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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 218


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 OTR in Philly
	 Lone Ranger
	 Herb and the Hindenberg
	 SUSPENSE MUSIC
	 TWTD Radio Players
	 Amos and Andy in movies
	 Re: SPERDVAC
	 Buster Brown Stories
	 Recorded programs
	 See a Photo of the Captain Midnight decoder
	 catalog on cassette
	 Re: Early Jack Benny
	 Re: Audience Warm Up
	 Recording Announcement

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 18:02:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nicholas Kierniesky <kiernies@[removed]>
To: OldTimeRadio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: OTR in Philly
Message-ID: <[removed]@alpha>

A week or so ago, there was an exchange of several people lamenting the
lack of otr in the Philly area.  I live 100 miles  west of Philly, but
visit frequently, so I share some of the concerns. Fortunately, I pick up
50 thousand-watt WAMU-FM (Wash, DC) loud and clear for the Sunday night
Big Broadcast. There was a time that many in eastern PA could do this
[removed]

When WXPN-FM  (UofPENN) went big time (late '80s?) they increased their
power and moved to [removed]  For the [removed] WAMU members and listeners in
eastern PA, the Big Broadcast was lost to them. As one of the 600 or so
WAMU PA members, I remember getting a letter from a concerned member from
eastern PA trying to get support to oppose the move. I suspect that when
Kathy O'Connell gets resistance about otr  from the WXPN management,
someone there remembers early objections to the FCC from otr WAMU fans in
eastern PA.

-Nik
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Nicholas C. Kierniesky (Nik)             kiernies@[removed]
Department of Psychology                 (301)447-5394 (office)
Mount Saint Mary's College               (301)447-5755 (fax)
Emmitsburg, MD 21727			 (717)334-7771 (home)
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 19:34:47 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lone Ranger
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Fred Berney <berney@[removed]> wrote:
>
>I have a recording of an interview with Brace Beemer. It was recorded by
>some station. Anyway, in the interview, Beemer gives the listing of persons
>playing the role of the Lone Ranger.
>
>He says that he thought the role was first played by someone named "Deeds",
>then Granger then himself. He doesn't make any mention of him playing the
>role before Granger.
>
>

The "Granger" referred to was Earl Graser, pronounced "Grah zher" and
according to Harmon's book, "Radio Mystery & [removed]" he lists George
Seaton (aka George Stenius) as first, then "Jack Deeds" (quotes belong to
Harmon), who he says played him once in the third month of the show, then
"Jim Jewell", once, then Earl Graser from 1935 to 1941, then Brace Beemer
from 1941-1954.
According to an interview in later years with Trendle, he says it was Deeds,
but according to Harmon, Jewell's script has Stenius written in as playing
the Lone Ranger.

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Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 02:18:50 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Herb and the Hindenberg
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        I've been following with the discussion of Herb Morrison's 
description of the final flight of the dirigible Hindenburg.  While the 
threads have woven an accurate story, perhaps I might add just a few 
details. The late Herb Morrison was a very good friend of mine and I've 
written about his most notable broadcast several times.  
        WLS in Chicago was covering the arrival of a German dirigible in New 
Jersey as a promotional stunt and an experiment in radio reporting.  Herb 
Morrison was announcer on "The Dinner Bell Hour", a daily non-commercial 
program aimed primarily at farmers.  He'd reported on the 1938 floods that 
inundated farms in the Midwest and impressed the people at American 
Airlines, who'd put a plane and pilot at his disposal (Herb was also a 
capable pilot).
        In appreciation of his work, AA offered to fly Herb and engineer 
Charlie Nehlsen to Lakehurst, NJ to witness the Hindenburg, then completing 
the first year of crossings.  American Airlines booked passage on the German 
dirigible, and made connections with the Hindenburg -- there are numerous 
references on the broadcast to American Airlines planes.
        Recorded programs were not permitted on the networks (among other 
things, they were direct competition to the network line as a means of 
delivery) and frowned upon by the larger stations, but Morrison was among 
those who believed that an event could be recorded and hold an audience's 
interest. Presto provided a "portable" disc recorder and WLS allowed him to 
try out the idea at Lakehurst, but insisted he do it on his own time.  Herb 
Morrison was honored with a gold watch from WLS but was never paid for the 
Hindenburg broadcast (Charlie did get a paycheck as well as a watch).
        The story that Herb Morrison broke down and lost his sanity after 
seeing the explosion was totally untrue.  In the late 40s "We the People" 
invited Herb to tell his story and wrote a script in which he was supposed 
to describe his emotional problems.  Herb walked out and only returned after 
an accurate rewrite had been prepared.  However, engineer Charles Nehlsen 
apparently suffered some delayed stress.  For many years on the anniversary 
of the broadcast, Herb would phone Charlie and make him talk about it.

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:23:42 -0600
From: aerickse@[removed] (Anna Ericksen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: SUSPENSE MUSIC
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

What is the music (composer) on some of the Suspense shows ([removed] August
Heat)? I often hear it on other Suspense shows and I find it very spine
chilling and also excellent.

Mysterious Traveler: "The Good Die Young"---WOW!!!


CARL

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:41:49 -0400
From: RadioClass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TWTD Radio Players
Message-ID: <960618214242_332459764@[removed]>

Hello,
I was a member of the Lake County TWTD Radio Players and I am a member of
Sperdvac.  Dues are $[removed] for the first year and $[removed] for renewals.
 Wally, from the Park Ridge group is also a member of Sperdvac.  I do not
know if the Script Library is open.  For more information you can contact
them at the following address:

Sperdvac Information and Official Business
[removed] Box 7177
Van Nuys, CA  91409-7177
Telephone:  310-947-9800

Have you contacted the script librarian of TWTD?

ADW

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:02:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Amos and Andy in movies
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	A vendor of OTR related video tapes who we all know and love from 
the Newark convention asked me to find out the following: 
	Besides "Check and Double Check", what movies, shorts, or whatever
did Amos and Andy (or Gosden and Corell) appear in?  What's available, and 
where, if you know?  If they can be found and assembled, I have no doubt 
they will be available in Newark.
	I do have a tape with 3 cartoons, and their feature, mentioned above,
is available.
	Thanks for any leads.  -Max

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 23:59:08, -0500
From: BWWG42A@[removed] (MR JACK L PALMER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: SPERDVAC
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Jack Palmer * [removed] #[removed] ] --

Dear Jeffery,
	I have been a member of SPERDVAC for over 10 years and have used
several of their libraries.  I have also met many of the officers and
members.  And I certainly have nothing against them.  But I live in
Mich and their newsletter and library do not compensate for never being
able to attend a meeting or a convention.  So I offer a list of many
clubs to interested people since they may prefer to join one near their
home.  Actually I belong to 10 or 12 at this time!  I guess I just
resent the emphasis on SPERDVAC, as if it were the only OTR
organization,  when there are many other OTR clubs across the country
which can offer real benefits to an OTR collector.
				Jack

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:35:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Buster Brown Stories
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:19:59 -0500 (CDT)
> From: barrym <barrym@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Re: Buster Brown Stories
> Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> One of them has always stayed with me.  It was about a boy who
> couldn't speak and his brothers always blamed him for everything
> because he couldn't defend himself.  But then he met something,
> I think a magic bird, who gave him the power to sing.  He could
> communicate then and make everyone happy and his life was
> transformed.
> 
> Does anyone remember that story?  I'm not 100% sure it was from
> Buster Brown but I think it was.  No School Today also had stories
> like this and it might have been from that show.

I remember that story, too.  I'm not sure either, but I think it was a
story on the Buster Brown Show.  I'm sure it was a TV show, which means it
was not from No School Today.

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:47:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Recorded programs
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:22:48 GMT
> From: Francis Fisher <fisherf@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed], otr@[removed]
> Subject: Re: Hindenberg
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> This requirement exists today to the extent, if you'll recall, that Cokie
> Roberts can't be chroma-keyed into a live shot of an event that she is not
> attending and leaving you to believe that she reported a story from the scene. 

This is simply a matter of truth in reporting.  I'm not sure there's an
actual regulation on the subject, but perhaps there ought to be.  I did
witness what I considered a serious deception in radio news reporting a
number of years ago.

On one January day in 1979, Michael Dukakis was leaving office as governor
of Massachusetts (He came back four years later, in case you're
wondering.).  The custom in Massachusetts is that, just before the new
governor is sworn in, the outgoing governor walks down the front stairs of
the State House, originally to symbolically blend into the crowd on the
Common, now usually to head for a reception somewhere for his supporters.

On this particular occasion, as a Dukakis supporter, I was one of the many
well-wishers lining the stairs of the State House that day.  I had a
transistor radio in my pocket, with an earpiece in my ear.  At noon, when
the governor's walk down the stairs was to take place, WEEI, then Boston's
all-news station, cut away for CBS news on the hour.  While this was going
on, Governor Dukakis came down the stairs, and he and Kitty led a
procession to a Greek restaurant in Faneuil Hall Marketplace for the
reception.  The crowd had largely dispursed from the State House steps
when WEEI returned from the CBS news and said that Governor Dukakis was
about to take his walk down the State House steps.  Then WEEI pretended
that it was happening at that moment and that they were covering it live.
It was an outright lie.

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:45:08 -0800
From: John Olsen <jrolsen@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: See a Photo of the Captain Midnight decoder
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In a previous post, I extolled the virtues of the Captain Midnight 
decoder replica, that I purchased from Klutz.  For those of you curious 
to see an actual picture of this reproduction, you can see one on my web 
pages:

[removed]~jrolsen/[removed]

It looks really cool!  Check it out!

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:55:13 -0500 (EST)
From: MORTN2HHC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: catalog on cassette
Message-id: <01I62WZ6WGS28YBK8G@[removed]>

Hi Gang,

I know that there are a number of blind people on the list.  I
found out that the radio spirits catalog is available on cassette
using the library of congress format.  When calling them at 800-
723-4648 let them know that the catalog is available on tape.  If
you have any trouble ask for customer [removed] have no
connection with this company, but thought the info would be
useful.

                              Mort

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:03:33 -0400
From: Michael Carraher <carraher@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Early Jack Benny
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Monday night AMC (home of Remember WENN) broadcast an hour of pre-radio 
Jack Benny "shorts" (one or two reel films made for theaters to show 
between features along with newsreels, previews and cartoons -- best 
remembered examples today are Our Gang, Three Stooges and Laurel & 
Hardy).  These shorts carried copyright dates of 1930-32 (Benny made his 
first radio appearance on an interview show hosted by Ed Sullivan in 
1932).
It was interesting to see the prototype Benny character.  Cocky, man 
about town, with staw hate and cane, chasing women (similar to how he 
played his radio/TV character in flashbacks recounting, for example, how 
Jack met Mary).  His early cockiness showed Jack without Mary, Phil et 
al keeping his ego in check.
Hints of the cheapness were there, too (Jack takes picks up a woman and 
offers to buy her lunch.  On his way out, he offers to buy lunch for a 
stranger seated at the counter and tells him to wave so the cashier will 
know he's the one Benny is paying for.  Benny goes to the cashier, 
points out the guy -- who waves -- and tell the cashier that the guy at 
the counter will be getting the check for Benny and the girl).
The shorts were followed by "Buck Benny Rides Again" -- his only film 
based on the radio character.  And by Lubitch's "To Be Or Not To Be" 
with Carole Lombard and Robert Stack -- much funnier than Mel Brooks' 
remake.  Unfortunately "A Horn Blows At Midnight" was not included 
(although I have seen it on TMC and TCM).
If AMC reruns the shorts, I'd recommend watching.

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:16:54 -0400
From: Michael Carraher <carraher@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Audience Warm Up
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>My question is, in the beginning of the Fibber Mcgee and Molly shows 
>the audience is usually laughing and sometimes you can hear people 
>talking.  This is even before the announcer starts the show.  Does 
>anyone know what went on before the show went on the air?  It may be 
>nothing, but it happens in many of the shows.

During the 60's, I had the opportunity to see a live broadcast of The 
Breakfast Club from the Allerton Hotel in Chicago.  Here's how they did 
it.
The announcer, Eddie Mckean, came out did and did a brief monologue and 
introduced the cast, with Don McNeil introduced last.  McNeil started to 
make a speech thanking everyone for coming but the comedian Sam Cowling 
kept interrupting him.  Sam asked to speak to the audience and McNeil 
said "no" because Sam would say something stupid and embarass them all.
Sam persisted and McNeil -- getting his promise not to act stupid -- 
relented.
Sam stepped to center microphone and said, "OK, loosen your belts and 
unhitch your girdles."  Whereupon McNeil picked up his foot and kicked 
Sam in the rear -- sending Sam into the lap of a lady in the front row.
The lady shrieked -- the audience laughed.
Drum roll and fanfare.
Announcer:  From the Clouds Room atop the Hotel Allerton on Chicago's 
Magnificent Mile, from coast to coast and around the world, it's Don 
McNeil and his Breakfast Club.
Chorus:  Good Morning Breakfast Clubbers, Good Morning to [removed]

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:30:56 -0500
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Recording Announcement
Message-id: <v01540b00adedb069a5e4@[[removed]]>

I re-produce from my book on Broadcast/Cable Regulation (University Press
of America), now out-of-print, my discussion of the Mechanical Reproduction
Announcement: FCC Rule =A773:1208;

Al Jarvis in the early 1930's in California and Martin Block at WNEW in
1935, did DJ shows entitled "Make Believe Ballroom." Described as "creating
the illusion that the country's foremost dance bands are performing on four
large stands in a glittering, crystal-chandeliered ballroom."

Until the end of 1956, to make sure the public was not deceived into
believing it was hearing or seeing live talent, all recorded programs and
records had to be identified as such at the beginning and end of such
programs and at certain specified intervals. The "mechanical reproduction"
announcement is now only required if time is of special significance, or an
impression is affirmatively made that the tape, film or recording is an
event occurring simultaneously with the broadcast, 14 RR 1541 (1956).

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*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
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*
* See: [removed]~[removed]            *

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