Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #16
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 1/16/2006 7:50 AM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 16
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      RE: ET or Tape                        [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      Re: Gracie Allen for President        [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
      Pepsodent                             [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Charlie Chaplin                       [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      1-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Fatima cigarettes                     [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      39 Man March and a question           [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
      December 2005 deaths                  [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      It's Not the Medium, It's the Messag  [ "Stuart Lubin" <stuartlubin@[removed] ]
      Re: old transcription disks           [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Re: OTR sponsors still with us        [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      Crime & Peter Chambers                [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
      Superman on DVD                       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      1-16 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Transcription disc or tape?           [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
      Smart Set                             [ JayHick@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:27:50 -0500
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: ET or Tape

    Marty asked about the delivery of shows in the late '50s and
    early '60s.

    >From my own experience as a high school sophomore working at my
    small hometown station in about 1961, on Sunday mornings we
    played Here's to Veterans with Pat Boone as a transcription, but
    by that time the ETs were no more than ordinary long-playing
    33-1/3s. I can't remember the title of the show now, but we also
    played a 15-minute drama hosted by Robert Young and sponsored by
    the Episcopal Church - it came in on a 5-inch reel of tape.

    The Southern Baptist Radio-TV Commission put out a 30-minute
    weekly program, Master Control, on tape. Some time during the
    1960s, they changed from using clear plastic reels to the dark
    smoky ones. (Sort of the latest fad, you know how cameras and
    electronics change from chrome to black to brushed whatever in
    style over time.) Well, according to the marketing director at
    the commission, the smoky reels became such a sexy, coveted item
    around the radio stations that there was a drastic drop in tapes
    that were being returned (despite the provided return postage).
    He told me that he then went in search of a new supplier and
    found one who manufactured the reels in sickly yellow and gray
    with flecks of red - "like vomit" he said - and the return of the
    shows shot back up. They later switched to LPs.

    By the mid-60s in college and working for another radio station,
    shows continued on tape and ETs (LPs). One of the latter was the
    Marine Corps Reserves' well-done Spectrum in stereo, which from
    year to year would adopt a theme - maybe a year (a la Garry Moore
    and "That Wonderful Year"), specific events of American history,
    national parks, etc., would be highlighted each week. Also at
    that time, advertising agencies were still providing many of
    their commercials on ET. But never in all that time did I play
    any 16-inch transcriptions. There were some up in the "loft" at
    the radio station - Eddy Arnold, Eddie Fisher's Coke Time,
    Liberace. I never got a chance to listen to them. Another of
    life's lost opportunities - but to tell the truth, I probably
    wasn't all that interested back then.

    Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:28:15 -0500
    From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Gracie Allen for President

    I found Gracie's 1940 book, "How to Become President," so devoid of
    wit and charm that I once asked George--via his longtime secretary
    Jack Langdon--if in fact it had been ghost-written. The response:
    "You are quite right. It was written by several press agents of the
    time. Actually, Gracie had nothing to do with it." But it was already
    a rare book when I acquired it back in the late '60s or early '70s,
    so I hung onto it.

    Paul Henning's reminiscences of Gracie's creative contributions--and
    George's backstage shenanigans--are included in my book, "The Laugh
    Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age." Contact me
    offline if interested.

    Jordan R. Young

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:28:32 -0500
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Pepsodent

>     I found Pepsodent too

>     Anybody else come across any OTR products that are now

    obscure?

    Pepsodent?  Obscure?  It's never left the shelves of my Kroger and Meijer
    [removed]  Where do you live?

    If memory serves correctly it was Amos 'n' Andy's original network sponsor.
    Could it have been on our shelves since the 1920s -- or earlier?  What a
    durable
    brand!

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:29:41 -0500
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Charlie Chaplin
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    Kermyt,

    It could be a BBC Radio interview with Chaplin in 1952:
    Segment 2: From the Archives: "Charlie Chaplin on Film and Art (1952)."

    Being a big fan of the greatest entertainer of the 20th century myself
    I spent some web searching time and found a 5 min. excerpt of this at:
    [removed]

    But a quick search of the BBC came up with nothing.

    Steve Carter

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:29:59 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-15 births/deaths

    January 15th anniversaries

    01-15-1957 - Ran Sayles, Pewaukee, Wisconsin marries Fumiko Soeda,
    Ota-City, Japan.

    January 15th births

    01-15-1882 - Henry Burr - St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada - d.
    4-6-1941
    singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    01-15-1899 - Goodman Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-25-1982
    comedian, writer: "Easy Aces"
    01-15-1906 - Sully Mason - Durham, NC - d. 11-27-1970
    singer: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    01-15-1909 - Gene Krupa - Chicago, IL - d. 10-16-1973
    drummer: "Rhythm Masters"; "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"
    01-15-1909 - Gloria Grafton - Yakima, WA - d. 12-29-1994
    actress: Mickey Considine "The Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    01-15-1911 - Cy Feuer - New York, NY
    music: "Escape"; "Ford Sunday Evening Hour"; "Shorty Bell"
    01-15-1913 - Stephen Courtleigh - New York, NY - d. 12-15-1967
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
    01-15-1914 - Carlos Ramirez - Tocaim, Colombia - d. 12-11-1986
    vocalist: "Grapevine Rancho"
    01-15-1918 - Jerry Wald - Newark, NJ - d. 9-xx-1973
    bandleader: "The Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    01-15-1920 - Yvonne King - Salt Lake City, UT
    singer: (King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"
    01-15-1922 - Thelma Carpenter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-17-1997
    singer: "Eddie Cantor Show"
    01-15-1928 - Joanne Linville - Bakersfield, CA
    actress: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    01-15-1937 - Margaret O'Brien - San Diego, CA
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"

    January 15th deaths

    01-10-1904 - Ray Bolger - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-15-1987
    singer, dancer: "Ray Bolger Show"
    02-20-1906 - Jack Jackson - Horsley, England - d. 1-15-1978
    disc jockey: "Record Round-Up"; "Rooftop Rendezvous"; "Caberet Crusie"
    02-27-1912 - Ralph Camargo - California - d. 1-15-1992
    actor: "X-Minus One"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    02-27-1921 - E. Jack Neuman - Ohio - d. 1-15-1998
    writer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Escape"
    03-24-1915 - Bill Bivens - Wadesboro, NC - d. 1-15-1984
    announcer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Vox Pox"
    03-25-1921 - Nancy Kelly - Lowell, MA - d. 1-15-1995
    actress: "Cavalcade of America"; "Free Company"; "Suspense"
    05-17-1920 - Harriet Van Horne - Syracuse, NY - d. 1-15-1998
    newspaper columnist: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    05-26-1918 - John Dall - New York, NY - d. 1-15-1971
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Voice of the Army"
    06-09-1903 - Marcia Davenport - New York, NY - d. 1-15-1996
    auther: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-18-1913 - Sammy Cahn - New York, NY - d. 1-15-1993
    lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"; "Monitor"
    06-29-1915 - Ruth Warrick - St. Joseph, MO - d. 1-15-2005
    actress: "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; "Myrt and Marge"
    07-31-1894 - Roy Bargy - Newaygo, MI - d. 1-15-1974
    conductor: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Rexall Summer
    Theatre"
    08-20-1905 - Jack Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 1-15-1964
    trombonist: "Eddie Condon"s Jazz Concert"; "Paul Whiteman Show"
    09-10-1902 - Jim Crowley - Chicago, IL - d. 1-15-1986
    football all-american: (One of the Four Horsemen) "Kate Smith Hour"
    09-22-1907 - Sheppard Strudwick - Hillsboro, NC - d. 1-15-1983
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Odyssey of Homer"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-25-1905 - Red Smith - Green Bay, WI - d. 1-15-1982
    sportscaster: "Al Schacht Sports Show"; "Bill Stern Sports News"
    11-27-1902 - J. Scott Smart - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-15-1960
    actor: Senator Bloat "Fred Allen Show"; Brad Runyon "Fat Man"
    12-02-1898 - Peter Goo Chong - Miu, China - d. 1-15-1985
    actor: "Collier's Hour"; "Eddie Cantor Show"; "This Day Is Ours"
    12-19-1923 - Gordon Jackson - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 1-15-1990
    Freelance actor for the BBC

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:30:13 -0500
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fatima cigarettes

    OTR sponsors that are now obscure products
    As far as I know Fatima cigarettes that sponsored Dragnet at one time is a
    product that doesn't exist at this time.
    Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:30:19 -0500
    From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  39 Man March and a question

    Many thanks to Melanie for pitching the Jack Benny 39-cent stamp to her
    Representative!  I'm sure that many of you have heard about the 39 Man March
    that we have scheduled for Washington, DC on February 14 (if not, go to
    [removed] and get the scoop).  Even the Mayor of Waukegan will be
    marching with us.  In fact, we have a good number of people in both the
    House and Senate that have expressed their support, and I am lining up
    meetings with them for both the 13th and 14th.  Jack has bipartisan appeal!

    I'm also pushing hard to get "39 Forever" Volume 2 done in the near future.
    One question that's come to mind is an occasional reference, I'm sure to
    another show or ad.  Sample exchange (made up, no direct quotes):

    A:  Hey, didn't you break into my house and burn it down?
    B:  Yes.
    A:  Do you think that was nice?
    B:  No.
    A:  Well, watch it next time.

    Can anyone clue me in on the cross-reference of this exchange?  It was done
    on several shows and gets good reaction, so I'm sure there's a tie-in
    somewhere.

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:29:49 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  December 2005 deaths

    03-29-1916 - Eugene McCarthy - Watkins, MN - d. 12-10-1916
    [removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Sy Shaffer - d. 12-10-2005
    trombonist: "Arthur Godfrey time"
    11-11-1915 - William Proxmire - Lake Forest, IL - d. 12-15-2005
    [removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
    03-03-1919 - Enzo Stuarti - Rome, Italy - d. 12-16-2005
    operatic singer: "Stars for Defense"
    xx-xx-1928 Ted McKay - (Raised: North Avondale, OH) - d. 12-29-2005
    talk show host: "Party Line"; Created first talk show on WKRC
    Cincinatti in 1955

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:34:13 -0500
    From: "Stuart Lubin" <stuartlubin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  It's Not the Medium, It's the Message

    There is a great difference between expressing your opinion, which we all
    have a right to do; and arguing about and against someone else's opinion.  I
    hope we continue to express our opinions freely on this Digest, but you
    cannot prove that someone else's "likes" are wrong.  It is all a matter of
    individual taste and choice.  Therefore, when we use words like "better
    medium" and "world's greatest entertainer", let's understand that it is just
    a matter of unproveable conjecture.

    Stuart

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: No, it's a matter of subjective opinion, which is fine.
    Everyone's "Greatest Entertainer" is the correct one; for them.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:10:01 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: old transcription disks
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    In a message dated 1/15/06 4:38:26 PM Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Sadly, I'll bet a huge amount of transcription disks were used as fisbees.

    ...or perhaps there were orders on the label to either destroy them or send
    them to a specific address.  That's what I ran across in the 1980s (mostly
    destroy them), and managed to save a couple of Jerry Lee Lewis concerts
    (syndicated to country music stations) and an entire "American Top 40" with
    Casey Kasem
    (#1: "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis), all on vinyl, that were meant for the
    same fate.   I can imagine more than a few from the 1950s and early 1960s,
    perhaps even older (historians?) were meant to be destroyed similarly.

    And I'm betting radio stations that carried "Suspense," "Gunsmoke," "Yours
    Truly, Johnny Dollar" and other shows either carried straight feeds from the
    network or taped them for later broadcast then erased and reused the tapes.
    I'm
    told that's why it's so hard to find very many "Our Miss Brooks" shows from
    later in the run ([removed]), or any "December Bride" shows at all.

    Dixon

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:25:05 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: OTR sponsors still with us
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    In a message dated 1/15/06 4:38:26 PM Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     Anybody else come across any OTR products that are now
>     obscure?  I guess Lucky Strikes and Chesterfields are
>     examples.

    I actually ran across some Chase and Sanborn coffee not long ago at a Walmart
    Supercenter, of all places.  Personally, I'm partial to the longtime Burns
    and Allen sponsor, Maxwell House.  Post Toasties were heavily advertised in
    OTR
    but not now, but I do seem them from time to time and as recently as today.

    Lucky Strikes are still around, but I'm not so sure about Chesterfields.  And
    it's been awhile since I've run across Alpine, which had a commercial in a
    1962 "Suspense" show I have somewhere.  And I am told somewhere in Colorado
    there's still an operating Rexall store, even though the Rexall signs I still
    see
    around here (in Alabama) are attached to vacant buildings and still displayed
    just for old times' sake.
    Perhaps some corporate merger could bring the name back like it apparently
    did recently with Walgreen's, another name from out of the past (and OTR).

    Dixon

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:45:05 -0500
    From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Crime & Peter Chambers

    I just finished a marathon session of recording discs
    of Crime & Peter Chambers.  I have the whole AFRTS run
    except AFRTS #02.  This set too is missng the two
    "missing" eps, unless one pops up in the last disc I
    have to go -which is [removed] These AFRTS were done
    contemporary to the show, not the later ones, and I
    think AFRTS recorded their shows independently, so it
    would be too much of a coincidence to have the same
    shows missing.   I'm pretty sure that research would
    probably show that the show was pre-empted on those
    two days.  Is there any evidence that the two shows
    were aired?

    I just ordered Jim Cox's Mr. Keen book, and some RS CD
    of the Month (about the only decent CDs RS did)
    leftovers from Hamilton Books.  I'm not a huge Keen
    fan, but it was a great deal and Jim Cox did some
    great research on the book. I'm looking forward to the
    book.

    On the flip side of Pter Chambers is FBI in Peace &
    War.  It would be great if somebody could do a book
    with a log of that series.  It's a really fun series
    and I like it far better than This Is Your FBI.

    [removed] Does anyone know what song was the theme of
    Barrie Craig?  I'm curious to know if a stereo
    recording of it is available.  It must have been a
    popular song, I've even heard it on Australian shows.

    Trav

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:45:16 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Superman on DVD

    This review of the first season DVD of "Superman" mentions the debt of the
    show to the radio series.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:45:25 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-16 births/deaths

    January 16th births

    01-16-1878 - Harry Carey, Sr. - New York, NY - d. 9-21-1947
    actor: "Lincoln Highway"; "Suspense"
    01-16-1890 - Lloyd Bacon - San Jose, CA - d. 11-15-1955
    film director: "Screen Guild Theatre"; " Screen Director's Playhouse"
    01-16-1894 - John B. Kennedy - Wales, Great Britain - d. 7-22-1961
    commentator: "Collier's Hour"; "RCA Magic Key"
    01-16-1895 - Irene Bordoni - Ajaccio, Crosica, France - d. 3-19-1953
    singer: "The Coty Playgirl"
    01-16-1901 - Sid Silvers - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-20-1976
    actor: Beetle "Phil Baker Show"; "Jack Benny Program"
    01-16-1907 - Alexander Knox - Strathroy, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-25-1995
    actor: "Document A/777", BBC
    01-16-1909 - Ethel Merman - Astoria, NY - d. 2-15-1984
    singer" "Ethel Merman Show"; "Home Front Matinee"
    01-16-1910 - Dwight Weist - Palo Alto, CA - d. 7-16-1991
    actor: Mr. District Attorney "Mr. District Attorney"; Stan Burton
    "Second Mrs. Burton"
    01-16-1911 - Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean - Lucas, AR - d. 7-17-1974
    baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) "Game of the Day"
    01-16-1914 - Roger Wagner - Le Puy, France - d. 9-17-1992
    chorale director: "It's Time for Johnny Mercer"; "America Sings";
    "This Is Our Music"
    01-16-1916 - Joe McMichael - Minneapolis, MN - d. 2-12-1944
    singer: (The Merry Macs) "Bing Crosby Show"; "Breakfast Club"; "Fred
    Allen Show"
    01-16-1916 - Norval Taborn - d. 1-23-1990
    singer: (The Vagabonds) "The Breakfast Club"
    01-16-1917 - Brainerd Duffield - Boston, MA - d. 4-5-1975
    writer: "The Ford Theatre"
    01-16-1918 - Buddy Weed - Ossining, NY
    musician: "Old Gold Party Time"; "Lanny Ross Show"
    01-16-1920 - Elliott Reid - New York, NY
    actor: Biff Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"; "Julian Browning
    "Against the Storm"
    01-16-1922 - Lina Romay - New York, NY
    latin singer: "The Bing Crosby Show"; "The Dick Haymes Show"
    01-16-1924 - Allen Swift - New York, NY
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    01-16-1924 - Katy Jurado - Guadalajara, Mexico - d. 7-5-2002
    actress: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"
    01-16-1929 - Popeye the Sailor
    cartoon character: "Popeye"
    01-16-1930 - Rita Lloyd - Brooklyn, NY
    actress: "Let's Pretend"

    January 16th deaths

    02-12-1888 - Victor Kolar - Budapest, Hungary - d. 1-16-1957
    conductor: "Ford Sunday Evening Hour"
    03-25-1867 - Arturo Toscanini - Parma, Italy - d. 1-16-1957
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
    05-03-1907 - Earl Wilson - Rockford, OH - d. 1-16-1987
    columnist: "Earl Wilson's Broadway Column"
    06-26-1913 - Jack Moyles - d. 1-16-1973
    actor: Major Daggett "Fort Laramie"; Rocky Jordan "A Man Named Jordan/
    Rocky Jordan"
    07-31-1892 - Herbert W. Armstrong - Des Moines, IA - d. 1-16-1986
    preacher: "Plain Truth"; "The World Tomorrow"
    09-22-1875 - Guy Bates Post - Seattle, WA - d. 1-16-1968
    actor: Ulysses S. Grant "Roses and Drums"
    10-06-1908 - Carole Lombard - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 1-16-1942
    actress: "The Circle"; "Hollywood Hotel"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:46:03 -0500
    From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Transcription disc or tape?

    01-16-06

    	In volume 15, Marty asked, "I know that radio shows were sent to the
    various radio stations via transcription discs.   However, at the end,
    late 1950's and early 1960's, was this still the practice or were the
    shows sent to the radio stations on tape?"
    	I have a few 7-inch reel-to-reel [removed] ips tapes of "Gunsmoke" and "Yours
    Truly, Johnny Dollar" that were super-high-fidelity studio tapes from WHP
    AM Radio in Harrisburg, PA when theyw ere a CBS affiliate.  They were
    given to me by the son of a man who sold advertising for them.  They were
    represented to me as tapes the station received from the network for
    broadcast use.
    	So ... if that representation was accurate, there was a period when
    7-inch reels were the medium of transfer between network and radio
    station.  I don't know if they ever used telephopne-line downloads,
    though, which probably would have been stored on tape at the other end.

    Regards,

    Jim Arva
    -------------------
    James H. Arva
    201 Short St.; Harrisburg, PA 17109; (717) 545-5709
    E-MAIL:  wilditralian@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:48:00 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Smart Set

    Can anyone help?

    My mother and her sisters made up a popular singing group called "The
    Smart Set." They appeared on Radio shows such as Jack Benny, Alan young,
    etc etc.

    I have several old records from those shows.  They apparently did
    commercials as well as arranged songs with the band on the show.  Do
    you have any information about this group or where I could search??

    They were 3 glamorous girls; Pat, Mike and Jerry along with a guy, Norm Berens,
    who, I believe did most of their arranging.  They did some traveling
    and recording.

    I would love to learn [removed]! I'd love to hear from you.

    Mary
    mtd49@[removed]

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