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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 01 : Issue 122
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Your Hit Parade [Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
Re: Fitzroy-Dearborn Encyclopedia of [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
AVPRO ["J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed]]
Earth Abides ["David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom]
listening to OTR (pt 2) ["J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed]]
Re: places and time for listening [Wboenig@[removed] ]
listening to vs understanding ["James Lewis" <jimlew2@[removed]]
Mood music in OTR ["jacques boudreault" <jackb67@hotma]
Report from T. or C., NM [nicoll <nicoll@[removed]; ]
request for help - sound related (no [alo <alo@[removed]; ]
re: sci-fi and Spaceopera ["Henry Brugsch" <henry@[removed]]
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:19:57 -0400
From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Your Hit Parade
1935 - "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
Charlie
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:00:35 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Fitzroy-Dearborn Encyclopedia of Radio
Ken Lanza wonders,
Does anyone have any other information regarding this proposed book?
regards,
It's being edited by Christopher Sterling, author of various
college-level texts on the broadcasting and communications industries.
I've written a few articles for it -- including the entry on "Amos 'n'
Andy" -- and the last I heard they were still rounding up contributors
for a few remaining entries before it'll be ready for publication. The
most recent tentative publication date I've heard is October of this
year. Qualified researchers might consult the most recent list of
unassigned entries at
[removed]
The book isn't primarily being marketed to the lay reader -- the idea is
that it will be a two-volume reference book intended primarily for
libraries. Fitzroy-Dearborn publishes a whole range of such references
dealing with a wide variety of subjects, and they usually carry a retail
price of $300 and up.
Obsessive OTR-related coincidence -- the company's Chicago office is
located in the same North Michigan Avenue building where Correll and
Gosden had their office in the 1930s.
Elizabeth
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:33 -0400
From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: AVPRO
I know we have been asked to stop the thread on that other company, but I
just wanted to say that my experience with AVPRO, the folks who produce the
tapes (audio and video) of the annual FOTR convention has been positive. I
don't buy an enormous amount, but I've been very satisfied with what I have
purchased.
Randy Cox
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:35 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Earth Abides
Bruce Dettman asked about "Earth Abides".
To the best of my knowledge it was broadcast on the following:
Escape, 11/5/50 (Part 1) & 11/12/50 (Part 2).
There is also a 1/2 hr. program in circulation that is supposed to be
Suspense but does not appear in logs that I've seen.
The book was written by George Stewart and became available in the [removed] in
1949.
David L. Easter 1900 Angleside Rd. Fallston, MD 21047
Voice: 410-877-2949 Fax: 410-877-0419 Email: David-Easter@[removed]
Web Page: [removed]
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:37 -0400
From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: listening to OTR (pt 2)
I should add that when I realize I have fallen asleep and missed the ending
of an OTR show to which I've been listening it's easy enough to rewind and
start over -- unless I fall asleep a second time and then I just go to bed.
Or I stay in that recliner. I told you it was deadly!
Randy Cox
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:42 -0400
From: Wboenig@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: places and time for listening
In a message dated 4/20/01 9:36:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
<< From time to time there have been indications of where and when we used to
listen to OTR when it was NTR. Where do people commonly listen to their
tapes, CDs, MP3s, and all the rest these days? And how much time do you
spend at this activity? One show at a time? Several in a row? Same titles or
a mix? I know some listen while walking the dog and others at the computer.
I do a lot of my listing while commuting to and from work on the train up
here in Boston. For that reason, nearly my entire collection is in MP3
format. Typically I can fit 14-15 half hour shows on my portable player at
once. As to what I listen to -- my collection is predominantly the
"mainstream" situation comedies. I have always liked the fact that these
shows are set in the present, and adapt easily to the changes in the season.
What this means for my listening habits is that I can usually go through my
collection and find a dozen or more shows from various series with some
common seasonal theme -- paying income taxes (the theme from two weeks ago),
opening of the baseball season (last week), any major holiday, etc.
I do some listening at home as well. I have a wireless speaker transmitter
hooked up to my computer, so that I can roam all over the house while doing
weekend chores without missing any of the show. Or, if I'm in a particularly
sedate mood, I have a cassette adaptor for my MP3 player which I will plug
into my "faux" antique radio and just sit in the living room, listening with
the added bonus of feeling like the old radio show is coming through an old
radio.
Wayne Boenig
[removed] Radio Classic Live XII is May 4 & 5 at Massasoit Community College in
Brockton, MA. Visit [removed] for details.
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:47:21 -0400
From: "James Lewis" <jimlew2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: listening to vs understanding
This is a variation on the recent thread about students not having the
interest or attention span to listen to [removed] listen in about 3 different
modes,driving the car,listening while doing something else at home,and
finally listening at home with full attention to [removed] any of these
scenarios I always am interested in what's playing or else I wouldn't be
playing [removed] find that while I am listening to the typical 1/2 hour mystery
or adventure show in the driving or doing something else mode I lose track
of the show constantly and will have to rewind (or reset w/mp3) a few
minutes back to pick up on some murder or new development that I [removed]
driving in particular if I start to let my mind wander even a bit I miss 20
seconds,and when I refocus on the show again I find that it doesn't make
sense,so another 5 minute rewind to pick up [removed] seems it takes me
about 60 minutes for a 30 minute [removed] solution to this is to try to just
have comedies,or something like Lux that just seems to allow one to follow
it with reduced attention span and still properly follow the [removed] me
to really listen to and fully follow the mystery/adventure type shows, I
have to have total [removed] reading a paper or typing on the PC
while listening causes me to have to rewind a few [removed] was playing Escape
while I typed this and I have only the vaguest idea what it was [removed] can
keep up with a TV show pretty well doing the paper or keyboard stuff but the
more interesting an OTR the more of my total attention it [removed] am
curious,is this mostly a sign of my diminished gray cells or do some of you
also experience "listening deficit disorder"
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:47:23 -0400
From: "jacques boudreault" <jackb67@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mood music in OTR
An interesting site on OTR background music. The CBC has a site on "Lost
and Found Sounds" at:
[removed]
In this clip you can hear an interview with Graham Newton who has done
extensive research on the music used in the Lone Ranger, Superman and other
shows where music would set the tone and help produce the mental imagery
that was unique to OTR. Enjoy.
Jacques Boudreault
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:29:50 -0400
From: nicoll <nicoll@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Report from T. or C., NM
Driving from Albuquerque to Las Cruces on I-25 my wife and I allowed
ourselves a :45 minute stopover in Truth or Consequences, NM.
The town is strung out in an elongated fashion adjacent to the
[removed] about 7000. Driving in to town we spotted the
"Geronimo Museum." The Museum had 12 rooms devoted to Indian, Cowboy,
Spanish history, etc. Then there was one room, nicely layed out, dealing
with our friend, Ralph Edwards. An ongoing video showed him at the
original christening ceremony in [removed] photos, artifacts, etc. In
the large gift shop I was able to find only one item referring to
[removed] were a basket full of handsome dollar sized medallions.
On one side "Truth or Consequences Fiesta" w/Ralph Edward's head in sharp
[removed] other side [removed] the medals were left over from
past "Fiestas" so they might state "24th Annual Fiesta - 1973" or "24th
Annual Fiesta - 1975." I thought they were a bargain at $[removed] (I collect
medallions)
We stopped at the Chamber of Commerce visitor [removed] much there on
"our friend."
Then there is the Ralph Edwards Park by the Rio Grande.
I believe our allocation was just about [removed]:45 minutes.
Will Nicoll
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:29:01 -0400
From: alo <alo@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: request for help - sound related (not mp3
though <g>)
Hello folks,
I was wondering if there were any basic steps or guidelines to keep in mind
when capturing analog audio into a digital file. What I've been doing is
hooking up the headphone jack of the tape player to the line-in jack of the
computer and using MusicMatch Jukebox to do a capture to a WAV file & this
certainly works, but I'm interested in obtaining the best possible quality
file I can and I have no real experience with this stuff so I'm wondering
if there are things I should be taking into consideration that I simply
don't know about.
As always, any help appreciated.
Amanda
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:01:34 -0400
From: "Henry Brugsch" <henry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: re: sci-fi and Spaceopera
At the risk of taking Stephen A. Kallis Jr. out of contextI'd like to
submit
as an acception to his statement that
Not too many attempts to bring "space opera" >to OTR seemed to work
I'd like to submit as an acception, Space Patrol.
Also,Gordon sited this as an example of an itemwhere science played little
part.
After having heard abunch of these again in recent years, and still found
them in their way gripping, I think they were way ahead of their time.
The sounds they used came from anyone's guess where, but to me sounded like
the future.
The science used to prop up the show (and I am not a scientist, so this may
prove to be my undoing) seemed good, and accurate, if not juvenile.
But, the end result for me,and I'd have to guess for thousands of
others was an excitement about future development of technology.
I think Space Patrol was aimed at the potential gadget freak. Perhaps,it
was
a marketing tool. If so, it was successful.
I wonderhowmany cosmicsmoke guns were ordered, howmany code belts,and space
fleet kits.
And the [removed] series kept up the tention.
--
MAILTO:HENRY@[removed]
[removed]
g0gku/k1hbj
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