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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 163


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 What's on Bay Area Radio
	 Re: Blue Network
	 Fibber & Molly
	 Techie Recording Set Up
	 Running Long
	 electronics stores in NYC for hobbyists
	 change of [removed] the beaten path request
	 Not Red Not Blue
	 Re: Peg Lynch shows in the 70's

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Date: 05 May 96 14:33:38 EDT
From: "Norman G. Cox" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: What's on Bay Area Radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Just ran across a recap of radio dramas in the San Francisco Bay Area printed in
our local  Tri Valley Herald newspaper.  Who said radio drama was dead.

Shoestring Radio Theater 9:30 pm Wednesdays on KUSF-FM ([removed]). Turns out 24 new
shows a year. Currently working on a new production of The Scarlett Pimpernel.

NPR Playhouse.  Cases of Sherlock Holmes.  11:00 pm Saturdays KQED-FM ([removed])
Now running a new 10 part version of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

13 By Corwin.  8:30 pm Thursdays on KALW-FM ([removed]) 10:00 pm Sundays on KQED-FM
([removed]).  Original versions of 13 radio plays from the 30's and 40's 

The Radio Stage.  10:30 pm Sundays on KQED-FM ([removed])  Contemporary radio dramas.

The Supper Club.  7:30 pm Sundays on KPFA-FM ([removed]) Radio theater from the
Golden Age to now.

When Radio Was.  9-10:00 pm weeknights KABL-AM (960) Vintage shows exclusively.


Not all are OTR but if what you want is to excercise your ears, the above might
be for you.  People are finding out about the fun of radio.  Recommend the
weekly newspaper article On Radio by William Friar  to your friends.  Invite
them over to listen together.  Some of the above stations do not pump out much
power.

Norman Cox.  Member NARA and CHRS 

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Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 15:36:54 -0400
From: Michael Carraher <carraher@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Blue Network
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Adding to other replies about the Blue Network.

The Blue Network -- in addition to being the Blue Network of the 
National Broadcasting Company from 1927 to 1943 -- also operated from 
1943 to 1948 as an independent company under the name "The Blue 
Network".  Principal stockholder was Edward J. Noble, also the owner of 
Lifesavers candy.  In 1948, Blue changed its name to the American 
Broadcasting Company.

In 1952, ABC merged with Paramount Theaters (which the government had 
forced into independence when movie studios were barred from owning 
theaters in 1948 and Paramount Pictures spun off its theater chain).  
ABC's new theater-oriented management -- led by Leonard Goldsenson -- 
saw TV as a way to show movies in the home (in contrast to 
radio-oriented NBC and CBS which saw TV as radio with pictures).  In 
1954, ABC-Paramount put up the money for Walt Disney to open an 
amusement park.  In return, Walt Disney produced TV shows for ABC.  ABC 
also made production deals with Warner Brothers and other studios and 
led the way from New York-based live drama to LA-based filmed shows.

In 1985, ABC merged with TV station group owner Capital Cities.  One of 
the initial investors in this company was OTR newscaster Lowell Thomas.

What goes around, comes around.  In 1995 The Walt Disney Company (with 
amusement parks in Anaheim, Orlando, France and Japan) bought 
ABC-Capital Cities.

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Date: 05 May 96 17:22:53 EDT
From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Cc: Read Burgan <Rgb@[removed]>
Subject: Fibber & Molly
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Read Burgan wrote: 
>just the other night I listened to a Fibber McGee broadcast 
>in which Molly, Teeny and Fibber all appeared together in the 
>same scene.  So although as a general rule it was true that Molly and
>Teeny didn't appear together on the program, occasionally that rule was
>broken and they did!

Thanks for the correction.  What episode was that?  I' d like to hear it.  I'm
always fascinated by actors who do multiple voices in the same scene.

Open question for all:   Are there other examples of actors doing multiple
voices in the same scene  -- Besides Amos 'n' Andy?

Alan 

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Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 19:33:36 -0400
From: OTRadio2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Techie Recording Set Up
Message-ID: <960505193334_107239427@[removed]>

In digest 162, MORTN2HHC asked about where to get a device to hook up a
couple of tape decks and a receiver so that he could record from and to any
combination.

I have a similar situation.  I've got two reel to reel tape decks, a
receiver, and a cassette deck.  I got a REALISTIC Tape Control Center from
Radio Shack.  It's a simple switch box that allows you to record or plan
from/to any combination of three decks.  It cost about $25.  I got it a year
ago so it should still be available.

I'd try Radio Shack and keep it simple.

Hope this helps

Darrell Boomgaarden

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Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 20:59:26 -0400
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Running Long
Message-ID: <960505205925_391342839@[removed]>

Friends:

You might be interested to know that even today in the world of television,
networks HATE it when you deliver a show long.  And they equally hate
it(believe it or not) when you deliver a show SHORT.  
I often, as a writer/producer on the half hour comedies I work on, spend many
hours either trying to "pick up" time by editing, or "put in time" by all
kinds of technical tricks.(Remember, this is AFTER the show is shot.)
 Sometimes, it just can't be done without risking damage to the plot.  In
these cases, you go to the network, hat in hand, and beg for another 30
seconds, or inform them you're 30 short and to put in some public service
spots.
Back in OTR days, when everything was live, I'm sure it was someone's job on
the set to stand there during rehearsals with a watch.  But once you get with
that live [removed], you know.
Regards to all,
Thom Bray

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Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 21:38:05 -0500
From: vintage@[removed] (Andy Blatt)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: electronics stores in NYC for hobbyists
Message-Id: <v01540b01adb315ce6636@[[removed]]>

I'm sorry but I cannot recall the exact address

"The Parts House" is Taft Electronics and is on West 45th Street in NYC
which would have a switch box for switching between tape decks and other
electronic components or patch bays to patch in between those same
components using patch cords which can be plugged and unplugged at [removed]

Also S & S Audio on the same Street.

Andy Blatt
vintage@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 21:25:07 -0600
From: clownz@[removed] (David R. Lind and Becky Zalon)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: change of [removed] the beaten path request
Message-Id: <v01540b02adb31f312e89@[[removed]]>

Howdy! Changed servers (and [removed]@[removed] is now
clownz@[removed]).  I'm wondering if anyone might have copies of The
Smothers Brothers Variety Show (E! ran it a few years ago)  I know this is
off the beaten path, but there is a lot of crossover between OTR and
nostalgia TV, so I wanted to give it a go.

Oh, and to add to the Molly/Teeny discussion (s if there hasn't been enough)
There is a scene in an old movie "Look Who's Laughing" with Lucille Ball,
Edgar Bergan, Fibber McGee and Molly where Molly does Tenny's voice over
the phone to fool someone (don't remember the exact context, and to lazy to
pull out the tape, watch it and get the specifics).  But, an opportunity to
see a few OTR personalities on screen.

Please contact me if you have any info re: Smothers Brothers and
Don't [removed] is Mother's Day {:O)

Dave Lind  clownz@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 19:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Not Red Not Blue
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Once in awhile there were little networks that were the result of
a sponsor not being able to use certain advertising copy in some
states. The other reason would be a sponsor buying only a part of
the country.
I recall spending an entire day in a control room so that substitute
commercials could be inserted in the NBC feed to the Pacific Northwest.
That was at KNBR.
At KCBS we had a studio which was nothing more than a rack panel
with buttons on it but it was used for the same purpose, to dump
out of the source network and substitute a locally played tape.

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Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 11:08:41 -0400
From: FabFicBks@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Peg Lynch shows in the 70's
Message-ID: <960506110839_529188956@[removed]>

Hi Everybody,
     A few weeks ago I posed a question about Peg Lynch offering a syndicated
program in the 1970's.  I got few responses, so let me try again,
     Peg Lynch with Bob Dryden were suposed to have created a show in the
1970's based on Peg's old "Ethel & Albert" scripts.  This show was supposed
to have wound up on PBS.  The program may have been titled "The Little Things
In Life"  It may have been part of the Earworks series.
     My question is, has anyone actually heard this program?  Has anyone got
copies of this program?  Does this program, in fact, exist in any form at
all?
     My belief is that tapes may have been cut of this show with an intent to
distribute it, but that in fact it failed to land anywhere, commercial or
public radio, and was never aired.  I would be delighted if someone would
prove me wrong on this.
     Anyone with information about or copies of this 1970's series, please
respond.

---Bob Jennings

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