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	    otr-Digest   Volume 95 : Issue 467


Articles in this issue of otr-Digest:

	 Crisis log (long)
	 Re: RED/ BLUE and ORANGE
	 re: copying quality
	 re: Dickens
	 mysterious traveler
	 Holiday Greetings
	 WOWO
	 George Burns' Birthday
	 Gildersleeve on TV
	 Book Review

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:21:32 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: wdp@[removed]
Subject: Crisis log (long)
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
                                  C R I S I S
                                  -----------
 
                                  1973 - 1977
 
 
     First Show: 11-22-73                             Last Show: 12-29-77?
     Number Shows: 152?                           Audition Show: none known
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     CRISIS was a 25-minute anthology series produced in Seattle from 1973
     to 1977 by Jim French and may not have been widely distributed.
 
     The series was consistently well done in all respects.  CRISIS topics 
     were similar to those of Sears/Mutual Radio Theater - adventure, comedy
     and drama with a few science fiction and western episodes.  Unlike Sears 
     Radio Theater, there was no rigid topic format.
 
     Jim French introduced each episode, directed most of them, and wrote a 
     good share of the scripts. 
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     The only catalog that had any of these shows was Ed Carr's.  I'm sure
     there's others but they aren't in my possession.  The description 
     above is thanks to Ron Hare's posting to the Internet OTR Digest. He
     also sent me a list of shows he has, so I have some verification of 
     dates. Where his dates differ from Ed Carr's catalog, I've listed his 
     date below the title.
 
     Ed's catalog mentioned that most shows are about 20 minutes and also 
     listed two shows that are one hour long.  They are show numbers 64 and 
     104 and are noted as being one hour.
 
     At this time, there is no verification of last show date or number of
     shows.  Considering that Ed's catalog shows all shows with dates and
     episode numbers from 1 through 152, it's a reasonable guess that entry 
     #152 on 12-29-77 is the last show.
 
     Many thanks to Ron for his post and list.
 
 
     List:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
           1973
         11-22-73    1  Loophole                              12
         11-29-73    2  Along A Dark Road                     12
         12-06-73    3  Nightmare                             12
         12-13-73    4  A Semi-Private Room                   12
                          Ron's date - 02-12-73
         12-20-73    5  The Perfect Man                       12
         12-27-73    6  A New Leaf                            12
                          Ron's date - 02-27-73
 
           1974
         01-03-74    7  Those Against Hayden                  12
         01-10-74    8  Ask Me Any Question                   12
         01-17-74    9  The Last Of Simon Buell               12
         01-24-74   10  Josephing                             12
         01-31-74   11  The Exiles                            12
         02-07-74   12  Foursome                              12
         02-14-74   13  Habitat                               12
         02-21-74   14  Saturday It Rained                    12
         02-28-74   15  Shortcut                              12
         03-07-74   16  The Payoff                            12
         03-14-74   17  The Custom Job                        12
         03-21-74   18  A Message From The Other Side         12
         03-28-74   19  License To Kill                       1
         04-04-74   20  The Last Resort                       12
         04-11-74   21  The Thing In The Woods                12
         04-18-74   22  Amazon House                          1
         04-25-74   23  The Vilkman Theory                    12
                          Ron's date - 04-15-74
         05-02-74   24  The Appearance Of Evil                12
         05-09-74   25  Uncle John's Trouble                  1
         05-16-74   26  Surgery At Gunpoint                   12
         05-23-74   27  A Death On East 89th                  12
         05-30-74   28  The Door Of Lotim                     12
         06-06-74   29  Boomerang                             12
         06-13-74   30  The Scent Of Lilacs                   12
         06-20-74   31  The Face Is Familiar                  12
         06-27-74   32  Happy Birthday                        12
         07-04-74   33  No Traveler Returns                   12
         07-11-74   34  The Summer House                      12
         07-18-74   35  A Good Suit Of Clothes                12
         07-25-74   36  The Squeeze                           12
         08-01-74   37  Bellamy Bridge                        1
         08-08-74   38  Comedy In Three Acts                  1
         08-15-74   39  Desperate                             1
         08-22-74   40  A Warm Night In Bunch Country         1
         08-29-74   41  Night Rider                           1
         09-05-74   42  Game Of Chance                        1
         09-12-74   43  First Hand Experience                 1
         09-19-74   44  The Sins Of The Fathers (Part 1)      1
         09-26-74   45  The Sins Of The Fathers (Part 2)      1
         10-03-74   46  The Dear Departed                     1
         10-10-74   47  Luck                                  1
         10-17-74   48  Pay As You Exit                       1
         10-24-74   49  The Lagoon                            12
         12-12-74   50  Love, Murder & April Showers          12
         12-19-74   51  Corpus Delicti                        12
         12-26-74   52  Building B-2000                       12
 
           1975
         01-02-75   53  The Robin Hood Heist                  1
         01-09-75   54  Incident At Moondown                  12
         01-16-75   55  The Appointment                       12
         01-23-75   56  Yor A Long Time Day                   12
         01-30-75   57  Murder Among Nice People              1
         02-06-75   58  The Passenger                         1
         02-13-75   59  The Seer Of Sutter Street             1
         03-06-75   60  The Lesser Of Two Evils               1
         03-13-75   61  The Gypsy                             1
         03-20-75   62  The Man Who Could Fly                 1
         03-27-75   63  Cliff Hanger                          1
         04-03-75   64  Panzerlied (1 hour)                   1
         04-17-75   65  The Guest In Room 13                  1
         04-25-75   66  The Bus To Buena Vista                1
         05-01-75   67  Star Light, Star Bright               1
         05-08-75   68  Latent Image                          1
         05-15-75   69  Night Tapes                           1
         05-22-75   70  Welcome To Utopia                     1
         05-29-75   71  Trial At Wolftrap                     1
         06-05-75   72  Haunted Rumbling, Harold Poole        1
         06-12-75   73  There's Something I Didn't Tell You   1
         06-26-75   74  Desperation Island                    1
         07-03-75   75  The Beast                             1
         07-10-75   76  Broadcast From Big Falls              1
         07-24-75   77  The Fall Of The Year                  1
         08-07-75   78  Gravtrak                              1
         08-14-75   79  Concerto For Charlie                  1
         08-28-75   80  Anything The Mind Can Conceive        1
         09-04-75   81  The Presence                          1
         09-25-75   82  The Tweed Cap                         1
         10-02-75   83  The Unmasking                         1
         10-23-75   84  Mayday Signal                         1
         10-30-75   85  My Name Is Noah Singlet And I'm Dead  1 
         11-06-75   86  Jinni With A J                        1
         11-20-75   87  King, Queen, Jack                     12
         11-27-75   88  Strange Reunion                       12
         12-04-75   89  The Outlaw At Emmett's Cafe           12
         12-11-75   90  Siren Tn The Night                    12
         12-25-75   91  The Spirit Of Christmas               12
 
           1976
         01-01-76   92  West For My Health                    12
         01-08-76   93  Hard Evidence                         12
         01-15-76   94  Scorpio Rising                        12
         01-22-76   95  The Risk                              12
         02-12-76   96  And Presumed Dead                     1
         02-19-76   97  What Makes Dogs Howl                  12
                          Ron's date - 11/25/79
         02-26-76   98  Masks                                 1
         03-04-76   99  The Couple Next Door                  1
         03-11-76  100  Flight Plan                           1
         03-18-76  101  The Man Who Never Slept               1
         03-25-76  102  The Best thing For Sheila             1
         04-01-76  103  Survivor                              1
         05-13-76  104  Clockwork (1 hour)                    1
         05-20-76  105  The League Of The Lost                1
         05-27-76  106  Grandpa & The Queen Of Venus          1
         06-03-76  107  Dark In The Street                    1
         06-17-76  108  Homecoming                            1
         09-09-76  109  Something In The Mind                 1
         09-16-76  110  The Clean Up Man                      1
         09-23-76  111  Once Upon A Time                      12
                          Ron's date 09/23/79
         09-30-76  112  The Silver Egg                        12
         10-07-76  113  The Miller                            12
                          Ron's date - 10-10-75
         10-14-76  114  You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet           12
         10-21-76  115  The Executioner                       12
         10-28-76  116  Birthright                            12
         11-11-76  117  A Blade Of Grass                      12
         11-18-76  118  The Art Of Getting Even               1
         12-02-76  119  Seattle Blues                         1
         12-09-76  120  The Voice Of Alec Bellamy             1
         12-16-76  121  Rover                                 1
         12-30-76  122  The Last thing Laura Said             1
 
           1977
         01-06-77  123  Home Is The Hunter                    1
         01-13-77  124  The Man Who Came Too Close            1
         01-20-77  125  The Ginza Express                     1
         01-27-77  126  The Gadget                            1
         02-03-77  127  The Possession Of Victor Fraley       1
         02-10-77  128  The Flaw                              1
         02-17-77  129  The Neptune Trading Co.               1
         02-24-77  130  Scene Of The Crime                    1
         03-03-77  131  The Captain                           1
         03-10-77  132  Full House                            1
         03-17-77  133  Flanagan's Legacy                     1
         03-24-77  134  The Franklin Phantom                  1
         03-31-77  135  Technical & Ed-Development            1
         04-14-77  136  The Bottom Line                       1
         04-21-77  137  Reunion                               1
         04-28-77  138  The Pigeon                            1
         05-19-77  139  Malibu (Harry Nile)                   1
         07-07-77  140  A Butting Man                         1
         10-06-77  141  The Dooms Day Clock                   12
         10-13-77  142  Captive Audience                      12
         10-20-77  143  A Gift From Stacy                     12
         10-27-77  144  Ulterior Motive                       12
         11-03-77  145  Side Trip                             12
         11-10-77  146  The Late Comer                        12
         11-17-77  147  Used To Go With A Girl Like That      12
         11-24-77  148  I Saw What You Did                    12
         12-01-77  149  Pleasantville                         12
         12-08-77  150  Departure                             1
         12-22-77  151  Macumber's Niralle Tonic              1
         12-29-77  152  Mama Has A Gift                       1
 
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from Ed Carr's OTR catalog and Ron
     Hare's personal OTR list.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ----------------------------------------------------------
          1   Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512.
          2   Ron Hare's list <[removed]@[removed]>
 
     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: 12-11-95
 
 
     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: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 04:53:33 -0500
From: BCH66@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: RED/ BLUE and ORANGE
Message-ID: <951223045331_97711858@[removed]>

Not competing for the broadcast on tape. However, I think I can give some
info on the RED , BLUE and ORANGE networks. NBC began its service around
september of 1926 feeding programs to affiliated stations East of Nebraska.
The biggest stations were connected to NBC .In fact most cities had atleast
two big powerhouses. NBC did not let this fact go unnoticed and The National
Broadcasting Company was spun off into two networks . WEAF NY was the key
station of the RED NETWORK. WJZ NY key station of the BLUE. 
WEAF is credited as being the first "toll" [removed] ... selling time to
sponsors. The BLUE network was always a minor network and was often the home
of Operas, orchestras and the like. It was a pretty loose set up as many
stations alternated between the red and Blue networks. In fact in some cities
where the RED and BLUE network affiliate was the same station one of the
networks programs would not be heard in that city.
Before regular national network service was instituted NBC began a Pacific
Coast network of 6 or 7 stations. It all started in April of 1927 when
Seattle,Spokane,  Portland , SanFransisco and  Los Angeles were al hooked
together into a network known as the orange. KGO -KPO were the key SF
stations. 
When NBC went coast to Coast NBC national programs were heard out west
between the hours of 5PM and 8PM . The Orange network programmed the hours
between 8PM -12 midnight. Soon 
popular programs from back east began doing west coast reperformances  in
those evening hours after [removed] orange network just sort faded away and was
blended into the existing red and Blue network service of NBC. 

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Date: 23 Dec 1995 11:14 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: re: copying quality
Message-ID: <12231995111446um@[removed]>

Commenting on the item re: high speed duplication v. 1-to-1,
I don't know about the current technology, I am speaking from my
experience with high speed duplicators of 20+ years ago.
These, the quality was definitely second rate.
This presumably because of the fact that the upper end tended to get
lost somewhere.
I'd hope, that by now the technology would have improved.
But just something that bears constant repeating, although it's less and
less of a problem.
But, has been a bit of a bugbear with me for years.
This is azimuth. The play back machine must always reflect the original
recorded tape's azimuth. If you don't know how to set this up, it's
worth learning about.
There's nothing too mysterious about it, quite often, a tape may sound
mushy, or muzzy.
This may be due to poor azimuth alignment somewhere.
As I said earlier, this is becoming less of a factor, since all modern
decks seem to be properly aligned.
But, with time, these settings can drift.
There are a couple of tests one can do to ascertain whether or not
azimuth is optimized.
One would be lifting the cassette (if you can do this) on one side, or
the other, just a fraction.
If it's reel to reel, the test is far easier. place a finger on either
edge of the tape, on either side of the heads.
If you hear an improvement in quality, odds are on that azimuth may be
miss aligned somewhere.
This whole area is a potential mine field.
You could wind up changing your azimuth on many of your tapes if you
compensate for another machine's misalignment. But, this is a problem
that I think should be thought about by anyone who does a lot of taping.
Here's hoping that the season brings you what ever you would have from
it.
Snow if you want it, dry ground and a warm hearth and a fire in the
grate.
      regards

-----
   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: 23 Dec 1995 10:57 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: re: Dickens
Message-ID: <12231995105709um@[removed]>

The bbc have been off and on doing adaptations of a number of books in
the past ten years, including a 7-hour version of David Copperfield, a
few scattered versions of "A Christmas Carol", and just recently
"Barnoby Rudge."
This latter imho has fallen short of the rest of the productions. Maybe
I have read it wrong, but never having read the book, and meeting this
version for the first time, I was really disappointed.
The production was handled more like a music hall farce.
But, if this was the spirit of the book, then perhaps the job was done
correctly.
A number of years ago, I think the BBC did "Little Dorret."
But not so sure about that.
There was also done a several part version of "Great Expectations."
This is all from memory, though.
-----
   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: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 07:21:51 -0500 (EST)
From: MORTN2HHC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: mysterious traveler
Message-id: <01HZ4ZX6SCQQ9D4I1N@[removed]>

Buddy trader asked about a program about an archiologist and an
indian.  As a matter of fact I just happened to be listening to
that very program yesterday.

It is from the mysterious traveler series.  "behind the locked
door. 

                              *73*
                              Mort

                      mortn2hhc@[removed]
         proximity isn't everything, but it comes close"

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 12:38:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: WMACKEY@[removed]
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Holiday Greetings
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Just want to wish everyone on the list the happiest of holidays and 
a properous new year!
Joe Mackey

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 95 12:59 EST
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WOWO
Message-Id: <m0tTYDo-000JitC@[removed]>

>Having lived in Ft. Wayne, Indiana for six years (and worked in radio there,
>if anyone was familiar with WEZV/WEZR), I would venture a guess that the
>town Ken Piletic is looking for was Ft. Wayne.  Further, I'd venture that the
>station was WOWO (1040AM I think?) which had been there since 1926, to the
>best of my recollection.  Was a 50,000 watt station until it was recently
>bought by a New York conglomerate that wants WOWO's frequency for a "clear
>channel" for it's New York station.  So WOWO is powering down to something
>like 5,000 watts, so I'm told.  The only two "large" cities in Indiana are
>Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne (OK, some might say places like South Bend are
>big if you've come from somewhere very small).  Please let me know if I'm
>right!
>

I agree with you Laura, having grown up in Indy, I would suspect that Ken
is looking for that station ([removed] WOWO).  At least that is what came to
my mind when I read his note.

Sorry to hear that about WOWO, having also been an AM DXer, it is sad to
learn that the stalwart that WOWO was as I was growing up will be reduced
to nil.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          AOL: JimWidner  
                          

                                                 

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 95 13:14 EST
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: JACKBENNY@[removed]
Subject: George Burns' Birthday
Message-Id: <m0tTYSi-000JimC@[removed]>

>Someone posted a request to several newsgroups asking when George's 100th
>birthday is, and where greetings can be sent.  Figured you-all might want
>the same information.  Feel free to post this anywhere or to anyone who
>might be interested:
>
>-------------------------cut here---------------------------------
>George Burns celebrates his 100th birthday on January 20, 1996.  Greetings
>can be sent to:
>

Uh, Laura, correct me if I'm wrong, but George Burns was born as 
Nathan Birnbaum on Jan. 20, 1898.  That would make him 98 this coming
January!

At least that is the way I am reporting it in my January Timelines on my
web page.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          AOL: JimWidner  
                          

                                                 

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:15:17 -0500
From: richrw@[removed] (Richard M. Weil)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gildersleeve on TV
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The Museum of TV and Radio in NYC has two television episodes of The Great
Gildersleeve in their archives. I didn't know Gildy made it to TV, so it
was a nice surprise. Willard Waterman played Gildy. Leroy, Birdie, Mr.
Pevey and all the rest are in it. Lots of fun. 
 
This is a museum that should not be missed when in NYC, but I must say that
their collection of radio shows is less than outstanding.

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 17:41:08 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Book Review
Message-ID: <951223174107_97992425@[removed]>

Just received "Blast From the Past, A Pictoral History of 
Radio's First 75 Years."  It was just written by Eric Rhoads for Streamline
Press.  For a copy call 800-226-7857.  Cost is $[removed]  It covers the
development of radio from before 1920 through the present.  Each decade is a
chapter which starts with a narrative for several pages and then illustrates
the decade with many pictures, all with information, many pictures never seen
before.  This 460-page book is filled with information.  In addition to the
golden era of radio, there is much information, together with pictures, of
radio from 1960 through 1995.  There is also a fan directory which lists
museums, dealers and traders, log preparers, publications, etc. plus a
detailed index. This book is an excellent addition to your [removed]  I would
also like to wish you all a very happy holiday season.  Jay Hickerson 

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