From:	SMTP%"[removed]@[removed]"  2-DEC-1995 01:31[removed]:	otr@[removed]:	Subj:	[removed] Digest V95 #427 	********************************************************                      ------   # NOTE #   -------SEE INFO SECTION AT END OF THIS DIGEST FOR UNSUBSCRIBE AND OTHER INFORMATION. 		====  INFO SECTION UPDATED 8/19/95  ====	********************************************************	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 427Articles in this issue of [removed]:	 Tell me about these Benny/Burns & Allen albums	 Dunning book?	 Re: Jack Benny NBC Special	 Jcards	 Getting Connected in 1935	 reminder about the YUSA Auction Sunday night!	 Sears Radio Theater	 Benny	 The Player	 Golden Voice of Radio	 Re: The Player	 uncirulated otr shows found!	 KDKA, etc.	 The Player / Jack Benny 1930's shows	 Labels	 Rod Serling's radio work----------------------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 16:16:52 -0600From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>To: otr@[removed]: Tell me about these Benny/Burns & Allen albumsMessage-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>I was at the big antique "mall" at the Antique Auto Museum in Volo, ILlast weekend, and while rummaging through all the antique stuff there,I came across two old 78rpm albums which I promptly bought. Now all Ineed to know [removed] what did I buy?  :-)These are both multi-disc albums from 1947; one is a Jack Benny album,the other is Burns & Allen. They're sort of like oversized books, whereeach of the four discs inside open out page-like, and the text is printedon the hardback covers. Both are selections from the "Top*Ten" series,which apparently comprised about seven different volumes, of which I nowowned two; the other titles were Duffy's Tavern, Amos & Andy, [removed] FibberMcGee & [removed] well, the usual suspects. One volume per show, 4 discs ineach volume, total playing time for each volume about a half hour, I [removed] interesting part: cover blurbs claim that this series was the firstpublished for home consumption. The text for Jack Benny's album makes specific reference to his daughter Joan being 12 years old, so I guessthey weren't planning to manufacture the series for very long. Unfortunatelytwo Benny discs were missing, and one of the four Burns & Allen discs has achunk taken out of it, but my father is currently putting the remaining discson tape for me as I type this so I hope to listen to the surviving [removed] have seen these types of old 78 albums many times before, but they werealways music-oriented, not OTR; these two came as a surprise to me. Cananyone else shed more light on these albums, and whether there were moremade in any later releases of the "Top*Ten" series?Andrew C. Green            (312) 266-4431Adobe Systems, Inc. (formerly Frame Technology)Advanced Product Services441 W. Huron               Internet: acg@[removed], IL  60610-3498    FAX: (312) 266-4473------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:08:57 -0500From: stevecap@[removed] (Steven Capsuto)To: [removed]@[removed]: Dunning book?Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>I recall hearing about a year ago that a new edition of TUNE IN YESTERDAYwas in preparation.  Did this ever materialize?My 17-year-old paperback of the first edition is nearly in tatters.  Thistime out, I'm going for the hardback!___Steven Capsuto, Philadelphiastevecap@[removed] page: [removed]~[removed]: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 17:04:17 -0600From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>To: [removed]@[removed]: Re: Jack Benny NBC SpecialMessage-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>TBARNETT@[removed] (Tom Barnett) writes:>All in all the special last night was a worthy one. My question is that it>can't be the same TV studio and Props that Jack used, can it????I thought it was pretty good, too. I'd be inclined to give them the benefitof the doubt on the studio and props; if they say certain items are genuine,I'll believe them.>Kelsey Grammer, for all the discussion about the choice of using him, did>a worthy and respectful job to a show honoring Jack Benny.>>What do the rest of you think?I liked that they were generous with the clips. I thought they rushed a bitthrough the radio days, although they did give airtime to each cast memberand did explain how Jack brought all his radio cast with him to his TV [removed] being what it is, they like the visuals better. (But the TV writing wasjust as good; I'm still giggling over Rochester's complaint in the TV showabout having to soak the old typewriter ribbons in grape juice!)[removed] Kelsey Grammer's taping on "Oprah" this morning went through withnary a mention of the Benny special. Anyway, it airs next Monday, and thebearded guy in the red shirt visible over Oprah's left shoulder is me.  :-)Andrew C. Green            (312) 266-4431Adobe Systems, Inc. (formerly Frame Technology)Advanced Product Services441 W. Huron               Internet: acg@[removed], IL  60610-3498    FAX: (312) 266-4473------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:17:19 -0500From: BanjoBud@[removed]: otr@[removed]: JcardsMessage-ID: <951201181713_41075333@[removed]>Another gerat way to make cassette labels is using Geodraw in Geoworks.  Ifind this program almost as powerful as Aldus Pagemaker.  There is even a"border" scrapbook that you can size.  I have made very many labels in thisfashion and it works [removed]: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 17:48:29 -0800 (PST)From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)To: [removed]@[removed]: Getting Connected in 1935Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>Before there were specialized products made for the broadcasting industry they had to make use of whatwas available. A number of mic connectors were usedbefore the industry settled on the "Canon" 3 [removed] really old radio stations it was common to findstudios wired with Hubble three pin twist-lock connectors that would normally be used for a pieceof power equipment like a lathe or a mill. Ratherthan prongs, these connectors had rounded pieces ofmetal equally spaced on the surface of a keyed drumthat rotated into the mating [removed] really thought it was weird but [removed] elsewas there in 1935?There was an interesting evolution in transmitterdesign that resulted in higher powers, betterfrequency response, lower distortion, and higherefficiency. But that isn't really a topic for thisgroup and we'd be better off finding an article torefer people to. It's been [removed]: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:21:12 -0500 (EST)From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>To: otr@[removed]: reminder about the YUSA Auction Sunday night!Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>Hello [removed]   Just a reminder that the second annual YUSA auction will be held thisSunday Night (3 Dec.) starting at 6:30 pm EST!!!!  There are tons of otrshows up for auction, and I hope everyone that is able to will be tuningin and helping support this great otr superstation!   For more info regarding Yesterday USA and/or the auction, please e-mailme directly, or better yet, phone YUSA owner/operator Bill Bragg at (214)[removed]|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:42:12 -0500From: JRayb71827@[removed]: otr@[removed]: Sears Radio TheaterMessage-ID: <951201214212_41294425@[removed]>Re the LBohall request for info on this show.  Best information we can findis that it first aired in 1979 and had a little bit of everything forcontent, such as westerns, comedy, romance, chillers, adventure.  Theanthology format had several different hosts ranging from Vincent Price toLorne Greene with Andy Griffith, Cicely Tyson and Richard Widmark somewherein between.  Art Gilmore did the announcing and music was supplied by NelsonRiddle.  Sears, Roebuck did the whole thing on a transcription barter basis. They'd give the show to stations with the provision that built-in Searscommercials be aired.  I don't happen to have any copies of the show.  Thatwas past my era.  Anybody else?------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:47:03 -0500From: JRayb71827@[removed]: otr@[removed]: BennyMessage-ID: <951201214701_41299171@[removed]>I can't tell you how glad I am that the Benny special has now run.  Perhapsthe Grammer/Benny comments can cease.  Frankly, as an OTR fan, I watched itbecause of the Benny memories and I couldn't have cared less whether KelseyGrammer hosted or Bruce Rudesill or Mike Timble or any others who commentedpro or con.  They could have used Mick Jagger or Yoko Ono as far as I cared. It was BENNY, BENNY, BENNY for me!------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:59:21 -0500From: JRayb71827@[removed]: otr@[removed]: The PlayerMessage-ID: <951201215920_62640240@[removed]>Some asked for info on "The Player" with perhaps a note from the Dunningbook.  Here 'tis.  John wrote:   "'The Player' was a syndicated series of the late 1940's, bringing to its15-minute format 'America's most versatile actor,' Paul Frees.  In 'ThePlayer' Frees was a 'one-man theater," doing all of the characterizations. The stories were creepy and mysterious, and the Player was another of ourall-knowing hosts; like the Whistler and the Mysterious Traveler, he knew allthe answers but never appeared in any of the dramas.  With his many voices,Frees helped pull it up to average marks on the radio rating chart.  The onlyother voice heard on the show was the announcer, Gary Goodwin."    The only discrepancy I find with that is a note in "Radio's Golden Years"that the show was first broadcast in 1951.  However, there are so many othermistakes in the Vincent Terrace book that I'll side with Dunning if thatminor glitch makes any difference to [removed]: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 22:23:10 -0500From: JRayb71827@[removed]: otr@[removed]: Golden Voice of RadioMessage-ID: <951201222308_122599134@[removed]>Re posting by John Hardy asking about Frank Dunn, "The Golden Voice ofRadio," I'm wondering if perhaps this may really be a reference to FrankMUNN.  He was quite a singer and appeared on such shows as "The AmericanAlbum of Familiar Music," (show started in 1931), "Waltz Time," (began in1933),  "Lavender and Old Lace," (1934) and "The American Melody Hour,"(1941, featuring hostess Vivian Della Chiesa).   One of the OTR newsletters (not mine) ran a story on him a considerabletime back and I think there's a book about him but I've misfiled myinformation.  Anyone have that?------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 20:32:09 -0700From: hqsouth@[removed]: otr@[removed]: Re: The PlayerMessage-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>Hi Gang!  This being my first post, I'll introduce myself.  I'm JerryPurvis, former on-air "jock" now business writer and journalist. I first gotinterested in OTR when I worked radio in Arizona, although I do rememberlistening to the final years of "Suspense" as a kid.  Suspense and TheWhistler are still [removed] asked about The Player.  According to my trusty Dunning book, it'sfrom the late 1940s, and was a 15-minute syndicated show.  Frees was a"one-man theater", doing all the characterizations for creepy and mysteriousstories.  The only other voice on the show was announcer Gary [removed] I picked up the book for about $12, I had no idea it would become souseful (or valuable).  Anyway, I hope this helps.  The theater of the mindis still the [removed] atWind River Communications(tornadoes available in season) ------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:36:20 -0500 (EST)From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>To: otr@[removed]: uncirulated otr shows found!Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>Hello [removed]   I recently located a source and have obtained permission to access acollection of over 1500 discs from an eleven year period from the late30's through the 40's from NBC's powerhouse WLW.   There is no problem getting the material, but the source requires a feeof $15 to $30 per show to make a copy (direct from the discs).  I amlooking for someone who is in the business of otr who might be willing tohelp finance the cost of obtainning this material.  I myself am not ablemoneywise to get much of the material, nor do I have any finacialconection with my source.  My "fee" for finding this source and helping toget this material is my right to copy anything released for my own collection.   Unlike the FAT MAN posting of a few weeks ago, this is not a hoax. I ama known person here on the digest, and in the world of otr.  Amoung otherthings, I am a dj on Yesterday USA, and can prove I am who I say I amthrough a range of people.  If interested in this project, please e-mailme directly.  Since this material is uncirulated, it has great value tothose wishing to market or trade it.  I would prefer dealing with only oneperson/company so that it's value will remain.  My only requirement andpromise to the hobby is I will not release any of this material if it willbe [removed] it must be offered in one form or another to other otrcollectors and listeners.   Many shows in this holding are very [removed] not even mentioned inHickerson's book.  Other shows are dates of common and uncommon shows thatare not in cirulation.  Here is a sample:              Gallant Breed Of Men (w/Rod Serling)  07-27-54              My Son Sandy  08-06-43              House Of Mystery  10-13-45    and    10-27-45              Teddy Is My Son  03-11-50              The Big Show  01-07-51              Captain Midnight  02-03-44 (and many more dates)              Vic And Sade 01-04-43, 01-25-44 (and many more dates)              Clem And Maggie  01-09-40,  09-12-40              Ethel And Albert  02-12-45              Parker Family  05-14-43, 07-16-43              Crooked Square  07-22-45, 08-19-45              Orphans Of Divorce 05-29-41,  06-13-41, 04-17-41, more              T-Men  02-23-46              Terry And The Pirates 02-15-43, 02-16-43, many more              Busmans Holiday  03-23-41              The Oneils  03-30-43              Lone Journey  04-29-46              Jack Armstrong  05-16-41              Curtain Time  05-03-47              Open Sesame  08-20-49              It Happens To You  09-29-53              Painted Dreams  11-01-40              Pepper Youngs Family  06-01-45,  05-19-41              Paging The Girls  (game show) 01-13-46              Take A Number  (quiz show) 03-05-49              Juvenile Jury  (game show)  03-08-48              Fans In The Stands  (quiz show)  03-27-42              This Amazing America  (game show)  05-03-40              Quick As A Flash  (quiz show)  09-30-45              I Want An Announcer  (game show) 10-26-40              Mirth And Maddness (w/Jack Kirkwood) 01-11-44, many more              Moon River  07-09-46 (and a ton more)              Queens In Their Teens  (talent show) 03-20-48   And much, much more.  Anyone interested?  Please e-mail me [removed]|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:15:51 -0700From: Barry Mishkind <barry@[removed]>To: billhar@[removed]: otr@[removed]: KDKA, [removed]: <[removed]@[removed]>Bill Harris wrote:>The first regularly scheduled licensed broadcast was from KDKA on>November 2, 1920 with a 100 watt transmitter. By January 1, 1922,        Not only was KDKA not the first scheduled licensed broadcast (Doc         Herrold's station was licensed and was broadcasting regularly        scheduled programs in 1912), but the 11/2/20 election results        went out as 8ZZ, since no license had actually be issued/received        by the time of broadcast.>only 30 broadcast stations had been licensed by the Dept. of>Commerce.  Some stations with amateur licenses were broadcasting>programs of speech and music. By May 1, 1922 there were a reported>218 stations on the air, many only operating a few hours a week.        Perhaps the word you are searching for here is "commercial"...        However, commercial didn't mean the same as it does today.        The other word you might have been searching for is "experimental".>Many stations operated with power levels of 50 watts or less. Power>levels of 100 to 500 watts was considered high. About 15 stations>were operating at 1,000 watts and about five at 5,000 watts.        The main reason for the power levels was often the royalty aspect.>Station frequency was refered to in wavelengths instead of kilocycles>or the modern term kilohertz. KGO operated on a wavelength of 312        Only for a short time. When the band was expanded from 833 and 750,         the allocations were assigned in ten kilohertz increments.        However, it is true that many of the earliest receivers were        still in use, and stations ID'd their freqs in various ways, or not        at all. barry------------------------------Date: Fri, 01 Dec 95 22:22:46 ESTFrom: platecap@[removed] (Bob B)To: otr@[removed]: The Player / Jack Benny 1930's showsMessage-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>Someone wonder about the Paul Frees show The Player.  I have one episodewhich may be the only one that exists called Murder at Tamerlane.  It'sa 15 minute show that's part of a group of mixed adventure/mysterytapes I assembled in July of '94.  It is not [removed] has been incirculation among collectors for many [removed] else wondered why dealers don't offer many 1930's Jack Bennyshows.  The reason is not that many exist!Jack's first show in 1932 exists in reasonably good sound, but NONE ofthe rest of the 1932 season has been found.  Up until about 1936 onlyfragments of shows exist -- mostly in poor sound, then after 1936 thereis a fairly complete run in OK to marginal sound.  The sound gets betteraround 1937 and is good for the rest of the broadcast [removed] a rule, when dealers are figuring out which shows to offer andcatalog space is limited, they obviously, prefer listing the better -sounding [removed] people get bad sounding shows they automatically blame the sourcethey got it from when in reality, the show may not exist anywhere inbetter sound.  Of course, a reputable dealer will note in their catalogthat sound problems exist, however, many people will overlook suchstatements, send the tapes back and write an nasty [removed] personally do whatever I can to avoid these situations by simply notlisting the shows.  Of course, THEN you get people asking why!Well, that's my explanation.  Actually, I personally "did" list most ofthe 1930's Benny shows I have at one time or another. That is one seriesno one (including myself) can ever hear enough of -- even if they're nottechnically perfect!Just my [removed]  -BobBob Burnham; BRC Productions; [removed] Box 2645; Livonia, MI 48151voice (313) 277-3798;  fax (313) 277-3095; internet platecap@[removed]: 02 Dec 1995 04:46:41 GMTFrom: [removed]@[removed] (Ron B. Hare)To: otr@[removed]: LabelsMessage-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>Re: Ken Piletic's comments on labels:I agree that caution should be excercised with any label.  I have had"permanent" adhesive dry up and the labels fall off after many years. I havenot tested the Avery labels for long enough to know for sure (I have somefrom 3 years back), but I'm willing to bet that the adhesive on these Averylabels is significantly better than the adhesive in use 6 years ago (temporary or permanent).One thing for sure, though, the permanent labels are more likely to stay on,if that is the sole objective. In my case, my collection is archived on 8mmand open reel and many of my cassettes are temporary copies for car orwalkman [removed] recently had some temporary-adhesive video cassette labels (by 3M) thatstarted to peel in weeks. Thankfully, none fell off inside the VCR!. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Transmitted via LiveWire, a Virtual Valley service. Modem: [removed](FirstClass, VT-100)  Voice: [removed]; E-mail: online@[removed]: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:58:40 -0500From: ErikS74342@[removed]: otr@[removed]: Rod Serling's radio workMessage-ID: <951202005839_122714547@[removed]> Russell L. Spyker writes:  "Does anyone know if Rod Serling wrote anything for radio?  I watched the PBS show on Serling and didn't catch any reference to radio work."Yup, he wrote at least one show. A rather disturbing biography of Serlingpublished a few years ago mentions that he got his start in scriptwritingwhen he won a contest for new scripts for the Doctor Christian show, sometimearound '49 or '50. Remember, Dr. Christian advertised itself as a programwritten by listeners. The book went into great detail about the circumstancesof the contest, but I don't remember anything about other radio [removed], I can't remember the book's author or its name -- and the book is nowburied deep somewhere in [removed] the way, a guy I met in a bar a while back bet me that Serling was themost prolific scriptwriter of all time.  We nailed down the terms of the bet-- "number of works produced," we decided. And to win, all I had to do wasshow one person with more scripts to his record. This fellow left the barfeeling smug that he'd just made $20 -- after all, Serling's record is notedin many an article. I called him the next day and told him about Carlton [removed] This was five years ago -- and he never has paid.  Erik SmithKennewick, Wash.  ------------------------------        ****  END OF ARTICLE SECTION - INFORMATION BOILERPLATE FOLLOWS ****1) Contacting the list [removed]) Unsubscribing from this list3) Receive a DIGEST READING TIPS file4) AIRWAVES web page5) Shareware Notice 6) Redistribution of [removed])  The [removed] maintainer can be reached at EDITOR@[removed]) To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send email [removed]@[removed] and place the word UNSUBSCRIBEalone on the Subject: line of your request.  The body ofrequest mail is ignored by the server.  If you are unable tounsubscribe using this method, and you are SURE you are doingeverything right, then (and only then) contact the administrator(wdp@[removed]) for assistance.  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