anniversary of George Burns and Gracie Allen who
were married by a Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, Ohio.
1940 The gate to Gene Autry's Melody Ranch opened. "The singing
cowboy" would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years, other than
1942-45 when he was in the Army Air Corps.
1941 The NBC Blue network presented the first installment of Inner
Sanctum.
1950 Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville, TN. Ernest also did a 15 minute radio program each day that
became very popular in West Texas. So popular, in fact, that he bought
the radio station that had aired the program for years and years: KGKL
in San Angelo, Texas.
1/10
1943 The quiz show, The Better Half, was first heard on Mutual this
day. The program brought four married couples to compete in stunts
involving traditional concepts of "manhood" and "womanhood".
1/11
1947 Amazing Mr. Malone (aka Murder and Mr. Malone) starring Frank
Lovejoy, debuted on ABC.
1/12
1926 Sam 'n' Henry debuted on WGN in Chicago, Illinois. The show's
name was changed to Amos 'n' Andy with the voices of its creators,
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
1932 Ed Sullivan joined CBS radio in a program of gossip and interviews.
Joe
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