Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #127
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Date: 4/22/2005 7:26 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 127
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Mexican border stations on NPR        [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Walden Hughes radio program April 22  [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      4-22 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      the "border stations"                 [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
      Ron Lackmann/Joe Bolton/WOTW          [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      "That Hammer Guy"                     [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Say Goodnight Gracie in Memphis       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Name That Tune                        [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:10:29 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mexican border stations on NPR

    Fellow Rocketeers:

    [removed]

    should lead you to an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air" interview show.  It
    concerns what they call "border blasters," the high-powered radio stations
    originally set up by Dr Brinkley of goat gland fame on the Mexican border to
    skirt FCC and other troublesome regulations.  The book sounds like it might
    be interesting to read.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:05:28 -0400
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Walden Hughes radio program April 22,23,24

    As always heard Friday , Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 PM PDT on yesterdayusa.
    Live streaming can be heard at [removed]

                   Friday April 22nd, 2005

    Frank and Walden celebrate the great old time radio show Vic & Sade, and they
    will present an interview with Billy Idelson; who played the part of Rush.
    Billy will be celebrating his birthday this week, and he will be appearing
    LIVE
    at the REPS Convention on June 24th & 25th of this year.

    Plus a mix of great Old Time Radio Shows like Kraft Music Hall, Al Jolson and
    Screen Guild Theatre!

                Saturday April 23rd, 2004

    Walden is running a series called  "The Golden Age of Radio with Dick Bertel
    and Ed Corcoran" . This week, Walden will be airing Show #2 in the series
    featuring former NBC Blue Executive Charles Harrell .

    Walden interviews  Christopher Spicer, from Australia, about the book he has
    written on Clark Gable.

    Two Bing Crosby shows

    Radio interview from WNEW by William B. William with Judy Garland from
    4/23/62. This interview commemorates the 1 year anniversary of her famous
    Carnegie
    Hall Concert. That is 43 years ago tonight!

    John Dunning interview  Grace Matthews, who was Margo Lane of "The Shadow"
    and her husband, Court  Benson.

    Old Time Radio shows like:  "One Man Family",  "Information Please", "Quiz
    Kids" etc

                Sunday April 24th, 2005:

    Ms. Laura Leff  presents a Jack Benny show from 04/08/45
    Walden will be playing a "Jack Benny Radio Show" each week and Laura Leff
    from The International Jack Benny Fan Club will be talking about the show that
    will air that night.   The IJBFC is the "Official organization devoted to the
    sharing of the timeless humor of Jack Benny."

    Dr. Michael Biel

    An Interview with the legendary actor Mr. Robert Preston

    Old time radio shows like: Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Our Miss Brooks, Lux
    Radio Theater, The Great Gildersleeve and Fibber McGee and Molly

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:06:03 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-22 births/deaths

    April 22nd births

    04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
    actress: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary
    Marlin"
    04-22-1902 - John W. Vandercook - London, England - d. 1-6-1963
    commentator: "Newsroom of the Air/News of the World"
    04-22-1908 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL
    actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"

    04-22-1909 - Ralph Byrd - Dayton, OH - d. 8-18-1952
    singer, actor: Local and Hollywood radio
    04-22-1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - NYC - d. 3-12-1999
    classical violinist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Pause that Refreshes"
    04-22-1920 - Hal March - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-19-1970
    comedian: Matt Henshaw "December Bride"; Mr. Cook "Too Many Cooks"
    04-22-1921 - Charlotte Lawrence - CA - d. 10-20-1993
    actress: Stacy McGill "Advs. of Christopher Wells"; Reba Britten "Just
    Plain Bill"
    04-22-1921 - Vivian Dandridge - Cleveland, OH - d. xx-xx-1991
    writer: "The Beulah Show"
    04-22-1922 - Charlie Mingus - Nogales, AZ - d. 1-5-1979
    jazz bass player: "Here's to Veterans"

    April 22nd deaths

    01-09-1913 - Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, CA - d. 4-22-1994
    [removed] president: "Image Minorities"; "Kennedy-Nixon Debates"
    03-01-1885 - Lionel Atwill - Croydon, England - d. 4-22-1946
    singer: "Eveready Hour"
    03-09-1902 - Will Geer - Franfort, IN - d. 4-22-1978
    actor: Penny "Bright Horizon"
    03-12-1899 - Amparo Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 4-22-1969
    concert Pianist: (Jose's sister) "Concert Hall"
    09-15-1904 - Tom Conway - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-22-1967
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; Simon Templar "The Saint"
    10-13-1891 - Irene Rich - Buffalo, NY - d. 4-22-1988
    actress: Faith Chandler "Dear John"; Irene Davis "Lady Counsellor";
    Judith Bradley "Glorious One"
    11-10-1907 - Jane Froman - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-22-1980
    singer: "Florsheim Frolic"; "Bromo Seltzer Hour"; "Gulf Musical
    Playhouse"
    11-16-1894 - Ruth Cornell Woodman - d. 4-22-1970
    creator, writer: "Death Valley Days"; "Cavalcade of America"
    12-28-1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines - Duquesne, PA - d. 4-22-1983
    bandleader: "Band Remotes"; "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:06:35 -0400
    From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  the "border stations"

    Yesterday on "fresh air" on npr I heard the last part of an interview about
    a book called "border stations".  I have read about these before.  Because
    the fcc limited power output for us stations some people went across the
    mexican border and built stations with several fold the power of us
    stations which could reach much of the country.  Many us performeers
    recorded, on disk apparently, their programs and the transcriptions were
    taken to the stations for broadcast.  The part of the interview I heard was
    about some of the personalities on these stations with some on air clips.
    I don't recall ever hearing one of these stations and assume that at some
    time they stopped their multiple power broadcasting.  Can anyone discuss
    them and what happened to them and about the programing hey had?

                                    IC|XC

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:07:29 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ron Lackmann/Joe Bolton/WOTW
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    Last Night at the "Billy Rose":

    Thursdays are always great at the New York Public Library for the Performing
    Arts
    at Lincoln Center--Billy Rose Theatre Collection (Third Floor), or as I
    affectionately
    abbreviate it,  "Billy Rose." Thursdays are the one night where it's opened
    late--until
    8 PM,  and I can usually get in a couple of hours research time after work.

    Currently at this branch of the NYPL,, in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, there's
    an
    exhibit celebrating the heyday of "Disco," replete with museum quality
    exhibits
    that include gold records and some of Donna Summers's costumes. There's a
    small glass case containing a handful of disco-dancing instructional books
    including one titled "Disco! Disco! Disco!" by an author named Ronald W.
    Lackmann.

    Is that OUR Ron Lackmann, celebrated OTR-era actor and author? I'm currently
    reading his book about  comic strips and comic books which were adapted to
    radio. Ben Ohmart & his Bear Manor Media publish it [removed]  .

    Secondly, while spending some down-time waiting for my call-slips to be
    filled,
    I was perusing Vincent Terrace's OTR encyc, where I read that "Uncle Don"
    Carney,
    at one time, had an announcer named Joe Bolton. Is this the same Joe Bolton
    who worked for many years at WPIX-TV here in NYC, most notably as "Officer
    Joe"
    Bolton, the one-time host of "the Three Stooges" afternoon programme?

    Finally, unrelated to B. Rose, I'd like to know if there ever has existed a
    radio station
    with the call letters WOTW. I know we OTR types relish our jargon such as
    "WOTW,"
    insider-speak for Orson Welles's "The War of the World," but I'd like to know
    if some-
    where, there's a WOTW-AM, or -FM. Does anybody maintain a  "call letter"
    database.

    Yours always in the ether,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:54:59 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "That Hammer Guy"

         I heard recently about an OTR program called
    "That Hammer Guy". All that I was told was that it
    was an OTR detective series. Was this based on any
    of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer detective series?
    Any details would be appreciated. Are there any of
    CD's or cassettes of this program currently available?

         Thanks ahead of time for any help you can provide.

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:55:17 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Say Goodnight Gracie in Memphis

    Say Goodnight Gracie starring Frank Gorshin is in Memphis.  Coverage from the Commercial Appeal follows.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed],1426,MCA_520_3717916,[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:20:29 -0400
    From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Name That Tune

    Can anyone name the tune AFRS used at the end of the
    21st Precinct shows it aired? When I heard AFN in
    Germany in the 70s it seems like they might have
    played it at the end of other shows as well.
    Thanks.

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