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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 449


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Jean Shepherd -- still on radio?
	 Jerry Blavat/The Geater -- still on radio?
	 When Radio Was station list
	 "NEW" Chicgo OTR outlet
	 What the heck is RCI?!?
	 An Observation
	 Old Time Radio Network

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:21:57 -0500
From: "D. Citron" <dcitron@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Jean Shepherd -- still on radio?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Is Jean Shepherd still on the radio or is he retired? 

Even if only in reruns, I'd like to find out more. I was searching for ANY info
about him on the web, and found nothing so far. Then I thought to look in OTR.

(Why was I looking? You'll see when you see my WDHC page, a soon-to-be-link from
my South Florida Radio Pages, [removed] )

FYI, This is my first OTR posting, but I've been reading and posting to
Airwaves 
for almost 2 years.

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*  David H. Citron  *  Tech Writer/Journalist/Copywriter/Web Author  *
            * a/k/a the CyberCurmudgeon syndicated columnist *
                      * e-mail: dcitron@[removed] *
  The CyberCurmudgeon Column Archives: [removed]
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"It is one of our most important laws that none of us may interfere
in the affairs of others." 
     ... Captain Kirk (in Bread and Circuses episode of Star Trek),
     stardate [removed] ... quoted from _Star_Trek_Speaks_, by Susan
     Sackett, Fred Goldstein, and Stan Goldstein (Pocket Books, 1979)
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:26:38 -0500
From: "D. Citron" <dcitron@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Jerry Blavat/The Geater -- still on radio?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Does anyone remember Jerry Blavat, a/k/a The Geater With The Heater, The Big
Boss 
With The Big Hot Sauce?

He had a syndicated rock & roll oldies program in the early 80s, and I think he 
was an old-timer then. Here it was on WVCG.

(Why was I looking? You'll see when you see my WDHC page, a soon-to-be-link from
my South Florida Radio Pages, [removed] )
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*  David H. Citron  *  Tech Writer/Journalist/Copywriter/Web Author  *
            * a/k/a the CyberCurmudgeon syndicated columnist *
                      * e-mail: dcitron@[removed] *
  The CyberCurmudgeon Column Archives: [removed]
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"It is one of our most important laws that none of us may interfere
in the affairs of others." 
     ... Captain Kirk (in Bread and Circuses episode of Star Trek),
     stardate [removed] ... quoted from _Star_Trek_Speaks_, by Susan
     Sackett, Fred Goldstein, and Stan Goldstein (Pocket Books, 1979)
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:13:44 -0800
From: MikeTimble@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: When Radio Was station list
Message-ID: <951213211326_20489237@[removed]>

Here's my contribution--I know, I know, a big old duh!

WMAQ 670 AM
Chicago

Weekdays from 11-12 (midnight if there's a Bull's game that night)

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:26:25 -0800
From: MikeTimble@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "NEW" Chicgo OTR outlet
Message-ID: <951213212624_20490112@[removed]>

Many of you Chicago OTR fans may already be aware of this, however, I've
recently been tuning in WAIT 850 AM on Sundays from 12-4 PM. I forgot the
name of the program, but it's a very nice Sunday afternoon OTR show. 

The only downside is that WAIT is a daytimer out of the far NW Suburbs
(Crystal Lake I think) and it may be hard for some people to pick it up. I
can get it here in the city. 


Mike Timble
Chicago

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 21:27:36 -0800
From: MikeTimble@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: What the heck is RCI?!?
Message-ID: <951213212732_20490182@[removed]>

<<Sad news for all OTR fans around the world. It was announced <<today that
RCI will be shut down on March 31, 1996. 

Pardon my ignorance but what is RCI?

Mike Timble

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:05:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: An Observation
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Just an observation/question. I've noticed that on the Jack Benny radio 
shows, Dennis Day never speaks to Rochester. Never, to my knowledge, not 
once. Was there any reason for this?

Bruce

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 01:26:04 -0500
From: JJJ445@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: JJJ445@[removed]
Subject: Old Time Radio Network
Message-ID: <951214012604_72527596@[removed]>

John Rayburn's scenario for the development of a network that plays OTR is an
intriguing one. Having been down that broadcast road myself over the years,
let me chime in with a thought or two.

I'd tackle the syndication issue first. In this day of satellite-fed radio
stations, I question the need to own radio properties if the intent is to
provide as many stations as possible with a format devoted to OTR.  

Just as many other satellite-fed broadcast music networks have been launched
without "flagship" stations or the development of a mini-network of hub
stations,  an OTR format can be developed and made available to broadcast
operators by way of satellite for either a fee based on exclusivity and
market share; or on a barter basis (such as the retention of two spots per
hour that you sell at national spot rates yourself). 

Instead of the millions needed in station acquisition, you are only leasing
satellite transponders to broadcast the format.

Several years ago, I floated the idea of a similar [removed] a
combination of vintage radio shows and same era music--through a writer at
Broadcast Magazine. He mentioned my name and station call letters and I
received a very enthusiastic response from numerous station owners who were
interested in picking up the format, especially on a barter basis. Some
inquiries came from Alaska and Canada. 

The bottom line is there are hundreds of stations out there that barely
operate in the black--some in the hinterlands never enjoy a profit. Any cut
in overhead would be welcomed. 

If you find the satellite broadcast idea intriguing, there are even ways in
which transponders can be subleased from companies that use them primarily
for computer data transmission and "piggyback" a radio signal on them, thus
reducing overhead that much more.

A good satellite transmission footprint should be able to cover all of North
[removed] to attract the stations needed to make the format viable. 

Another attraction of this concept is that you also can make the programming
available in some major markets to a station for just its overnight midnight
to six programming. For many, this would be welcomed since those are their
money-losing hours anyway. 

For any success in this type of venture, I recommend not tying up venture
capital in acquiring stations, but in developing a highly salable format that
broadcasters can't resist. 

I wish you well on your concept, John.

Long live OTR!

John Jensen
Federal Way, WA

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