Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #173
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Date: 6/5/2005 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 173
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Virtual Oldtime Radio Convention      [ Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed] ]
      RADIO RECALL                          [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      Brothers Conway and Sanders, detecti  [ wilditralian@[removed] ]
      Re: XM Outside the Car                [ LBohall@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:33:15 -0400
    From: Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Virtual Oldtime Radio Convention

    Hi,
    Recently Bob Acosta asked John and me to interview Jack French for this
    convention.  We did the interview last Sunday and it will air on the
    internet as you have already red.
    A recent Business trip took me to Maryland where I hoped to catch up with
    Jack, but work prevailed and we didn't get together.  So I was delighted to
    have the opportunity along with John to chat for 30 minutes with him about
    his book, his career with the FBI, and OTR collecting.
    I hope you will listen to all events regarding this convention.
    Also, Walden Hughes and I got together last Saturday in an attempt to just
    chat about radio in general.
    I understand that Walden will be airing that conversation this evening, June 4.
    We plan monthly future chats, all to be heard on Yesterday USA.
    Larry Gassman

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    Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:33:51 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RADIO RECALL

    The June 2005 issue of RADIO RECALL is at the printers and soon will be
    in the mail to all subscribers. Included in this issue are:  1) A
    featured article by Maury Cagle, retired VOA employee, examining the
    mystery of why the popular Tom Swift never made it to radio   2)  A
    column by Jim Snyder on "Watching" Baseball on Radio 3) Part 2 of Kathy
    Hammel's three part series on her discovery of previously uncirculated
    "Howie Wing" series of the Thirties  4) Rules for entering the FOTR
    script contest (first prize $ 200)  5) A review of the new OTR series,
    "The Adventures of Captain Hudson" 6) An explanation by flight expert
    Stephen Kallis, Jr. of the history of the Captain Midnight 7" record
    issued in the mid 70s. 7) Details on how the Dionne Quintuplets
    promoted Carnation's "Contented Hour", a musical radio program in the
    30s. 8) Information on a new "Bobby Benson" discovery on an AFRS disk
    from 1949, an episode entitled "A Salute to a Soldier." All this and
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    For articles in past issues, go to [removed] for a look-see.

    Jack French
    Editor

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    Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 19:21:54 -0400
    From: wilditralian@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Brothers Conway and Sanders, detectives
     extraordinaire

    06-04-05

    Ron Sayles writes:

>     I just read with interest an article in the April 2005 issue of the
>     REPS newsletter. It is about "The Adventures of Frank Race" and in
>     the article the author, who shall remain anonymous, stated that Tom
>     Collins was the brother to George Sanders. Wasn't that Tom Conway?

    Yes, this is true.  George Sanders was famous for his role as "The
    Falcon" in the movie series.  He was so famous, as a matter of fact, that
    he was afraid of becoming type-cast and decided to leave the series.  His
    real-life brother, Tom Conway, took over for George Sanders.

    In "The Falcon's Brother", 1942, the Falcon is killed, in the personage
    of George Sanders.  Tom Conway (his real-life brother) plays the role of
    his brother, who takes over for him in his glibly suave fight against
    crime.

    Fast-forward 4 years.  Basil Rathbone is so famous as Sherlock Holmes
    that he fears he's becoming type-cast ... and leaves the series.  Sound
    familiar?  That was all Petri wine needed.  They dropped the show.  Kreml
    Hair Tonic picked it up in the fall, and guess who took over for the
    type-cast Basil Rathbone.  Yassir -- Tom Conway.

    He seems to have made part of a career at taking over for type-cast
    detectives.

    Best regards,

    Jim Arva

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    Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 23:38:50 -0400
    From: LBohall@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: XM Outside the Car

    In a message dated 6/4/2005 9:05:31 AM Central Standard Time, Paul Gough
    writes:

>     I have XM and love it too!. There are two alternative ways. I use the
>     tiny $99 Roady that my son bought for me. It can also be used in the
>     house with a home kit which consists of an antenna (with, I think a 25
>     foot lead) and an AC power cube. I think I paid $39 for it, so I use it
>     in  the house attached to some powered computer speakers.

>     The second way  is to get XM--or at least some channels--is over the
>     internet, which is free  with the other service. Works like a charm.

>     Paul Gough

    Unfortunately, XM's OTR channel is not available on-line. One has to pay  the
    folks at When Radio Was for that service.

    However, I have a third way to listen to XM out of the car. I have recently
    purchased the XM MyFi MP3 player. I paid $199 for it new, and if one orders it
     before July 1st, XM thorws in a free Roady2 player as well (2 radios for the
     price of one!). The MyFi is SUPPOSED to work like an I-Pod kind of satellite
     [removed] up to 5 hours recording time. Since I haven't received
    either  the MyFi or the Roady2 yet, I can't speak to it's quality. I'll let
    you
    know  what I find out!

    I have been using the original XM Delphi for years and love it. It moves
    pretty effortlessly between the car and my house, and I have it plugged into
    my
    home stereo when I'm at home. The only problem I've had with it is some parts
    of  the house (like my study) do not have an adequate sky for the receiver to
    work,  but I hooked up an FM transmitter to my stereo (it plugs into the
    headphone  jack) and just broadcast that throughout the house to pick it up.

    Larry

    My new novel, Martyr's Cry: a mystery for hopeless romantics,  is available
    now! Go to [removed] for more  [removed]

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: If you already have a Roady2, you can get a walkman-like
    battery-powered case for it:

    [removed]

    ...ok, ok, so it costs more than the Roady2 does; but if you already _have_
    the Roady2, it's cheaper than a MyFi and second-radio [removed]  --cfs3]

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