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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 73


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 VHS-Hi Fi Problems?
	 Family Radio Personalities
	 Sons of the Pioneers recording
	 8-track transfer (fwd)
	 Last Jack Benny: Who Played Mary's Part?
	 Types of storage
	 Radio Theater Hour

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 13:09:43 -0500
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: VHS-Hi Fi Problems?
Message-ID: <960224130941_152413710@[removed]>

Friends:
I would be interested in hearing your experiences re: recording in VHS-Hi-Fi.
 Has anyone had any problems recording two tracks (L-R)? Has anyone
experienced playback problems in the 6 hour EP mode?  I would be interested
in hearing your experiences, as I am a believer in VHS-Hi-Fi, and generally
have had GOOD experiences with this medium. 
Regards, Thom Bray
septsev@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 15:28:26 -0600
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Family Radio Personalities
Message-id: <v01540b00ad5532c5353f@[[removed]]>

We have had mention of the Ameches (Don and Jim).

How many other families had more than one member in radio?

I don't know if married couples should qualify as people tend to marry
people they have the greatest opportunity to meet so there would likely be
lots of those.

But what about brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles,
cousins, etc.

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 96 21:06
From: "bill harris" <billhar@[removed]>
To: "otr digest" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Sons of the Pioneers recording
Message-Id: <m0tqVyf-000Y5aC@[removed]>

This is slightely off topic but I figure there is someone here on
the digest that can probably answer my question, which is; when
did the Sons of the Pioneers first record "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"?

Thanks in advance,
Bill Harris
billhar@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:03:13 -0600 (CST)
From: Richard Kunz <railbuff@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: 8-track transfer (fwd)
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:45:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Richard Kunz <railbuff@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: 8-track transfer

This may not be the proper group to pose the question, but
does anyone know of a place where I can send a damaged ([removed], "unsprung") 
long-out-of-print 8-track tape for re-recording onto casette?

TIA.

railbuff@[removed]
 

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 23:45:48 -0600 (CST)
From: Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Last Jack Benny: Who Played Mary's Part?
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

There's been some speculation over who played Mary's part in the studio 
during the last ever Jack Benny episode. My guess is that it was Janette 
What's-Her-Name, Jack's secretary. Any agreements or disagreements?

Bruce

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 01:24:51 -0500
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Types of storage
Message-Id: <[removed]@bigdog>

Every so often, I notice some posting about using video tape for long time
storage of radio shows. How long is long time storage?

My original tapes are on reel to reel. The oldest was recorded in June of
1952. It sounds as good today as it did the day it was recorded.

In my opinion, reel to reel tape still offers the best form of storage. Why?
If the tape breaks or stretches, it can still be played. Normally, mylar
tape will not do either. Playing reel to reel tapes doesn't have any bad
effects. Maybe, some of the highs may drop out, but let's be realistic. The
frequency response of most of the radio shows was never about 7,000 cps.
10,000 cps tops. The loss of highs by playing a tape over and over is
usually in the 12,000 cps and above.

Way back in the mid 50's, I wanted to see what would happen to a tape if it
was played many, many times. So I created a tape loop. Turned the recorder
on and left it playing for a couple of days. I'm sure I played the same tape
hundreds if not at least 1,000 times. The tape sounded the same. It was
shinny, but still very much playable.

I don't think anyone will be able to do that with video tape. We attend
conferences where we sell video cassettes. We set up a small vcr and monitor
and play one of our tapes over and over again during the conference. After
two or three days, the tape become unplayable. Drop out, lines, picture breakup.

The people at 3M tell me that a video tape will last 1,000 plays. Talk to
any video store owner and he'll tell you if he can get 100 rentals out of a
tape he is doing good.

DAT tapes fall into that same category. Why. Video tapes and DAT tapes
require that a revolving head pass over the tape. Actually the tape is
passing over a rotating head. It is like sandpaper being applied to the
tape. Eventually the oxide starts to wear off. Since the signal is digital,
loss of parts of the tape can effect the entire signal.

So, where a slight loss of oxide on an analog tape will only slightly effect
the sound quality, the same loss on a video tape or DAT tape can cause a
complete loss of sound for some amount of time. I have reel to reel video
tapes that were recorded on unknown brands of video tape that I can no
longer play. The oxide has turned to white powder.

On the other hand, I've got thousands of reels of audio tape, some recorded
on computer tape, that still play. Splices may have to be repaired, but the
tapes play.

What about audio cassettes. I have found that the following is happening to
my oldest tapes. The pressure pads fall off. The splice at the leader just
pulls apart. Both are repairable without any loss of quality to the tape.

So, if you are thinking of recording to a medium that will last for many
years to come, think in terms of analog recording. Reel to reel being the
best and audio cassettes second.

As soon as the recordable CD become more available and prices come down,
then this system seems to be the best by far. From what I've been told, CD's
don't wear out and are almost impossible to injure, unless you bend them or
really scratch them. In both cases, I think this kind of damage would have
to be intentional. Normal handling and playing doesn't seem to hurt them.

Just as a personal asside, my very first tape recorder was a Pentron Model
9T3C. A birthday present back in 1952. A number of years ago, the amplifier
need repair and I never had a chance to do anything with it. Then I found a
small repair shop that told me they could work on tube  equipment. I brought
in the recorder. After a month I got a call telling me that they couldn't
fix it because the heads looked old, the belts needed replacement and the
speaker needed replacement.

I told them just to repair the amplifier and I'd take care of the rest. A
day later it was fixed. Needed a capacitor. I brought it home and tried to
play a tape. The drive worked fine, but the sound was very, very low. I
grabbed a bottle of alchole and a Q-tip and cleaned the heads. Then played a
tape with music and low and behold it sounded just great.

If you've every owned a really old piece of equipment and had not been able
to use it for a long time, I think you'll understand my excitement at
getting my old Pentron up and running.

                        Fred

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 06:01:33 -0500
From: Radio41@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Radio Theater Hour
Message-ID: <960225060131_332398409@[removed]>

Just a quick update on The Radio Theater Hour, a new daily one-hour program
that follows in the footsteps of the Golden Age. Even though the stories,
serials and skits are new, it is the rebirth of dramatized commercial radio
in this country.
To keep up with everyone's E-mail, I'll just post short lists of stations
where you can hear this program: (air-times vary)
KURM - Rogers, AR
KBBS - Buffalo, WY
WPAX - Thomasville, GA
WBAW - Barnwell, SC
WMMB - Melbourne, FL
KPSA - Alamogordo, NM
WPOM - W. Palm Beach, FL
WADN - Concord, MA
WEDO - McKeesport, PA
KONP - Port Angeles, WA
KJAY - Sarcamento, CA
I'll post more next week. 
Jan Hodges

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