Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #120
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Date: 4/18/2007 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 120
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      RE: Radio networks and ABC            [ "Bill" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
      Gunsmoke's John Meston's grandson's   [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig  [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      Hyman J Averbach                      [ Ed Kindred <kindred@[removed]; ]
      Hy Averback/Averbach                  [ "Lois Culver" <loiseula@[removed] ]
      Re: Sam Edwards                       [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
      4-19 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:38:13 -0400
    From: "Bill" <nbcblue@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Radio networks and ABC

    Kenneth Clark posted:

>      I was always under the impression that the ABC network was once
>     known as NBC Blue.  Wasn't there (in the earlier days of OTR) an NBC
>     Red and an NBC Blue network?  It seems to me there was.  Then later on,
>     NBC Red came to be known as just NBC, and NBC Blue came to be
>     known as ABC.  Isn't this true, or am I mistaken?

    Yes, NBC Blue did become ABC. Because of FCC rules, NBC (wholly owned by
    RCA) had to divest itself of one of it's two networks. NBC Blue was
    purchased by the American Broadcasting Company (wholly owned by Edward J.
    Noble), the sale being approved on October 12, 1943.

    Bill H.

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:38:59 -0400
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gunsmoke's John Meston's grandson's story

    I suppose some of you know this story about John Meston's grandson,
    but if not here is a fascinating article in The Boston Globe.

    He was left in Tibet at 3 by his hippy mom who had become a Tibetan nun:

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    Brief clip:

    [ What Wongmo (her nun's name) told him, she repeated in a telephone
    interview from Washington state, where she now lives. She was from an
    artistic, high-strung family. Her father, John Meston, was cocreator
    and scriptwriter for the "Gunsmoke" radio and television show. He and
    his wife were alcoholics and neglectful parents. Wongmo said that as
    a young person in California and Europe, she was deeply sunk in "sex,
    drugs, and rock and roll." ]

    Larry Slade

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:58:58 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand
     with the Big Bands"

    The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
    and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
    with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].

    Each week we feature four complete shows in MP3 format
    for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
    Age of Radios" and two "One Night Stands."

    We present new shows every week or so. The current four
    programs will be available on line at least until the morning of
    April 25, 2007.

    "The Golden Age of Radio" with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran:

    Program 52 - July, 1974 - Bob Cummings

    Program 53 - August, 1974 - Mel Blanc

    "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" with Arnokd Dean:

    Program 5 - April, 1971 - Artie Shaw - Part 2

    Program 6 - June 3, 1971 - Duke Ellington

    In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
    the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
    and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
    Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
    Big Bands."

    Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
    Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
    and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
    with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
    from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
    Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
    Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
    of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
    Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

    Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
    era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
    the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
    When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
    of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
    of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
    series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
    with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
    etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
    eras of music history.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:30:35 -0400
    From: Ed Kindred <kindred@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hyman J Averbach

    Bach, Back he used them both in credits. A little Google and IMDB reveals
    an incredibly
    versatile person as actor, announcer, director ....................
    IMDB lists 50 entries as a director and multiple other entries as
    Actor/Producer etc.
    Ed Kindred

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:27:00 -0400
    From: "Lois Culver" <loiseula@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hy Averback/Averbach
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    Hy's name will be spelled both ways on the Internet.  My point was that
    there was NO   "H"  in the front of the Averback name.  I do not remember,
    back in those days, whether he spelled it with a "k" or an "h".
    Lois Culver

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:05:17 -0400
    From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Sam Edwards

    Sam Edwards was one of those actors whose voice you could spot in a second.
    By my count, he appeared in over 40 YTJD programs.

    John C. Abbott

    Note:
    No Trees were harmed in sending this message.
    However, some electrons along the way were inconvenienced.

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    Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:06:46 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-19 births/deaths

    April 19th births

    04-19-1858 - May Robson - Melbourne, Australia - d. 10-20-1943
    actor: Aunt May Webster "Lady of Millions"
    04-19-1888 - William Axt - d. 2-12-1959
    musical director: "Major Bowes Capitol Family Program"
    04-19-1891 - Ralph Jewell - d. 5-xx-1964
    Played cornet for various bands around Detroit and WXYZ
    04-19-1897 - Vivienne Segal - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-29-1992
    actor: "Jantzen Radio Program"
    04-19-1900 - George O'Brien - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-23-1985
    actor: "Anchors Aweigh"
    04-19-1907 - Lin Basquette - San Mateo, CA - d. 9-30-1994
    actor: "Whatever Became of  . . . "
    04-19-1908 - Parke Levy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
    creator, writer, director: "December Bride"; "My Friend Irma"
    04-19-1913 - Sylvia Froos - New York - d. 3-28-2004
    singer: "Sylvia Froos Show"; "Fred Allen Show"
    04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    04-19-1920 - Frank Fontaine - Cambridge, MA - d. 8-4-1978
    comedian: John L. C. Sivoney "Jack Benny Program"
    04-19-1937 - Elinor Donahue - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "The Search"

    April 19th deaths

    01-05-1910 - Lumpy Brannum - Sandwich, IL - d. 4-19-1987
    bass: "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians"
    02-20-1888 - Muriel Starr - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-19-1950
    actor: Susan Leighton "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    03-06-1917 - Frankie Howerd - York, England - d. 4-19-1992
    comedian: "Frankie Howerd Show"
    04-05-1926 - Stan Levy - d. 4-19-2005
    jazz drummer: "Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra"
    04-22-1900 - Joan Blaine - Fort Dodge, IA - d. 4-19-1949
    actor: Joan Houston "Tale of Today"; Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"
    04-29-1897 - Charles Seel - NYC - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: "Romance"; "Four-Star Playhouse"; "The Halls of Ivy"
    05-13-1907 - Daphne du Maurier - London, England - d. 4-19-1989
    author: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Matinee Theatre"; "Romance"; "Escape"
    05-18-1908 - Lorene Scott - d. 4-19-1983
    actor: Maria Hawkins "Young Widder Brown"
    06-18-1910 - Russ Hodges - Dayton, TN - d. 4-19-1971
    sportscaster: "Giants win the pennant, Giants win the pennant, Giants
    win the pennant"
    09-05-1914 - Nancy Ordway - Fort Warden, WA - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: Helen Holden "Helen Holden, Government Girl"
    09-10-1907 - Alvin Childress - Meridian, MS - d. 4-19-1986
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    10-02-1921 - Scott Crossfield - Berkely, CA - d. 4-19-2006
    test pilot: "Great Moments To Music"
    10-30-1911 - Ruth Hussey - Providence, RI - d. 4-19-2005
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Ethel Wilson - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-19-1980
    actor: Aunt Harriett "The Aldrich Family"; May Case "Lora Lawton"

    Ron Sayles
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