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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 341

Table Of Contents: 

	 Greetings!; Ringgold Opry, just like old times!
	 Baseball shows
	 Parley Baer
	 Halloween shows
	 Baseball on radio
	 Recorded Music - Musicians Union
	 Baseball Saint
	 A question
	 duck's breath cool?
	 Adventures in Odyssey-Central Michigan
	 Re: the archers.
	 Wireless
	 Rose Marie
	 Sgt. Preston
	 Adventures In Odyssey
	 Re: Richard Boone

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:50:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Curtis White <WHITE@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Greetings!; Ringgold Opry, just like old times!
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	Greetings to all you old-time-radio buffs!  My name is Curtis White, 
and I've been a fan of radio's "golden era" for about 25 years.  I just joined 
the list last week and have been lurking with great interest.  
	I want to tell you that I'm the announcer of a radio show that's done 
just like in the old days.  It's called "The Ringgold Opry - America's Music," 
a 2-hour "live" show with nothing but "live" bluegrass and acoustic country 
bands playing from the stage of the historic (built in 1849) Western & Atlantic 
railroad depot in Ringgold, GA, 17 miles southeast of Chattanooga, TN.  We do 
the whole show, including the commercials, from the depot with no interruptions,
except for the occasional broken string or foggy memory.
	A year after The Ringgold Opry started as a neighborhood get-together of
local bluegrass musicians and fans, the owner of Ringgold radio station put us 
on the air.  Our second anniversary - first anniversary on the air - is the last
Saturday in September, during which we'll have an expanded show from 7-11 pm.
	We're on WSGC [removed] FM, Ringgold/Chattanooga, "live" every Saturday
night from 8-10 pm, Eastern time.  We record every show onto CD's, and soon 
we'll have "Best [removed]" tapes available for sale.
	But I'm not here to sell tapes, just to let you know about some folks
who are trying to present bluegrass via the next-best-thing to "being there" - 
"live" on the radio.  Some folks have told us that we sound a lot like the
early days of that "other" Opry up the road in Nashville.
	It's great to be on the OTR!  "Thanks for listening!"   - Curtis White

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:52:02 -0400
From: "Thomas C. Fichtner" <tficht@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Baseball shows
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Some baseball oriented shows I havent seen listed :
        Jack Benny's "Going to a Baseball Game" May 4,1952 ,"Leo Durocher
and the World Series"[removed],1953 and "World Series" [removed] ,1948.
        Also there is a syndicated musical show on our PBS station (WXXI-FM
that carries a show called "Fascinatin' Rythmn",that plays music from this
century with each show having a common [removed] few years back they produced
a show called "Baseball  Magic" (1 hour in length)containing among
others,"Mickey, Willie and the Duke",the original recording of"Take Me Out
to the Ballgame"sung by its author,"There used to be a ballpark here" and
many others both new and old [removed] get my tape out every Feb. and
March and listen as I watch the snow melt and wait patiently for the season
to open.
         

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:27:05 -0800
From: Bob & Ronna Rutishauser <SOLONS@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Parley Baer
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Last night I enjoyed listening to "Tales of the Texas Rangers" on When 
Radio Was.  Parley Baer played the Sheriff to Joel McCrea's hero.  
Parley Baer is so talented that I wonder why he didn't get more good 
movie roles following his boffo performance as a Nazi officer in the 
movie, The Young Lions" with Dean Martin and Marlon Brando.

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:47:32 -0400
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Halloween shows
Message-ID: <960919124732_312457526@[removed]>

   In addition to the 11/1/46 Baby Snooks Halloween show, here's another one
of the "non-scary" variety.  It's "The Aldrich Family" from 10/31/40 when
some of the planned pranks don't exactly work out right, to say the least -
"Henry" at his befuddled best!

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:59:18 -0400
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Baseball on radio
Message-ID: <960919125917_105764179@[removed]>

   Just spotted another show concerning baseball.  It could be called "The
First String Shortstop?" and it features good ol' Henry on "The Aldrich
Family," the show running on April 14, 1949.

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 96 10:05 PDT
From: lois@[removed] (Lois Culver)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Recorded Music - Musicians Union
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>From: mcracken@[removed]

>about the head of the musicians union in that era, a James C. Petrillo I
>believe. He was the brunt of many jokes.   I do not know very much about
>him, but it would seem he ran a very tight union with the musicians and
>wanted his due when necessary.  It may be the shows with recorded music on

Do any of you remember when Petrillo and the Musicians Union went on strike
(it went on for a loooooong time), and no union musicians could work on
radio shows nor could record?  In fact, I have some old 78's with Frank
Sinatra singing to a chorale background, instead of with a band.  

Lois Culver

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 14:28:03 -0400
From: IDickerson@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Baseball Saint
Message-ID: <960919142802_312530332@[removed]>

There were actually three occasions (two stories) when the Saint got involved
in baseball:

"Baseball Team Shooting" which aired on CBS on September 3rd, 1947 was
written by Michael Cramoy and starred Vincent Price as the Saint. All the
action takes place on a train on which the Lion's baseball team--who're up
for the pennant--is travelling. Needless to say Simon Templar just happens to
be on the train as well. When the star baseball players start getting
murdered it's left to the Saint to investigate.

1949 wasn't to be the Lion's year either. Once again they found themselves on
a train alongside the Saint. And once again their star players are getting
murdered. Goes to prove that the network had nothing to do with it, for this
one aired on Mutual on August 28th, 1949 with Vincent Price playing the Saint
alongside a different supporting cast.

"Baseball Murder" (aka "Alias the Fixer") is the story Paul Duggan was
thinking of. It was written by Dick Powell and aired on NBC, 3rd September,
[removed] Price was joined by Gloria Blondell, Larry Dobkin and Jack
Moyles. Lefty Miller was once a big baseball star but now finds himself in
the minor leagues, alongside his son, Paul, who's headed in the opposite
direction, making his name as a pitcher. Lefty tells the Saint that he thinks
gamblers are trying to get his son to throw a game and are using beautiful
dame, Diane Courtney, to help persuade the kid. Lefty is murdered and it's
left to the Saint to see that justice is done.

The script for "Baseball Team Shooting" was adapted into a novel (which,
before you ask, has only ever been published in French); I'm not aware of any
surviving copies on tape. 

"Alias the Fixer" is available from Radio Showcase.

Ian Dickerson,
Honorary Secretary, The Saint Club (and Charteris biographer)

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:00:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thomas Krabacher <tsk@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A question
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I've been receiving OTR Digest for about a month now and really enjoy 
it.  However, I have a question:  How do I go about posting comments to 
the digest -- do I just send them to you at this address?  I don't recall 
seeing any information on this. (Or was it there at some point and I just 
missed it?)

Thanks!

Tom Krabacher

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:45:48 -0700
From: Steve Baker <sbaker@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: duck's breath cool?
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michael packer suggested we dash off a posting to you folks. the website for
our daily public radio comedy feature, "ask dr. science," has been nominated
for cool site of the year (script) in the people magazine online/infinet
competition.  everyone gets one vote thru friday, sept. 20 (gulp) only. you
can vote at cool site's web at 
[removed]
it also links to all other nominees in 9 categories, i believe. near as i
could tell, we're the only radio-oriented site up for an award. 
 
while you're at it, simply visit the ducks breath/dr science site at 
[removed]
it has a link to the vote available as soon as our site pops up. and you can
browse around our doings.  thanks & pass the word in the waning hours!
steve baker, ducks breath gm. 916/265-5470 or ducksb@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 96 15:44:09 EDT
From: ekindred@[removed]
To:   [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Adventures in Odyssey-Central Michigan
Message-Id: <m0v3pEF-000k2gC@[removed]>

I have been hoping to find some clues such as listing of stations for Internati
onal Prison Ministries which often frequents the same stations as Focus on the
Family.  I did hear [removed] last night, the 800 number went by too fast
to remember, didn't repeat it but you may write to: Adventures in Odyssey,
Colorado Springs, CO 80995.   You might try 1-800-a-family or for old eyes like
mine 1 800 232-6459. That is the number in their newsletter for ordering materi
als and I spose they could direct you to whoever knows the radio schedules.
Focus on the family more than likely has a website, don't know the address as i
do not have surfing capability. Ya might try family, Christion, Oddysey with
search engines.     I think the programs are well done, the moral tone is welco
me in this world view of no absolute truths. If schools and parents don't teach
that there are consequences for actions, where will children learn that there i
an absolute moral law to the universe and the consequences can be damning

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 22:55:52 +0100 (BST)
From: hbj@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: the archers.
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Don't know if this will help, there aren't a lot of people collecting,
but one place you may want to hang out is the newsgroup:
[removed]
Read it first, and ask a general question about obtaining tapes of
shows. You may find someone who has archived the lot.
But, wouldn't bank on it. There aren't a lot of people archiving over
here.

  

`[1;30;46mNet-Tamer V [removed] - Registered

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 16:29:38 -0500
From: Joe Salerno <jsalerno@[removed]>
To: "'OTR LIST'" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Wireless
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Just in case someone on the list doesn't know about Wireless, I just got =
in the mail today their Fall 96 catalog. They have some new OTR sets =
that I haven't seen previously.

Their no. is 800/733-3369 24 hrs.

I am not affiliated with them and make no money for this announcement, =
but I have dealt with them in the past and found their service to be =
quite good, so I mention it here for anyone who is interested.

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 08:46:50 -0700
From: "JACK MANN" <jmann@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Rose Marie
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RE Dave's question about Rose Marie: She was a child star, but I don't
recall
if it was in the movies or radio. As a kid she always wore a trademark
ribbon
in her hair, and continued to do so as an adult. She did appear on the
radio show
Guy Lombardo Time along with such regulars as Kenny Gardner, Bill
Flannigan,
Mindy Carson, Don Rodney, Billy Leach and Ogden Nash (Radio's Golden Years,
by Vincent Terrace).
Question: The other day someone asked about having a radio chat on an IRC.
What is an IRC?  I sent this question to the Digest  once already, so
forgive me
if it shows up again on another Digest.

Jack

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:21:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: barrym <barrym@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sgt. Preston
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> Iam looking for Sgt. Preston of the Yukon fans, anyone out there?
                              

I think I'm one.  I remember as a kid that this was one of my
favorite shows but I really couldn't remember much about it.

Last month, on the Stan Freeburg OTR broadcasts, I heard it
again for the first time in at least 40 or 45 years, or so it
seems.  I can't remember at what age I listened to it.

I can't describe the thrill of hearing the opening theme.  I
knew I'd remember that when I heard it, and I did.  But none
of the rest of it was the least bit familiar to me.

It was a good story, though.  Better than most OTR westerns.
At least that one show was.  And very well done.

So, all in all, I'm not really sure I'm a big fan anymore,
but I might be.  I'm planning to get some more of these shows,
probably from Adventures in Cassettes.  I just haven't gotten
around to it yet with the press of things, but I will.

Barry

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 96 22:39:42 UT
From: "Bruce Rosenberger" <BR3D@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Adventures In Odyssey
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Several weeks ago I posted here to tell everyone about a currently produced 
radio show called, "Adventures In Odyssey." Several people had questions about 
the show that I may be closer to answering. Following the advice of someone 
who posted a reply, I went to the local religious book store and was able to 
order one of the 26 (6 cassette) albums of the show. Unfortunately, the album 
cover had little info other than an address and phone number. I called the 
producers of the show, "Focus On the Family" and they are sending me more info 
about what stations broadcast the show and info on the other 25 albums. The 
lady on the phone also mentioned that "Focus" has a page on AOL that would 
also give the information I had requested.
Like I mentioned in my original post, I'm probably the last one to listen to 
religious programming, but these shows are SO well produced and written that I 
can't help but like them. Yes, they are usually moral stories, but they don't 
hit you over the head with the moral. A real delight to listen to!
BTW - the reason I want to share this with everyone here, besides the fact 
that it's one of the few current radio drama productions, is that many of the 
actors voices sound familiar. When I asked why they didn't credit the actors, 
the lady said I should write with my question and they will gladly provide me 
with the info. (So I will!)
I'll update ASAP
Bruce

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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 21:08:47 -0400
From: DouglasR8@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Richard Boone
Message-ID: <960919210846_482053553@[removed]>

 I know its Old Time Video, not radio, but does anyone know what ever
happened
to Richard Boone? I was watching "Have Gun Will Travel" the other evening,
and
realized I loved the show both on radio and TV, but did not know what
happened to its
TV [removed] 




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