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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 394

Table Of Contents: 

	 on 15-min Fibbers
	 War of the Worlds
	 Music Til Dawn
	 Shortwave OTR
	 Re: Music Till Dawn
	 Radio Hall of Fame Awards broadcast
	 re:Why I Like OTR
	 FOTR Convention - Day 1

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 08:46 CDT
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: on 15-min Fibbers
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Bob Roach in discussing the later FM&Ms said:
> Even Fibber & Molly sound like they're just putting in their time.

I would suggest that right here is a capsule summation of why TV overran
OTR.  It is a source of constant wonder to me that in this day of shows
getting cancelled if they don't find an audience in 3 weeks, the old
vaudevillians managed 15 to 25 years with theirs.  Not that I don't love
them all, but formulas go stale, jokes get old, people get tired.
I wasn't there but I bet by the early 50s you could hear a lot of this
staleness all through "traditional" radio programming, and it just got
worse as budgets and staff (and live audiences) were cut.
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:51:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Karen Warton <kwarton@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: War of the Worlds
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I am still hoping someone will answer the question of how to get ahold of
the George Lucas re-staging of "War of the Worlds."

I also remember seeing "The Night That Panicked America" when I was a 
kid--I seem to remember Casey Kasem using a coffee mug to modulate his 
voice, and thinking hmm, what was this radio stuff?   :)

Karen Warton
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:25:20 -0500
From: Sammy <rharris@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Music Til Dawn
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HHMMMMMM!!!!  Makes me wonder how many versions of That's All there is.  The
one played here in Dallas on WRR was from the Gleason album like I said.  I
know that this is the right one as I called the station back in the mid 60's
and went out and bought the album. I still have it! It featured Bobby
Hackett on the trumpet.  Don't understand why AA would run various versions
of the theme.  I have all but two of Gleason's albums and it featured
Hackett on most of them. If anyone is interested the album is called "Jackie
Gleason Presents That Moment" and was stillabailable for awhile on CD as are
a lot of his albums. Will have to look up that other album that was mentioned.

Jack

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:34:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dewana Burnham <dburnham@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Shortwave OTR
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Hello Digesters,

Can anyone tell me if there is any OTR being broadcast on shortwave.  I 
know that YUSA was supposed to go to shortwave some time, but I never 
heard if they did or not.  Also, if there is some OTR on shortwave, do I 
need anything besides a shortwave radio to pick up the broadcast?  

Thanks!

Troy Burnham

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Date: 17 Oct 96 15:38:08
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Music Till Dawn
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The host of Music Till Dawn on WTOP in Washington was Terry Hourigan, whose airname was Patrick Terry.  Terry hosted the show, sponsored by American Airlines, for eight years.
Following his stint at WTOP he joined WMAL, then Mutual, and finally the Voice of America, where he created VOA Europe, a contemporary music-based service which is carried by FM affiliates from Iceland to Moscow and beyond.
Terry passed away almost two years ago and we still miss him very much.   He was the consummate radio professional and it was a real kick to work with him.

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 18:06:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rich Samuels <richsam@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Hall of Fame Awards broadcast
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The 1996 Radio Hall of Fame Awards broadcast airs Sunday, October 27th at 9
pm Eastern---quite possibly on a station near you. I've included a list of
outlets that are carrying the show on my website
[[removed]~richsam/]. You can also download the latest version of
the script for the show that I've been working on.

Inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame (an adjunct of Chicago's Museum of
Broadcast Communications) this year are NPR's Susan Stamberg, WRKO's Jerry
Williams, the FCC's James Quello, WGN's Jack Brickhouse and the late Robert
Weston Smith, better known as Wolfman Jack.

Casey Kasem is the host; Jim Bohannon is the announcer.

I'm also including tributes to Reginald Fessinden and Charles"Doc" Herrold.

You might want to tune in, if you have the chance.

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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 20:00:13 -0500
From: MartyD@[removed] (MartyD)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re:Why I Like OTR
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David,

GREAT story about why you love OTR.  I too am in my early 30's and am
experiencing OTR for my "first time".  Although I've heard OTR back when I was
a kid from tapes, today there is much more of it being made available to us
than was 20 - 25 years ago.  Now with all the mail-order catalogs, tape clubs
and syndicated shows, OTR seems to be "thriving" again!  

Marty Dzik
martyd@[removed]






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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 09:17:52 -0700
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: FOTR Convention - Day 1
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Well, Day 1 of the Friends of Old Time Radio Convention is now history.

I arrived while the first panel was in session, so I cannot offer any
input on that.

As is usual, this convention was very crowded (it is the largest otr
convention) and it was really great being among so many with like
interests. I have run into a few of the Digesters, but am still
searching out others. From what I observed of the number of @ stickers
taken from the reservation table, there is not as many here as I
thought.  The next few days will see.

Here are the panels that were on for today:
Art Singer presents Arthur Godfrey: The Making of a new A&E Biography. 
  This is the panel I missed, but I did briefly meet Art Singer. He is
  preparing a video portrait of Arthur Godfrey with some focus on his 
  radio years. I did not get a date of when the broadcast will be taking
  place.
Archives and Museums
  This was a presentation on the work of the Broadcast Pioneers Library
  at the University of Maryland. The library is available to anyone who
  wants to do research as well as most anything in their library can
  be copied including quality audio and photos for a price. They are 
  receiving additional material and the speaker explained the archiving
  process and their plans for expansion. This Library looks like a great
  source of material for anyone interested in doing research or just
  wanting to get answers. They do have an online presence and will 
  usually answer questions via email. He did not give out the address, 
  and I do not have it with me at the moment. Much of their audio was
  transferred from wire recordings onto masters. They make a researcher
  copy and store the new master in a mountain location in Pennsylvania.
Comic Strips to Air
  This was presented by Bob Madison and he focused on the various 
  strips that moved from the funnies to their own shows. He played 
  pieces of them including Popeye, Tarzan and others. He spoke of the
  differences and similarities and had various comments on nuances of 
  the radio versions.
Revisit - starting and maintaining an otr collection
  Bob Burnham who appears on this digest spoke on various aspects of
  starting a collection including sources, storage, and methods of 
  cataloging. Bob has spoke on this subject many times including
articles
  in various otr publications. He did not go into what should or should
  not be collected, but rather the methods.
The after dinner entertainment included the Gassman brothers (SPERDVAC)
doing a great rendition of Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?"
routine. They have performed this before and do a really funny remake.
The re-creation was an original script based on The Lone Ranger. Actors
included Fred Foy as Narrator and Tonto, John Hart (he was a TV Lone
Ranger, Hawkeye on a series with Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Armstrong in a
serialized video version, etc.) portrayed the Masked Man. Others in the
cast included Bob Hastings (TV's McHale's Navy, radio's Archie Andrews),
Arthur Anderson (Let's Pretend), Fran Striker Jr., Dick Beals (Speedy
Alka-Seltzer, The Lone Ranger), Ivan Cury (Bobby Benson), Reg Jones (The
Mystery of the Masked Man's Music) and some others. It was very well
done, but I could not envision the Masked Man as well with John Hart's
"Hi Yo Silver" versus Brace Beemer's. The script centered around a visit
by Thomas Edison to the West, a Solar Eclipse, and an attempt to kidnap
Edison. 
After the re-creation, questions were asked of the cast. Most went to
special guest John Hart, who had some interesting stories to tell of Lon
Chaney Jr among others. Fred Foy had some insight into working with the
LR cast when he was announcer. Fran Striker Jr. offered some nice
comments about his dad, as did Reg Jones reminicsing about meeting Fran
Striker Sr. and how he came to receive the transcription disks of the
musical cues for the series.

Dealer tables were many as usual, and one new one was the Broadcast
Pioneers selling many publications from the NBC and CBS libraries. It
was extra copies of items they had obtained.  Some real gems giving some
insight into rural stations, advertising and broadcasting.

Well, this is certainly long enough, and I will try to be briefer in
future updates.




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