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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 433


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Fwd: Sears/Mutual Radio Theater
	 Re: Jean Shepard
	 Jean Shepherd
	 RE: Jean Shepherd
	 RE: 15 min mcgee & molly
	 Re: George Coppen & Collecting
	 NightFall & Theater 10:30
	 Re: Live ballroom broadcasts
	 Jack Benny
	 re: Rod Serling and Radio
	 RE: Sherlock Holmes
	 FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING
	 NOSTALGIA Digest V95 #430
	 FAQs, Benny, Writers, Escape, CBSRMT
	 Christmas show sources

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 8:16:56 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Fwd: Sears/Mutual Radio Theater
Message-ID: <1A41C4300156ACD1@[removed]>

     I have been reading with interest the thread about the 
Sears/Mutual radio theater. The discussion leads me to ask a question I 
have asked before in this group, but perhaps there is someone new 
around who can help. As part of this series, but I can't remember 
whether it was Sears or Mutual, there was a drama about some folk in an 
airplane who land/crash in a remote site with tall grass, a huge 
section of railroad track, and frequent but short intense showers. The 
main part of the story is their attempt to figure out where they are 
and to escape from it. The last part of the story takes place in a 
suburban backyard as a family finishes its yard work, turns off the 
hose, picks up a section of model railroad track, and finds a strange, 
crashed model plane in the grass. 
     If you know what story this was, and if anyone has a copy they 
would trade, give, sell, whatever, I would appreciate knowing about it. 

     Thanks, and best wishes to all who provide entertaining, fresh 
reading for me every morning! 
     (Our local LAN system will be down all day Wednesday (it's a 
holiday here in Ecuador), so if you write to me, don't expect an answer 
back until at least Thursday--assuming they get it running again 
quickly) Thanks. --Ken MacHarg
================================================================
=Kenneth D. MacHarg                            Radio HCJB      =
=Director, English Language Service         Casilla 17-17-691  =
=Kmacharg@[removed]                     Quito, Ecuador   =
=FAX: 593-2-447-263                        Phone: 593-2-466-808=     
=                                                              =
=      HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes   =
=                Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings             =
================================================================

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 08:53:13 -0500
From: fisherf@[removed] (Francis Fisher)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jean Shepard
Message-Id: <m0tMxjU-000YFkC@[removed]>

Ron Apgar wrote:

>I probably  spelled Jean's last name wrong, A few weeks
>ago, there was some mention of his broadcasts on
>WOR.  Does anybody know the name of the club
>where he did a live broadscast on a Saturday night,
>in New York City?  Also what is Jean up to these days?
>Is he still in radio?
>  
>(Ron Apgar)

The club was the Limelight in Greenwich Village. It was located on 7th Ave
(6th Ave side) and just a few storefronts down from Sheridan Square.

I know that he was booked out of Orlando and that he did have a cabin in
Maine but that is 2-3 yr old [removed] don't even know if he's still
around. --Francis

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:18:18 -0500 (EST)
From: LodesTone <lodeston@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jean Shepherd
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Shep used to broadcast on WOR from 10:15-11 PM every weeknight, and then 
for two full hours on Saturday, live from The Limelight cafe in Greenwich 
Village.  I remember listening to him every night, and going into the 
city and not only watching the show but getting to meet him afterward.  
He would be on the stage, and there would be one guy with a mixer and a 
remote-broadcast gadget, and that's all it would take to hold the live 
and radio audience spellbound for two full hours.  Every week.  

I'd sure like to have an address where I could write to Shepherd, and 
thank him for all the laughs.

Richard Fish

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:41:32 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Jean Shepherd
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,

Ron Apgar asked where Jean Shepherd did his live broadcast from.  "The Lime
Light" poped into my mind.  It sounds corect but I'm not sure.  Maybe someone
else can verify that.

Frank

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:06:37 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: 15 min mcgee & molly
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
George Coppen worte:
 
>      I dont know how you all do it but I am finding that if I am not
> going to drive myself crazy trying to collect everything I had better
> stop for a bit and collect my thoughts. There is no way I can afford
> the way I am going so I had better pick out the shows I really like
> and concentrate on them. Is this what you all find after awhile ???
> Now by saying that I dont think it hurts to have a few of many series,
> it just means that I cant expect to really be knowledgeable on all
> shows. If you dont mind I would like to read what you old timers
> and new people think of this.
 
Sounds like what I'm going through. Guess it's "new collectors syndrome" :-).
I narrowed the field down a bit by sticking to science fiction/horror/suspense
but even then, there's so many shows to give a try! Then, when someone gives
favorable comments about a particular show, if it sounds good, I want to give
it a listen. That's why I now have the full set of the Damon Runyon Theater,
not exactly science fiction/horror/suspense :-). (Keep those comments coming!
That's one reason I post those logs, so folks new to OTR can learn there's 
more to OTR than Suspense, The Lone Ranger and The Shadow, although I could be 
quite happy with a large batch of all 3. :-)
 
The only suggestion I can offer is target a few shows as main ones to collect
and still allow yourself the fun of an occasional tape or two of others. And
keep list of what you have, especially updating AS SOON AS YOU GET NEW ONES.
I learned that last bit the hard way. I'm still catching up :-).
 
 
Frank
 

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:34:05 -0500
From: Jblackie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: George Coppen & Collecting
Message-ID: <951205103404_64629746@[removed]>

In a message dated 95-12-05 03:52:03 EST, G. Coppen writes:

> I dont know how you all do it but I am finding that if I am not
>going to drive myself crazy trying to collect everything I had better
>stop for a bit and collect my thoughts. There is no way I can afford
>the way I am going so I had better pick out the shows I really like
>and concentrate on them. Is this what you all find after awhile ???
>Now by saying that I dont think it hurts to have a few of many series,
>it just means that I cant expect to really be knowledgeable on all
>shows. If you dont mind I would like to read what you old timers
>and new people think of this.

Ah, George, we "collectors" HAVE all been driven crazy.  Just reading the
postings will suggest this to you.  I confirm it.  I am now crazy, I suspect
the bulk of us contributors are.  I started by buying a box "crate" of 4
Shadow shows.  Now I have about a zillion of the existing 8 kazillion shows
surviving.  

But then I discovered Johnny Fortune!  From one lonely cassette, I've
uncovered 2 reels full!  But then I heard Sam Spade.  And Philip Marlowe!
 More!  More!

Dimension X and X Minus One!  The Life of Riley and Edgar Bergen-  Gunsmoke
and Fort Laramie!  Johnny Dollar and Box 13!  Then Norman Corwin and Carleton
E. Morse! 

Yah hahahahahahahahah!  More!  More!  Hah hah hah hah!

Are any of us experts?  Maybe.  I think maybe Laura Lee & Jack Benny, maybe
Arlene Osborne & The Shadow  (sorry for name dropping, but I think there are
a few "Specialists/Experts" that are out there).  But listening to EVERY
episode ever made of a [removed] does that make you either knowledgeable or
an expert?  Not really.  But if you like it, and it hurts no one, and doesn't
cost you every last cent, then just relax and enjoy what you can get.  I
mean, most these radio shows had that as their goal, didn't they.  Relax.

Yah hah hah hah [removed]  Sorry.  Time for my medication, now, I think.

(Just jesting)

Jim B.

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:34:21 -0500
From: Jblackie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: NightFall & Theater 10:30
Message-ID: <951205103419_64629839@[removed]>

Hi folks-
Briefly---
Could anyone give me an idea of when the series Nightfall aired on CBC?  I
has a 70's or 80's sound to it, some were done in stereo, I believe.  Great
show, BAD opening (IMHO).
Also:
1- is it still being produced? 
2- who done it?
3- is there a log?

If anyone has any info on a series called Theater 10:30, also CBC, I suspect,
I'd like to know the same stuff on that show.

Thanks in advance

Jim B.

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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 95 09:29:00 -0400
From: [removed]@[removed] (TED SCHOBER)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Live ballroom broadcasts
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

We have started some new time old time radio in Philadelphia.
WJZ 640 AM is now doing live ballroom shows.  The first one came off 
well on December 2 from the Stardust Ballroom in Pennsauken, NJ.
It was a live cover to cover broadcast, carried by remote pickup radio 
of the Russ Patrick 17 piece band with an audience of 
about 400 dancers on the floor.
WJZ will be running another on New Years Eve for those who wish to pick 
it up on air.


Ted

 * 1st [removed] #3746 * Adjustable devices are always in constant need of adjustment

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:15:30 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

In watching the Jack Benny special I was reminded that at least
the first few seasons of his TV show were unusual in that there
were no cameras on the stage. All the shots were done from the
rear of the house using telephoto lenses. That is hard to do it
that a tiny motion of the camera makes for a huge motion in the
image. Jack didn't want to be blocked from the audience by the
cameras. I'm not sure if that went on for the entire run of
the show.
It is unfortunate that in any show of that ilk that they
give us only 30 second clips. The Laugh-In show had the
same problem.

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Date: 05 Dec 1995 10:17 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: re: Rod Serling and Radio
Message-ID: <12051995101758um@[removed]>

There was a series that was on NBC, syndicated around the networks (such
as they were during the '70s) which featured Rod Serling as host called
0 Hour.
The subject matter was more thriller based, rather than [removed] in
orientation.
If memory serves, it ran as a 15 minute chunk featuring 5 part items.
Then, it dropped back to individual helpings of 15 minutes each.
I haven't seen any references to this series on the list, but that
doesn't mean they don't exist. (g>)
Hope this is of some use.

-----
   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 12:07:11 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Sherlock Holmes
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]> asked:

>Did any other Rathbone/Bruce episodes 
>survive not included in this series, and where can I get them? Whom other 
>than Petri Wine sponsored these shows?

Rathbone & Bruce starred in -Sherlock Holmes- starting in October '39.  The
sponsor at that time was Bromo Quinine.  Petri Wine became the sponsor in
1943.  Check Simon and Shuster Audio for tapes.  Check with Jay Hickerson
and Gordon Kelley for logs.

Lou
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WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 14:32:59 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: swl$l@[removed], otr@[removed],
        submissions@[removed], xx024@[removed],
        articles@[removed]
Subject: FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING
Message-ID: <E29CC4300156ACD1@[removed]>

          HCJB FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMING


Tuesday, December  19
      "Celebrate The Gift", a special Christmas music program featuring 
Twila Paris, Phillips, Craig & Dean and others. An hour of joyous 
Christmas music. 
      7:30 and 17:00 UTC to Europe, 9:00 UTC to the South Pacific, 1:00 
and 
5:00 UTC Wednesday (Tuesday evening local time) to the Americas


Wednesday, December 20, 
     "Christmas Light Around the World", David Low provides a whirlwind 
tour of Christmas celebrations in Latin America and around the world. 
     8:00 and 17:30 UTC to Europe, 9:30 UTC to the South Pacific, 1:30 
and 5:30 UTC Thursday (Wednesday evening local time) to the Americas. 

Thursday, December 21 
     Drama "The Good Shepherd," the story of Eliezer, one of the 
original shepherds who witnessed the miracle night of Christ's birth, 
and his grandson, Reuben, who is embittered by the loss of his parents, 
two of the first Christian martyrs. This drama handles the age of 
question of how could a loving God allow cruelty and suffering. Hosted 
by Doug Oldham. 
     7:30 and 17:00 UTC to Europe, 9:00 UTC to the South Pacific, 1:00 
and 5:00 UTC Wednesday (Tuesday evening local time) to the Americas.

Friday, December 22, "Music at the Ranch, an hour of country Christmas 
music will be featured on "Morning in the Mountains. 
     12:30-13:30 UTC to the Americas. 

Friday, December 22,
      "Holiday Call in" Join HCJB's program staff for an hour and a 
half of telephone chat and a look at Christmas customs around the 
world. 
     7:00 UTC to Europe and the South Pacific, 1:00 UTC Saturday 
(Friday local time) to the Americas. 
     
Saturday, December 23 
      Music special "Music at the Ranch", a hand-clapping hour with 
Christmas music, Country and Western style.            
      7:30 and 17:00 UTC to Europe, 9:00 to the South Pacific, 1:00 and 
5:00 UTC Sunday (Saturday night local time) to the Americas.

Sunday, December 24  
     Drama "The Christmas Carol," the traditional 1939 version of 
Charles Dickens' famous classic. Brief commentary following the program 
by Rob Quiring and Brian MacHarg
     7:30 and 17:00 UTC to Europe, 9:00 to the South Pacific, 1:00 and 
5:00 UTC Monday, (Sunday night local time) to the Americas.

Sunday-Monday, December 24-25  
     "Back Home Hour", musical originally performed live on HCJB in the 
mid-1950's. 
     2:30 UTC to North America, 7:00 UTC to Europe, 8:30 UTC to the 
South Pacific, (all times UTC Monday).

December 25  
     Drama "Christmas comes To Pleasant Hill". Set at the turn of the 
century, "Christmas Comes to Pleasant Hill" traces the consternation of 
a quaint town with its most unlovable citizen, Bertha Wiley. After 
living a life of bitterness and misery, Bertha is forced to take in a 
young girl orphaned by the death of her father. She comes to terms with 
someone whose love and concern overshadows her bitterness. 
     7:00 and 17:00 UTC to Europe, 9:00 UTC to the South Pacific, 1:00 
and 5:00 UTC Tuesday (Monday evening local time) to the Americas. 

Monday, December 25  
      The Messiah.  George Fredrick Handal's classic composition 
featured in this traditional Christmas Day broadcast on HCJB. 
     12:00-14:30 UTC

Wednesday, December 20  
     "The Story of the Founding of HCJB"  John Beck hosts the annual 
broadcast of founding of  the pioneer missionary broadcaster, HCJB, 
with historic audio clips of Dr. Clarence Jones and others. 
     8:00 and 17:30 UTC to Europe, 9:30 UTC to the South Pacific, 1:30 
and 5:30 UTC Thursday (Wednesday local time) to the Americas.
 
HCJB - THE VOICE OF THE ANDES - QUITO, ECUADOR

This is an FTP file from HCJB, a major international Christian
shortwave radio station broadcasting from Quito, Ecuador in
South America.  Thanks for listening to The Voice of the Andes.

The following FTP file created 23 November 1995.


                  HCJB TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE
ENGLISH    00:30-05:00  9745   [removed]   100    351
           05:00-07:00  9745   [removed]   100    324
           07:00-08:30  6050   Europe        250    035
           07:00-11:30  5900   [removed]     100    215
           11:00-15:00  12005  Caribbean     100    043
           11:30-14:30  15115  N/S America   50/50  353/160   
           14:30-16:00  15115  [removed]     100    139
           17:00-20:00  15540  Europe        100    042

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 16:05:51 -0500
From: celtic@[removed] (Stuart Joseph)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: NOSTALGIA Digest V95 #430
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Finally, just a few words about the OTR change here in Chicago.
>WMAQ AM670 broadcasts "When Radio Was" with Radio Hall of Famer
>Stan Freberg as host from 11-Mid CST M-F, and in a Chicago only
>broadcast of the series, Carl Amari hosts the show from 10-Mid.
>on Sunday. Those of you who get the Nostalgia Digest will find
>the broadcast schedule of the show in place of the WBBM
>listings. 
What exactly is the Nostalgia Digest?
Thanks.
Stuart

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:27:13 -0500
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: FAQs, Benny, Writers, Escape, CBSRMT
Message-ID: <951205172712_45465177@[removed]>

Hi Gang -               Tuesday - December 5 - 1995  --- 4:00 PM cst 

DejaVu and Loose Ends: 

The same questions seem to keep re-appearing.  Please be advised that 
Lou Genco keeps a FAQ file (Frequently Asked Questions) which is loaded
with good information.   Also, all back issues of the otrdigest are 
available for downloading, through Lou's Web Page, for those readers 
who like to see all the detail.

Some Answers to recent questions (again): 

    (430) The producer of When Radio Was would very much like to list 
    the stations carrying the program.  However, he was advised against
    doing so by his marketing councel.  It has something to do with  
    coverage and competition.  He was told that it is okay to mention a
    specific city or station when asked, but he cannot publish a list.
    That's why no such list is available.    

    (430)  I have ALL of the Sears Radio Theatre and Mutual Radio Theatre
    programs on open reel tapes. Please contact me if you'd like to trade.

    (432) Jean Shepherd now lives in Florida. 

-----  New Topic - The Jack Benny Tribute -----

I watched (and taped) the Jack Benny Tribute on NBC last Thursday night.
For the most part, I thought the program was very interesting and in good
taste.  Of course it could have been much longer, but I'm grateful for
what was presented.  There were two things that (to me) appeared wrong. 
I thought the Jack Benny TV programs were all broadcast on CBS, and most
of them (all?) were in Black-and-White.  The NBC studio could not have 
been used for these programs (or could it?).  The Color Cameras certainly
would not have been used.   I also didn't think the "canned" laughter and
applause during Kelsy Grammer's remarks were appropriate.  Otherwise, I 
liked the program, and the tape is a "keeper". 

----- New Topic -----  Most Prolific Script Writer of All Time (?)  

And let us not forget Fran Striker who wrote all of those Lone Ranger
programs.  He Also wrote Challenge of the Yukon, The Green Hornet, and
other programs I can't think of at the moment.   

-----New Topic -----  Jimmy Goggles, Sears, and CBSRMT

For some reason "Jimmy Goggles, The god" (Escape) is not in as wide 
circulation as other Escape programs.  It is not "rare", it just didn't
circulate with the rest of the Escape reels.  If you don't have it, 
get it.  It's a great program; and it IS available. 

----

When The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre came on the air, there were may otr
collectors who thought it was "below standard".  Most of the reasons
cited had to do with the music and sound-effects.  Many collectors 
didn't even "bother" to record the program.  I, on the other hand, 
recorded every program.  I remember giving a short talk on the subject
at the Friends of Old Time Radio while the program was still on the air.
The collectors in the audience thought I was foolish for taping this 
sub-standard program. 
Now, twenty years later, people who have not heard the older programs
live on the radio, consider CBSRMT nostalgia.  CBSRMT seems to be the
standard that newer programs (like Sears & Mutual) are compared with. 
Interesting. 


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

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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:39:48 -0800
From: davidrj@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Christmas show sources
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The Tuesday Dec. 5 issue of OTR Digest has a message from a participant 
suggesting Dean Wentworth, [removed] Box 2523, Vancouver, Wa 98668 as a good source 
of such tapes.
I second the motion. In fact, I have his new Christmas tapes catalog on my lap 
at this moment.
It's loaded with cassettes at $3 each, including a long list of familiar 
Christmas-time programs, plus 24 cassettes (two shows each) listed as new for 
1995.
I have no commercial interest either, but have known Dean since we were kids in 
school in the 1950s and 60s.
Regards to all, Dave Jewett

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