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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 303
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
My favorite five. [ franciswalker62@[removed] ]
Re: Where To Find Needles [ "David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom ]
Fantasy a la Lovecraft [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
A renewal of Country [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
TRAGEDY [ "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed] ]
favorite piece of memorabilia [ lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed]; ]
Re:Greg McDonald [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
NYC radio stations & and Andy B [ BRC Productions <platecap@brcradio. ]
Re: stylus and cartridges [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
God Bless Americca Again [ "Mike Kerezman" <philipmarlowe@mynr ]
NY Radio & TV Stations [ "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed] ]
Re: Buster Brown [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
Southern California OTR fans [ jef olson <jefolson2000@[removed]; ]
New York and Washington [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
Acoustic phonograph [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
Barbara Jean Wong and Jane [removed] [ "Jan Willis" <jlwillis@[removed]; ]
OT: World Trade Center broadcast fac [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
"The Americans" by Gordon Sinclair [ "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed]; ]
Broadcasting from NY [ Michael Nella <serialous@[removed] ]
WXYZ [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
OTR Top Five [ bpark@[removed] (Bill Park) ]
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:53:53 -0400
From: franciswalker62@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: My favorite five.
I have been reading everyones 5 favorite radio shows lately and
decided I have to put in my 2 cent's [removed] goes.
1) X Minus One.
2) The Shadow
3) The Third Man
4) Suspense
5) Dragnet
Thats it,
Francis
[removed]
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:53:06 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Where To Find Needles
Don't overlook Radio Shack, either their catalog or their website for harder
to find items.
David L. Easter
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:31:37 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fantasy a la Lovecraft
Doug Leary, speaking of OTR fantasy asks,
Were there ever any? Or perhaps Cthulu stories dramatized?
Two Cthulhu stories: "The Rats In The Walls" and "The Dunwish Horror."
Both pretty good, but "Rats" is a bit more effective.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:45:16 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A renewal of Country
Yesterday, September 11, 2001 is another American day
which will live in infamy. As a long time collector of
OTR and a longtime lover of history, I feel some
connection with the emotions of the people of our
country who lived through December 7, 1941. My dis
belief at what I was seeing and hearing both on the
radio and the TV was quickly replaced by fear, a sense
of lose and finally rage. I served in Viet Nam but
never did I feel the hate that was consuming me
yesterday. I thougt "Is this what my parents and
Grandparents felt in 1941? This desire to strike out
and cause horrible and immediate pain to those who did
this thing."
Than last night on the news I saw members of Congress
standing on the Capitol steps and sing "God Bless
America", I heard of the long lines around the country
at the blood banks. I heard and Americans acting in
ways that I had only heard about through books, movie
and most of all OTR. I feel as though a rebirth of
Unity and Country has happened. I feel the cowards and
the scum that did this terrible thing have made the
same mistake the japanese made in 1941. They have
wakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a
terrible rage.
Larry Albert
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:45:31 -0400
From: "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: TRAGEDY
Folks, much has been said in all the otr groups I am a part of, but I just
want to say you are not alone. I have met so many people through the hobby
of otr in the last year and I guess that just makes it hit home harder.
This effects everybody and we will all stand together.
Ian Grieve
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 23:37:28 -0400
From: lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: favorite piece of memorabilia
I would like to hear from others about thier favorite
piece of otr memorabilia. Where you
got it at. When you got it and how much paid (if you
don't mind sharing that Info).
My favorite piece is a Charlie McCarthy Ventriquist
doll. I ordered it from Montgomery Ward in [removed]
used
money from one of my first pay checks at the job I was
working at while in college. I paid $20 total. Not
alot by todays standards but back then that was a good
chunk of my $[removed] per hour part time job. I have kept
it in mint condition and never regretted spending the
money on it!!! How about you?
My prayers to every one who may have a loved one
personally effected by this horrible nightmare!
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:05:17 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Greg McDonald
Many, many, many years ago, I seem to remember listening to a program for
children with Greg McDonald. Something with the name "story teller" or
"story" something. I can't find it listed in any book and have never been
able to locate a recording of it.
Does anyone else recall this show?
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:40:43 -0400
From: BRC Productions <platecap@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: NYC radio stations & and Andy B
The Empire State Building is the prime site for New York FM stations,
although television transmitters were knocked off.
The following non-commercial New York stations, however, ARE casualties:
WNYC-FM ([removed] mHz, WNYC Broadcasting Foundation) and WKRC-FM ([removed] mHz,
Columia University).
An informal survey also indicates no NYC radio stations had offices in WTC.
Susan Blatt, wife of long time friend and dealer of old-time radio, Andy
Blatt, works or rather WORKED at 7 World Trade Center, which collapsed
today. Due to a lucky twist of fate, Mrs. Blatt was taking one of their
children in for an appointment and never made it into work on that fateful
Tuesday.
I've included some comments and a few photos at [removed] from when
we last visited WTC.
Bob Burnham, BRC Productions
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:41:12 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: stylus and cartridges
Another source for needles and cartridges is [removed]
I purchased a turntable from them and several cartridges and styluses.
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:41:27 -0400
From: "Mike Kerezman" <philipmarlowe@[removed];
To: "OTR DIGEST" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: God Bless Americca Again
I just have to mention that my local Talk radio Affiliate KTOK 1000 [removed]
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) which normally carries Talk radio likes of
Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, etc has been playing Kate Smith's rendition of
God Bless America on a almost hourly basis. Its nice to hear on a
general outlet.
Mike Kerezman
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:42:26 -0400
From: "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: NY Radio & TV Stations
H. K. Hinkley was wondering:
how many radio/TV stations were broadcasting
from the World Trade Center tower and are now off the air.
Of the seven VHF and three UHF stations in New York, only two are literally
on the air now: WCBS, channel 2, which has an antenna on the Empire State
Building; and WXTV, channel 41, one of the two Spanish language stations (I
don't know where their antenna is located). The rest are still
"broadcasting" on cable.
I don't know whether any radio stations had an antenna on the Towers. Both
the AM and FM dials seem to be as crowded as usual. The one exception I
know of is WBAI -- home of Max Schmid's Golden Age of Radio -- which is
putting out a signal, but has nothing on the air right now but hum; their
studios are located at 120 Wall Street, about half a mile from the WTO, so,
presumably, it's because no one can get in there. (Come to think of it,
Max's other show, Mass Backwards, finished 6:00 AM Tuesday -- is anyone in
touch with him?)
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:41:03 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Buster Brown
Tom, Just to keep the record straight and give credit where credit is due,
my comment was that Froggy was on the Buster Brown Gang and NOT Howdy
Doody, but it was someone else who had the correcting editing for the show.
I made no comment on that.
It sometimes gets confusing as to who quoted what, but I try and put some
kind of quotes or lines around statements that I'm referring to and not
made by me. But then when they get re-quoted it can be hard to tell who
said what.
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:42:40 -0400
From: jef olson <jefolson2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Southern California OTR fans
West Coast Radio Theater (WCRT) is on the prowl for
fans of OTR in the San Diego area, as well as writers,
actors, and just plain friends. Our very active
troupes are busy in Palm Springs, and San Diego.
Please email me if you'd like to "play" or just be
kept informed of your activities.
Jef Olson, artistic director
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:43:04 -0400
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: New York and Washington
I think, as others have mentioned, for those of us old enough to
remember Pearl Harbor (I was 7) and what came after, Tuesday's
events were chilling!! I recall feeling much the same way as a kid
hearing news of what had happened on out 1938 PHILCO on that
tragic Sunday afternoon. My father wanted to join up right away, but he was
slightly overage. I was sure they were going to "draft"
me instead. I eventually got to be a "vice-commander" of the Boston
Herald-Traveler Junior Commandos. We collected scrap metal, newspapers,
rubber, etc. for the war.
Tuesday reminde me again of how it is to hear your country has been directly
attacked -- this time right on the mainland.
Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio - Boston, MA 09/12/01
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:43:24 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Acoustic phonograph
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:53:30 -0400
From: Grbmd@[removed]
During WW2 I had an acoustic phonograph. There was no cartridge, only a
diaphragm that vibrated when the needle was clamped against it by a
set-screw. Remember?
I remember making an acoustic phonograph, after I saw Mr. Wizard
make one on television. You just roll up a cone of paper and stick the
end of a safety pin through the narrow end. Put the tip of the needle on
a phonograph record, and you can hear it play. I learned the hard way
that it's best not to do that with LP records because they have smaller
grooves, which will be damaged by the needle. The grooves of 78 rpm
records may also be damaged, but not so much.
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:13:04 -0400
From: "Jan Willis" <jlwillis@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Barbara Jean Wong and Jane [removed]
Subject: Re: And a Little More on Barbara Jean [removed]
Well, they were willing to change "Jane Wyman", below, with Barbara Jean
Wong, to Jane Wyatt, but explained that they were doing it on trust as they
couldn't verify the woman really was Jane [removed]
Jan Willis
[removed].
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:13:48 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OT: World Trade Center broadcast facilities
H. K. Hinkley <hkhinkley@[removed];
In the midst of our shock over the news today from New York and Washington,
I'm wondering how many radio/TV stations were broadcasting from the World
Trade Center tower and are now off the air.
All seven area VHF TV stations and a couple of UHF stations (I believe
Spanish-language) were on one of the towers. All of them have direct feeds
to at least some of the area cable companies and are still on the "air" that
way; WCBS-TV still has an auxiliary transmitter on the Empire State
Building, WNBC-TV is transmitting its service by satellite to cable
companies that weren't already connected, and some of the other stations may
be as well.
As for radio, WNYC-FM and three commercial FM stations were on the WTC, but
no AM stations.
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:36:40 -0400
From: "J. Alec West" <Alec@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "The Americans" by Gordon Sinclair
I realize 1973 might not be considered within the confines of "old time" radio
years. Still, especially in light of the recent terrorist tragedy, it might be
good to remember Gordon Sinclair's June 5th, 1973 "Let's Get Personal" program
as broadcast on CFRB in Toronto. Fortunately, a website out there has
preserved the original broadcast (4 and-a-half minutes long). His topic title
that day was "The Americans" and his speech was a tribute to the USA:
[removed]
This is 40kbps RealAudio.
Regards,
J. Alec West
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Some history on the broadcast as well as a different link to
the RealAudio file is available at a slightly different URL at the
reorganized Canadian Communications Foundation website:
[removed]
That broadcast, in text form, is yet again making the rounds as an Internet
"chain letter" - I received a copy of it from a friend this morning. The
letter misrepresents it, though, by saying:
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
remarkable
editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television
commentator. What follows is the full text of his broadcast.
We need to educate people sending these chain letters that 1) it wasn't given
complete coverage because it's almost THIRTY YEARS OLD, 2) chain letters are
themselves just clutter for our email boxes no less annoying than the "spam"
that accompanies them, no matter how well-intentioned, and 3) the script is
copyrighted, and so probably shouldn't be sent to hundreds of your closest
friends without receiving permission from STAR QUALITY MUSIC (SOCAN), the
publisher. --cfs3]
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 14:36:54 -0400
From: Michael Nella <serialous@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Broadcasting from NY
This in response to [removed] Hinkley's inquiry
If you live in NY, you can get all of your stations if you are a cable
subscriber. If you aren't you can only get CBS clearly because they
broadcast from the Empire State Building. NBC, FOX, and ABC set up emergency
stations on the UHF channels. I happened to be in midtown Manhattan so I
avoided the tragedy ( even though we've had a couple of bomb scares ).
Michael Nella
serialous@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:23:48 -0400
From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WXYZ
Hi All,
Lois Culver wrote:
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:01:34 -0400
From: "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: WXYZ
The book about WXYZ was called WIXIE WONDERLAND. Not sure of the
spelling of the WIXIE
Lois Culver
KWLK Radio (Mutual) Longview, WA 1941-44
KFI Radio (NBC) Los Angeles CA 1945-47, 50-53
Widow of Howard Culver, actor
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Well, the book (a copy of which I have around here "[removed]") is
spelled WYXIE Wonderland, by Dick Osgood. It's really eye-opening
reading, as I recall (I bought it about 14 years ago or so). I've worked
for such characters as [removed] Trendle at various stations, so I can assume
that all the stuff Osgood wrote about him is probably on-target. Such
actions as opening private mail sent to station staffers, hiring
detectives to follow them around and spy on their personal lives (to
assure him that they were all upstanding righteous folks) and paying
"Ranger" creator Fran Stryker close to peanuts for each script -- then
sneakily getting ownership and creative credits for the series for
himself. There are also some good photos of the various cast members
"way back when."
Anyone who is interested might want to check out this website:
[removed]
I hope it comes up as a live link. If not, just copy-and-paste it into
the URL box. It's too long for me to copy the article and paste it into
this listserv.
Hope this is helpful.
--Bob
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:36:39 -0400
From: bpark@[removed] (Bill Park)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Top Five
I've been a fan of OTR before it was OTR dating back to the 60's or
so. I remember listening on a birthday present radio (combo
shortwave/weather/am) scouring the dial for "talk" stuff. What I was
really looking for was old radio shows that were being rebroadcast
from Chicago, New York, Cincinnati or wherever. In the late 60's I
bought an old "Roberts" reel to reel recorder and tried to find these
shows. I wasn't too successful but would occasionally wake up in the
middle of the night and "find" one. Being from Detroit I have a
fondness for The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet. My old band
teacher, Joe Dotto, claimed to do the trumpet solo for the William
Tell Overture of the Lone Ranger. He'd do it occasionally to
demonstrate "tripple tounging" for the trumpet players. I try and
listen to OTR every night before I go to sleep and have bought a Rio
Volt to listen in the car (thru a FM transmitter). My favourite list
would include: 1. Gunsmoke 2. Amos N Andy 3. Richard Diamond 4. Inner
Sanctum 5. Jack Benny. Am just discovering Fred Allen, Fibber McGee
& Molly, and This is your FBI. I've been reading the Digest for a
couple of years and enjoy all the postings. Thanks everybody. Bill
Park Jr.
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