Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #421
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Date: 11/23/2003 6:10 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 421
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Affairs of Peter Salem discovery      [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      Norman Corwin book                    [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      NICK CARTER 15-minute daily serial    [ SanctumOTR@[removed] ]
      Early Illegal Station                 [ "RBB" <oldradio@[removed]; ]
      11-23 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      President Kennedy                     [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 21:08:41 -0500
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Affairs of Peter Salem discovery

    The details of the discovery of that segment of the "Affairs of Peter
    Salem" are set forth in the Lyon College "Greensheet", which  is an
    on-line newspaper. How Dr. Brooks Blevins stumbled upon the rare show
    is quite interesting.  Also interesting is the fact that he looks even
    younger than Martin Grams, Jr.

    Go to below URL and click on the entry for missing radio show.

    [removed]

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:04:09 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Norman Corwin book

    Someone earlier in the week asked about Norman Corwin's radio appearances.
    I had mentioned that there was a book about Norman Corwin that featured a
    nice biography and broadcast log for Corwin's radio credits.  I appologize
    for not recalling or finding the book but I just stumbled across it tonight.
    The book (for the interested party) is
    ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: NORMAN CORWIN AND THE GOLDEN YEARS OF RADIO
    by R. Leroy Bannerman
    Foreward by Erik Barnouw
    The book is indeed out of print and may or may not be difficult to find.
    Sorry I didn't have the exact title and author earlier in the week.
    Martin

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    Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 11:02:56 -0500
    From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  NICK CARTER 15-minute daily serial

    In a message dated 11/21/03 7:14:18 PM, Tim Hughes writes:

>     Does anyone know where one can find very good sounding lo-gen Nick Carters
>     and Inner Sanctums?  I'm especially looking for the '48-50 season (30 min.)
>     Nick Carters.

    ***Ahem.  While we're at it, does anyone on the list have any episodes of
    NICK CARTER in the daily serial format from 1944.  They starred Lon Clark and
    were scripted by David Kogan and Robert Arthur, often from plots by my late
    friend Walter Gibson.  Dave Goldin used to have most of them in excellent
    sound:

    "Kidnap for Sale" or "The Mystery of the Missing Babies" (4/17-4/27/44)
    "Murder by Magic" or "The Mystery of the Vanishing Corpse (4/28-5/4/44)
    "The House of Death" or "The Mystery of the Missing Grave" (5/7-5/16/44)
    "The Eye Of Death" or "The Mystery Of The Talking Doll" (5/17-5/26/44)
    "The Test Tube Murders" or "The Mystery Of The Suicide Killers" (5/30-6/9/44)
    "The Accidental Bullet" or "The Mystery Of The Murdered Dog" (6/12-6/19/44)
    "The Frightened Refugee" or "The Money Master's Millions" (6/20-7/3/44)
    "Murder To Music" or "The Mystery Of The Note Of Death" (7/4-7/12/44)
    "The Gate To Heaven" or "The Mystery Of The Chinese Gong" (7/16-7/27/44)
    "The Castle Of Chaos" or "The Mystery Of The Forgetful Client" (7/30-8/8/44)
    "The Picture Of Death" or "The Mystery Of The Painted Daisies" (8/9-8/18/44)
    "The Twilight Terror" or "Nick Carter and The Valley Of Fear" (8/21-8/25/44)
    "The Drums Of Death" or "The Mystery Of The Voodoo Killer" (8/27-9/1/44)

    If anyone has any of them, please contact me offlist. --Anthony Tollin***

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    Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:34:22 -0500
    From: "RBB" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Early Illegal Station

    Joe Mackey's "Those Were The Days" post about WBOE, the first
    school-operated, 500 watt radio station in Cleveland, OH in 1938 prompts my
    question.  I distinctly remember reading about an illegal, 500 watt AM
    station
    run by students as an actual business in a small Midwest community, far away
    from any metropolitan area where they could be monitored by FCC antennas.

    It was not a clandestine station, they had actual studios in the downtown
    area. The station's call letters were on the building in large letters, they
    sold advertising to local merchants and were very popular with local news
    and music programming.  From all appearances, it was a licensed station
    operating for years by the students who built it.  This story was complete
    with photos, including, I recall, a b/w picture of the building with the
    call letters.  It was an issue of a national magazine (maybe Time Magazine?)
    in the late-1940's, early-1950's.  The magazine story was about how they got
    away with broadcasting illegally for a long time, and when they were finally
    detected, the community wanted their only radio station to stay on the air
    by petitioning the FCC to let them continue providing programming in the
    small, Midwest agricultural town.

    The article convinced me to build a phono oscillator station in my bedroom
    and broadcast to my neighborhood, but after a few months on the air, in
    Boston, I was detected and surrendered the home-made transmitter.  I'd like
    to hear from anyone on the list if they remember this, or a similar,
    magazine article (or have a copy of it).  Perhaps someone who also started
    their own broadcasting station in their bedroom like I did.  Thanks.

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:36:01 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  11-23 births/deaths

    Kinro Kansha Ho Hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day, Japan)

    November 23rd births

    11-23-1887 - Boris Karloff - Dulwich, England - d. 2-2-1969
    actor, host: "Starring Boris Karloff"; "Creeps by Night"
    11-23-1888 - Al Bernard - New Orleans, LA - d. 3-6-1949
    singer: "Dutch Masters Minstrels"; "Molle Merry Minstrels"
    11-23-1893 - Harpo Marx - NYC - d. 9-28-1964
    comedian: (First Marx Brother to speak on radio) Occasional guest spots
    11-23-1896 - Ruth Etting - David City, NE - d. 9-24-1978
    singer: "Music That Satisfies"; "Oldsmobile Show"; "Kellogg College Prom"
    11-23-1903 - Victor Jory - Dawson City, AK - d. 2-11-1982
    actor: "Matinee Theatre"; "Crisis in War Town"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
    11-23-1915 - Ellen Drew - Kansas City, MO
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-23-1915 - John Dehner - Staten Island, NY - d. 5-4-1992
    actor: Paladin "Have Gun, Will Travel"; [removed] Kendall "Frontier Gentleman";
    "Gunsmoke"
    11-23-1916 - Julie Stevens - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-26-1984
    actress: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"; Kitty Foyle "Kitty Foyle"
    11-23-1917 - John Newland - Cincinnati, OH - d. 1-10-2000
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "NBC University Theatre of the Air"

    November 23rd deaths

    02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Calcutta, India  - d. 11-23-1979
    actress: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    03-15-1887 - Billy Jones - NYC - d. 11-23-1940
    singer: (The Happiness Boys)
    06-10-1889 - Sessue Hayakawa - Chiba, Japan - d. 11-23-1973
    actor: Freelance NHK Tokyo, Japan
    09-15-1903 - Roy Acuff - Maynardsville, TN - d. 11-23-1992
    singer: (The King of Country Music) "Grand Ole Opry"
    12-30-1917 - Marie Wilson - Anaheim, CA - d. 11-23-1972
    actress: Irma Peterson "My Friend Irma"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 08:13:21 -0500
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  President Kennedy

    For those who have asked, yes, we will be running the original (1983)
    Tribute to JFK that I did on WTTP in the Boston area on the 20th
    anniversary.   It was our old Boston-AM show, Heritage Radio Theatre,  and we
    wil have it on our netcast of the same name starting
    Sunday, Nov. 23 rd for one week in streaming audio at:
    The Olde Tyme Radio Network -   [removed]
    Tom Heathwood

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