Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #355
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 11/6/2001 7:34 AM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2001 : Issue 355
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Radio/tv signals in the universe?     [ Jerry Lewine <radiojer@[removed] ]
      National Broadcast Hall of Fame       [ dougdouglass@[removed] ]
      Mp3 vs tape                           [ Al Girard <agirard@[removed] ]
      Re: Christmas Shows                   [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
      Re: Disney and A&A                    [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Sorry For The Long Wait!              [ "stephenjansen" <stephenjansen@emai ]
      MP3 player                            [ "Scott business" <[removed]@worldne ]
      re: BBC Goon Show                     [ Ed Foster <erfoster@[removed]; ]
      Best Sound?                           [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      Re: MP3 quality                       [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
      McGee's Radio and Felt Pads           [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      Anticipation of TV on OTR             [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      better than the original!             [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      sound quality, to who's ears??        [ Peter Appleyard <pappleyard_ca@yaho ]
      AFRS re-broadcasts                    [ "Greg Przywara" <orsonwelles3@home. ]
      For Robert Fells (and Anybody Else)   [ GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@ ]
      Re: Goon Show                         [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Hollywood Theatre Group programs      [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      audio book                            [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      An actor named Cowian                 [ "Christian Blees" <christian-blees@ ]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:36:17 -0500
    From: Jerry Lewine <radiojer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Radio/tv signals in the universe?

    I seem to recall that some years ago there were reports or claims that
    signals had been picked up of programs that were from years past that were
    still moving in the universe and it may be that signals never stop traveling.
    Does anyone have any info or theories about this or heard of such?

    I recall reading some time ago that a television test pattern was received
    years after that station had, I believe, changed call letters.  It was, of
    course, a hoax.

    While it is true that signals which make it into space will never truly
    die, they will decrease with the "square of the distance" and after
    travelling not too far a distance (or time, if you want to think of it in
    those terms), it will be so weak as if it never existed.  Also consider the
    fact that out in space a given signel will be interfered with every other
    signal which had ever transmitted on that frequency.

    I would like to think that my voice is still out there going through the
    universe from the first time I spoke into a microphone about 40 years ago.
    We could calculate that 1000 watt station's signal strenth after travelling
    some 40 light years quite easily if we made some simple assumptions - but
    rest assured the number would be so miniscule as to be unrelatable.

    Jerry Lewine, Chief Engineer (retired)
    KHJ, Los Angeles

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:25:26 -0500
    From: dougdouglass@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: National Broadcast Hall of Fame

    The National Broadcasters Hall of Fame has moved from California to New
    Jersey. Marconi's Belmar Wireless Station Manager's residence will
    display a portion of the NBHF collection. This building will also serve
    as the NBHF revitalization lab.  Most of the collection is on
    reel-to-reel. Plans are to copy the audio to MP3 format accessible from
    web pages. The web pages will also provide  a richer display of content
    for each Hall of Fame member.  Currently on the site is a photo display
    of the Marconi's station during the 1912-1926 wireless period.  In
    September 2002, they plan to display radios and collectibles in a larger
    room. To view the manager's residence, go to
    [removed].
    They can be reached at 732-280-3000.
    ---Doug

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:53:01 -0500
    From: Al Girard <agirard@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Mp3 vs tape

    	There have been valid points made on both sides of
    the tape versus mp3 argument.  I personally have more than
    800 reels of tape and for the most part they seem to have
    survived quite well.  I have on occasion, however, found
    tapes that squeal badly and are in need of the convection
    oven cure.

    	I've been collecting shows that have been encoded
    as mp3 files, and for the most part what I've listened to
    are of quite good sound quality.  It would appear though
    that some people have been encoding shows without even
    listening to them, or perhaps not even caring.

    	I find examples of this on the news groups where
    people are posting material that is mis-named, mis-dated
    or just plain mis-encoded.  Folks are downloading this
    stuff and adding to their collections in a "feeding frenzy"
    of trying to get everything that is available for their
    collections.

    	I downloaded a show that was so poorly done that
    I made a small one-minute file.  It's a before and after
    example of what was uploaded to Usenet, and what could
    have been done had the person who did the encoding taken
    the time and attention that was necessary during the
    process.

    	If you would like to hear it, the file is at
    [removed]

    Al Girard

    Visit my Unofficial Fibber McGee and Molly home Page
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:15:52 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: Christmas Shows

    At 09:28 AM 11/5/01 -0500, you wrote:

>     Aldrich Family
>     Fred Allen
>     Bergen & McCarthy
>     and any adaption of A Christmas Carol

>     Thanks to anyone that can [removed] We'll make a trade of it.

    I have at least two of the four. Aldrich Family and Christmas Carol. I'll
    have to check my Fred Allen tapes and Bergen & McCarthy tapes.

    Fred
    For the best in Old Time Radio Shows [removed]
    New e-commerce page [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:17:36 -0500
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Re: Disney and A&A

    Bob Fells notes,

>     Of note to
>     OTR fans is the appearance of Amos and Andy; in fact, "Amos" is
>     introduced as Freeman Gosden but he goes right into character calling
>     "Andy" over to the microphone.  Then they introduce their children who
>     say a few words.  One child is named Virginia.  I wondered if this is
>     some sort of "rediscovered "A'n'A" broadcast?   (I can bet on reply from
>     Elizabeth).

    Well, now I see I'm finally going to break down and get a DVD machine.
    I've been working lately on tracking down and documenting various A&A
    guest shots, and this is one I didn't yet have on my list. Thanks much
    for pointing it out! The two oldest Gosden kids, Freeman Junior (then 8)
    and Virginia (then 7) were indeed on hand with their dad for that show.

    Correll and Gosden attended the premiere not just for their own
    entertainment but because their sponsor, the Pepsodent Company, would
    soon be bringing the Disney characters to the air for their first regular
    series, the Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air. Earlier in 1937, Correll and
    Gosden and Pepsodent had mutually agreed to go their separate ways at the
    expiration of their last contract -- the program was simply getting too
    expensive for Pepsodent to continue -- and the performers had already
    signed a new three-year $1,000,000 deal with the Campbell Soup Company
    which would take effect 1/1/38.

    This was quite a significant development in the broadcasting world -- at
    the time, A&A's relationship with Pepsodent was the longest-running
    contract on radio, and the company wanted to ensure a smooth transition
    between the shows. So it was that Correll and Gosden were deliberately
    conspicuous at the "Snow White" premiere -- and when they made their
    final broadcast for Pepsodent on 12/31/37, Walt Disney appeared with them
    for sort of a ceremonial passing-of-the-torch. Then, when the "Mickey
    Mouse Theatre of the Air" made its debut the following week, Correll and
    Gosden were very prominently seated in the front row of the studio
    audience.

    Walt Disney had already made one previous appearance on A&A. During the
    summer of 1936, Amos, Andy, the Kingfish, and Lightning took a road trip
    to Hollywood, where the Kingfish had been assigned by the Harlem
    newspaper where he worked as gossip columnist "Leroy LeRoy" to visit
    movie studios and interview celebrities. During this trip, Andy became
    overwhelmed by all the Hollywood glamour and had a bad dream about
    visiting the Disney studio for a tour from Walt -- only to discover in
    the dream that Donald Duck was real, and was a very hostile and
    unpleasant individual with whom to deal. (Clarence "Ducky" Nash was also
    heard during this episode.)

    Correll and Gosden had further interaction with Disney in the late
    forties, when "Song of the South" was being made. It was partly on the
    strength of James Baskett's work as Gabby Gibson on the A&A sitcom that
    he was cast as Uncle Remus/Br'er Fox in that film, and when the Motion
    Picture Academy ignored Baskett in the Oscar nominations the following
    year, Correll and Gosden -- knowing that Baskett was suffering from a
    severe form of heart disease and didn't have long to live -- joined with
    Disney to campaign for a special Academy Award on his behalf. Their
    campaign was successful, and Baskett received the award just a few months
    before his death at the age of 44.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:18:02 -0500
    From: "stephenjansen" <stephenjansen@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Sorry For The Long Wait!

    Someone had contacted me via this list about getting my listing of mp3
    four-letter prefixes, which would aid in their titling/listing/cataloguing
    of mp3's.  So sorry for my long wait - my computer was down and out!  Now
    it's up again, but I don't have your email address to send you the info!
    Please contact me at stephenjansen@[removed] again, and I will send you the
    list.  Again, sorry for the wait.

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:32:50 -0500
    From: "Scott business" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: MP3 player

    I am still using the Rio 500. In fact when they went off the market I bought
    two extra ones so that I have three. I love the Rio 500 because it has a
    bookmark capability which is a must for OTR and audio book lovers like me. I
    have yet to find an OTR program that I can't play on my 500. I have loaded
    everything from 16 bit to 128 bit and have never had a problem. I think you
    might still be able to find one on one of the auction sites (Amazon or Ebay)
    if you want to pick one up.
    Scott

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:33:23 -0500
    From: Ed Foster <erfoster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: re: BBC Goon Show

    George Archer (garcher@[removed]) wrote

>     Where would I find on air copies of The Goon Show that the BBC produced in
>     the 1950's and were replayed here in the DC area (WETA) on Sundays in the
>     1960's?

    Start with [removed] then go to
    [removed] and
    [removed].  Finally, hang around the
    [removed] and [removed]
    newsgroups.

    Ed Foster
    erfoster@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:34:10 -0500
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Best Sound?

    In commenting on Michael Biel's observation that a copy can be no better
    than its source, Shawn Wells notes,

>     I have taken shows that were no "up to snuff" in my opinion and went to
>     great lengths to restore and in alot of cases completely re-mix a show
>     that ends up better than the original source.

    Who's right?

    Both folk are, depending upon what one means by "better."  If by "better"
    one means "sounding as originally broadcast," or even "sounding just like
    it was performed in the studio," then Dr. Biel is more probably correct.
    If one means "sounding as realistic [or other positive adjective] as
    possible," then Mr. Wells is correct.

    To give an example of what I mean, in the 1940 Jack Armstrong Sulu Sea
    sequence, there was one point in the story where Jack's party (well,
    really Jim Fairfield's, but ...) were using horses, and the sound effect
    of horses whinnying was created vocally, and not at all well.  Very
    unconvincing, and the first time I heard it, it was a jolt.  Now assume
    that someone wanted to tweak the recording of that episode.  Mightn't the
    editor consider replacing those whinnies with a recording of real horses?

    Assume he or she did.  The new recording would sound more realistic than
    the original broadcast ("better" in presentation) but different from the
    original ("not better" in fidelity to what was aired).

    This brings us to an interesting philosophical point: do we want the
    "best possible sound," or the "best reproduction" of what was aired?

    I won't provide my thoughts yet, but open the idea for discussion.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:34:26 -0500
    From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: MP3 quality

    Re MP3 quality, I, too, have noticed that some of the OTR shows on my
    MP3 disks are of disappointing quality, and yet I don't blame the
    digital medium. MP3s are capable of exceptional quality (just listen to
    some of the pop music you can find on them) and the weakest link here
    MUST be the quality of the original material recorded onto the CDs.

    I recently acquired the close-to complete set of the CBS Radio Mystery
    Theater on MP3, thinking I could fill in any shows I may have missed
    when I was recording them off the air myself. I was quite disappointed
    in the recording quality and the editing done by the person who made the
    original tapes. Since this was a program which ran in the '70s and '80s,
    there is much less reason to have marginal quality, as compared with
    programs grabbed off of acetate disks from the '30s and '40s. The Amos
    'n' Andy MP3s, I have, for example, have so much hiss and surface noise
    that in some cases it's louder than the program itself. And yet my
    "Johnny Dollar" MP3s and some of the "Suspense" ones are of exceptional
    quality.

    The weakest link here must be in the recorded quality of the original
    material.

    -bn

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 21:02:37 -0500
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: McGee's Radio and Felt Pads

    Hi Gang -                           November 5, 2001 - Monday - 7:43 PM cst

    There were a couple of postings in issue 353 about which I would like
    to comment.

      Item One --  Jer51473 wrote:

>     I seem to recall that some years ago there were reports or claims that
>     signals had been picked up of programs that were from years past that were
>     still moving in the universe and it may be that signals never stop

    traveling.

>     Does anyone have any info or theories about this or heard of such?

    Yes, Jim Jordan did - many years ago.  There was a FIBBER MCGEE
    AND MOLLY episode in which McGee found an old radio in the attic
    and tuned in "old" programs using the same principle that Jerry mentioned.
    This program was broadcast in the 1950's, and the "old" programs were
    from the 1920s and 1930's.   Sorry, I don't remember the date of the
    brodcast, but it's out there circulating.  It is NOT the "Cardable Radio"
    program.  It has been years since I re-heard it.   I heard the original, too.
    It's a good program.  If I find out the episode name and date I'll post it.

    But seriously, Folks, there is no reason to doubt the theory.
    Unfortunately, the signals are probably far from Earth by now, and
    would be extremely weak.  All other things being equal, Signal Strength
    is inversely proportional to the SQUARE of the distance.
    (twice as far = 4 times weaker) (three times as far = 9 times weaker)

                           -----------------------------------------------------

        Item Two --  Bryan Powell wrote:

>      ... magnetic tapes losing its content ... "MRX3 oxide," ...
>      ... Within a few years those tapes were virtually blank. Amazing.
>          I've never had any experience like it ... TDK and Maxell cassettes
>          from that era that sound as good, or almost as good, as ever.

    I suspect it may not be the oxide.   If you still have those cassettes,
    look to see if the little felt pressure pad is still present.  The glue on
    some cassettes was better than others.  A common problem was
    the pressure pad falling off thus preventing proper tape contact with
    the head.  A piece of felt can be re-glued  with "Elmer's Carpenter's
    Wood Glue" if the original is missing.

    Happy Taping -- Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois
    kenpiletic@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:04:03 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Anticipation of TV on OTR

    Seems to me that I recall a certain amount of discussion of television on
    various OTR programs: how we'll have TV after the war, how radio personality
    so-and-so would look on TV (generally an uncomplementary comment), and how
    we'd been promised TV since 1939 and it isn't here yet.  I don't have any
    specifics, but it's difficult to imagine that the more self-referential
    people--George and Gracie, Arthur Godfrey, Fibber McGee--would _not_ have
    mentioned the long-anticipated Wonder of the Age, and probably had a good
    laugh over it.

    M Kinsler
    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 740 687 6368
    [removed]~kinsler

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    Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 22:05:12 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: better than the original!

    Can an audio or video reproduction be better than the original?  I was
    afraid that this question might come up someday.  It usually means war.

    Archivists and historians generally are not enthusiastic about technical
    jiggering of reproductions: keep the clicks and pops and distortions,
    because they're part of the medium, they'd say.

    Nonsense, say the technicians.  We can make an accurate digital copy of the
    original and run statistical routine X and autocorrelation procedure Y on it
    to remove everything but the original audio.  We have figured out just what
    the noise pulse from an embedded dust particle sounds like and can thus
    recognize and delete these from the reproduction.  We know just what sorts
    of distortions resulted from worn phonograph needles and noisy audio lines,
    and we can compensate for these.  Therefore our reproduction can indeed be
    better than the original.

    But, says the archivist, you told us the same thing thirty years ago when
    you only had analog methods of noise reduction.  A lot of the "noise" you
    eliminated back then was the part of the waveform that made Rochester sound
    like Rochester and not Dennis Day.  How do we know that your highfalutin
    autocorrelation encoding scheme isn't going to destroy the nuances of Buck
    Rogers' rocket exhaust?

    But our reproductions do indeed sound better, says the technician.  You can
    hear the audience laugh, you can hear what's being said, you can hear the
    echoes in the studio.  How much better do you want it to be?

    I want _everything_ says the archivist.  That's what archiving is all about.
      In the end, the quality of your reproduction, improved though it might be,
    is dependent upon your own judgement of what's good and what isn't.  We
    archivists don't wish to have to make that judgement: we preserve what
    remains.

    And so goes the conversation, back and forth.  Both sides, of course, are
    right: the archivist must have his original, if for no other reason than the
    hope that an even *better* system of reproduction might come along in ten or
    twenty years.  And the technician is doing a marvelous service by rendering
    the recordings listenable and enjoyable, thus providing the general
    enthusism that supports the archivist's work.

    Mark Kinsler
    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 740 687 6368
    [removed]~kinsler

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 06:33:03 -0500
    From: Peter Appleyard <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: sound quality, to who's ears??

    Perhaps this will let the cat out of the bag as to my
    age but what is the matter with the sound of these MP3
    CD's ?? Have all of you folks that are complaining
    that the sound is not crystal clear ever heard an
    original broadcast just the way it sounded to us back
    in the 30's, 40's and yes even into the 50's ?? Have
    you never put a crystal set under the blanket with a
    wire attached to the metal frame of your bed and moved
    a cats wisker around until you find a spot where the
    music starts to play or a spooky voice starts to laugh
    and scares you half to death ?? Those were the days
    when the quality of sound really didnt matter, it was
    just so exciting that you could actually hear those
    actors and actresses acting their hearts out to
    entertain us that mattered. What has happened to the
    romance of being in love with the absolutly greatest
    discovery in the [removed] RADIO.
    I had better stop, but before I do I would like to
    take this moment to say thankyou to all you actors and
    actresses that are still hanging in there for all
    those noisy broadcasts that came over our crystal sets
    and radio's, those were the greatest times of my life
    and let me say the greatest [removed] sound may
    be nice but that is not the way the originals were
    heard and thank God everything today isn't perfect.
    Now thats just an old man talking, thankyou for giving
    me a chance to say how I [removed] man Peter

    Build your own website for free and in minutes at [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 06:33:16 -0500
    From: "Greg Przywara" <orsonwelles3@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: AFRS re-broadcasts

    I'm wondering if some or all of the AFRS re-broadcasts are missing more than
    just the commercials. For example, I have some Lux Theatre AFRS programs
    that clock in at 48 minutes or less. The original network versions of these
    were about 60 minutes. I find it hard to believe that the network versions
    of these shows actually had 12 or more minutes of commercials and opening
    and closing commentary. Can anyone help me out on this one?
    Greg

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:29:37 -0500
    From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: For Robert Fells (and Anybody Else)

         Mr. Fells, I agree with you regarding the
    superiority of truly "live" radio over the majority of
    hyper-homogenized "transcribed" stuff.
         My favorite example of this comes from a 1938
    Larry Clinton remote - when Clinton's always-excellent
    dance orchestra is at the height of its considerable
    power.
         The announcer promises one tune, but the band
    plays quite another.
         After the selection plays out, the announcer
    apologizes to Clinton for his flub.
         Suddenly there's a stumbling or crashing noise
    just off mike.
         "Oh, that's all perfectly okay," answers Clinton.
    "After all, I just fell off the bandstand."

         Give me LIVE radio any time over "canned."
         Give me Clinton any time.
         That's Larry, not Bill.

         George Wagner
         GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:30:17 -0500
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re:  Goon Show

    From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];

>     I currently have over 40 Goon Shows in mp3 format, collected
>     entirely from file sharing systems such as Napster and Kazaa.
>     Half-hour episodes, ... generally excellent audio.  doug@[removed]

    Of course, if you want to hear what the programs REALLY sound like in
    remarkably sparkling crisp and clean true high-fidelity, you can obtain
    the legal original CD sets that are published by the BBC.  They have
    recently issued the 19th volume.  At four programs to a volume, that
    should be now 76 programs that have been restored to as close to their
    original lengths and sound quality as possible by comparing what
    original masters are at the BBC and adding back in the out-takes and
    parts that were edited out of The Transcription Service versions, etc.
    Plus the 1972 "Last Goon Show of Them All" which is available on both
    audio and video.

    Of course you have to pay for these legal versions.  Heaven forbid
    someone suggest doing something the legal way, or suggest going to a
    high quality original source. :-)

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:30:27 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Hollywood Theatre Group programs

    Lois Culver wrote:

>     Don Fisher asks about some shows he has, titled "Hollywood Theatre >Group"
>     that stars Howard Culver, which aired some time in the 30's.

>     Hollywood Theatre Group was a showcase which did weekly transcribed >dramas
>     over Hollywood Station KMTR in late 1939 or thereabouts.

>     I'm surprised that copies of this exist!

    They do because of the generosity of your husband Howard. He donated about
    four of those programs, along with other shows he did, to SPERDVAC back
    around 1980. Thanks to him, we all can enjoy those shows!

    I still remember the thrill of meeting STRAIGHT ARROW himself when he came
    to speak to SPERDVAC in 1980. He was a kind, friendly man. And we miss him.

    Barbara

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:30:54 -0500
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: audio book

    Does any one know of an audio book company that would consider OTR as a
    subject?  I am trying to help out one of our OTR personality who would like
    to find  a company that would host his book  on OTR.  .  Take care,

    Walden

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    Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:31:09 -0500
    From: "Christian Blees" <christian-blees@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: An actor named Cowian

    Hi all,

    I'm doing a research on the 1953/54 radio series "A time for love"
    starring Marlene Dietrich and found the information that Robert Readick
    in his role as Mike Viktor (Marlene's partner) had been replaced by an
    actor named Mr. Cowian in November, 1953.
    Is there anybody who knows why Robert Readick had been replaced and/or
    who this Mr. Cowian was?

    Any help will be appreciated!
    Thank you,

    Christian

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