Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #361
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Date: 10/4/2003 3:38 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2003 : Issue 361
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Boston Symphony Orchestra             [ "RBB" <oldradio@[removed]; ]
  Re: BBC Radio Programs                [ Shenbarger@[removed] ]
  Unidentified subject!                 [  ]
  Yesterday USA this weekend            [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
  Old Abe Lincoln Came Out Of The Wild  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  10-5 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Today in radio history 10/3,4 and 5   [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:04:49 -0400
From: "RBB" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Boston Symphony Orchestra

Bob Fells posted:

....the way RCA recorded Toscanini's NBC Symphony
concerts inside Studio 8H."   and,  Dr. Biel replied: "They would never have
the recording machines in the studios.  They would always be in separate
isolated rooms.  They have to be able to monitor the sound off of speakers
with no interaction with the original sound.  They also have to be careful
not to have any sonic vibrations strong enough to vibrate the recording
machine, discs, cutting head, etc.

In the 1950's, the identical, technical installation was made by RCA Victor
for their "Red Seal" label recordings of The Boston Symphony Orchestra when
Charles Munch was Musical Director and Conductor.  RCA occupied a suite of
rooms with their massive amount of recording equipment on the mezzanine
level, out of the performance venue.   RCA microphones were set up for each
recording session in the empty concert hall. WGBH-FM broadcasts of concerts
in Symphony Hall were made by suspending their own inconspicuous, Altec mics
hovering over the musicians and the conductor.  There is still, today, a
small window overlooking the stage, high up on the stage-left wall where
announcer, William Pierce would look down and describe the performance.
(Now, Ron Della Chiesa does the broadcasts.) WGBH-FM master control with the
late-Bill Busick, their only engineer in those formative years, was with a
single studio and an announce booth in the Symphony Hall building offices.

Also, in the early 1950's, when WGBH first went on the air only from 5 [removed]
to 11 [removed], the BSO concert intermissions were just 20 minutes without
commentary. WGBH wanted the listening audience to feel like they, too were
attending the concert at Symphony Hall.  So, a single mic was suspended from
the ceiling above the reverberant, art exhibition hall where refreshments
were being served, and the ambient sound of the mingling concert-goers was
broadcast during the intermissions.  It was uncommon in radio at the time,
but it worked!

Later, WGBH had another experiment to simulcast stereo channels with
Boston's commercial, classical format station WCRB. They instructed
listeners to tune two radios, one to WGBH, the other to WCRB, creating audio
from four stereo speakers which were to be placed in four corners of the
living room for a "surround sound" experience.

Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]
(...who volunteered after high school classes with WGBH-FM in Symphony Hall
when they first went on the air!)

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:24:28 -0400
From: Shenbarger@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: BBC Radio Programs
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In a message dated 10/2/2003 Allen Wilcox writes:

Does any one know of any one who sells BBC radio
products? I tried to go through BBC America but as
most of you know they have very little to offers us
Americans. What I am mostly looking for is the Clive
Merrison Sherlock Holmes adaptation of "His Last Bow"
and "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". I
have all the others but not this set of stories. Any
help would be greatly appreciated.

I too have had trouble getting modern BBC series radio stuff. For the past
couple of years I have purchased from the UK directly and getting delivered
prices lower than I used to pay a San Francisco supplier ten years ago. They
have
the Clive Merrison Sherlock Holmes series as well as many other great
programs. The only thing strange is their sometimes long back order times. I
have had
things delivered 100% eventually, but orders held for shipment until complete
as long as four months. It suits me as I want the programs, but it can be
irritating wondering if you will ever get your stuff especially if you have an
alternative opportunity.

I use [removed] (MP3 Ltd.)

A complete box set of Merrison Holmes is available for 125 pounds Individual
sets are also available.

Don Shenbarger

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:37:17 -0400
From: BryanH362@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Yesterday USA  this weekend

[removed]

The schedule for this weekend's Walden Hughes program  heard Friday ,
Saturday  and Sunday  at 10:30 Eastern / 7:30 Pacific time is as follows  ---

Friday 10-3-03

A.  Frank Bresee five part interview with G. Marx

B.  KFI special on Budd Abbott

Saturday 10-4-03

A.  Jack LaLanne interview at the top of the show at [removed] PM.

B.  Sandy Singer special on Gordon Jenkins part one
C. Larry Gassman interview with Jo Stafford
D.  Gassman interview with an author of a book on Burns and Allen
E.  Gassman interview with Richard George Penachini

Sunday 10-4-03

A.  interview with special collection at the Thousand Oaks library

C.  Jay Hickerson interview

C.  Replay of the Kitty Wells interview with Bill Bragg and
    Walden.

I encourage OTR fans to give the show a listen . Walden not only puts out a
pretty good show but he also follows the OTR Digest faithfully.

-Bryan

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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 21:45:33 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Old Abe Lincoln Came Out Of The Wilderness

From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]
10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"

Dear Ron (& Fellow Americans)-
Anyone know anything at all about this credit? I always liked Hull's acting,
from WEREWOLF on; and his Kaintucky voice would've been much more suitable
than the [removed] Stentorian Bass that folks like Welles & Carradine used in
golden age [removed]
Affectionately,
Craig Wichman (lead actor in Quicksilver's "Good Friday, 1865")

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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:33:35 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-5 births/deaths

October 5th births

10-05-1903 - Jimmy Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 11-17-1985
comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
10-05-1904 - John Hoyt - Bronxville, NY - d. 9-15-1991
actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"
10-05-1918 - Allen Ludden - Mineral Point, WI - d. 6-9-1981
host: "Mind Your Manners"; "College Bowl"
10-05-1929 - Skip Homeier - Chicago, IL
actor: "Let"s Pretend"; Dickie Blake "Portia Faces Life"; "Reg"lar Fellers"

October 5th deaths

02-27-1906 - Leo Durocher - West Springfield, MA - d. 10-5-1991
baseball legend: "baseball announcer"
05-24-1878 - Harry Emerson Fosdick - Buffalo, NY - d. 10-5-1969
preacher: "National Vespers"
06-25-1899 - Arthur Tracy - Kaminetz-Podolski, Russia - d. 10-5-1997
singer: (The Street Singer) "Street Singer"; "Music That Satisfies"
07-13-1895 - Sidney Blackmer - Salisbury, NC - d. 10-5-1973
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-05-1897 - Jan Garber - Norristown, PA - d. 10-5-1977
bandleader: "Jan Garber Supper Club"
11-28-1925 - Gloria Grahame - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-5-1981
actress: "Hollywood Star Playhouse"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:33:47 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history 10/3,4 and 5

 From Those Were The Days --

10/3

1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated on this day.
After a merger with Radio Corporation of America, RCA-Victor became the
leader in phonographs and many of the records played on them. The famous
Victrola phonograph logo, with Nipper the dog, and the words "His
Masterís Voice", appeared on all RCA-Victor phonographs and record labels.

1946 - Dennis Day started his own show on NBC. Dennis, a popular tenor
featured on The Jack Benny Show, played the same (type) naive young
bachelor he played on the Benny show. A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
aired for five years.

10/4

1948 - Gordon MacRae hosted the premiere of a radio classic. The
Railroad Hour debuted on ABC. The theme song was I've Been Working on
the Railroad and the show was sponsored by -- get ready -- America's
Railroads.

10/5

1930 - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was first heard on the air
over CBS from Carnegie Hall. The Sunday afternoon concerts set CBS back
$15,000. Not per week, but for the entire season!

1930 - This was a big day for CBS. Following the orchestra broadcast
(above), Father Coughlin, The Fighting Priest was first heard on the
radio. He lit up the airwaves with oratory that aired into the early
forties.

1934 - The first major network radio show to originate from Hollywood
aired on this day. Hollywood Hotel was heard on CBS and was heavily
promoted as being the first to broadcast from the West Coast of the [removed]

1947 - A small Northern California company got a major boost from Bing
Crosby. The first show recorded on tape was broadcast on ABC. 'Der
Bingle' was so popular, that his taped show promoted wide distribution
of the new magnetic tape recorders that would become broadcast classics
-- the venerable Ampex 200.

1952 - After an 11-year run, Inner Sanctum, the legendary mystery
series, was heard for the final time. We'll never know if they oiled
that squeaky [removed]  (Of course there is the story of a staffer who did
actually oil the door before one [removed] ed)

Joe

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