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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 377

Table Of Contents: 

	 Tape Storage
	 Fwd: big jon & sparkey
	 Re: TAPE SQUEAL
	 TDK TAPE CASSETTES
	 Mr. District Attorney
	 Suspense
	 Hollywood & otr
	 OTR book search service??
	 Missing Jack Benny Shows
	 Re: MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
	 FOTR Convention
	 Handicap Theme
	 baking out squeal
	 Re: Miller, CD's or Cassettes
	 More info on Mr. [removed]
	

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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 17:05:49 -0400
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Tape Storage
Message-ID: <199610072231_MC1-A18-88C6@[removed]>

> Also remember that how and where you store your tape makes a big
>difference in how long it will last.

In talking about tape squeal, Henry Howard hit on an good point -- proper
storage.  What is the best way to store them??  Room temperature? vertical?
 horizontal?  etc. etc.  Until now my collection has been on cassette, but
I've just inherited a sizeable collection of reels and welcome advice on
how to best store them.  Thanks!

Alan Chapman
[removed]@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:52:25 -0700
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Michael Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Fwd: big jon & sparkey
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,

I received this request.  Sounds like Jim is looking for a source of 
shows and source of a log. I know it been the subject of many a digest,
but I'm afraid I don't know the answer.  Any takers?  Either send the
answers to Jim or to me and I'll forward them.

---- Begin Forwarded Message

From: Jim Williams <JimWilliams-Trane@[removed]>

frank: maybe you can give me some [removed] have tried to find out 
about a show that ran in the early 50's (i think) & it was called 
either:
		big jon & sparkey    or   no school today

are you aware of anyone that might have a log listing on it (or where 
there might be tapes avail)

thanks for any help you can [removed] wms

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 00:38:48 4
From: "edcarr" <edcarr@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: TAPE SQUEAL
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

i've been reading the posts about tape
squeal and since i know first hand about
it,may i add a little more?-but first
the fellow mentioned putting a record in
the oven,thats not as far fetched as it seems
it all depends on the temp you place it at
and how you do [removed] in this case you have to
be fast.
ok,first what do convection ovens cost?couple
hundred,i have no clue,but i don't need one
i have my $400 oven.
2nd,how important are your tapes to you,i'll bet
they are as dear to your heart as mine are,but
think what good is the tape if you can't play
it,all you have is a lump of tape,so what have
you got to lose by putting it in the oven,i had
alot to lose,first the cost of the tape,and the cost
of the shows as i had traded off the trans a long 
time ago,so i had about $35 invested in one reel
of tape that i couldn't listen to,i never heard
of that type of oven,i would have bought one
though,figure 300 x $[removed] i took the plunge
one day and said the hell with it,i have no problem
now.
let me get back to that record in the oven,although
this isn't quite that,my buddy in chicago who did
my trans for me,told me his attic was unbearable
the heat was intense,he took his warpped trans,he
had quite a few,put them in the attic,laid out
boards,placed them in a row laid another board
on top put some weight on it,came back oh! i
forget how long presto they were ready to be
recorded.
so you can pooh an idea,but if it works it works
                                   edcarr@[removed]

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Date: Tue, Oct 8 1996 06:39:42 EDT
From: Thomas Heathwood <theathwo@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: TDK TAPE CASSETTES
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi Everyone -
Well when I heard from Max Schmidt that TDK was changing or had changed
their popularD-60's shell, I was alarmed. I have used thousand and
thousand of these very good standard grade tapes for HERITAGE RADIO
CLASSICS customers, almost without a single complaint!
I called the Eastern Sales Office of TDK in Atlanta on Monday, and sked
just what was happening. The rep. told me that it was true, the shells had
been changed on the D-60's (also known as ZD-60 and ME 60 in the past).
The new shell, a sonic weld, they say, will work just fine, and "not to
worry". But I did worry, and I told the rep. so.  I am worried about using
acassette which cannot be easily opened to retreive unreplaceable content.
He told me you could drill 4 small holes in each corner, and open it that
way. Quite a departure from just unscewing 5 screws!
He assured me that the tape formulation and the inner mechanism had not
changed, and that the clear shell would remain. He added that
approximately 50% of the TDK cassette line is now sonic-welded. The high-
end cassettes like the DSX and DMAX will continue to come supplied with 5
screws, but apparently the low-end cassettes (including those made for
duplication on high-speed duplicators) will not.  Finally when I asked
the reason for the change, I was told it was a cost-cutting measure.
We'll all have to make up our mind, after a fair evaluation, of just how
well these new units will hold up.
<<TOM HEATHWOOD/HERITAGE RADIO/YESTERDAY-USA SATELLITE RADIO --
   [removed]   HERITAGE4@[removed]>>
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 19:50:46 +0900 (JST)
From: ROY WAITE <rwaite@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mr. District Attorney
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Re Mr. District Attorney, 
> I remember the lead actor as
>Jay Josten, but may be wrong.

>Bob Kirk

Right, Bob.  Jay Jostyn was the lead in the great show.

Roy

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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 06:54:22 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Suspense
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Charles Mazza wrote:
>I've been busy putting together a list of the "Suspense" episodes in my
>collection (using one of the great logs at Lou Genco's web site) and i
>noticed that there are a number of shows that are repeated. Some are even
>listed more than once. My question: Are these shows the same episodes that
>were re-aired? Are there any entirely different episodes with the same
>title? I assume they are just repeated episodes, i just want to be sure. Any
>help would be appreciated.
>

Some of them were actual repeats, but most were the same scripts re-done
with different actors. In the early days the script might have been re-done
with the same actors but were new broadcasts!  For example, Agnes
Moorehead's unforgettable performances in "Sorry, Wrong Number."

Some of the scripts were re-edited as the series ran up against broadcast
time available or additional commercials, etc.


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Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          
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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 06:54:24 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hollywood & otr
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Guess what Hollywood star has signed a $20 million contract to play our
>favorite Western Soldier of Fortune?  John Travolta!  
>
>Hollywood is really into OTR!
>

Given this, I'm surprised there hasn't been any attempt to do a big screen
Lone Ranger. He has the presence and almost everyone, young and old, are
familiar with the character.


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Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          
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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 96 04:21:46
From: cmarvel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR book search service??
Message-Id: <m0vAaLw-00022xC@[removed]>

All:    
    Does anyone know of a good book search service about OTR?  I am
looking for the following books and can't find them in any San Diego used
book shops: "The Golden Web" by Eric Barnouw, "His Typewriter Grew Spurs"
by Fran Striker, Jr, and "WYXIE Wonderland" by Dick Osgood.  I have even
contacted the last two authors for the books with no success.  Any info
about either these books or any search service would be greatly
appreciated.

Keith

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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 96 07:36:04 EDT
From: TBARNETT@[removed]
To:   otr@[removed]
Subject: Missing Jack Benny Shows
Message-Id: <m0vAaSE-000k2HC@[removed]>

To: SMTP    --AHIPC2S  OTR Digest

From:    Tom Barnett
         EDS NAO/VDTO Finance and Personnel Systems Support
         (810)986-0389 (8-226) Internet:TBARNETT@[removed]

Subject: Missing Jack Benny Shows

Did anyone catch a post from about a week ago by Adventures in Cassettes.
I was remembering - didn't she allude to the fact that they would be turning
up a surprise, "lost" episode having to do with shoelaces?

Could this be the ever elusive "Buying Shoelaces for Don" Christmas episode.

Dare I dream ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ?

Tom Barnett
"There are no Ordinary moments." -Dan Millman

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 07:46:01 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Message-ID: <961008074600_328454580@[removed]>

MR> DISTRICT ATTORNEY premiered on April 3, 1939 with the much-missed Dwight
Weist in the title role.  Weist also impersonated Adolf Hitler on THE MARCH
OF TIME, announced BIG TOWN and THE ALDRICH FAMILY, and portrayed
Commissioner Weston on THE SHADOW opposite Orson Welles and Bill Johnstone.
 After 13 weeks the role was assumed by RAYMOND EDWARD JOHNSON (the sinister
Raymond on INNER SANCTUM and the radio voice of MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN.  Ray
will be appearing at this years FOTR convention next week.  Jay Josten
starred as MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY through the remainder of the show's most
remembered years, with Vicky Vola as Miss Miller and Len Doyle as Harrington
(through 6-13-52).  David Brian later took the title role in a syndicated
radio series (1952-3) and, I believe, in the television version.  Dwight
Weist returned to play the title role for a recreation of a Jerry Devine
script at the 1984 FOTR convention. -- ANTHONY TOLLIN 

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 08:16:44 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: FOTR Convention
Message-ID: <961008081642_121467402@[removed]>

Art Singer will present Arthur Godfrey: The Making of a new A & E Biography
 on Thursday, October 17 at 12 noon.

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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 08:21:26 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Hinkley, H. K.)
To: otr@[removed] (OTR Digest)
Subject: Handicap Theme
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

I was listening to a reel of "Counterspy" programs this weekend and noticed 
program #40, 9/8/49, The Case of the Courageous Come-On, is about a benefit 
show for the handicapped that turned out to be a scam.  Of course, David 
Harding was on hand to foil the plot.

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:22:29 -0400
From: Platecap@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: baking out squeal
Message-ID: <961008092228_328510243@[removed]>

Just a word to say it is *not* dangerous baking OTR [removed]
and you *don't* necessarily need a convection [removed] A regular household
(non-microwave) oven works great.  Just make sure you preheat the oven (using
an accurate oven thermometer) to 120-130 degrees about a half hour.

That's IT!

It's better to wind the tape onto a metal reel before baking.

I've baked dozens of reels with a 100% success rate.

-Bob Burnham; BRC Productions; Platecap@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:37:28 -0400
From: KarlP57@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Miller, CD's or Cassettes
Message-ID: <961008093726_328520604@[removed]>

Regarding Bill Scherer's question about the 2 Glenn Miller movies (Sun Valley
Serenade and Orchestra Wives): Yes, both movies were "reworked" for
radio--sort of.
Twentieth Century-Fox produced 15 minute "trailer" or promotional versions of
both films. These programs were more or less advertisements for the movie
that were pressed onto 16 inch transcriptions and to radio stations around
the country to promote the release of the films. Several musical selections
(in truncated form) were used, along with snippets of dialogue. Part of the
plot outline is also given.
These programs are very similar to the MGM "Leo is on the air" series.
Karl Pearson
Karl P57@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:28:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dewana Burnham <dburnham@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: More info on Mr. [removed]
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Hi,

I have a few episodes of Mr. District Attorney, and David Brian plays the 
leading role.  At this time I can't remember his character name though.  
I do know that his assistent's name was Harrington and his secretary was 
Mrs. Miller.  For anyone who has never heard this show, I highly 
recommend it.  

Troy Burnham

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 96 10:57 CDT
From: nobody@[removed] (Unprivileged user)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Message-Id: <m0vAeWk-000nzHC@[removed]>

[removed] ([removed]) with SMTP id LAA08201 for
<[removed]@[removed]>; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 11:51:05 -0400
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <edcarr@[removed]>
From: "edcarr" <edcarr@[removed]>
Organization: [removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 12:22:23 4
Subject: Re: BOOKS FOR SALE
Reply-to: edcarr@[removed]
Return-receipt-to: edcarr@[removed]
Priority: normal
X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows ([removed])

as i told a few of you i've been waiting
for a list of books for sale to come in
well it finally arrived.
what i'am going to do is list a number of them
here,if you are a serious book collector
contact me and i will give you the particulars
of the person [removed] telephone call to him will
more than likely hold that book/books for you.
i would have sent out copies of the list but
there are over 300 at a glance thats alot of 
postage [removed] will have a copy of the list at
the convention for you to look at.

    book                 author    
the panic broadcast     howard koch     1971
sam n' henry            gosden/correll  1926
how to get on radio     ed east         1939
i live on air           [removed]     1941
whatever became of
vol 1/2/3/4/5           dick lamparski   1967/68/69 etc
cbs mystery theater     himan brown      1976
the shadow knows         cohen/hoeflinger 1977
bachelor's children     bess flynn        1939
lone ranger scrapbook    lee felbinger     1980
remember when           allen churchill    1967
why me                  wm gargan          1969
radio broadcasting/tv    oscar rose         1947
how to become president  gracie allen        1940
let's broadcast          james white        1939
[removed] sponsors          frank edwards       1951
radio continuity types    [removed]      1948
14 radio plays            jane burr          1945
wyxie wonderland          dick osgood        1981
the saints choice of
  radio thrillers     ed buy [removed]     1946
much ado about me           fred allen        1956
wgn,a pictorial history     d. calibraro      1961
amos n' andy                c and g           1932
popular radio stars        [removed]        1942
rca 25 yrs progress          ?????            1944
information please           [removed]       1939
all about amos n' andy        c and g.         1929
the jot em down store        lum n' abner       1939
the best broadcasts of
1938-39
1939-40
40-41                         max wylie       1940/41/42
invasion from mars            [removed]         1940
the big broadcast
the shadow scrapbook
tune in yesterday
                                edcarr@[removed]




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