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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 362

Table Of Contents: 

	 www addresses
	 OTR CHAT
	 SHADOW Favorites
	 radio related web sites
	 Radio Spirits' Suspense / The Whistler
	 I WAS THAT MASKED MAN/WHISTLER
	 British radio comedian Robb Wilton
	 Radio Days Web Site
	 OTR WWW sites, Digest info and other stuff

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:11:44 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: www addresses
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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>Hi Everyone:
>Here's a thought. Does anyone have the time and information to do a
>compilation of all the www. sites that are related to OTR, perhaps with
>corresponding EMAIL addresses.
>We could also use a permanent (subject to change) OTR subsciber's
>EMAIL address list with FAX and home addresses if individuals wished to
>give that information.
>Is this an impossible task?
>

Actually, Tom, I am trying to do some of this. I am compiling as many sites
as I can for web pages related to otr (some only have a page among other
subjects). I am doing this as I try to get info for possible presentation
at the Cincy convention. John Rayburn is going to be on a panel at SPERDVAC
and I am trying to help him out too. 

As to email addresses, the best source of that at the moment is Jay
Hickerson. He will provide a copy and since he has that, it is something
that can be gotten at any time. The Web sites, on the other hand, are still
in compilation.

I got very little response to my original suggestion to this digest
concerning a possible presentation at a convention. Seems something was
already ongoing for SPERDVAC and by the time I was getting involved it the
subject, it was too late for FOTR (this year). 


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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 96 18:22 PDT
From: lois@[removed] (Lois Culver)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR CHAT
Message-Id: <m0v7tXw-0007piC@[removed]>
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        Want to do some live chat regarding the Golden Days of Radio?

We have several interested parties, but are going to try a different IRC
(Internet Relay Chat) server this week, as EFnet is just too busy for us to
make contact.  New time and place is:
                        
                      #OTR channel
                8:00 PM EST  (5:00 PM PDT)
                        Thursdays                
                     Superlink on IRC

Superlink is one of the newer servers, with essentially no lags and splits.
To get there from most Internet services, type /join <servername>.  Once you
have joined the server, type  /join #OTR (which will be the name of our
channel).
Another choice is, after you have joined the server, to type  /list   which
will give you a listing of all the channels on Superlink.  Then just
highlight and click on #OTR, and you will be there!

Here is a listing of the addresses for the US Starlink servers:
[removed]
[removed]
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[removed]
[removed]
[removed]

It is advisable to join the server nearest you, but if it is busy, any other
one will do.  

Set your alarm if you have to, but we hope to see you Thursday!

Any questions?  Will try to help!

Lois Culver
lois@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 17:27:24 -0700
From: John Cunningham <johnc@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: SHADOW Favorites
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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I'm working on expanding my collection of THE SHADOW episodes and I'd be 
interested in hearing what everyone's top two or three favorite
episodes are.

Which episode(s) would YOU consider essential listening for a 
Shadow fan???


Happy Listening!
John

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 22:00:51 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: JRayb71827@[removed]
Subject: radio related web sites
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

OK, in its rawest form, here are a few of the radio related web sites I
have collected. Most deal with otr, several are Modern radio drama. 

This is only a partial list - it is a work-in-progress.

Enjoy!

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		Jim Widner's Radio Days
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		Lou Genco's original OTR site
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		Phil Koopman Sr.'s Old Time Radio page
[removed]
		Radio Yesterday's otr realaudio feed
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		Marvin Bensman's History of Radio site
[removed]~lodeston/
		Lodestone's Catalog web site (New Time Radio)
[removed]
		Alvo's KQED radio page 
[removed]:80/machine_age/[removed]
		
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		SPERDVAC ad page
[removed]~jrolsen/[removed]
		Radio premiums
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		Wayne Caldwell's otr page
[removed]~rfs/
		John Schneider's History of San Francisco Radio
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		Bellingham Radio Museum (includes otr info)
[removed]
		Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (Modern Radio Drama)
[removed]
		Media History project (radio page)
[removed]
		Broadcast Pioneers Library page
[removed]
		Museum of Radio & Television
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		National Public Broadcasting Archives
[removed]
		Radio Advertising Bureau Soundbites (radio/tv)
[removed]
		Museum of Broadcast Communication
[removed]
		Barry Mishkind's Broadcast Archive
[removed]~[removed]
		The March of Radio: Technology & Utopia
[removed]
		Superman on Radio
[removed]~[removed]
		Frank Conrad & the History of KDKA
[removed]
		Pioneers in Early radio (ftp)
[removed]
		War of the Worlds radio broadcast (Halloween, 1996)
[removed]
		Orson Welles & additional radio related material.
[removed]
		Commercial site on Orson Welles & radio
[removed]
		Radio Yesteryear via RealAudio
[removed]~[removed]
		Jerry Stearn's SF on radio page


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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 22:25:48 -0400
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Spirits' Suspense / The Whistler
Message-ID: <960930222548_534089117@[removed]>

  Charles Mazza asked about the 2 volumes of Suspense collections (60
episodes each, not 30) offered by Radio Spirits.  If you're just starting out
collecting, this is a cheap way to add a lot of shows to your collection - $1
per episode!  Volume 1, of which I've listened to 24 out of 60 episodes so
far, contains episodes in the period between the 1/26/53 - 10/11/55 time
period (there are some gaps).  Notable is an episode called "The Empty Chair"
(09/21/53) starring Agnes Moorehead, which has the distinction of being the
only episode of the series that I absolutely do not like.  Making up for this
are some great-as-always episodes (Hey, I love this series!) such as a
fantastic dramatic program "The Storm" (03/02/53), the nail-biting "Pigeon in
the Cage" (05/25/53), the plot-twist-in-the-middle-that-freaked-me-out
"Vision of Death" (06/01/53), and a fascinating dramatization of Edgar Allen
Poe's "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (12/14/53).  Many of the others I've heard
are good or above average, but not outstanding.
  The second volume contains 60 episodes scattered over the period of the
series' run.  I've only listened to 1 episode so far (a fantastic episode!).
 I suspect the episodes in both collections were chosen to avoid a lot of
duplication with the episodes already offered in their catalog, which means
you'll be missing out on some of the "must have" episodes such as "The House
in Cypress Canyon" (12/05/46), "The Hitchhiker" (09/02/42), and the classic
"Sorry, Wrong Number" (pick a date).
  Sound quality of the collections tends to be excellent.
  Wireless used to offer the best compilation of episodes -- 4 volumes of 24
episodes each.  These collections featured some of the best episodes of the
series.  You can find these collections broken down into smaller sets of 8
episodes each in the audio section of most bookstores.
  Radio Spirits is a fine vendor, and I've ordered from them for years.
 However, their 1-hour tapes have gotten a tad steep at $[removed] each (for some
reason, I've found $5 per tape to be the price point I'm most comfortable
with).  However, they excel in their bookshelf collections, which you should
purchase and then pick up the hour tapes as your bonus tapes.  They also
offer the largest selection of The Shadow to my knowledge (someone please
tell me if there are others).  The sound quality of their bookshelf
collections tend to be excellent, while the sound quality of their hour-long
tapes tend to vary wildly.
=====
  There seems to be some confusion about The Whistler's intro.  The answer to
the question about the flute is:  there is both a whistle >and< a flute.  Let
me explain:  the series opens with the whistling.  According to a book I have
titled "Handbook of Old Time Radio" by Jon Swartz and Robert Reinehr, the
person who wrote the melody (Wilbur Hatch) estimated that about 1 in 20
people could successfully whistle that tune.  I've tried it, and I'm one of
the 19. <g>  The book goes on to explain that the whistling was done mostly
by Dorothy Roberts, but it was also done by Owen James (who whistled on The
Saint).
  The whistling is then followed by the famous introduction, "I am the
Whistler, and I know a great many things, etc. etc."  Then, in introducing
the sponsor, Signal Oil, you hear a flute play the melody.

David Hassell
"Adventures in which you can live in a million could-be years on a thousand
maybe worlds!" (X Minus One)

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 22:42:24 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: I WAS THAT MASKED MAN/WHISTLER
Message-ID: <960930224224_321449198@[removed]>

The things Michael Carraher disliked about I WAS THAT MASKED MAN were some of
the same things I liked.  Clayton Moore really has nothing bad to say about
anyone.  I lot of the Lone Ranger's character rubbed off on Moore, as it did
on Brace Beemer and Earle Graser.  I would have been very disappointed if the
man who has represented the Lone Ranger for nearly half a century had written
a nasty tell-all book.  I enjoyed his anecdotes about the days of the movie
serials as much as I did his recollections of playing the Ranger ... and
since many of those he may have had difficulties with are no longer with us
(Trendle, Wrather, etc.), why speak ill of the dead?  I've never heard anyone
say a bad word about Jay Silverheels.  Fran Striker was impressed by Moore,
but thought that Silverheels was one of the finest human beings he had ever
met.  Moore talks about listening to the Lone Ranger as a young adult with
his father, which I find totally believable since Moore was, as I remember,
still living in Chicago at the time.  Remember, Chicago was one of the first
cities (after Detroit) to carry the LONE RANGER as part of the early Quality
Group (which later evolved into Mutual.  The LONE RANGER broadcasts were
carried in Chicago, New York and Cincinnati beginning in 1934.
     Dorothy Roberts did most of The Whistler's whistling.  Owen James, who
stunt-whistled for THE SAINT, was also heard at times.  George Balzer (one of
Jack Benny's writers) told me that at one time the whistle was done by "a
nine-year-old girl.  I don't know if that was Dorothy Roberts or not.  And to
answer an earlier question, THE WHISTLER was always broadcast from the West
Coast except for the Chicago-based HFC national summer season starring
Everett Clarke.   

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 22:43:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John R. Pellatt" <bs206@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: British radio comedian Robb Wilton
Message-ID: <[removed]@queen>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

A recent question asked about the British radio comedian Robb Wilton.

According to WHAT'S ON THE WIRELESS? by David Lazell (Evergreen 
Publications) Wilton rose to fame on BBC Radio in 1937 as "Mr. Muddleton 
JP" based in part on his earlier successes in British Music Hall playing 
somewhat befuddled bureaucrats.

MR MUDDLECOMBE, JP (as his character became known) was a confused 
magistrate who symbolized the British ability to laugh at themselves in 
dark and dangerous times. His popularity took off in the war when he 
performed his famous "The day the war broke [removed]" routine which 
captured the complete confusion and uncertainty of the times.

He created other characters as well, lampooning authority figures with 
feet of clay, but none are as well remembered, or as fondly, as that of 
the gentle whimsical befuddlement of Mr Muddlecombe, JP.

The BBC have put out a number of "classic" comedy cassettes. There may 
well be one featuring Robb Wilton. Best to check with your local supplier 
of BBC [removed] or try the BBC in London directly. Perhaps some UK reader 
of this list might have more to suggest?

JOHN PELLATT
Toronto
(A fan of BBC Radio!)

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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 22:50:28 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Days Web Site
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

The monthly update has taken place at Radio Days

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Several pages have had a makeover and timelines is updated to October.
Two new episodes of Captain Midnight (Episodes 26 & 27) and a new episode
from Temple of Vampires on I Love A Mystery.

TimeLines October features include:

Cisco Kid
Dennis Day
Armstrong Theatre of Today
Frank Merriwell
Ford Theatre
Colgate Sports Newsreel
Cavalcade of America
Brighter Day
Lux Radio Theatre
Sherlock Holmes
Mercury Theatre on the Air: War of the Worlds

All complete with sample soundbites.

The goal of these pages are to give those interested in otr an opportunity
to sample some of the various programs available in otr. The samples are
long enough to get a feel for the series and how the listener might like
them.  


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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:20:33 GMT
From: lgenco@[removed] (Lou Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: OTR WWW sites, Digest info and other stuff
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Readers of the OTR Digest who forgot to file their OTR FAQ can find the
most recent version at my WWW site, along with the OTR Digest Charter and a
pointer to Bill Pfeiffer's OTR Digest archives.  Instructions on how to
subscribe and unsubscribe are in both the FAQ and the WWW pages.

If you don't have WWW access, you can get the FAQ automagically emailed to
you IF YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY (case IS important):

	send email TO: files@[removed]
	with SUBJECT: send [removed]
	(the body of the message is ignored)

If you did it right, you will get the FAQ almost immediately, by return
mail.


Lots of other good stuff at my WWW site too, including URLs of almost every
OTR-related site on the internet, and pointers to search engines that will
look for sites that I may have missed listing.

OTR soundbytes, current list of stations broadcasting OTR, images of OTR
personalities, searchable database of OTR programs, comments on tape/audio
quality, suggestions on storage devices; catalogs of OTR vendors, clubs and
private collectors, lots of OTR logs, theme songs, OTR shows on TV or the
movies, pointers to OTR hardware and software sites, and links to most
other OTR pages.  If it is old, and had something to do with the golden age
of radio, you will probably find it at my site.  If yoo know of any OTR
info that is not mentioned at my site, please send me a note, with
particulars!

The first place to look on the WWW for old-time radio info is the original
OTR WWW page at [removed]

You can visit the site with ANY WWW browser, from the text-based Lynx to
the most recent Netscape and Microsoft offerings.  Plan on spending some
time wandering through the pages!


Lou
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