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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2014 : Issue 27
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Letter from America, BBC [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 16-22 Mar [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:49:32 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Letter from America, BBC
Hi Folks.
The following BBC programme later in the month looks like it could be of
interest:
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Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:49:37 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 16-22 March
From Those Were The Days
3/17
1933 Comedian Phil Baker was heard on network radio for the first time
on a regular basis when The Armour Jester was heard on the Blue network.
Baker rapidly rose to the top of the radio ratings.
3/18
1940 Light of the World was first heard on NBC. The soap opera was
unique in that it featured the Bible as the center of the story line.
3/21
1924 The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world", on KDKA in
Pittsburgh, PA.
3/22
1948 The Voice of Firestone was one of the first commercial radio
programs to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.
Joe
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