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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 408


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Re: GE Superadio -- II or III ? 
	 Fred Foy Remembers
	 RE: Charlie McCarthy / Fat Man
	 Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
	 Club Fees Revisited
	 GALAXY PATROL
	 RE: Good OTR

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 03:03:11 -0600 (CST)
From: William Pfeiffer <rrb@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed] (Old Time Radio)
Subject: Re: GE Superadio -- II or III ? 
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

} Jon Stephen Miller wrote:
} 
} > I want desperately to pick up the best long-range AM radio I can buy (for
} > under $100) so that I can at least pick up KDKA Pittsburgh here in Iowa
} > City, IA.  Is the II the way to go?  Will the III do the job?  What's the
} > story here?  Muchos gracias. 

The biggest problem in this day and age with long distance reception
is that the FCC has dismantled the clear channels and given night
service in many locations on what was once a clear channel.  At this
point you can expect 500 - 750 miles for a 50kw non-directional like
KDKA, WABC, WGN, WCCO, KMOX, KOA etc etc.   Even less to the south
where Cuban, Mexican and Carribean signals are strong and overpower.

Even on the 'regional' frequencies, hundreds of daytime stations are
operating with low power and causing a very high noise level as all
these stations combine in the ionosphere and are received as a jumbled
mess of sound.  

Essentially DXing on the AM and FM bands is becoming a thing of the
past.  In Southwest Missouri I can no longer receive the New York big
guns clearly.  Chicago is competing with some unknown Spanish
(probably Cuba).

So a good radio is important, but the problem is that the FCC has
totally destroyed the AM band for anything resembling long distance
reception.

Best of luck.

Bill (Better get a satellite dish and listen to YUSA.) Pfeiffer

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:08:12 -0500 (EST)
From: SAH@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Fred Foy Remembers
Message-id: <01HXWE4ONSYA90O94C@[removed]>

            THE VOICE . . . . FRED FOY

           "Meanwhile, back at the [removed]"

"I never dreamed that the trilling voice that brought the well-known
thundering hoofbeats into my living room in Nebraska would someday announce
my show.  Such is fate.

I'm sorry for people of a later generation (the benighted kids who grew up with that much poored medium television) whose scalp doesn't tingle a bit at the
William Tell Overture.

It is fitting that Fred . . . who was there in that magic place where the
great horse and the great man (and Tonto, of course) originated their mysterious
journey into our ears and souls. . . Its fitting that he sould tell the story."

Dick Cavett

To order the Exclusive Cassette or CD send $[removed] for Cassette or $[removed]
for CD plus postage of $[removed] for each to:

     Fred Foy
     P. O. Box 239
     Reading,  MA  01867

Not Sold In Any Store

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Fred Foy, Peg Lynch, and Parley Baer will be headlining the next old-time
radio convention in April in Cincinnati - watch this space for further
details.

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 10:01:14 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Charlie McCarthy / Fat Man
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
<ir002126@[removed]> wrote:
 
> Now I had (I believe) 117 records and a whole box of tapes.  Over the
> course of several months I listened to the tapes and the all turned
> out to be THE FAT MAN.  <snip> All the dates are from 1947, 1948, 1949 
> & 1950.
  <snip>
> My wife and I are retiring to Florida in January and we are not taking
> these records.
 
I'm sure you've been deluged with e-mail already, unless folks are too 
busy lamenting about what Ralston is doing. If I guess right, those are
the US version of the FAT MAN, of which there are only 10 shows available.
I have no way to play those back, either, but surely someone here does.
 
Having heard all 10 existing shows, I'd love to get more. (I hope it isn't
April 1 yet :-).
 
Frank

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:20:07 -0500
From: AIC4Radio@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
Message-ID: <951121122006_87241284@[removed]>

Hello All!
Several sources say that all 34 episodes of Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen are
available, yet I am unable to find #7 - Street of the Wooding Woman (8/14/47)
and #10 - Title Unknown (9/4/47).  Does anybody have or know where to get
these two episodes?? 

Valerie Hughes
AIC4Radio@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:39:32 -0500
From: aa993@[removed] (Christopher L. Tumber)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Club Fees Revisited
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Remember I said I'd post when stuff arrived from RHAC? Well, today I 
recieved my first shipment from RHAC. The actual postage was $[removed] to ship 
25 cassettes. This is certainly higher than my estimate (I believe I 
said somewhere between $6 and $7) and given Richard Novak's posts on the cost 
of 4th class shipping within the US (between $[removed] and $[removed]) RHAC's postage 
surcharges are certainly more than justified. If anything, I probably "owe"
them a quarter or fifty cents on the [removed]
 
Just wanted to clear that [removed]

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 13:25:43 -0500 (EST)
From: SAH@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: GALAXY PATROL
Message-id: <01HXWMRM3K6A90OC4W@[removed]>

For all of you out there that would like to become card-carrying Space
Cadettes, here is your opportunity - - - - - >


G  A  L  A  X  Y    P   A   T   R   O  L

Detailed Information can be obtained from Communication Specialist,
                                          Dale L. Ames
                                          22 Colton Street
                                          Worcester,  MA 01610

The Space-O-Gram details whats going on in sci-fi in radio, movies, and
early television.

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:04:45 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Good OTR
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
Bob Underwood wrote:
 
> I'd like to start picking up, one way or another, some other really
> good programs.  Something along the lines of Mystery Theater (that is to
> say, not comedy) would be good.  Also, I'm thinking that I'd lean to
> something aired a bit more recently than some of the stuff that's talked
> about here.  Doesn't necessarily have to be as recent as [removed], [removed] you
> know what I mean.
 
If you haven't listened to SUSPENSE or ESCAPE, give them a try. Another
possibility is THEATER 5, a 1960's vintage series. Overall, this isn't a
great series, but it does have some good ones. And there's lots of them
available through various vendors. For something more modern, I really like
BRADBURY 13 (1983). Very nice stereo sound. For other modern stuff, check 
out some of the BBC shows. They did a really good Sherlock Holmes series,
available in stereo. That's my $.02 worth.
 
Frank
 

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