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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2017 : Issue 17
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Blue Coal goes to War                 [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 26 March   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Re: Truth or Consequences             [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Re: Associated Press service for net  [ abcdiehl@[removed] ]

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 01:39:14 -0400
From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Blue Coal goes to War

Blue Coal asked listeners of The Shadow to cut back on their use of
their product.  What's that, you say?  Isn't that kinda the opposite of
what commercial advertisements are supposed to do?  Well, you see, it
was all part of the war effort.  For the four years that America was
involved in World War II, Blue Coal promoted cutting down on your Blue
Coal consumption in order to conserve vital war materials.

To read more about it, and see some sample Shadow script pages, read my
latest blog entry of That's Pulp!  [removed]

John

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:21:01 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 26 March to 1 April

 From Those Were The Days

3/27

1943   Blue Ribbon Town was first heard on CBS.

3/28

1941   Louella Parsons hosted Hollywood Premiere for the first time on
CBS. The gossip columnist introduced famous guests who appeared in
dramatized stories.

1944   WQXR in New York City, owned by The New York Times newspaper,
banned singing commercials from its airwaves as of this day.
Understandable, since the station has always been the classical music
voice of Manhattan and there aren't many classical singing commercials.

3/29

1932   Jack Benny appeared on radio for the first time. He agreed to
join then newspaper columnist, Ed Sullivan, on his interview show.

1937   The serial, Our Gal Sunday, debuted. The question, "Can this girl
from a small mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of a
wealthy and titled Englishman?" was asked each day for next 22 years.

3/30

1936   The serial Backstage Wife made a move across the dial from the
Mutual Broadcasting System to NBC. Once there, the program continued to
air for the next 23 years.

1945   The Dreft Star Playhouse was heard for the final time. The show
had been paying up to $3,000 per week ($40,663 in 2016 dollars) to
attract name talent.

3/31

1937   Phil Harris recorded one of his best-known songs, That's What I
Like About the South.

1953   Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network
radio. It had been the longest running show of its kind. Cavalcade of
America presented dramatized events in American history for 18 years.

4/1

1941   The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
began on W71NY in New York City.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:21:23 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences was NOT a quiz show.  It was an
audience-participation stunt show, much like People are Funny.

   Thanks for helping keep me on the straight and narrow.  :)
   Corrections have been made.
   Joe

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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:15:55 -0400
From: abcdiehl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Associated Press service for networks &
 radio stations   early 1940's?

Can anyone answer this question. In the early 1940's did radio networks
and local stations, subscribe to the Associated Press?  Or was the AP service
only for newspapers.

Bill Diehl
ABC News Radio
New York

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