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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 292
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Suspense cassettes                    [ "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed]; ]
      OTR recreations                       [ "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed]; ]
      Re: Detective show recommendations    [ redsox45@[removed] ]
      compression                           [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      more detective show suggestions       [ "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@hot ]
      Re: Theater Guild                     [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      Captain Midnight's Flight Record      [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
      BONUS                                 [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      Technical Question, Analog to Digita  [ "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@acs ]
      9-26 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Detective show suggestions            [ "Diane Brown" <dianeb1963@bellsouth ]
      RE: Jimmy Wakely (Ron Sayles' Septem  [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
      RE: MP3 Format                        [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:34:17 -0400
    From: "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Suspense cassettes

    I have one last Radio Spirits boxed set of cassette tapes left: "The Best of
    Suspense." Please contact me off line if you are interested

    Howard Blue

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:34:59 -0400
    From: "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR recreations

    I would appreciate hearing about any OTR recreations that will be held in
    the next several months (other than FOTR and Sperdvac)

    Thanks,

    Howard Blue

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:35:12 -0400
    From: redsox45@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Detective show recommendations

    To the reader who plans on giving his/her father a selection of detective
    shows,
    I have a few recommendations.

    1. Let George Do It -- I don't know why, but this show doesn't seem to get the
    respect that the more widely known shows like YTJD do. Robert Bailey, the
    definitive Dollar, is, IMO as good in this series as he was in Johnny Dollar.
    George and "Brooksy" are fantastic, their mysteries can be unconventional, and
    the show really moves along well.

    2. YTJD -- Fantastic show with fantastic depth and exciting stories. Johnny
    wasn't a PI, he was an insurance investigator, which offers a few more
    possibilities than a stock PI.

    3. Richard Diamond -- more hard boiled, but still light-hearted like Let George
    Do It. While I never cared for Dick Powell's singing, it was different.

    4. Adventures of Phillip Marlowe -- Not as good as Raymond Chandler's books by
    any stretch, but if you're into over the top melodrama and a show with the feel
    of a bleak wasteland, it's good -- in small doses.

    5. The Falcon -- Just one of those stock detectives like so many others, but
    for
    some reason I like the show. Can't quite figure out why [removed]

    Will Tuell

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:35:25 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  compression

    Jed Dolnick asked about compression. Jed, at the rate you are using, you
    should not hear any artifacting, but at very agreesive compression rates,
    you will. I cringe when I think of ebay sellers offering one CD containing
    hundreds of shows. Very hard to listen to.

    Joe Salerno
    PO Box 273405
    Houston TX 77277-3405

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:35:35 -0400
    From: "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  more detective show suggestions

    So many good ones, aren't there?  The quarter-hour YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY
    DOLLARs from 1955-56, BROADWAY IS MY BEAT for grim NYC "police procedural"
    stuff, the Blake Edwards-written RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE EYE for a more
    whimsical approach.  For mystery traditionalists, there's THE ADVENTURES OF
    ELLERY QUEEN-- too few available and you have to watch out for sound quality
    on some of them, but some good "fair play" detection in there.  Also, it
    should be mentioned that one of the best mystery writers ever-- John Dickson
    Carr-- did many scripts for SUSPENSE in its early years that are sometimes
    dazzling exercises in the "impossible crime" gambit.  (I believe he also had
    his own series briefly, CABIN B-13.)

    But don't overlook non-US content:  The CBC did a marvelous series of
    hour-long Nero Wolfe adaptations in the 1980s, far better than the earlier
    American ones (which Rex Stout disliked intensely, I gather).  The BBC has
    an endless pool of stuff:  radio adaptations of virtually all of Miss Marple
    and Hercule Poirot, plus lots other Agatha Christie as well (their latest
    Christie serial "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is running over on BBC
    Radio 4 right now); lots of occasional adaptations of Freeman Wills Crofts,
    Georges Simenon, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh and other "Golden Age
    "authors; a series of "Dr. Fell" stories derived from [removed] Carr; a fine
    series of adaptations of the wonderful Father Brown stories by [removed]
    Chesterton.   Ian Carmichael starred in a swell series of radio versions of
    all of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories.  And the BBC also recently finished
    the world's only series of adaptations of ALL the Sherlock Holmes with the
    same two lead actors (Clive Merrison as Holmes, Michael Williams-- Mr. Judi
    Dench-- as Watson)-- and it was brilliantly done.

    The BBC is also not short of original radio detectives:  a current series
    called BALDI features an rish detective/priest/professor, and from the
    "olden days", there's the impossibly campy CASE FOR DR. MORELLE, and don't
    miss the spritely PAUL TEMPLE series.  There are many others as well.  I
    believe BBC7-- the corporations wonderful "archive" radio channel-- is
    currently running some BALDI and TEMPLE, and it and Radio 4 always have
    something going on, detectiveally speaking.

    Haqppy hunting.

                                      Karl Tiedemann

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:47:56 -0400
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Theater Guild

     JayHick@[removed] writes:

>     In my book, I have Theater Guild starting on 12/6/43 (s/b 12/7/43) -
>     2/29/44 , CBS, Tue at 10 pm and were sustained.  They were then
>     called Theater Guild
>     Dramas.  I don't have the source for this information.  According to the
>     following I could be wrong.  Could someone verify this and let both
>     of us know?

    The Monday, December 6, 1943 New York Times radio listings have the
    Screen Guild program on CBS' WABC at 10. It may be that someone has
    confused the Screen Guild with the Theater Guild.

    "Romance" (or "Theater of Romance") had moved into the 10pm Tuesday
    CBS slot the previous week (November 30, 1943) and apparently
    continued there until February 22, 1944. There was a Red Cross program
    scheduled on WABC the following Tuesday at that time (February 29) and
    then "Columbia Presents Corwin" with Norman Corwin took over the slot
    (on March 7).

    The Times doesn't actually give the title "Romance" in its weekly and
    daily listings -- it usually gives the title of that week's play and
    perhaps the star or stars (Orson Welles in "Jane Eyre," for example).

    My guess is that, after confusing Monday's Screen Guild with Theater
    Guild, the researcher mistook the titles of the Tuesday night
    "Romance" series for an imaginary Theater Guild series.

    But this is just a guess on my part, after a cursory reading of the
    Times' listings.

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:44:35 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Captain Midnight's Flight Record

    Joe Mackey's latest "This Week In Radio History post contained,

>     1939 - Captain Midnight was heard on radio for the first time -- on
>     Mutual. The Captain flew his single-engine plane all over the place
>     fighting crime. Talk about a popular show: Ovaltine dropped its
>     sponsorship of Little Orphan Annie to climb on board with Captain
>     Midnight. The show was also sponsored by Skelly Oil.

    Actually, Captain Midnight began airing as a syndicated show on 17
    October 1938 under Skelly Oil sponsorship.  It continued in that
    syndicated fashion until 27 March 1940.  It started as a five-days-a-week
    serial, but toward the end of its syndicated life, Skelly dropped it to
    three days per week.  Ovaltine took over sponsorship, and moved it to the
    Mutual network.  It debuted under Ovaltine sponsorship on 30 September
    1940, and stayed under Ovaltine sponsorship throughout the rest of its
    radio career.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:13:01 -0400
    From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BONUS

    On the Dirty Saturday, I am adding the 'fireing' of Julius LaRosa --
    listen carefully -- did Godfrey really 'fire' him?

    [removed]
               Sandy
    [removed]
            [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:50:28 -0400
    From: "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Technical Question, Analog to Digital
     Conversion
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    Could those in the know contact me offline. I want to understand the best
    way to convert analog cassettes to both MP3 and standard audio CDs.

    Thank you and now back to our regularly schedule program. . .
    - -------------------------
    Tom Barnett, PMP

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    Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:50:35 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-26 births/deaths

    September 26th births

    09-26-1875 - Edmund Gwenn - Glamorgan, Wales - d. 9-6-1959
    actor: Ebenezer Scrooge "Christmas Carol"; "Lux Radio Theatre
    09-26-1888 - T. S. Eliot - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-4-1965
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    09-26-1889 - Frank Crumit - Jackson, OH - d. 9-7-1943
    singer, emcee: "Blackstone Plantation"; "Battle of the Sexes"; "Singing
    Sweethearts"
    09-26-1893 - Fay Holden - Birmingham, England - d. 6-23-1973
    actress: Mrs. Hardy "The Hardy Family"
    09-26-1894 - Glenn Hunter - New York City, NY - d. 12-30-1945
    actor: "Roses and Drums"
    09-26-1895 - George Raft - New York City, NY - d. 11-24-1980
    actor: Rocky Jordan "Rocky Jordan"
    09-26-1896 - Vaughn DeLeath - Mount Pulaski, IL - d. 5-28-1943
    singer: (The Original Radio Girl) "Voice of Firestone"
    09-26-1897 - William B. Heyne - d. 3-26-1992
    choral director: "Lutheran Hour"; "Lutheran Laymen's League"
    09-26-1898 - George Gershwin - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-11-1937
    pianist, composer: "Music by Gershwin"
    09-26-1898 - Richard Lockridge - St. Joseph, MO - d. 6-19-1982
    writer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"
    09-26-1900 - Ray Kinney - Hawaii - d. 1-28-1972
    interpreter of Hawaiian rhythm: Sporadic timeslots on the Blue Network
    09-26-1901 - Donald Cook - Portland, OR - d. 10-1-1961
    actor: John Morrison "Mother O' Mine"; "Robert Allison "My Son Jeep"
    09-26-1901 - Ted Weems - Pitcairn, PA - d. 5-6-1963
    bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Sunday Matinee"; "Beat the Band"
    09-26-1904 - Richard Thorne - New York, NY - d. 1-31-1957
    writer, creator, producer, director: "The Hall of Fantasy"
    09-26-1908 - Sylvia Marlowe - New York City, NY - d. 12-10-1981
    harpsichord virtuoso: "Lavender and New Lace"; "Sylvia Marlowe and Richard
    Dyer-Bennet"
    09-26-1912 - Jacqueline de Wit - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-7-1998
    actress: Ruth Thompson "Meet Mr. McNutley"; Valerie "Second Husband"
    09-26-1915 - Tony Romano - Fresno, CA - d. 3-5-2005
    guitarist: "The Bob Hope Show"
    09-26-1919 - Barbara Britton - Long Beach, CA - d. 1-17-1980
    actress: Pamela North "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    09-26-1925 - Marty Robbins - Glendale, AZ - d. 12-8-1982
    country/western singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"; "Big Sound"
    09-26-1926 - Julie London - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 10-18-2000
    torch singer: "Guest Star"; "Here's to Veterans"

    September 26th deaths

    01-02-1915 - Nick Fatool - Milbury, MA - d. 9-26-2000
    drummer: (Member of the Big 7 Band) "Pete Kelly's Blues"
    02-03-1890 - Charles Correll - Peoria, IL - d. 9-26-1972
    actor: Andrew Brown "Amos 'n' Andy"
    02-19-1901 - William Post, Jr. - d. 9-26-1989
    actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"
    03-08-1929 - Betty Carter - d. 9-26-1998
    jazz vocalist: "Jazz Alive"
    04-30-1919 - Jack Haskell - Akron, OH - d. 9-26-1998
    singer: "Dave Garroway Show"; "Music from the Heart of America"
    05-09-1898 - Edith Meiser - Detroit, MI - d. 9-26-1993
    writer: "Life and Love of Dr. Susan"; "The Shadow"; "Sherlock Holmes"
    08-03-1906 - Robert Emmett Dolan - Hartford, CT - d. 9-26-1972
    music maestro: "The Circle"; "Birdseye Open House"
    08-04-1903 - Helen Kane - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-26-1966
    actress: (The Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl) "Today's Children"
    08-19-1903 - Muriel Kirkland - Yonkers, NY - d. 9-26-1971
    actor: Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Mary Todd "Honest Abe"
    10-30-1879 - Eily Malyon - London, England - d. 9-26-1961
    actress: Lady Greystroke "Tarzan"
    11-13-1932 - Richard Mulligan - New York City, NY - d. 9-26-2000
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    12-14-1893 - Carl Brisson - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 9-26-1958
    singer, actor: "A Voice In the Night"
    12-23-1887 - John Cromwell - d. 9-26-1979
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:27:42 -0400
    From: "Diane Brown" <dianeb1963@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Detective show suggestions
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    I really enjoy listening to "Rogue's Gallery". The stories are good but the
    highlight for me is Rogue's weekly visit to Eugor on Cloud Eight. Another
    favorite is "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", especially the shows with Bob
    Bailey.
    Diane Brown

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    Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:11:17 -0400
    From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: Jimmy Wakely (Ron Sayles' September 23
     Deaths)

>     02-16-1914 - Jimmy Wakely - Mineola, AR - d. 9-23-1982 country singer:

    "All-Star Western Theatre"; "Hollywood

>     Barn Dance"

    I suppose Ron is technically correct in calling Jimmy Wakely a "country
    singer," but when I was a kid I always thought of him as a "cowboy singer."
    I'm not sure, but I believe that back in the forties, there was a real
    distinction between what we called "cowboy music" and what we called
    "hillbilly music." Back when I was 9 or 10, one of the kids on the block told
    me about the Saturday shows at the Gold Theater. "Two pictures ([removed],
    movies), two cartoons, two chapters ([removed], serials), and a short subject
    (often a Three Stooges or Pete Smith comedy. When I decided to give the place
    a try, I checked the newspaper, and they were showing a Johnny Mack Brown
    cowboy picture and something called "Oklahoma Blues," with Jimmy Wakely, a
    name I had never heard before. I assumed it would be some stupid drama with
    kissing and all that stuff. Wow, was I surprised when the movie started with
    a bunch of cowboys sitting in a barn, all singing a song called "Oklahoma
    Blues," with, of course, Jimmy Wakely singing the lead. I immediately became
    a big fan of his (Johnny Mack Brown couldn't sing). Not to mention that a
    year or two later, Jimmy Wakely, in a duet with someone like Marilyn Maxwell
    (?), made the definitive recording of the holiday song, "Silver Bells." I
    never had the privilege of hearing him on the radio, but I'm glad to see that
    he did indeed perform there.

    Thanx,

     B. Ray

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    Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:09:04 -0400
    From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RE: MP3 Format

    I'm sort of surprised that nobody has mentioned another advantage to MP3
    format CDs, and that's the one for which I use them. When I'm on a long
    distance road trip, there are few things that I hate more than having to
    replace a CD while I'm driving at highway speeds. I've noticed that CDs have
    a certain malevolent quality of ending about five or ten minutes after I've
    left a rest stop, never when I'm pulling in to one. Since I started
    compressing radio shows and audio books onto a single MP3 encoded disc, all
    these problems went away. I can drive all the way from El Lay to northern
    Arizona without changing the CD, and for spoken word, the quality is at least
    as good as the original was, when broadcast over AM, with a 5kHz limit.

    Thanx,

     B. Ray

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