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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2014 : Issue 107
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 14-20 Dec  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Tune into Yesterday issue 73          [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS              [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  New York/Long Island OTR Convention   [ <wcw57@[removed]; ]

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:28:07 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 14-20 December

12/14

1953   Fred Allen returned from semi-retirement to narrate Prokofiev's
classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC.

12/16

1949   After a decade on radio, Captain Midnight was heard for the final
time. Put your secret decoder badges away now, kids.

12/17

1936   Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen kidded around with his pal, Charlie
McCarthy (who was a bit wooden, we [removed]), for the first time on
radio. The two debuted on The Rudy Vallee Show on NBC. Soon, Bergen
became one of radio's hottest properties, and was called Vallee's
greatest talent discovery.

12/19

1932    the British Broadcasting Corporation began transmitting overseas
with its Empire Service to Australia.

  Joe

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:28:37 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tune into Yesterday issue 73

Hi Folks.
Issue 73 of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday magazine is now avaliable in the UK.
40 pages of archive radio news and articles.
A sample copy is available from our membership sec John Wolstenholme at:
ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18  8XA.
Annual membership is 10. Contact me off list for prices for other parts of
the world.

Cheers ! Graeme

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:28:42 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO CLASSICS

Hi Friends,

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

*Flesh And Fantasy*

SCREEN GUILD THEATER
Episode 261 9-3-45 "Flesh and Fantasy - Mardi Gras"
Stars: Joan Hodiak and Clair Trevor

SCREEN GUILD THEATER
Episode 254 7-16-45 "Flesh and Fantasy - The Palmist"
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Dame May Whitty, Vincent Price

SCREEN GUILD THEATER
Episode 514 4-3-52 "Flesh and Fantasy - Circus Girl"
Stars: Jeff Chandler and Audry Totter

And as a lead-in to our next week's Christmas Special:
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
Episode 31 12-24-49 "How I Played Santa Claus And Almost Got Left
Holding The Sack"
Stars: Charles Russell
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

Christmas Special

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
"The Happy Prince" (1945)
stars: Bing Crosby and Orson Welles.

A NEW YEAR'S WISH
from Franklyn MacCormick (1948)

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
"Lullaby Of Christmas" (1949)
stars: Gregory Peck.

"A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
(1947) stars: Lionel Barrymore
an alternative version to the 1939 version.

THE LONE RANGER
12/24/48 ABC "Christmas For Sandy"
Stars: Brace Beemer and Johgn Todd with Fred Foy.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

Harry James Part 2.

All shows feature Harry James.

THE DANNY KAYE SHOW
04/14/1945 Episode (15) One Man's Irish Family. AFRS.

CALL FOR MUSIC
02/13/1948 First Song - Manana. Features Dinah Shore

"Yesterday USA" 04/13/2014 John and Larry Gassman, Walden Hughes, with
Perry Huntoon of the Eddie Hubbard Browsers. Harry James Part 2.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:

"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

Episode 149

CLASSICS & CURIOS: DREAMS & MOMENTS TO REMEMBER

Episode 150

CLASSICS & CURIOS CHRISTMAS FAVORITES: A TIME FOR JOY (REPRISE)

Christmas is truly a "Time for Joy," as the Gaither Friends' recording
reminds us at the start of this special collection of Christmas music.
Some 19 classic songs of the season will play without interruption,
including a wonderful "Holiday Inn" medley by Bing Crosby on the Kraft
Music Hall and another medley on the Armed Forces Radio Services by 3
gals named Dinah Shore, Frances Langford, and Ginny Simms.

A few songs this week, by request, are reprises of my favorite winter
songs, such as "Snow" from the 1954 film "White Christmas," "Baby, It's
Cold Outside" by Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting, and "Winter Wonder
Land" by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, and "I've Got My Love to
Keep Me Warm" by Dean Martin, plus Vaughn Monroe's version of "Let It
Snow." Most songs, however, focus on the joys of Christmas or the
anticipation of the New Year. Any playlist of favorites should probably
begin with "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams
and end with "O Holy Night" by Perry Como. In between are favorites such
as "Silver Bells" by Bob and Dolores Hope from Bob's TV Christmas show
in 1978, "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson, "Santa Claus Is Coming to
Town" by Frank Sinatra, "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" by
Perry Como, "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole, "An Old Fashioned
Christmas" by Guy Lombardo, "The Only Thing I Want for Christmas (Is
Just to Keep the Things That I've Got)" by Eddie Cantor in 1939, and
"What Are You Doing New Years?" by Margaret Whiting.

Leading up to "O Holy Night" are "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem by EmmyLou
Harris, and "Mary, Did You Know?" by the Gaither Homecoming Friends. The
medley by Dinah, Frances, and Ginny includes "Joy to the World," O Come
All Ye Faithful," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Silent Night" with
the Ken Darby Singers. Of all the wonderful recordings of "O Holy
Night," Perry Como's version remains our family's favorite. Perry not
only reaches the moving high notes, but he seems to sing from deep
within his heart and soul. Listening to him now and recalling how he
sang it on his outstanding Christmas shows sends chills of excitement
from within -- to the very Christmas star of Bethlehem.

Bing's medley was broadcast on his "Kraft Music Hall" on December 14,
1944. Bing, accompanied by the John Scott Trotter orchestra and the
Kraft Choral Society, sings songs from his 1942 film "Holiday Inn." He
explains how each song follows the plot of the movie, which means we get
not only great Christmas favorites but also great "bonus" songs of other
holidays such as "Easter Parade" and "Be Careful, It's My Heart"
(Valentine's Day). Of course, "Happy Holiday" introduces the medley, and
"White Christmas" brings it to its high point.

It's interesting that Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" specifically
in 1940 for the "Holiday Inn" movie, along with the other holiday songs,
but he didn't think it was anything special. Bing assured him to the
contrary and introduced the song on his "Kraft Music Hall' on Christmas
day of 1941. By the end of World War II Bing's recording of the song had
become the biggest-selling hit of all time. It hit the charts on October
3, 1942, and rose to number 1 by the end of that month where it remained
for 11 weeks. Bing's recording was on the top 30 charts sixteen more
times and was number 1 in 1945 and 1947.

At one point, we hear the Chief of Special Services during the war,
General Reynolds, express his appreciation for the Victory-discs
providing the troops with recorded entertainment from home --
entertainment such as "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by Frank Sinatra.
Every month during the war a V-disc kit of 30 records was sent from the
RCA plant in Camden, [removed] to ports of call and bases around the European
theaters of war. The kit also included an assortment of steel needles
for the phonograph, a set of lyric sheets, and a questionnaire asking
the soldiers what they wanted to hear in the future. Of course, the most
requested song was "White Christmas" by Bing. Sadly, most V-discs were
destroyed after the war at the request of the American Federation of
Musicians. Several survived, but that's a story that will be continued
on another show.

Percy Faith's recording of "Christmas Is" remains on my favorites list,
with its sweet melody of joyful sights and sounds that pervade our lives
at "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," such as bells that jingle and
the beauty of snow and holly. But the deeper and real reason for the
season echoes in the words of great spiritual songs -- songs like "Joy
to the World" with its lyrics declaring to the world that the Lord has
come and for the earth to receive Him as the greatest gift of Christmas:
The glorious Savior King and His free gift of eternal life to those who
receive Him. .

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THE GLOWING DIAL

Big John and Greg celebrate Christmas and New Year's!

Fibber McGee and Molly - "The Christmas Card Mystery"
originally aired Tuesday, December 21, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Arthur
Q. Bryan.
Harlow Wilcox announcing.
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax

The Jack Benny Program - "Jack Buys A Wallet For Don"
originally aired Sunday, December 19, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie
"Rochester" Anderson,
The Sportsmen Quartet, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Artie Auerbach, Charlie
Cantor.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sponsor: Lucky Strike

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - "New Year's Resolution"
originally aired Thursday, January 3, 1946 on NBC
Starring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mel Blanc, Meredith Wilson & His
Orchestra.
Bill Goodwin announcing.
Sponsor: Maxwell House Coffee

The Red Skelton Show - "A [removed] Remembers New Year's Eve"
originally aired Friday, December 31, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Red Skelton, Verna Felton, Lurene Tuttle, Pat McGeehan, The
Four Knights,
David Rose and His Orchestra.
Rod O'Connor announcing.
Sponsor: Proctor and Gamble for Tide
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

Jerry Haendiges

Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:28:49 -0500
From: <wcw57@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  New York/Long Island OTR Convention
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it seems impossible to me that in such a cultural center at NYC (and
surrounding area) there is no OTR convention/[removed] are
retro theaters [removed] on Long [removed]  What [removed]  Once the NJ
group gave up, pffffffft!

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