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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2003 : Issue 215
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
THE OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK Schedule [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
Twilight Zone Stations [ "Carl Amari" <camari@falconpictureg ]
Home Recording [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
Recognizable voices [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
Indy 500 on radio? [ danhughes@[removed] ]
Springbook Radio [ Philipmarus@[removed] ]
May 26th birthdays [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Re: Familiar Voices [ Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed]; ]
Familiar voices [ "Brad Stucky" <[removed]@[removed]; ]
MP3's of Old Time Radio Soap Operas [ "Kenneth Ruggles" <kruggles@[removed]. ]
Monitoring Monitor [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
Bob Watson's IS Question [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Monitor [ Paulurbahn@[removed] ]
Today in radio history [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 13:40:57 -0400
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: THE OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK Schedule for
week of: May 25th
Here's the lineup for this week's shows, in streaming high-end audio
available 24/7 at: [removed]
SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
An Orson Welles Salute:
1. SUSPENSE - 5/18/44 and 5/25/44 - The Orson Welles version of
"Donovan's Brain" Done originally in two parts on successive weeks.
2. YOUR RADIO ALMANAC 5/31/44 with Orson, Marjorie Reynolds, Charles
Cantor and Martha Cantor. "Donovan's Braio" spoof and The Mercury All-Star
Jazz
Group - as done live from Army Training Center in Fresno, CA.
3. THE MERCURY SUMMER THEATER 8/2/46 Orson and Mercedes McCambridge star
in two plays: "Golden Honeymoon" by
Ring Lardner, and "Romeo and Juliet" by Bill Shakespeare.
THE HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
1. THE SIX-SHOOTER NBC 6/10/54 Starring James Stewart as
Brett Poncet in "The New Sheriff"
2. MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (Synd) 3/31/47 "The Ape Song"
starring Raymond Edward Johnson.
THE COLGATE SPORTS NEWSREEL with BILL STERN NBC #304
8/31/45 Guest is: Charlie Spivak.
Enjoy - Happy Holiday!! Tom & Jerry
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 13:54:52 -0400
From: "Carl Amari" <camari@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Twilight Zone Stations
If you'd like to find a radio station in your area that airs THE TWILIGHT
ZONE with host Stacy Keach, we now have all the radio stations listed at our
site at [removed] We also have "behind the scenes" of the
actors behind the mics and other new features including a free CD offer for
Tim Kazurinsky in "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" (we do ask that you pay s/h).
Actors to recently appear on THE TWILIGHT ZONE include: Jason Alexander
(Sienfeld, Shallow Hal), Bruno Kirby (City Slickers, Godfather II), Adam
West (Batman), Adam Baldwin (My Bodyguard), Chelcie Ross (Major League, A
Simple Plan), Kathy Garver (Family Affair), Peggy Webber and TWILIGHT ZONE
alumni's, Orson Bean, Peter Mark Richman, Beverly Garland, [removed] Wynant,
Morgan Brittany and Shelley Berman.
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 13:55:16 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Home Recording
In going through my stacks of 78's looking for somthing else, I came
across a home recorded disc of Red Skelton. I'm afraid to play it as
the grooves look like micro grooves in that they are very fine and also
very shallow.
This is a 10" disc that appears to be black vinyl, with a brown core
visible on the edge. The blue and white label reads Slow Burning,
Philco Safety Record. The only other words are use Philco Recording
Needles to make this record. Below is a place for title and date. There
is no date on this disc, however I have other recordings made by the
same fellow on the same discs and they are all dated 1943 and incidently
they were cut in Hawaii.
If anybody can advise me as to what size stylus to use for playback I'd
appreciate it. Even though this couldn't be an entire show on two sides
of a 10" record I'd hate to damage it.
Thanks in advance
George Aust
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 14:22:19 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Recognizable voices
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To Andrew Godfrey's question about recognizable voices, I'll submit that I
find Arnold Stang to be one of the most recognizable (and yet almost unknown
except to those in the hobby) voices of all time.
Also Mel Blanc, for all his amazing vocal pyrotechnics, tends to be pretty
recognizable on the Benny program. Along with all the regulars (Professor
LeBlanc, the Maxwell, Polly, Carmichael, the holiday store clerk, etc.), he
also
played a wide variety of minor roles ranging from delivery boys ("cimeron
rolls") to butchers to one of Jack's writers. Often those minor roles were
played
with a voice that I've heard Benny cast members call "mooley"...I'm sure most
of you know what I mean, but it's the sort that would lead off with a
Brooklynesque "Dayyahhhhh, hallo Mista Benny."
-- Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:35:35 -0400
From: danhughes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Indy 500 on radio?
As I write this, the 87th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race is under way.
I grew up in Indianapolis, and I remember listening to the race every
year on WIBC (still the anchor station for the broadcast, which is heard
worldwide). And I'm wondering--does anyone know anything about the
history of the broadcasting of this race? Like when the first 500 was
broadcast, who was the first announcer, and has it always originated on
WIBC?
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:35:45 -0400
From: Philipmarus@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Springbook Radio
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I recently encountered a mp3 website dedicated to "South African and
Springbook Radio" . Can someone enlighten me as to Springbok Radio?
Mike Kerezman
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 17:28:18 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: May 26th birthdays
If you were born on the 26th of May, you share your birthday with:
05-26-1884 - Charles Winninger - Athens, WI - d. 1-19-1969
actor: Captain Henry "Show Boat"; Uncle Charlie "Uncle Charlie's Tent Show"
05-26-1886 - Al Jolson - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 10-23-1950
singer: (The Jazz Singer) "Shell Chateau"; "Kraft Music Hall"
05-26-1893 - Edward MacHugh - Dundee, Scotland - d. 2-3-1957
singer: "The Gospel Singer"
05-26-1907 - John Wayne - Winterset, IA - d. 6-11-1979
actor: Dan O'Brien "Three Sheets to the Wind"
05-26-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC
bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "Burns and Allen"
05-26-1911 - Ben Alexander - Goldfield, NV - d. 7-5-1969
actor: Frank Smith "Dragnet"; Bashful Ben "Great Gildersleeve"
05-26-1920 - Peggy Lee - Jamestown, ND - d. 1-21-2002
singer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
05-26-1931 - Chet Norris - Manhattan Beach, NY
actor: "Tomnorrow Calling"; "Cisco Kid"; "ABC Radio Workshop"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Spencer Tracy
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 17:28:25 -0400
From: Jerry Shnay <jshnay1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Familiar Voices
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Among some instantly recognizable voices for me include:Mason Adams, Parley
Baer, Orson Welles, Brace Beemer, Elliott Lewis, Kathy Lewis, Hans Conreid,
Jeff Chandler, Jack Webb, etc. etc. [removed]
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 17:28:32 -0400
From: "Brad Stucky" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Familiar voices
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How about Sheldon Leonard?
Brad
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 18:54:00 -0400
From: "Kenneth Ruggles" <kruggles@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: MP3's of Old Time Radio Soap Operas
There has been an excellent discussion lately of radio soap operas in this
OTR. I remember them when I was growing up in the 1940's and 1950's,
although I did not listen to them very much at that time. I do remember my
mother and sister listening to them religiously during that period of time.
I have many old time radio shows in my collection of different types such as
comedy, drama, mystery, sci-fi, etc (primarily MP3's). However, I am really
interested in getting a variety collection of some of the various radio soap
opera shows of that era (1940's and 1950's).
I would appreciate if anyone could give me a good source or sources of
dealers who would sell these.
Thanks in advance
Ken Ruggles
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 18:54:52 -0400
From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Monitoring Monitor
MONITOR clips can be heard at
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The MONITOR Beacon has a fine tribute, giving a taste of the kind of
comedy clips MONITOR aired by Nichols and May, Bob and Ray and others. I
remember that the June 12, 1955 debut was the first time I ever heard
Jonathan Winters. (Was it his network debut?)
However, there's almost nothing on the MONITOR Beacon about music on
MONITOR, and Google brings up very little about this. The notion of
dance band remotes was upgraded with many visits to jazz clubs,
Birdland, the Hickory House, etc. One heard live remotes featuring a
variety of jazz musicians and vocalists -- Stan Kenton, Dorothy Donegan,
Gerry Mulligan, Marian McPartland, Al Hibbler, Joe Williams. I recall a
remote when Hibbler had to inform the announcer they were on the air. Al
"Jazzbo" Collins and Leon Pearson (Drew Pearson's brother) hosted the
"overnight," a unique experiment that lasted less than a year, keeping
MONITOR going through the weekend. The overnight format made possible
some things that would never be heard in the usual network hours, such
as a lengthy tape of a jazz rehearsal. All that jazz helped establish
MONITOR as something fresh and exciting, especially if you lived in
Nowheresville.
I keep forgetting to post this:
When NBC-TV launched WIDE, WIDE WORLD in October 1955, they felt they
had to show off their expensive new "Radio Central" studio, created for
MONITOR. Several segments on the debut WWW were devoted to MONITOR. One
featured a newscaster doing a report on flooding in Connecticut. Another
showed Alfred Hitchcock behind the glass, giving an interview -- but no
audio! Was this a clever trick to get people to turn on NBC Radio?
[removed] Hitchcock speaking spontaneously during his peak years, and
you can't hear what he's saying!
So if you want to see what Radio Central looked like in 1955, all you
have to do is type in WIDE, WIDE WORLD on the computers at the Museum of
Television & Radio in NYC and LA. Someone should synch up the Hitchcock
visual with the audio of the interview for a DVD extra.
Bhob @ VINTAGE NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS @
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 20:18:53 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bob Watson's IS Question
Bob Watson asked:
Anyway, what I was really wanting to know was which sponsor of INNER SANCTUM
has the most shows intact. Silly though they are, I think it is the Lipton
Bob is correct, more episodes from the Lipton sponsorship exist than from
any other sponsorship.
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 21:24:27 -0400
From: Paulurbahn@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Monitor
Mike wrote
(8) Monitor did not save money. This was before computer
automation. You still needed a local announcer, somebody to do the local news
breaks and an engineer at the transmitter. Smaller stations could combine
three functions into one, but Monitor did not reduce weekend staffing demands
over what the station would need to play records.
But that is where Mike is wrong. Monitor did save money and even made the
station some income. The network sold commericals so the local station had
revenue coming in during a period when radio listening is usually low and so is
revenues. If a station was "playing records" as he puts it, the local would have
to sell the time rather than taking a share of the national income for doing
nothing. Mike also said Monitor expected people to listen all weekend and the
avergae lister listens 20 minutes. The 20 minutes is by todays standards when
people are more mobile, in the 50s and 60s folks listened to table radios, and
for longer periods. Besides if you had a business (gas station, or whatever)
you had a radio playing in the lobby or office. But even if the twenty minute
theory is true that would explain why Monitor was "short bits" of information
and music. No half hour shows, it was more in the format of todays morning
shows, like Today or Good Morning America. A five minute news broadcast followed
by a weather, followed by a short feature, or an interview,etc. Monitor
interviewed sports heroes, authors with a new book to sell, etc. But they were all
short, seldom lasting more than 5 or 6 minutes at the most and many times around
3 minutes.
He also stated the station needed staff to play local commericals monitor the
transmitter and such.
When I started in radio in the late 60s (the truly last days of network
radio) I ran Monitor for hours on the weekend, part time as a high school kid. The
regular high paid announcers were off on the weekends. Therefore it was
cheaper to hire me in a training mode. Yes I did get to read weather and
occaisionally newscasts, but in my situation the news was normally recorded by the news
department.
Yes Monitor was cheap programming for "full service stations" and provided a
good tie in and promotion for the regular NBC TV season. As many of the NBC
Radio stations also had TV affiliates.
NBC was so behind the times, I have a half hour recording of the Glenn Miller
Orchestra playing on New Years Eve 1970, where NBC used live remotes of a
number of major big bands from night clubs all over the country in 1/2 hour
segments. A throwback to the 30s and 40s in 1970 after Woodstock and The Beatles.
The NBC execs in New York were just out of it. I'm suprised the network lasted
as long as it did.
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Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 12:37:45 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in radio history
From Those Were The Days --
1940 - Invitation to Learning was first heard on CBS. The educational
program ran for 15 years.
Joe
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