Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #31
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Date: 2/10/2009 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 31
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Quiet, Please shows               [ illoman@[removed] ]
      FDR House and Library                 [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      The Homefront Program                 [ Photogtravel@[removed] ]
      2-10 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      KHJ studio address in 1930s/More Cha  [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
      Superman Collyer                      [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      [removed] - and yet [removed]              [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Re:Chandu                             [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re: "New Shadows"                     [ Bob <hrkeller@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:06:54 -0500
    From: illoman@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Quiet, Please shows

    Martin wrote:

>     To my knowledge, the Museum of TV & Radio has three non-circulating episodes.
>     Two in New York City and one in Los Angeles. The Broadcasting archive at
>     College Park in Maryland on the Univerity of Maryland campus has all the
>     scripts to the "lost" episodes.

    Martin, any chance of getting copies of these shows to put *in* circulation?
    I know it takes an act of God in dealing with the Library of Congress but is
    the Museums you mentioned as stringent?

    It's an absolute crime that these shows aren't available.

    Thanks,
    Mike

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:41:47 -0500
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  FDR House and Library

    As fate would have it, "She Who Must Be Obeyed" ,  and my Mother-In-Law, and
    I were at the FDR library  and house last  Sunday.  The library has an exhibit
    on the Depression which has a room to  sort of give an impression of the
    environment in 1933.  There were wooden  chairs which were fastened to the
    floor,
    a period sink, pealing paint, and of  course a radio.  It played the first
    fireside chat that he gave although I  don't know whether it was the complete
    one.  What was impressive about the  display and presentation was not the
    radio
    but the letters.  The library  had reproductions of many of the letters that
    were sent to FDR after the  "chat".  The passion of hope (do I dare use that
    now?) was quite evident  and touching.
    I believe that it is difficult now  for many to understand what it was like
    to grow up without any safety net and  when they found that there was someone
    who could make them feel that there was  help on the way to embrace someone
    like FDR.
        I was born in 1940 on a homestead and lived in a  real log cabin which my
    father had build.  The understanding of what it is  to be poor was ingrained
    in my thinking. And it is easy for me to understand the  feeling of the people
    who needed something, anything to feel that the future  could be brighter.
    These feelings were evident in the letters sent to FDR  after the chat.
        The visit to the FDR house demonstrated the  ineptness of the Park
    Service in showing of the house.  If there would be  any place that should
    have
    guides who were sensitive to individuals with  ambulatory problems you would
    expect it to be the case at the FDR house.   It was not so.  There was no
    wheel
    chair evident for my 84 y/o  mother-in-law.  And, in the cold it was a bit of
    a
    trek from the visitor  center to the house.  There was no easy access to the
    front and no  encouragement to use the ramp that was far to the side.  The
    ramps
    were not  shoveled. The fact is, the ramp, I don't believe, was there at the
    time of FDR  as he didn't want to give any hint that he was completely unable
    to walk.
        The guide was also a font of MISinformation.   She said that there were 2
    of the talks that were done from the house.   That may be true.  But she also
    said that there were 28 talks.   Someone detailed here that there were 30.
    Also she said that polio has  been eradicated world wide.  This showed her
    glaring ignorance of the  disease and its presence in the modern society.  The
    fact is there have  been cases in the US because the Sabin is a live
    attenuated
    virus and can be  communicated to people who are immunocompromised.
        The house itself is dark and she said not  to take any pictures.  The
    reason given as "Homeland Security".  The  reason for the house being dark
    was to
    protect the artifacts.  My wife is a  former history museum director.  She as
    well as I am well aware of methods  to protect the artifacts - like UV
    filters on the windows? If dark is necessary  to protect artifacts we would
    need
    night goggles to view the Natural History  Museum in NY.
        In short, the Park Service has failed to manage the  house properly.
    Anyone who has difficulty seeing would not be able to see  in the house and
    anyone with ambulatory problems cannot see the second  floor.  And this was
    in a
    house that celebrates a president  who was disabled.
        Bit the library is well worth the visit and the  exhibits are well done.
        For those who are interested in how FDR worked to  keep his disability
    secret I would suggest the book
    "FDR's  Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt's Massive
    Disability-And the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from the Public (Hardcover)
    by  Hugh
    Gregory Gallagher (Author) ".  It reads well and talks  extensively about
    polio and FDR's impact on the history of the disease.

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:52:37 -0500
    From: Photogtravel@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Homefront Program
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             First off I want to thank everyone who contributes to Old Time Radio
    Digest, I have learned many things I never knew about OTR.  I grew up
    listening to the radio shows of the 40's and 50's.  I actually studied radio
    and TV
    announcing at college.  Unfortunately after school the only jobs available
    were
    at  mostly FM stations out in the middle of no ware along with  very low
    wages.
             Having worked as a photographer for a good salary, I went back to
    photography.  I copied a program that was on the net until a couple of weeks
    ago
    and missed the last two episodes and would be grateful if some can point me
    to a site where I can download the last two episodes.  The programs were
    repeats of  broadcast from WNEW, with announcer William B. Williams.  The
    programs
    were The Homefront repeats from the late 30's and 40's.  The two I need are #
    7
    Liberation and # 8 Victory
    Ross In San Diego

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:52:45 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-10 births/deaths

    February 10th births

    02-10-1868 - William Allen White - Emporia, KS - d. 1-31-1944
    writer: "American Forum of the Air"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
    02-10-1892 - Alan Hale, Sr. - Washington, [removed] - d. 1-22-1950
    actor:"Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-10-1893 - Bill Tilden - Germantown, PA - d. 6-4-1953
    tennis player: "Information Please"
    02-10-1893 - Jimmy Durante - NYC - d. 1-29-1980
    comedian: (Da Schnozz) Claudius 'Brainy' Bowers "Jumbo Fire Chief
    Program"
    02-10-1897 - Judith Anderson - Adelaide, Australia - d. 1-3-1992
    actor: Royal Gelatin Hour"
    02-10-1899 - Dolph Gobel - Regensburg, Germany - d. 8-xx-1970
    organist: "Ethel and Albert"; "Doplh Goebel Trio"
    02-10-1900 - Lou Breese - d. 1-11-1969
    bandleader: "Invitation to the Fair"
    02-10-1902 - Jose Cortes - d. 1-21-1996
    fiddle: "The Swift Jewel Cowboys"
    02-10-1902 - Stella Adler - NYC - d. 12-21-1992
    acting teacher: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    02-10-1903 - Lewis Allan - NYC - d. 10-30-1986
    writer for theatre, radio, television and films
    02-10-1905 - Chick Webb - d. 6-16-1939
    bandleader: "Chick Webb and His Orhestra"
    02-10-1906 - Lon Chaney, Jr. - Oklahoma City,  Oklahoma Territory - d.
    7-12-1973
    actor: "Pursuit of Happiness"
    02-10-1910 - Joyce Grenfell - London, England - d. 11-30-1979
    writer, actor: "How"; "A Note with Music"; "We Beg to Differ"
    02-10-1913 - James Monks - NYC - d. 10-2-1994
    actor: Jim Brandon "The Avenger" I. A. Moto "Mr. I. A. Moto"
    02-10-1914 - Larry Adler - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-6-2001
    harmonica player: "Forecast"
    02-10-1922 - Neva Patterson - Nevada, IA
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"
    02-10-1927 - Leontyne Price - Laurel, MS
    singer: "Metropolitan Opera"
    02-10-1929 - Jerry Goldsmith - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-21-2004
    composer, conductor: "Frontier Gentleman"; "Romance"
    02-10-1930 - Robert Wagner - Detroit, MI
    panelist: "Juke Box Jury"; "Suspense"

    February 10th deaths

    01-11-1870 - Alice Hegan Rice - Shelbyville, KY - d. 2-10-1942
    writer: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" based on her novel
    01-11-1910 - Richard Kendrick - Vermillion, SD - d. 2-10-1987
    actor: Bill Baker "Portia Faces Life"
    02-07-1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Pepin, WI - d. 2-10-1957
    author: some her works adapted for radio
    02-22-1912 - Buddy Tate - Sherman, TX - d. 2-10-2001
    jazz saxphonist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
    05-02-1902 - Brian Aherne - King's Norton, England - d. 2-10-1986
    actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"
    06-16-1899 - Frank X. Capano - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-10-1956
    singer and program director
    06-19-1910 - Virginia Payne - Cincinnati, OH - d. 2-10-1977
    actor: Ma Perkins "Ma Perkins"; Kerry Carter "Carters of Elm Street"
    06-25-1886 - Edna Wheeler Ballard - d. 2-10-1971
    harpist: WBBM Chicago, Illinois
    09-06-1899 - Billy Rose - NYC - d. 2-10-1966
    creator-stager: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    09-30-1916 - Wendell Noble - Mesa, AZ - d. 2-10-1988
    singer, actor: "Bride and Groom"; "Listener's Digest"
    10-17-1915 - Arthur Miller - NYC - d. 2-10-2005
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "The Doctor Fights"
    12-19-1900 - George T. Bird - Fayette, OH - d. 2-10-1979
    trumpeter, arranger: Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:53:03 -0500
    From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  KHJ studio address in 1930s/More Chandu info.

    Hi!  I've been trying to follow the recent discussions about the original
    "Chandu the Magician" program from the early-1930s and the new book about
    the show.  I forgot who it was, but somebody wrote that they were told the
    KHJ studios were on Melrose when Chandu was first aired.  That is not
    correct.  Between 1928 or 1929 and December 1, 1940, KHJ's offices and
    studios were located inside the Don Lee Cadillac Building, or above the car
    showroom, at 1076 West 7th Street in Los Angeles, at the corner of 7th and
    Bixel.
    (KHJ moved to the old NBC studio site at 5515 Melrose from Dec. 1, 1940
    until moving to
    1313 N. Vine Street in Hollywood on July 1, 1948.  KHJ moved back to 5515
    Melrose December 22, 1961.)

    Also, while doing some research about 10 or so years ago on how radio
    covered the March 10, 1933 Long Beach earthquake, I found in the Santa Ana
    Daily Register (now the Orange County Register), that a small local station
    in Santa Ana, KREG-1500 kilocycles, which was running only 100-watts of
    power, had also been broadcasting Chandu the Magician.  The program aired in
    March of 1933 over KREG twice-a-day, from 12:00 noon to 12:15 [removed] and from
    6:45 to 7:00 [removed]  If I understand correctly, KHJ was still airing the same
    Chandu program?  Santa Ana is about 40 miles south of [removed], and the Orange
    County area was mostly rural and agricultural at the time.  Santa Ana's
    population was 30,000 then, with about 118,000 in Orange County.  Today,
    Santa Ana has over 300,000 residents and more than 3-million people live in
    Orange County.

    An article from March 11, 1933 went into detail about how KREG got back on
    the air 45 minutes after the strong 5:55 pm quake, but aftershocks ended up
    breaking $300 in spare transmitter tubes, which took the station off the air
    again at 10:30 that night.  The paper reported, "Despite the confusion, KREG
    continued to present its program as scheduled, and radio listeners were
    permitted their customary "huddle" with Chandu between news flashes,
    broadcast as received from the Register news office."  KREG at the time was
    inside the Register newspaper building at 3rd and Sycamore Streets in Santa
    Ana. KREG was for many years, the only radio station between Los Angeles and
    San Diego.   I'm sure folks in the Santa Ana area could hear KHJ, but KREG's
    signal had limited coverage and likely couldn't be heard in every section of
    Orange County in 1933.  (This AM station, which went on the air in
    late-1926, became KVOE in 1936, then KWIZ from 1954 to 1998.  The station,
    now at 1480-AM in Santa Ana, became KVNR on June 1, 1998, and broadcasts in
    Vietnamese.)

    Jim Hilliker
    Monterey, CA

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:53:34 -0500
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Superman Collyer

    from Joe Mackey's Week in Radio History:

>     1940   Mutual presented the first broadcast of Superman. The identity of
>     the man from planet Krypton was unknown to listeners for six years. The
>     secret eventually leaked out that Superman's voice was actually that of
>     Bud Collyer.

    	When I was a little kid (I was born in 1939) my favorite show was
    "The Adventures of Superman".  I believed then and still feel now when I
    listen to recordings of the program that the most thrilling moment in radio
    drama came when Clark Kent would say: "This looks like a job ... FOR
    SUPERMAN."  No sound effects, no music sting, just Bud Collyer dropping
    Kent's voice into a deeper register.
    	And as that little kid sitting on the floor next to our RCA Victor, I
    recognized the voice as belonging to Bud Collyer.  I also don't remember any
    secret leaking out anywhere that I would have caught it. It's true that the
    actor who played the Man of Steel was supposed to be anonymous, but Bud
    Collyer was on the radio all the time and it didn't take x-ray vision or the
    ability to leap tall buildings at a single bound to realize it was him.  It
    also didn't matter -- he was simply Superman.
    	I wonder if any of my contemporaries shared that realization.
                                                   -- Bill Jaker

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    Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:54:28 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  [removed] - and yet [removed]

    Dear Folks-

    With thanks again for your kind words in the past, those of you who  take a
    pinch of Modern Audio Drama with your Old Time Radio are invited to write  me
    off-list for details of a show honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday this
    week:

    GOOD FRIDAY, 1865: LINCOLN'S LAST DAY

    Described by our friend Arthur Anderson as, A pleasure (The) best radio
    in some time (And the) subject matter, among the most dramatic.

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman
    Quicksilver Radio Theater

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    Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:10:34 -0500
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Chandu

    Michael Ogden writes:
    "Concerning the question of the last broadcast date for the original Chandu
    series, I suggest that newspapers might be a help after all. Assuming
    that all
    the following information which I have is accurate, what we have is
    this: KHJ
    was the first Los Angeles area station to run Chandu, starting on Tuesday,
    August 11, 1931. "

    I have a newspaper clipping that is dated August 4, 1931 and states:
    "Gayne Whitman as Chandu, the Magician, is to be presented over KHJ
    tonight. Richard Creedon, the publicist, says this offering will be 'the
    first of a new daily mystery - romance - magic dramatic [removed]"

    So it appears it was one week earlier than Michael mentions.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:14:15 -0500
    From: Bob <hrkeller@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: "New Shadows"

    I'm glad you mentioned this - I was very pleased t hear these episodes, and I
    was delighted by the quality.

    Even factoring in some of the electronic mojo the RS techs may have applied
    to the digital files, these sounded as though they might have come from
    almost pristine master discs. This got me wondering (and hoping) that there
    were more "unknown" eps out there, hidden away in collections (or forgotten
    in corporate advertising files). Radio Spirits gets two thumbs up from this
    Shadow fan.

    Now, how about some "new" Green Hornets?

    Bob Keller, Waukesha Wisc.

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