Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #156
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Date: 5/20/2005 12:57 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 156
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      CBS Bongs the Internet                [ "Michael Paraniuk" <bourdase@webtv. ]
      Tom Mix in AZ                         [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
      Re: Sound effects on film redux       [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
      Studs Terkel                          [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Gaylan(d)? Drake                      [ "Tom Bewley" <fords3137@[removed] ]
      Re: : Ed Murrow Movie                 [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Lynn Osborn                           [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      War of the Worlds Documentary         [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      Radio Remembrance                     [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      5-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      "28 Exciting Years" by Robert M. Bur  [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:00:58 -0400
    From: "Michael Paraniuk" <bourdase@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  CBS Bongs the Internet

    Hi Jim Cox. I completely agree that the CBS Hourlies is one of the last
    vestiges of OTR. I have been listening to CBS Radio for 47 years. My favorite
    CBS newsman was and always will be Alexander Kendrick (I have two pictures of
    him in my house). CBS Radio is under siege: 1) Fox Radio has signed an
    affiliation agreement with Clear Channel. Many Clear Channel stations have
    dumped ABC radio, switching to FOX. 2) ABC Radio is targeting CBS affils as
    replacements. My friends at Westwood One tell me they are working hard to
    protect the CBS Radio brand name. I remind them early and often they are the
    guardian of America's oldest network and the heir of Paley's radio empire.
    The strategy is two fold: 1) Renew existing affiliation agreements with
    current CBS affils. At this time they are not trying to grow the number of
    new terrestrial radio stations for CBS (sorry, Jim, no CBS in Louisville
    yet). 2) Westwood One is seeking audience growth for CBS Radio thru the
    Internet. Go to Yahoo search and punch in RADIOMAT. This is how you can
    listen to the Columbia Network at home. RADIOMAT features 11 CBS O&Os that
    stream cast their programs. Just hit Listen Live. I am very gratified to
    finally hear the CBS Chirp and Bong on blow torch KDKA, a long time NBC affil
    in the glory days of OTR. Westwood One tells me that about 17,000,000 million
    internet listeners tune in per week. Not bad. One question. When was the CBS
    Bong first heard on the network? I have some old Kate Smith Speaks shows on
    tape from around 1944 where one can clearly hear the Bong followed by Ted
    Collins saying "it is high noon in New [removed]". Arthur Godfrey Time also
    featured the Bong at the start of his program  in 1947. I understand the
    Chirp sound is generated by a switch device at the Columbia Net and is a type
    of cue for affils up and down the line (over 500 affils per Westwood One).
    [removed] Mike

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 17:10:52 -0400
    From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Tom Mix in AZ

     Andrew Steinberg otrdig1@[removed] wrote:

>     Tom Mix died in a car accident near Florence Arizona in October 1940.

     I did know about this, but I'm really looking for Arizonans who were in
    radio.  Not radio people who died here, or retired to here.  Was it Jane
    Russell who ran a saloon in Sedona for many years after she retired?
    Whoever, I guess I'm looking for folks who started out in AZ, not ended up
    here.

     But it does remind me that several years ago I was driving on that road
    where Tom Mix was hit by a suitcase and died.  I knew the Tom Mix memorial
    was coming up soon.  I had been by it several times but had never stopped to
    read the monument.  I thought maybe that day I would do so.

     As I approached the turn-out, I noticed there was a man there.  No vehicle
    around.  Just a man, and he was kneeling in front of the monument in what
    looked like a prayer posture.  I decided that would not be a good time to
    stop!

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 18:40:36 -0400
    From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Sound effects on film redux

    i gave the wrong name of the film. Run a search in quotes
    for "Back of the Mike" at [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 21:55:03 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Studs Terkel

    I was reading an interview with Bill Idelson [Vic 'n Sade] conducted by
    Frank Brizzi in which he mentioned he also worked on other programs in
    Chicago concurrently with Vic 'n Sade.   One of them was 'Secret City', a
    children's/juvenile program, and he recalled that it was the first radio job
    for a very nervous Studs Terkel who was the writer. and according to Idelson
    was pretty well written.

    I was aware of Studs Terkel's wonderful NPR Interview show but not aware
    that he ever did any other radio work.  Although an excerpt of 'Secret City'
    was played during the Idelson interview I haven't seen any episodes
    available on the internet.

    Is anyone aware of any other Studs Terkel work in OTR, or know anything more
    about 'Secret City'.

    Just curious.

    -Irene

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 02:14:03 -0400
    From: "Tom Bewley" <fords3137@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Gaylan(d)? Drake
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    While listening to the Couple Next Door I sometimes hear commercials that
    feature Gaylan Drake. He had a show on CBS in the late 50's. Does anyone have
    an example of his show or know anyone who has?

    Tom Bewley

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 02:15:07 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: : Ed Murrow Movie

    Sean Dougherty reported that a film about Edward R. Murrow is being made.
      [removed]    says:

>     The screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov traces the true
>     story of how Murrow (Strathairn), and his producer, Fred Friendly

    (Clooney),

>     helped bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House
>     Un-American Activities Committee' anti-Communist hearings.

    Although Murrow did have a role in the breaking of the blacklist, that
    really was a separate issue from that of his anti-McCarthy broadcasts.  I
    don't see how they can have a film that would cover the breaking of the
    blacklist without including John Henry Faulk, who is not listed in the list
    of characters in the film.  Murrow paid some of Faulk's legal bills and
    testified at the trial I believe, but that major part of the blacklist
    story is apparently not part of this film.  What is ironic about this to me
    is that one of my colleagues at school is a longtime friend of the Clooney
    family, knew George from the time George was an infant, and also was a good
    friend of John Henry Faulk.

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 02:16:05 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lynn Osborn

>     Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:22:55 -0400
>     From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];

>     Lynn Osborn as you recall, was "Cadet Happy' on radio and TV, on
>     "Space Patrol."He always wore a flattop and had a turned up pixiest
>     nose.

    I beg to differ.  Lynn Osborn had a full head of hair, slicked down in 1950s style, which
    sometimes got messed up when he got roughed up by the villain.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210                 lawyer@[removed]
    Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:20:54 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  War of the Worlds Documentary

    Attention digesters: the following televislion documentary producer has
    asked for help identifying people who actually heard the 1938 WOTW broadcast
    when it was on and can comment on the impact it had.

    Can anyone help her?

    Please contact me off-list if so.

    Thanks,

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    "Our television production company is currently wrapping up a one-hour
    History Channel documentary on 'War of the Worlds.' We would love to
    interview several people who heard first-hand the 1938 broadcast and can
    recall the reaction it caused. Los Angeles residents are preferred, but not
    neccessary. I'm a freelancer."

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:21:23 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Remembrance

    I'm not sure where this Canadian remembrance of living with OTR came from --
    it just kind of appeared on the Internet -- but it's nice.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:21:33 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-20 births/deaths

    May 20th births

    05-20-1899 - Stan Lomax - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-26-1987
    sportscaster: "Evening Journal Sports"
    05-20-1899 - Virginia Sale - Urbana, IL - d. 8-23-1992
    actress: Martha "Those We Love"
    05-20-1906 - Lyda Roberti - Warsaw, Poland - d. 3-12-1938
    actor, singer: Freelance; Sang with Al Jolson two days before her death
    05-20-1908 - Jimmy Stewart - IN, PA - d. 7-2-1997
    actor: Britt Ponset "Six Shooter"
    05-20-1909 - Jerry Hausner - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-1-1993
    actor: "Lum and Abner"; "Silver Theatre"
    05-20-1911 - Vet Boswell - Birmingham, AL - d. 11-12-1988
    singer: (The Boswell Sisters) "The Boswell Sisters"; "Woodbury Soap Show"
    05-20-1920 - Dorothy Howe (Virginia Vale) - Dallas, TX
    actress: "Gateway to Hollywood"
    05-20-1920 - George Gobel - Chicago, IL - d. 2-24-1991
    comedian, actor, singer: (Lonesome George) Jimmy "Tom Mix"; "National Barn
    Dance"
    05-20-1921 - Joel Kane - Los Angeles County, CA - d. 4-20-1993
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-20-1925 - Vic Ames - Malden, MA - d. 1-23-1978
    singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    05-20-1926 - Miles Davis - Alton, IL - d. 9-29-1991
    sideman: "Billy Eckstien Orchestra"
    05-20-1936 - Anthony Zerbe - Long Beach, CA
    actor: "Earplay"

    May 20th deaths

    06-30-1920 - Dean Harens - South Bend, IN - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: Arthur Anderson "We, the Abbotts"
    07-07-1919 - Jon Pertwee - Chelsea, England - d. 5-20-1996
    actor: ARP Warden Hodges "Dad's Army"; "Waterlogged Spa"; "Up the Pole"
    11-28-1917 - Elliott Lewis - NYC - d. 5-20-1990
    actor, director: Frankie Remley "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"; "On Stage";
    "Mr. Aladdin"
    12-06-1909 - Lyn Murray - London, England - d. 5-20-1989
    conductor: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Ford Theatre"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:54:03 -0400
    From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "28 Exciting Years" by Robert M. Burtt

    I saw this  "28 Exciting Years" by Robert M. Burtt from Writer's Digest
    November 1961

    The blurb says:

    "Non-fiction. The author of radio serials, Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen
    and Captain Midnight, describes his career, including his start as a
    fictioneer in Flying Aces."

      The link is at:

    [removed]

    You can download the article and read it.

    I hope folks find it interesting.

    Love as always, David Rogers

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