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Our 20Th Ann.Ivers Ary 1975-199S Established 1975 Number 228 September 1995 Our 20th Ann.ivers_ary 1975-199S HAROLD BOLSTER, on behalf of the Principal Radio Manufacturers and Dealers of America Presents- Featuring, in advance, the This greatest radio show most striking develop­ ever held will be profit~ ments in the Radio art and sharingwith exhibitOTs the Radio industry for the coming year - Receiving Set Models (or 1925 Special - Phonograph Radio Election Week Combinations for 1925 Program Features - Improved Equipment for 1925 (MalnaDd M~PIoon> NEW YORK CITY •..,.,.. World and IIQ Girl IIIW ..,........ American Radio Exposition Co. Dir_: HAROLD BOLSTER General Mana.er: J. C. JOHNSON 522 FIFI'H AVENUE,· Telephone: Vanderbilt 0068 NEW YORK .!/be$((ustratea fEress $nfonTXition !Eage Publication of the Old Time Radio Club Membership Information Club Officers and Librarians New member processing, $5.00 plus club President membership of $15.00 per year from Jan 1 to Dec 31. Jerry Collins (716) 683-6199 Members receive a tape library 56 Christen Ct. listing, reference library listing, Lancaster, N.Y. 14086 and a monthly newsletter. Memberships are as follows: Vice President & Canadian Branch If you join Jan-Mar, $15.00; Richard Simpson Apr-Jun, $12.00; Jul-Sep, 96016 Rood R.R. 3 $8.00; Oct-Dec, $5.00. All Fenwick, Ontario renewals should be sent in as Canada, LOS 1CO soon as possible to avoid missing issues. Please be sure to notify us if you have a Treasurer, Back Issues, Video & change of address. The Old Time Radio Club meets Records the first Monday of every month at 7:30 P.M. during the Dominic Parisi (716) 884-2004 months of September to June at 393 George Urban 38 Ardmore PI. Blvd. Cheektowaga, N.Y. 14225. The club meets Buffalo N.Y. 14213 informally during the months of July and August at the same address. Anyone interested in the Golden Age Editor of IP, Renewals, Change of of Radio is welcome. The Old Time Radio Club is Address affiliated with The Old Time Radio Network. Peter Bellanca (716) 773-2485 1620 Ferry Rood Club Mailing Address Grand Island, N.Y. 14072 Old Time Radio Club Membership Inquires, and OTR P.O. Box 426 Network Related Items Lancaster, N. Y. 14086 Richard Olday (716) 684-1604 100 Harvey Dr. Back issues of The Illustrated Press 015'$1.50 Lancaster, N.Y. 14086 postpaid. Publications out off print may be borrowed from our Reference Library. Tape Libraries Deadline for The Illustrated Press is the Cassettes Don Friedrich (716) 626-9164 1st of each month prior 'to publication. 21 Southcrest Cheektowaga, NY 14225 The Illustrated Press is a monthly newsletter of The Old Time Radio Club, headquartered in Western New Reel to Reel and Reference Library York State. Contents except where noted, are Ed Wanat Sr. (716) 895-9690 copyright 1994 by the OTRC. 393 George Urban Blvd. Cheektowaga NY 14225 Send all articles, letters, exchange newsletters, etc. to: The Illustrated Press Tape Library Rates: All reels and video cassettes clo Peter Bellanca, editor are $1.85 per month; audio cassettes and records are 1620 Ferry Rood $0.85 per month. Rates include postage and handling. Grand Island NY 14072 Canadian rates are the same as above, but in Canadian funds. -----~~~~--- Ylie !I((ustrateaIEress ,§eptem5erl995 Publication of the Old Time Radio Club by Dam Parisi Nick Carter first appeared as a serial story in book is read by two and one-half people. So Street and Smith's New York Weekly, in 1886. that would mean that over the years, Nick The serial was called "The Old Detective's Pu­ Carter would have been read by over a billion pil," and was written by John Russell Coryell, people! This is the greatest record of any fic­ who was the cousin of Ormond Smith, owner of tional character! Street and Smith Publishing Company. He wrote six more Nick Carter stories for the New Finally, in relation to Old Time Radio, there York Weekly and then started writing other were a total of seven-hundred twenty-two Nick stories for Street and Smith Publications. The Carter, Master Detective shows that were broad­ next writer to produce Carter stories was Fre­ cast over the Mutual Network between 1943 deric Dey and he did them for seventeen years. and 1955 (where are they?) The first program Later on, Street and Smith hired other writers on April 11, 1943 stated that Carter was, "that to continue the Carter stories. most famous of all manhunters, the detective whose sole ability at solving crime is un­ Nick Carter was so popular and in demand that equalled in the history of detective fiction." in 1891 he was given his own magazine called, Considering Carter's accomplishments from Nick Carter Detective Library, which continued 1886 to 1943, this high praise seemed justified. publication until 1933. (He also continued to The programs that I remember began with the appear in the New York Weekly until 1896) progressive loud knocking on a door, and then a The magazine's name was changed to The New voice stating, "What's the matter, what is it?" Nick Carter Weekly, and then to Nick Carter And then the announcer, "Another case for Nick Stories on April 4, 1914. Carter, Master Detective." During the entire run, Nick Carter was played by Lon Clark, an In 1897 Street and Smith started to publish a ex-opera singer who used his deep voice to great series of paperback books which they called advantage on the radio. Carter's girl Friday Magnet Library in which they reprinted a great was Patsy Bowen, played by Helen Choate until number of Nick Carter stories. 1946, and then by Charlotte Manson. Sergeant Mathison (Matty) was Ed Lattimer, and Scubby In 1933 Nick Carter stories were published in a the reporter was John Kane. Michael Fitzmau­ ten cent monthly magazine called Nick Carter rice was the announcer and the series was pro­ Magazine, and this continued until 1937. The duced at the WOR studios in New York City by earlier magazines were weeklies. Even though Jock MacGregor, who also directed and did Carter was featured in literally hundreds of some of the writing. It should be noted that stories in various magazines and books, he there was a spin off of the Nick Carter, Master never enjoyed great success in films. A number Detective show. It was the short lived Chick of films, both silent and talkies were made both Carter, Boy Detective show. These shows were here and in Europe. The best of a poor lot were to be inter-related, but it never happened. the three B grade 1939-40 movies produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring the urbane The last broadcast was aired on September 25, Walter Pidgeon as Carter. He later appeared in 1955. He reappeared in the publication of Run. comic strip form in Shadow Comics. fu?L. Run by Universal Publishing in 1964 and then in the 1970's he was featured in the Movie It is estimated that the average magazine or ofthe Week for television. !I((ustrateaIEress 3 .9be!I((ustrateaiEress Jefttem5er 1995 Publication ofthe Old Time Radio Club •••Tuning In ••• Despite the fact that many "replacement" were just by Tom Heathwood on for a few weeks every year, there were a few that proved so popular that they achieved an independent SVMMERTIME RADIO IN THE OLD DAYS status, and went on to be long-running permanent network features. When Escape was brought in as a Unlike radio programming of today, the good old replacement for Suspense, its strange tales of people days of radio sent many of its great prime-time net­ in extraordinarily difficult situations with a surprise work shows on "vacation" every summertime. "twist ending" were so well written and enacted that the show went on to be a fine series for years. The more important shows all took this yearly hia­ tus, and as a result, many of our favorites would Many summer shows were "sustaining," that is, un­ disappear for ten weeks or so. There were no sponsored. This probably was due to the advertising "re-runs". It wasn't an option back then. Instead, agencies belief at the time that summer radio wasn't the so called "summer replacements" appeared every as important in selling products and services as in June, for many years. the rest of the year, and secondly because the re­ placements were "unknowns" and couldn't command Interestingly, the same sponsor might endorse the the high costs of network time. Networks used the "summer replacement" show, with commercials by usual commercial spots for promotion of their other the same announcer adding consistency to the show programs as well as public service announcements. with commercials by the same announcer addin~ consistency to the show while the "big stars" were All in all, summer radio was rather disappointing, enjoying their time off. The announcer would fre­ especially for radio buffs who had to wait for a return quently mention that the regular show would return to "normal" in September. New shows were tried out, on "September the 17th" or whatever. Many "loyal so networks gave budding actors and writers a listeners" would continue to tune in for the summer chance to "audition." But....many a fine new talent show, even though the program may not have been was "discovered" on these shows and, shows like Es­ entirely to their liking. cape, would. find .t:.hemselve$, with a p~rmanent time slot in the Fall. Abbott and Costello were originally Sometimes the stars of the regular show would intro­ summer fill-ins for the Fred Allen Show in 1940.
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