Comments for Old Radio Shows.org http://oldradioshows.org Free Streaming Old Time Radio Shows Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:49:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on First Commercial Broadcast “Voice of Firestone” aired on 3-22-1928 by Kristen Esbensen http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Kristen Esbensen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:49:24 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/#comment-2219 Oh, thank you! This is something I remember listening to with my father, who also sang on the radio. He exposed me to Richard Crooks. My mother had just died, and it was only my father and me. The existence of this gives me such pleasure and peace. Thank you again. And if these is more, please tell me where to find it. Oh, thank you! This is something I remember listening to with my father, who also sang on the radio. He exposed me to Richard Crooks. My mother had just died, and it was only my father and me. The existence of this gives me such pleasure and peace.

Thank you again. And if these is more, please tell me where to find it.

]]> Comment on Jack Benny v Fred Allen Feud “Battle of the Century” 3-14-1937 by Temple Relles http://oldradioshows.org/03/14/jack-benny-v-fred-allen-feud-battle-of-the-century-3-14-1937/comment-page-1/#comment-1859 Temple Relles Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:08:30 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/14/jack-benny-v-fred-allen-feud-battle-of-the-century-3-14-1937/#comment-1859 I really enjoyed your blog, will share it with my friends, do you have any other material on this subject? I really enjoyed your blog, will share it with my friends, do you have any other material on this subject?

]]> Comment on “Have Gun, Will Travel” and “Gunsmoke” by alex macdougall http://oldradioshows.org/05/12/have-gun-will-travel-and-gunsmoke/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 alex macdougall Tue, 17 May 2011 02:22:28 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/?p=894#comment-1359 good read! i enjoy both shows but am partial to Gunsmoke as i am more familiar with it,having watched it more often as a child. good read! i enjoy both shows but am partial to Gunsmoke as i am more familiar with it,having watched it more often as a child.

]]> Comment on Elizabeth Taylor: Remembered in Radio by pictures of elderly elizabeth taylor http://oldradioshows.org/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-remembered-in-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 pictures of elderly elizabeth taylor Mon, 02 May 2011 11:08:49 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/?p=914#comment-1344 [...] Elizabeth Taylor: Remembered in Radio | Old Radio Shows.org Mar 23, 2011 … She began in pictures at the tender age of nine. … Let's not forget that Elizabeth Taylor also played on ABC's General Hospital as the matriarch of the Constidine Family. … [...] [...] Elizabeth Taylor: Remembered in Radio | Old Radio Shows.org Mar 23, 2011 … She began in pictures at the tender age of nine. … Let's not forget that Elizabeth Taylor also played on ABC's General Hospital as the matriarch of the Constidine Family. … [...]

]]> Comment on First Commercial Broadcast “Voice of Firestone” aired on 3-22-1928 by Jim Wright http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Jim Wright Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:35:15 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/#comment-1339 In 1951 I was a 17 year old high school student working evenings full time as an announcer at NBC affiliate WISE Asheville, NC. Late afternoons as the soaps wound down, locally we became busy with some record shows, news & sports. But at 7:30 activity for me settled down and I was able to work on my school homework between station breaks as the station went into the NBC evening lineup. Monday night was my favorite. The Railroad Hour, the Telephone Hour, and my favorite of the shows...The Voice of Firestone. The evening ended with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Hearing announcer Hugh James' opening and Idabelle Firestone's "If I could tell you" theme brings back a lot of great memories. After passing through another half dozen radio and two TV stations I changed careers to an Air Force and airline pilot. But I still do air work for an non-commercial Connecticut classically formatted FM network. Sometimes I play a recording I have of "If I could tell you." It never fails in response to bring phone calls from people who either remember it or want to know what it is. In 1951 I was a 17 year old high school student working evenings full time as an announcer at NBC affiliate WISE Asheville, NC. Late afternoons as the soaps wound down, locally we became busy with some record shows, news & sports. But at 7:30 activity for me settled down and I was able to work on my school homework between station breaks as the station went into the NBC evening lineup. Monday night was my favorite. The Railroad Hour, the Telephone Hour, and my favorite of the shows…The Voice of Firestone. The evening ended with the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Hearing announcer Hugh James’ opening and Idabelle Firestone’s “If I could tell you” theme brings back a lot of great memories. After passing through another half dozen radio and two TV stations I changed careers to an Air Force and airline pilot. But I still do air work for an non-commercial Connecticut classically formatted FM network. Sometimes I play a recording I have of “If I could tell you.” It never fails in response to bring phone calls from people who either remember it or want to know what it is.

]]> Comment on First Commercial Broadcast “Voice of Firestone” aired on 3-22-1928 by John Mitchell http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 John Mitchell Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:03:00 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/22/first-commercial-broadcast-voice-of-firestone-aired-on-3-22-1928/#comment-1311 I was 14 just out of an orphanage in 1950, living with my grandmother, when I discovered the Voice of Firestone on TV. I fell in love with it -- especially the opening and closing themes -- right away. If memory serves me -- and it often doesn't -- it was not heavy with opera (thank heaven) but also offered music from operettas and an occasional song from the Broadway stage. I have a VHS that I treasure featuring Jeannette MacDonald and a clip from the ARTS Channel that features Jane Froman. Wonderful music. I feel that MTV should stuff a little bit of this down the throats of its viewers just to show them what it was like. Maybe 30 minutes once a week. I'll bet some of the kids will fall in love with it, especially those opening and closing numbers by Mrs. Firestone. Thanks for preserving these treasures. I was 14 just out of an orphanage in 1950, living with my grandmother, when I discovered the Voice of Firestone on TV. I fell in love with it — especially the opening and closing themes — right away. If memory serves me — and it often doesn’t — it was not heavy with opera (thank heaven) but also offered music from operettas and an occasional song from the Broadway stage.
I have a VHS that I treasure featuring Jeannette MacDonald and a clip from the ARTS Channel that features Jane Froman.
Wonderful music. I feel that MTV should stuff a little bit of this down the throats of its viewers just to show them what it was like. Maybe 30 minutes once a week. I’ll bet some of the kids will fall in love with it, especially those opening and closing numbers by Mrs. Firestone. Thanks for preserving these treasures.

]]> Comment on Elizabeth Taylor: Remembered in Radio by Bill J. White http://oldradioshows.org/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-remembered-in-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Bill J. White Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:43:14 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/?p=914#comment-1277 Ms. Taylor will always have a special place in my heart. The movie Cleopatra was my favorite film of hers and was National Velvet. I'll never forget "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe", either. Let's not forget that Elizabeth Taylor also played on ABC's General Hospital as the matriarch of the Constidine Family. The only tv soap opera she ever did. She was also a special person to me for standing up for her friends, like Michael, and being a staunch fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research. She is truely missed by me...and thousands of people she helped to save their lives. Rest in Peace, Liz. Ms. Taylor will always have a special place in my heart. The movie Cleopatra was my favorite film of hers and was National Velvet. I’ll never forget “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe”, either. Let’s not forget that Elizabeth Taylor also played on ABC’s General Hospital as the matriarch of the Constidine Family. The only tv soap opera she ever did. She was also a
special person to me for standing up for her friends, like Michael, and being a staunch fundraiser for HIV/AIDS research. She is truely missed by me…and thousands of people she helped to save their lives. Rest in Peace, Liz.

]]> Comment on The Hummert Radio Factory by Mike Newton http://oldradioshows.org/02/06/the-hummert-radio-factory/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Mike Newton Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:27:32 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/?p=570#comment-1169 Mary Jane Higby, star of the radio show "When A Girl Marries", talks about the Hummerts in her autobiography, "Tune in Tomorrow." Apparently Anne Hummert was a no-nonsense type of person who did not permit any levity about her programs. Higby tells the story of Hummert's instructing her staff writers to write as if "God was on every page." One writer commented, "Who do we get to play the part of God" and was summarily dismissed. Higby said that the Hummert scripts were easy to spot because they had dark purple covers and could be seen across the room. Mary Jane Higby, star of the radio show “When A Girl Marries”, talks about the Hummerts in her autobiography, “Tune in Tomorrow.” Apparently Anne Hummert was a no-nonsense type of person who did not permit any levity about her programs. Higby tells the story of Hummert’s instructing her staff writers to write as if “God was on every page.” One writer commented, “Who do we get to play the part of God” and was summarily dismissed. Higby said that the Hummert scripts were easy to spot because they had dark purple covers and could be seen across the room.

]]> Comment on U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt held his first “Fireside Chat” 3-12-1933 by Mike Newton http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Mike Newton Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:56:43 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/12/us-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-held-his-first-fireside-chat-3-12-1933/#comment-1168 I just heard FDR's first Fireside Speech on the banking crisis. He encourages the saving of money in a bank rather than under the mattress. Even though I am listening to him on a computer, I can imagine how it sounded coming over a Philco table model radiol. He certainly had the best voice for inspiring confidence in the America public. His motto "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" is as true today with urban legends and website paranoia as it was then. I just heard FDR’s first Fireside Speech on the banking crisis. He encourages the saving of money in a bank rather than under the mattress. Even though I am listening to him on a computer, I can imagine how it sounded coming over a Philco table model radiol. He certainly had the best voice for inspiring confidence in the America public. His motto “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” is as true today with urban legends and website paranoia as it was then.

]]> Comment on “The Silver Eagle” program last broadcast 3-10-1955 by Mike Newton http://oldradioshows.org/03/10/the-silver-eagle-program-last-broadcast-3-10-1955/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Mike Newton Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:44:03 +0000 http://oldradioshows.org/03/10/the-silver-eagle-program-last-broadcast-3-10-1955/#comment-1167 I used to listen to the Silver Eagle when it was on radio, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. It alternated with the Lone Ranger. The Silver Eagle's sidekick was a French Canadian who used a bow that shot arrows with silver eagle feathers. Sounds a little like a certain masked man doesn't it. They would usually sneek up on the bad guys at their campsite and shoot an arrow into the log where the guy was sitting. The response was always the same..."What! it's the Silver Eagle." Jim West's response was always "I arrest you in the name of the Crown." Jim Ameche, Don's brother, played the Silver Eagle and Jack Lester or Jacques Lestair as he was credited played Joe Bideaux. I used to listen to the Silver Eagle when it was on radio, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. It alternated with the Lone Ranger. The Silver Eagle’s sidekick was a French Canadian who used a bow that shot arrows with silver eagle feathers. Sounds a little like a certain masked man doesn’t it. They would usually sneek up on the bad guys at their campsite and shoot an arrow into the log where the guy was sitting. The response was always the same…”What! it’s the Silver Eagle.” Jim West’s response was always “I arrest you in the name of the Crown.” Jim Ameche, Don’s brother, played the Silver Eagle and Jack Lester or Jacques Lestair as he was credited played Joe Bideaux.

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