Subject: [removed] Digest V2014 #26
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Date: 3/10/2014 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2014 : Issue 26
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      RadioDoc Review                       [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
      "Perry Mason" on OTR                  [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      SPERDVAC needs some help              [ Larry Gassman <LarryGassman@Roadrun ]
      This week in radio history 9-15 Marc  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:33:27 -0500
    From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RadioDoc Review

    Here's a link to something called "RadioDoc Review," described as "a digital
    journal where selected radio documentaries and features from around the world
    are critiqued by eminent scholars and/or practitioners of the form."

    The first issue features pdf files of two reviews of the Norman
    Corwin-directed "The Lonesome Train," one about the 1944 CBS broadcast and
    the other about the Decca recording. The radio one, by Tim Crook (author of
    1999's "Radio Drama: Theory and Practice"), is pretty thorough and includes a
    number of illustrations and sound clips:

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:33:16 -0500
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Perry Mason" on OTR

            I was looking at a calendar from Radio Spirits which listed birthdays of OTR performers
    and the series premieres of OTR shows. One item caught my eye. They listed the series
    premiere of "Perry Mason" on radio as 1943 and 1946. Which one was it? If anyone
    knows please let me know.

            Also, how many episodes of "Perry Mason" would amount to one storyline? It seems
    as though there were as many as a dozen shows before a single story reached its
    resolution.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:33:21 -0500
    From: Larry Gassman <LarryGassman@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  SPERDVAC needs some help

    	Hi all,
    As SPERDVAC continues to grow and to add to our mission statement, we
    are adding more items and more services on line.
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    We are adding our newsletters plus a data base of our catalog which
    will be available on CD.
    We are also inventorying our holdings of discs, recordings and scripts.
    We want to digitize our scripts to not only preserve them but to have
    another back up system.  Eventually the paper scripts will no longer be useful.
    If you  are a member, we would like to seek some help in scanning scripts.
    We already have this process started but are still in need of help.
    If you can help, please drop me a phone call at the SPERDVAC number.
    (877) 251-5771.
    Or e-mail me at Larry@[removed]
    You can also use this e-mail if you wish.

    Also, we recently lost our Audio Radiogram coordinator Russ Hudson.
    Russ was responsible for coordinating the reading of our Radiogram
    newsletter for all of our members who are blind.

    Currently I do not have access to the list of those blind members who
    were receiving the Radiogram on either tape or disc.
    If you are a member of SPERDVAC and are blind an wish to receive the
    radiogram, please get in touch with me.
    Thank you!
    Larry Gassman
    SPERDVAC President

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    Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:32:39 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 9-15 March

     From Those Were The Days

    3/9

    1945   Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
    Webster.

    3/10

    1922   Variety magazine greeted readers with the front page headline
    that read, "Radio Sweeping Country--1,000,000 Sets in Use."

    1955   The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.

    3/12

    1933   Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
    Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
    It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
    The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
    that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
    all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.

    3/13

    1923   A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new
    models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones,
    which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and
    messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a "foolproof"
    design.

    3/14

    1937   Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in one of the biggest publicity
    gags ever. It was called, "The Battle of the Century."  The two
    comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging
    torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the
    history of radio.

    Joe

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