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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2014 : Issue 44
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  This week in radio history 11-17 May  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 00:21:40 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
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Subject:  This week in radio history 11-17 May

5/11

1946 - Jack Barry hosted "Juvenile Jury" on WOR radio in New York City.
The show was such a hit after five weeks on the air that it debuted on
the Mutual Broadcasting System coast to coast.

5/12

1812 --  Edward Lear, who helped popularize limericks, was born.  A
popular limerick regarding radio was this bit of doggerel from any
unknown wit:
    There once a was a man named Nation,
    Who worked for a radio station.
    Although he was tall,
    His hands were too small,
    Wee pause for station identification.

5/14

1945 - "The Sparrow and the Hawk", a serial for kids, was first
broadcast over CBS radio.

1945 - "Tennessee Jed" made his debut on ABC radio. Johnny Thomas played
the part of Tennessee Jed Sloan.

5/15

1933 - Irna Phillips, an NBC Blue network program-features writer,
starred in the role of Mother Moran in the radio program, "Today's
Children", which was heard for the first time this day.

5/17

1938 - The NBC Blue network presented "Information Please" for the first
time. The show was moderated by Clifton Fadiman.

1939 - The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY was the scene of a
memorable dual-network radio broadcast of Glenn Miller and his
orchestra. Both NBC and Mutual carried the event, which was attended by
1,800 people in the casino ballroom.

Joe

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