Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #126
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Date: 4/21/2005 6:07 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 126
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      KFI special                           [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      Re: war news                          [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
      Cincy Convention                      [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
      LIVE HORROR RADIO UPDATE              [ "Hand R J (HLaSS)" <rhand@[removed] ]
      4-21 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      National Audio Theatre Workshops      [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio       [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
      Tri-City network?                     [ Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed]; ]
      Ruth Hussey                           [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:00:43 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  KFI special

    Hi Everybody,

    does any one have a log of the segment in order that use use on the KFI 50
    Years special done in 4-16-72.  My friends is wondering if the first 12
    hours was done in a different order that the hour 13 to 24.  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:03:40 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: war news

    Bill H. asks:

>     There may have been some live broadcast from the front lines, I would
>     also be interested to know if there were.

    I would have to think this never happened. In the early/mid forties to
    literally broadcast live would have required either a very high-powered
    transmitter or telephone lines to allow a call to such a transmitter. I
    cannot imagine how this would have happened from a front-line.  Dragging
    the recorders around were difficult enough. Hicks was, of course, on
    board a ship and used an ARC Model Commando Recordgraph, which I believe
    was rather bulky to carry around.

    Not sure what Matthew Halton used nor the front-line recordings from Iwo
    Jima, etc.

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    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:57:43 -0400
    From: ilamfan@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
    Subject:  Cincy Convention
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         Another great year at the Cincinnati OTR Convention - it sure took me
    long enough to write something about it, though!  My sister, Laura, and I had
    a wonderful time.  I always feel as though there's just not enough time,
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         I tended to get stuck in the dealer room talking to single dealers for
    hours on end about various cool things (our hobby is filled with the
    friendliest group of people ever!), until I realize that it's time to leave
    to practice for the [removed] fun in there, fooling around a bit
    with accents and enjoying the adlibs of our talented OTR professionals, until
    I realize it's time to grab a bite to eat at a great local restaurant (like
    Pedro's Steakhouse) before the actual performance, and so on and so on.
         I wish I'd had more time to talk to Prof Biel, we a had a great (but
    way-too-short!) talk about really early radio, and I found out about some
    ultra-rare Amos and Andy recordings that might possibly see [removed]
         Got to discuss OTR and doowop singing and barbershop quartets and audio
    quality and Kennedy assassination tapes with Neal Ellis of the First
    Generation Radio Archives - the time went by like it was only five minutes!
    Neal, I forgot to get your mailing address.  If you're reading this, send it
    to me, so I can send you those Hindenberg recordings.
         I got a coupla dozen groovy shows that I had never heard of before (on
    TAPE! and me being the big mp3 supporter!), and a few gorgeous UGLY old
    radios for my shelves here at home.  Plus a small stack of rare scripts which
    I will be devouring [removed]
         In addition to picking up a 3-D DVD system (which included 7 3-D
    movies!), I got a bunch of old cartoons and obscure movies and early
    television shows on DVD.
         Hey, my sister and I even got to swig some Vernor's ginger ale and be
    entertained by Rick Keating doing a few bits from Bill Cosby (the "Ark"
    routine), plus some great discussion about movies, and the great quality of
    '60's comedians (Rick, remember to pick up some Smothers Brothers, and
    especially Firesign Theater's "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When
    You're Not Anywhere At All?").
         Hey, and I think that everyone in the recreation auditions will remember
    the dueling "Idiot Steves"!  Maybe I'm getting typecast as the dopey
    "Stretch" character, but HEY, I'm an idiot in real life, too.
         Still, not nearly enough time to spend with the Hugheses, or punning
    with Derek, or discussing NTR production with Don Ramlow, or having a drink
    with the stars, or thanking BOTH Roberts for putting on such a great [removed]!
         A splendid time.  I can't wait for next year.  Thanks EVERYBODY.

    Stephen Jansen
    --
    Old Time Radio never dies - it
    just changes formats!

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:33:09 -0400
    From: "Hand R J (HLaSS)" <rhand@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  LIVE HORROR RADIO UPDATE
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    Dear Friends,

    It has been pointed out to me that when I said GMT I really mean BST. Just to
    confirm: the show will be live on [removed] at 3pm in the UK ([removed] if
    you're in South Wales) which will be 10am in NY and 7am in LA.

    The half-hour play itself - THE TRAIN OF TERROR: In the Pit - will commence at
    about [removed] ([removed] [removed]), but in the 20mins before the show there
    will be a short documentary and some general build-up to the show. The whole
    package will be over, in time for the news, at [removed] ([removed], [removed]).

    It seems that we may be able to have a Listen Again weblink up in a couple of
    weeks - we'll let everyone know about the progress of this. We will also have
    a CD at some point with 2 versions of the show (1 in studio and 1 with
    audience), interviews and some photos.

    We had a great dress rehearsal and test run last night and everything -
    acting, music, sfx and broadcast link and webstreaming all went very well
    indeed.

    Happy listening - and remember we'd love feedback (rhand@[removed])

    Best wishes,

    Richard

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:46:36 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-21 births/deaths

    April 21st births

    04-21-1898 - King Calder - MD - d. 6-28-1964
    actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry
    Cameron"
    04-21-1905 - Ted Osborne - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 2-12-1987
    actor: Dr. Carough "Dr. Kildare"; Professor Whiz the Owl "Cinnamon
    Bear"
    04-21-1907 - Beatrice Kay - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-8-1986
    singer: "Gaslight Gayeties"; "Beatrice Kay Show"
    04-21-1911 - Leonard Warren - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-4-1960
    singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Telephone Hour"
    04-21-1914 - Norman Panama - Chicago, IL - d. 1-13-2003
    writer: "Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
    04-21-1919 - Don Cornell - NYC - d. 2-23-2004
    singer: "Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade"; "One Night Stand"; "The Big
    Show"
    04-21-1920 - Jim Nabbie - d. 9-12-1992
     lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's Go
    Nightclubbing"
    04-21-1932 - Elaine May - Philadelphia, PA
    comedienne: "Mike Nicholes and Elaine May"; "Monitor"

    April 21st deaths

    01-02-1904 - James Melton - Moultrie, GA - d. 4-21-1961
    singer" "Palmolive Hour"; "Telephone Hour"; "Harvest of Stars"
    02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC - d. 4-21-2003
    singer: "Voices of Vista"
    03-03-1890 - Edmund Lowe - San Jose, CA - d. 4-21-1971
    actor: Sergeant Quirt "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"
    05-03-1902 - Walter Slezak - Vienna,  Austria - d. 4-21-1983
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Best Plays"; "Studio One"; "Columbia
    Workshop"
    06-09-1890 - Leslie Banks - West Derby, England - d. 4-21-1952
    actress: "Theatre of Romance"
    06-25-1915 - Peter Lind Hayes - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-21-1998
    actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Texaco Town"; "Ford Show"; "Lum and
    Abner"
    08-13-1904 - Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Olathe, KS - d. 4-21-1999
    bandleader, actor: (America's Boyfriend) "Twin Stars"; "Pick-A-Date"
    08-21-1908 - Bob Jellison - IA - d. 4-21-1980
    actor: Oswald Ching "Story of Mary Marlin"; Buster Gunn "Great Gunns"
    08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
    actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
    10-21-1892 - Gummo Marx - Yorkville, NY  - d. 4-21-1977
    comedian: (Marx Brothers) "American Review"
    11-05-1895 - Charles MacArthur - Scranton, PA - d. 4-21-1956
    playwright: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:48:03 -0400
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  National Audio Theatre Workshops

    The National Audio Theatre holds a week of workshops every summer at
    Southwest Missouri State University in West Plains, Missouri, which is in
    the south-central area of the state.  Our own Randy Story has just been
    elected to the Board of Directors.  Congratulations, Randy!

    This year's dates are June 20 - 26, and guests include Simon Jones (Book
    Narrator of the Year; he did the Hitchhiker's Guide series), Charles
    Potter (3-time Grammy winner for Spoken Word), the president of ZBS, and
    a ton of others. Check it out at [removed], and
    hopefully Randy will jump in here and tell you why you should attend.

    ---Dan

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:10:08 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio

    The latest "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" programs
    with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran, can be heard at
    [removed]

    glortchpoo

    Program 30 - September, 1972 - Aldo Gizalbert

    Dick and Ed interview Aldo Gisalbert, NBC studio engineer,
    who discusses the very early days of the NBC network,
    including the move to Radio City.

    Featured excerpts include The NBC Symphony with Arturo
    Toscanini, Amos and Andy, and The Texaco Theater with
    Ed Wynn

    Program 31 - October, 1972 - Bill Owen

    Bill Owen, author of "Radio's Golden Age", a listing of all the
    major radio shows and the people who made them happen.

    We'll hear excerpts from such programs as Life with Luigi,
    starring J. Carroll Naish, The Witch's Tale, and Red Skelton.

    In the 1970's Dick Bertel created the program for WTIC in Hartford,
    CT. The idea came to Dick after he interviewed radio collector-
    historian Ed  Corcoran a few times. "The Golden Age of Rado
    was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was Dick's co-host.

    For the next seven years the program featured interviews with
    radio actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians from
    radio's  early days. Each show featured excerpts from Ed's
    collection.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:39:53 -0400
    From: Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tri-City network?

    Hi, All.

    I'm researching a local (Lynchburg, Virginia) singer from the
    1920s-1960s named 'Cile Turner who had a radio program titled "Life At
    Twin Oaks" in late 1945. I have found scripts for the program and
    initially assumed that it was a local broadcast. The scripts make no
    mention of what station broadcast the program, so I looked it up in
    local newspaper listings from that time. The newspaper listings
    indicate that it was heard over WJZ -- a New York station at the time.
    I note that the final announcer's line in the script for the broadcast
    of October 23, 1945 is "Wayne Tyler [removed] is Tri-City."

    So, my question is, what was Tri-City? I assume that it was a small
    regional network, but what stations did it include and in what cities?
    I know that 'Cile Turner had broadcast over NBC-Blue from the WJZ
    studios regularly in 1930, but was WJZ still an NBC affiliate in 1945?

    In my research, it would be helpful to know where this program was
    heard. If you can help, please send a reply to me off-list:

    bryan@[removed]

    Thanks!
    Bryan Wright

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:07:09 -0400
    From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ruth Hussey

    Actress Ruth Hussey who was featured on many radio programs during the
    medium's heyday, died April 19 in Thousand Oaks, California. Her career
    included radio, modeling, Broadway, television and films. According to
    RadioGold and Dunning, her radio credits included numerous appearances on
    Suspense, Lux Radio Theater, Kraft Music Hall, Hallmark Playhouse, The Camel
    Screen Guild Theater, Good News of 1939, Information Please, Command
    Performance, The Radio Reader's Digest, This Is Hollywood, Family Theater,
    The Cavalcade of America, Voice of the Army, Stars on Parade, Make Believe
    Town, Guest Star, Heartbeat Theater, Proudly We Hail, The Open House, The
    Victory Parade and The Victory Theater. She began her show business career
    as a local radio fashion commentator. Perhaps she is best remembered as the
    wise-cracking girlfriend of Jimmy Stewart in the 1940 film "The Philadelphia
    Story." She was 93. Prayers for family and friends.

    Rich

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