Oldsmobile Program
{{Short description|1933-1934 old-time radio variety program}}
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| image = Ted Husing-RM June 1934 -grayscale.jpg
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| caption = Ted Husing, host of the Oldsmobile Program
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| format = Variety
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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| syndicates = CBS
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| starring = Ted Husing
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| first_aired = 1933
| last_aired = 1934
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The Oldsmobile Show is a half-hour weekly old-time radio variety program in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS in 1933Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-5149-4}}. P. 494. and 1934.{{cite web|title=The Oldsmobile Program|url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Oldsmobile+Program|website=RadioGOLDINdex|accessdate=5 November 2016}}
Format
The Oldsmobile Program featured "Ted Husing's sport talks" and music.{{cite journal|last1=Kaufman|first1=Samuel|title=Backstage in Broadcasting|journal=Radio News|date=November 1933|volume=XV|issue=5|page=294|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Radio-News-IDX/IDX/30s/33/Radio-News-1933-11-R-OCR-Page-0040.pdf|accessdate=4 November 2016}}
Personnel
Ted Husing was the program's host. The Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition says that Leon Belasco's orchestra provided the music, with contralto Barbara Mauel as soloist and the Hummingbirds as the vocal group. The April 1933 issue of Radio News indicates that George Olsen and his orchestra were the musicians for the program, with Ethel Shutta, Fran Frey and Richard Gardner singing and that Gus Van was "continuing the comedy and character songs which were identified with the Van and Schenck stage partnership of twenty years.{{cite journal|title=Backstage|journal=Radio News|date=April 1933|volume=XIV|issue=10|page=635|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Radio-News-IDX/IDX/30s/33/Radio-News-1933-04-R-OCR-Page-0061.pdf|accessdate=4 November 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 1934, Husing continued as the host, with Ruth Etting as soloist, backed by Johnny Green and his orchestra.
References
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External links
- [http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/O%20Series/Oldsmobile%20Program%20-%20Etting%20AndGreen/ Streaming episodes of Oldsmobile Program from Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library]
Category:1933 radio programme debuts
Category:1930s American radio programs
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