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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2018 : Issue 36
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 10-16 Jun  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  OTR Author Jim Cox                    [ Charlie Summers <listmaster@lofcom. ]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:13:57 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 10-16 June

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.

6/12

1947   Sergeant Preston of The Yukon went national for the first time.
The show, with the Canadian Mountie and his trusty dog, King, continued
on the radio until 1955, beginning on WXYZ Detroit in 1938. Sgt. Preston
was created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created The
Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet.
   This is as good a place as any to pass this along.  On 9/8/60 Fran
Striker was on To Tell The Truth.

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1955   The first network radio show to be produced with no script, The
University of Chicago Round Table, was heard for the final time on NBC.
Monitor was one of the last live network radio programs on the air. The
program was the first network radio program to win the coveted George
Foster Peabody Award.

1955   "This is Monitor, a weekend program service of NBC Radio," was
heard for the first time. Notables such as Bill Cullen, Ed McMahon, Hugh
Downs, and Dave Garroway recited this line. It was a network cue to NBC
radio stations across the nation who carried the long form news,
entertainment and variety broadcast from New York City. Stations and
listeners who were "on the Monitor beacon" were entertained for six
hours or more daily for nearly two decades. NBC's

6/13

1944   The wire recorder was patented by Marvin Camras.

6/14

1922   A [removed] President was heard on the radio for the first time.
President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Francis Scott Key Memorial and
was heard on WEAR in Baltimore.

1950   Harold Peary played the leading role of The Great Gildersleeve
one final time. Willard Waterman took Peary's place in the role.

6/15

1936   Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler starred in Burlesque on the Lux Radio
Theatre.

Joe

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:14:03 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <listmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR Author Jim Cox

   As some of you may know, author Jim Cox has been in hospital for over two
months now battling multiple illnesses. He recently wrote friend Jack French,
another well-known author and OTR guru, who provided the following:

Hi everyone. Thanks for so many cards and prayers.  This is a slow process
and some days I don't feel I've progressed at all. My physical therapy is
quite painful and seldom fun. But I'm doing the best I can and thank you
all again for [removed] walk, get stronger, and get home! Jim

   If you'd like to drop Jim a card or note of encouragement, his hospital
address is:

Room 102
Signature HealthCARE at Jefferson Place
1705 Herr Lane
Louisville, KY 40222

          Charlie

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