Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #183
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Date: 6/16/2005 9:51 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 183
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Resquiat en Pacem, Nana               [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Re: Hercule Poirot                    [ alo <alo@[removed]; ]
      "Cold Equations"                      [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      Gordon Baxter                         [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
      12" transcription discs of OTR shows  [ Richard Fisher <w9fjl@[removed]; ]
      Call Letters                          [ udmacon@[removed] ]
      Louisville Ky OTR Meeting Sunday      [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      Adventures of Detectives Black and B  [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      6-16 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:40:01 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Resquiat en Pacem, Nana

    Dear Folks-

    I won't presume to have known  Mrs. Clute as well as some of the other folks
    on this list, and in the greater  world of OTR; but I can say that I always
    found her wearing a smile at FOTR.  Thanks be to God, there are always several
    "Bright Lights" there, and she was  one of the brightest!

    And, as a sometime radio producer, I want to second  the statements that have
    been made about her professionalism. She and Ed were  indeed a Team, and one
    that gave you a feeling of real security as a "backstop"  when you were at the
    mic as an actor.

    She'll be much missed this October.

    With prayers for her rest, and for Ed's consolation,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:25:21 -0400
    From: alo <alo@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Hercule Poirot

    At 08:03 PM 6/10/2005, Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; wrote:

>     The first two episodes I heard both feature an older female secretary,
>     who sort of assists Poirot in his cases.

    Could this be the stalwart Miss Lemon? If so, she appears as a character in
    a number of the Christie Poirot novels. A no-nonsense type.

    cheers,
    Amanda

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:25:45 -0400
    From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Cold Equations"

    In addition to the 1955 radio show and the 1996 TV movie, "Cold
    Equations" was also done as a 1989 episode of TWILIGHT ZONE. Tom
    Godwin's short story has been reprinted in more than 20 anthologies and
    collections since it was first published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION
    (August 1954).

    Godwin's obvious source was a story titled "A Weighty Decision" in the
    EC comic book WEIRD SCIENCE (May-June 1952). In the EC original,
    illustrated by Wally Wood, three men are on a spaceship headed for the
    moon, but a young woman in love with one of the men is a stowaway,
    meaning the extra weight will make a return to Earth impossible. Since
    all three men are essential to the flight, the woman goes through the
    airlock into space.

    Bhob @ ONLINE BIOGRAPHY OF WALLY WOOD
    @ [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:31:19 -0400
    From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gordon Baxter

    Gordon Baxter, the legendary Southeast Texas radio personality of the
    1940s, 1950s and later, died Saturday in Beaumont at age 81:

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    I'd like to hear from anyone who might own tapes of Gordon Baxter
    broadcasts.

    Bhob @ bhob2@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:26:31 -0400
    From: Richard Fisher <w9fjl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  12" transcription discs of OTR shows

    Maybe Elizabeth can answer this question.

    Several months ago I came across on e-bay 12 inch vinyl transcription
    discs for 4 different programs. I purchased three of them and when they
    arrived I was quite surprised to find that the entire program including
    commercials were on each disc. These discs are exactly like the 12"
    vinyl records that became so popular after the war.

    One of the discs gives the following information: "A Red, White and Blue
    Program compliments of the R. L Watkins Company. Program 1 part 1 ( the
    flip side had part 2). Dr. Lyons Tooth Powder presents "Manhattan
    Merry-Go Round" World Broadcasting System, Inc. This record is the
    property of the War Department of the United States Government and is
    not to be broadcast"

    There were 4 shows all Program number 1.  The other two shows I obtained
    were "Hour of Charm" and "The Cities Service Concert" of course with
    their regular sponsors.  The discs are all from the early 40's.

    These are 12 inch discs with the full program and all commercials and
    run about 29 minutes in length. The groves almost run out to the edge.

    Were many of these made and why did the AFRS switch to 16" discs when
    they could get a complete show on a 12 inch disc.  My idea is the 12
    inch disc with the "micro grove" spacing were too fragile to hold up
    physically. Apparently the record manufactures had the ability to put a
    lot of material on a disc in the early 40's. After the war this "micro
    grove" technology was improved and became very popular.

    Dick

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:20:30 -0400
    From: udmacon@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Call Letters
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     A poster mentioned that WHAM-TV has "come back" in Rochester. This is
    because Clear Channel now owns both WHAM-AM and TV.

    A similar thing just happened in Syracuse with historic WSYR-AM.

    It the 1970s when WSYR's Newhouse owners were forced to divest themselves of
    the newspaper, FM or TV, they chose to keep WSYR-AM and sell the broadcast
    outlets. The TV station eventually became WSTM-TV.

    Well, it's deja vu all over again. Clear Channel bought WSYR-AM and WIXT-TV.
    Just this week they changed WIXT to WSYR-TV.

    Meanwhile WSTM-TV (NEE th original WSYR-TV) ain't none too [removed]

    BILL KNOWLTON: "Bluegrass Ramble," WCNY-FM ([removed]) Syracuse, WUNY ([removed])
    Utica; WJNY ([removed]) Watertown NY. On the web: [removed]. Sundays: 9 pm to
    midnight EST (since 1973) 315-457-6100

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:20:53 -0400
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Louisville Ky OTR Meeting Sunday

    The June meeting of the Kentuckiana Radio Addicts will be held this coming
    Sunday, June 19th (9:30am) at Dillon's steakhouse on the corner of Taylorsville
    Road and Hurstbourne Lane in Louisville.
    New members are always welcome in this very informal group

    Refreshments are served ($5 per person please)

    A great group of folks who just love talking about radio as it used to be

    Questions? Directions?
    please feel free to call me at 502-451-0071
    Ed Ginsburg

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    Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:06:52 -0400
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Adventures of Detectives Black and Blue
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    Are any episodes of "Adventures of Detectives Black and Blue" [comedy crime
    show from Los Angeses radio station KHJ, l932-l934] available?  Any other
    information appreciated.

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    Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:42:39 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-16 births/deaths

    June 16th births

    06-16-1885 - Tom Howard - County Tyrone, Ireland - d. 2-27-1955
    comedian: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"; "Sunday Night Party"
    06-16-1890 - Stan Laurel - Ulverston, England - d. 2-23-1965
    comedian: "Laurel and Hardy Show" Pilot, never broadcast
    06-16-1895 - Murray Leinster - Norfolk, VA - d. 6-8-1975
    writer: "Dimension X"
    06-16-1898 - Harold McClinton - d. 6-xx-1977
    producer: "This Is War"
    06-16-1903 - Ona Munson - Portland, OR - d. 2-11-1955
    actress: Lorelei Kilbourne "Big Town"
    06-16-1907 - Jack Albertson - Malden, MA - d. 11-25-1981
    actor: "Milton Berle Show"; "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    06-16-1912 - Ilona Massey - Budapest, Hungary - d. 8-20-1974
    actress: Mata Hari-style operative in World War II "Top Secret"; "Screen
    Guild Theatre"
    06-16-1916 - Stanley Niss - Illinois - d. 7-21-1969
    writer, director: "Counterspy"; "Gang Busters"; "Twenty-First Precinct"

    June 16th deaths

    01-06-1914 - George Reeves - Woolstock, IA - d. 6-16-1959
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    02-11-1905 - Lebert Lombardo - Canada - d. 6-16-1993
    musician: (Guy Lombardo's Orchestra) "Lady Esther Serenade"
    02-14-1913 - Mel Allen - Birmingham, AL - d. 6-16-1996
    sportscaster, announcer: "White Owl Sports Smoker"; "Truth or Consequences"
    04-01-1908 - Bob Nolan - New Brunswick, Canada - d. 6-16-1980
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    08-02-1913 - Hal Block - d. 6-16-1981
    writer, panelist: "Burns and Allen"; "Milton Berle Show"; "What's My Line"
    08-07-1911 - Nicholas Ray - Galesville, WI - d. 6-16-1979
    director: Free lance
    11-20-1891 - Reginald Denny - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 6-16-1967
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    xx-xx-1921 - George Bauer - d. 6-16-2004
    announcer, newscaster: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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