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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 450


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Re: RCI
	 [removed] Wells and radio
	 RCI
	 Essential OTR Drama
	 "New" OTR in Chicago
	 OTR network
	 emailing the web
	 Re: Fibber and Molly
	 CBC's Nero Wolfe log
	 Essential Programs
	 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Shows
	 essential OTR

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 03:31:59 -0500
From: BCH66@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: RCI
Message-ID: <951214033153_132968911@[removed]>

I am sorry but I am unfamiliar with RCI . What is it.

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 07:12:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: WMACKEY@[removed]
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: [removed] Wells and radio
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Marvin, in yesterdays digest you quoted [removed] Wells and his thinking on radio.

Several years ago I was listening to recordings from 1940 that were made 
by a New Deal agency.  Anyway, there was "clip" of a Kentucky preacher 
who was railing against radio, calling it "the devil's musicbox" and no 
right thinking Christian would have one in their home.  :)

Apparently some people felt the same way about radio as some people today 
do about mindless television.  :)

Joe Mackey

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 95 8:40:47 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RCI
Message-ID: <6324D0300156ACD1@[removed]>

******************* Start of Forwarded Message *****************
Pardon my ignorance but what is RCI?

******************* End of Forwarded Message *******************

It's Radio Canada International, the international shortwave service of 
the CBC. --Ken MacHarg
================================================================
=Kenneth D. MacHarg                            Radio HCJB      =
=Director, English Language Service         Casilla 17-17-691  =
=Kmacharg@[removed]                     Quito, Ecuador   =
=FAX: 593-2-447-263                        Phone: 593-2-466-808=     
=                                                              =
=      HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes   =
=                Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings             =
================================================================

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:18:55 -0600
From: Richard Veit <Richard_Veit@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Essential OTR Drama
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                       Subject:                               Time:8:13 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Essential OTR Drama                    Date:12/14/95

My contribution to Issue 448 was garbled, so I'll try re-sending it. Hope it
works better this time.

------------------------------------------------------------------

I enjoy radio's comedies, westerns, crime shows, soap operas, and science
fiction as much as the next guy, but I also love the great dramatic
anthologies -- particularly those which industry ratings once classified as
"Prestige Drama." For the benefit of novice collectors with a taste for
dramatized screenplays and literature, here (grouped by series title) are a
few of my suggestions for "essential" listening:

--"The Magnificent Ambersons" with Orson Welles and Walter Huston (Campbell's
Playhouse, 10/29/39) [Orson's "other" film, brought to the air with typical
Wellesian flair]
--"Brave New World" (CBS Radio Workshop, 1/12/56 and 2/3/56) [Wryly
frightening--and narrated by Aldous Huxley]
--"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" with Connie Marshall and James Dunn (Hallmark
Playhouse, 4/28/49) [Distills Betty Smith's novel to a poignant half-hour of
radio]
--"The Clock" with Judy Garland and John Hodiak (Lux Radio Theatre, 1/28/46)
[Sentimental but endearing tale of a whirlwind wartime romance]
--"The Day the Earth Stood Still" with Michael Rennie and Jean Peters (Lux
Radio Theatre, 1/4/54) [Falls short of the movie, but still effective]
--"It's a Wonderful Life" with James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Victor Moore
(Lux Radio Theatre, 3/10/47) [Nearly as fine as the movie, with the added
attraction of audience response]
--"Mrs. Miniver" with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon (Lux Radio Theatre,
12/6/43) [With a stiff upper lip, it faithfully recreates the Oscar-winning
film]
--"National Velvet" with Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney (Lux Radio
Theatre, 2/3/47) [Sound effects and charismatic stars make this one a sure
winner]
--"Our Town" with William Holden, Martha Scott, and Frank Craven (Lux Radio
Theatre, 5/6/40) [Beautifully acted "preview" of that year's film version of
the Thornton Wilder play]
--"The War of the Worlds" with Orson Welles (Mercury Theatre, 10/30/38) [So
masterfully crafted that it still packs a wallop]
--"The Best Years of Our Lives" with Dana Andrews and Janet Waldo (Screen
Directors' Playhouse, 4/17/49) ["Impossibly" truncated to 30 minutes, but it
works!]
--"The Human Comedy" with Mickey Rooney (Screen Directors' Playhouse, 9/9/49)
[William Saroyan's touching slice of Americana]
--"Ah, Wilderness" with Don Herrin and Everett Sloane (Studio One, 7/15/47)
[Lightweight but entertaining treatment of the Eugene O'Neill play]
--"The Red Badge of Courage" with John Sylvester and Everett Sloane (Studio
One, 6/10/47) [Vivid depiction of Stephen Crane's Civil War novel] 

The sheer quality of Lux Radio Theatre (week after week for 926 shows) is
simply astonishing--without question the Cadillac of radio drama! As a trusty
tourguide, you'll want to secure a copy of Jay Hickerson's helpful,
cross-referenced log (Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514). Then, for those who just
can't get enough Lux Radio Theatre, there's the 739-page book "Lux Presents
Hollywood" by Connie Billips and Arthur Pierce. It's a bit pricey ($85, plus
postage), but worth every penny if you're an LRT devotee. "Lux Presents
Hollywood" is available from McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Jefferson, NC
28640 (or call 910-246-4460).

[If any of you were in the studio audience during an actual Lux Radio Theatre
broadcast, it would be fascinating to see your recollections!]

Dick Veit

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:42:03 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joe Lynn" <jtl@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "New" OTR in Chicago
Message-Id: <m0tQErD-0003ktC@[removed]>

From: MikeTimble@[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 program is called "Remember When" and is hosted by Don Corey.

Similarly to Chuck Schaden's "Those Were The Days" program, "Remember
When" is closely tied (in sponsorship) to nostalgia-related retail store.
In this case, the store is called "Audio Video Collectibles" located
in Barrington, Illinois.  (I've never been there, but like Schaden's
store, they claim to have "the largest selection of old-time radio shows
anywhere.")

For the first few months of its run, "Remember When" relied very,
very heavily on music programs.  Within the past couple of months
they've begun to run more variety and a little comedy.

> 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. 

WAIT's transmitter is located at the border of Crystal Lake and Woodstock,
Illinois, and their studios are in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago,
about 50 miles due southeast.  Recently, they've clearly begun trying to 
market themselves as a "Chicago" station, and from their few call-in shows 
([removed] Clark Weber on Friday mornings) it's apparent their signal is reaching 
into at least some sections of the city.

WAIT also has the distinction of broadcasting in stereo.  It doesn't
make a lot of difference for their OTR programming or much of their
other music (their format is the satellite-fed "Memories Station"),
but occasionally you'll hear Frank Sinatra in full AMAX glory. :-)

jtl

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:26:38 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: OTR network
Message-ID: <951214102637_90040835@[removed]>

   Thanks to the well-considered comments from John Jensen regarding our
efforts to put together a full-time, old-time radio broadcasting operation.
 We are certainly aware of the potential of syndicating such a notion and it
is part of our business plan.  However, our market research activities
indicate you'd better have a track record first in order to persuade other
stations to pick up your programming, particularly of what some might
perceive of as an antiquated format. It's pretty well known that radio is a
"monkey see, monkey do," industry and establishing a successful format first
will bring aboard previously recalcitrant stations.  
   As for retaining commercials on at least a semi-barter arrangement (pretty
standard for syndication operations), that, too, is part of our plan.
   Suggesting that it might be viable to provide midnight to 6:00 [removed]
programming for stations large and small is part of it, naturally, but that's
also a tough time to sell and even with commercial availabilities, it
wouldn't be a cinch.  In addition, there would be some potential clients who
would take a three-hour segment on Saturday, or 5 hours in the evening, or 1
hour in the morning, etc.  We want to convince them that AM radio can be
turned around to combat the "tunnel vision" syndrome of so many broadcasters
that points primarily to the younger demographics.  They overlook the ever
increasing mound of evidence showing where the REAL disposable income is and
those discretionary dollars simply do not lie in the hands of teenagers.
 With that in mind, the previously mentioned "track record" becomes ever more
important.
   By owning our own small group of stations we would have the financial
viability to expand upon the suggested notion of syndication.  That's
because, as noted originally, the overhead for our own satellite operations
would be so miniscule that they could operate in the black immediately.
 Isn't the dream of  "cash cows" universal?  We have satellite information in
hand, complete with costs to go up on the "bird," along with the technical
information to do so.  We have knowledge of one set-up that would allow us to
cover from Florida to Alaska and all points for an unbelievably low amount of
money.
  In essence, I'm agreeing with John Jensen's premise on the one hand,
knowing full well that owning a large number of stations would certainly tie
up venture capital.  However, the ability to own and dictate a full-time,
old-time radio format to the relatively small number of "company" stations
can provide the financial goals of venture capitalists more easily and
quickly at the outset.
   At any rate, we've had other e-mail and fax messages with excellent ideas
and we welcome these.  That was the purpose of our posting on the Digest.
 Keep 'em coming.

                          John Rayburn
                          Old Time Radio, Inc.
                          [removed] Box 36106
                          Denver, CO 80236
                          Fax (303) 978-9215
                          e-mail (as noted)

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Date: 14 Dec 1995 14:03 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: emailing the web
Message-ID: <12141995140321um@[removed]>

This may help some folks who like me either don't like the web, can't
use the web, or feel intimidated by the web.
I answer to all 3 of these, but I have found a partial solution.
I offer it here for anyone who wants to try it out.
There is a system by which one can send mail requests to the web, and
retirieve urls.
I have developed a sort of hotlist concept.
Ok, so what do you do. You send a letter to
agora@[removed]
Keep this address in your alias, you will need it often.
I know I have Lou's home page url handy, so I call the file like this:
inserting it in to my mail message to the webmail address.
It contains the address of the home page, or the page itself.
In this case:
[removed]
When you get an answer back from the Cern site, you will find all the
text, plus all the references.
They along with the text are fairly logical in content, and it's quite a
natural thing to be able to find what you want.
So, by calling up these references that look like this
[1] [removed]
[2] [removed]
[3] [removed]#reference
you can figure out what you want, sometimes by the title of the url,
other times by the context of the text within the page you are reading.
Remove the numeric references before the url info, and replace that text
with send, like this:
send [removed]#reference
By repeating this process, you can pick up all the relevant info.
Only problem, though this system has a limit of 10 lines of requests, so
you can request ten urls.
You also have a page size limit of 5000 lines of text.
If you want to be real dairing, (but I don't reccomend this)
and try to bag all the underlying urls under the one you are requesting,
replace send with deep.
That's it in a largish nutshell.
Good luck
-----
   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:14:50 -0500
From: LBohall@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Fibber and Molly
Message-ID: <951214131450_90173751@[removed]>

Does anyone know who provided the voice of the "little twerp" that always
infuriated Fibber so much in each episode? She was a *little girl* and her
moniker was "Ibetcha". Any info would be appreciated!--ldb

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:14:24 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: CBC's Nero Wolfe log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                               N E R O  W O L F E
                               -------  ---------
 
                                     1982
 
 
     First Show: 01-16-82                             Last Show: 04-10-82
     Number Shows: 13                             Audition Show: none known
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     In 1982, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation brought detective Nero
     Wolfe back to radio for a series of 13 shows.  The character of Nero
     Wolf came from a series of novels by Rex Stout and then came to radio
     in the United States first on Mutual in the 1940's and later on NBC in
     the early 1950's.  The Mutual series was THE AMAZING NERO WOLFE.  The
     NBC series was THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE.  The CBC simply called
     their series NERO WOLFE.
 
     Nero Wolf was known as the gargantuan gormet, the fat genius whose eye
     for detail has solved many a perfect murder.  Wolf rated the knife and
     fork as the greatest tools ever invented by man.  Archie Goodwin,
     Wolf's male secretary, helped proded him into taking cases whenever
     the bank balance got a little low.
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     Although this show is carried by only two vendors for which I have
     electronic catalogs and one club, each had the full set.  Episode
     numbers appeared in Ed Carr's catalog along with a "last show" comment
     for number 13.  Dates were found only in SPERDVAC's catalog.
 
 
     List:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
         01/16/82    1  Disguise For Murder                   123
         01/23/82    2  Before I Die                          123
         01/30/82    3  Counterfeit For Murder                123
         02/06/82    4  Cop Killer                            123
         02/13/82    5  Christmas Party                       123
         02/20/82    6  Cordially Invited To Meet Death       123
         02/27/82    7  Man Alive                             123
         03/06/82    8  Instead Of Evidence                   123
         03/13/82    9  Eeny, Meeny, Murder Mo                123
         03/20/82   10  The Squirt And The Monkey             123
         03/27/82   11  The Next Witness                      123
         04/03/82   12  Death Of A Demon                      123
         04/10/82   13  Murder Is No Joke                     123
                          (Last Show)
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
     and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ----------------------------------------------------------
          1   Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
          2   Steve Kelez, Radio Showcase, [removed] Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA
              95402
          3   Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And
              Comedy (SPERDVAC), PO Box 7177, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7177
 
     Although I have had favorable dealings with some of the above, to be
     fair to all, this is not an endorsement of them.  I receive nothing
     by mentioning them.
 
 
     Last Update: 12-14-95
 
 
     Although I retain copyright, this log may be freely copied provided
     that the text is unchanged.  Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road,
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:24:55 -0500
From: BOX13S808@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Essential Programs
Message-ID: <951214162450_54299934@[removed]>

I'd like to add Lum & Abner to the growing list of Essential Programs,  if I
had to choose only one episode,  it would have to be the one on 10/07/41,
 "The Jot-Em-Down Store Gets It's First Adding Machine, Abner Hates It!"...
 this is only one 15 minute show,  very funny, but enjoyed best when heard in
a series.
I agree with everyone that suggests that ANY good sounding Gunsmoke episode
should be included,  the first episode, "Billy The Kid" 04/26/52,  is one of
my favorites. Considering the time of the year,  with Christmas fast
approaching, how about "The
Cinnamon Bear"?
Virgil Stewart

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Date: 14 Dec 1995 15:25:50 -0600
From: "Frank Thomas" <Frank_Thomas@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Shows
Message-Id: <m0tQLCM-001VvKC@[removed]>

Forgive me if this has already been [removed] I want to know if I have
all the Jack Benny Christmas shopping episodes. And by "Christmas shopping,"
I mean the wonderful shows where Jack keeps returning gifts to Mel Blanc.
Here's what I have:

12/19/48: wallet
12/2/51:  cufflinks
12/14/52: gopher trap
12/13/53: plain or stuffed dates
12/5/54:  paints

I host a weekly OTR show and every year I rotate through the Benny shopping
episodes and would love to add more. There's a reference in a Thanksgiving,
1947 show to a gift of shoe laces the previous [removed] I can't find
the shoe where that takes place.

Any help from fellow Benny-lovers would be greatly appreciated. Happy
holidays to all of us and may we all get that rare tape we've been asking
for!


Frank Thomas
frank@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 16:36:55 -0500
From: BULLFROG2@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: essential OTR
Message-ID: <951214163654_72992125@[removed]>

Looking over the list of essential OTR submitted so far, I'm surprised that
no one has mentioned The Columbia Workshop/CBS Radio Workshop.  To me these
series represent what is unique about OTR.   Can anyone imagine something
like "The Fall of the City" on TV?  That's my favorite - but I bet there are
many others that rate a place on the list.  Any thoughts?

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