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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 15


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Re: Shadow sponser
	 RTR Tape Sources
	 New live radio drama starts in March
	 Re: OTR Premiums
	 the whistler
	 The Shadow and Public Domain
	 npr type dramas
	 The Shadow knows (and so do I)
	 RHAC feb releases
	 Re: Rubber Cleaner, [removed]
	 Re: Help, explanation sought
	 Fwd: The Shadow knows (and so do I)
	 Richard Diamond log, partial, Part 1

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:42:02 -0500
From: Jblackie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Shadow sponser
Message-ID: <960111124149_38500167@[removed]>

In a message dated 96-01-10 20:42:42 EST, you write:

>Andy Blatt wrote:
>>1)  The Shadow with Orson Welles aired for Blue Coal ("Blue Co-al") Sundays
>>530pm September 1937 to March 1938.  Not all broadcasts are available.  In
>>1938 15 Syndicated shows aired (all are available).
>
>For 20 years I have owned a 3-LP set of Shadow programs with Welles, and
>all are sponsored by Goodrich Tires ("The Goodrich safety Silvertown, with
>the lifesaver tread!")  

I have a good guess for want of any exprt with the real poop.  I think I
recall that the Blue Coal folks sponsered the regular season, but the summer
seasons that aired identical programs during 1938 & 1939 were sponsered by
the Goodrich folks.  Again, this is an educated guess only, and I'm not even
home so I can't play any tapes to verify this.  Anybody know fer shure?

Jim

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:41:20 -0500
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RTR Tape Sources
Message-ID: <960111134118_87924651@[removed]>

Hello Again Friends:

Does anyone know a source out there on the West Coast for RTR tapes and
supplies?  I've done business with Burlington, but the East to West shipping
costs are killing me.

Also--opinions please on the Government surplus Ampex 641:
when was it originally manufactured (during the dark days of tape production,
therefore leading to squeaks or sticks) or is it okay.

And a little informal poll: what are your favorite RTR tape stocks out there?

Yours truly,
T. Bray

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 11:28:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Smitten <ratcat@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: New live radio drama starts in March
Message-ID: <[removed]@netcom9>

I thought I'd pass along some news that may be of interest to radio drama 
fans.  I work at a recording studio that also deals in radio syndication.
We're starting to distribute a new show called Imagination Theatre which 
is a repackage of Jim French's KIRO radio shows from Seattle. He does 
these programs weekly in front of a live studio audience, and though I 
love the old stuff more and always will, these are pretty good shows. 
Oddly enough, the response from radio stations has been very positive and 
it looks like it will be carried by a considerable number of stations, 
mostly on Saturdays and Sundays starting March 1. 
On another front, I'm interested in trading radio show cassettes with 
some [removed]'m mainly interested in horror/drama-type shows like Inner 
Sanctum, Escape, Mysterious Traveler, etc. Anyone interested, please e-mail
smitten@[removed], which is my more frequently used e-mail address.
[removed]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:02:39 -0500
From: LBohall@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: OTR Premiums
Message-ID: <960111150225_87962954@[removed]>

Last month someone posted an item re: Tom Mix and Ralston premiums. They said
that, after many months' work, Ralston was going to re-issue some OTR
[removed] had backed out at the last minute.

I was wondering: has anyone contacted Ovaltine? They already advertise
heavily on radio (including When Radio Was), and might be open to re-issueing
some premiums. Unlike Ralston, Ovaltine would not have to change their
advertising [removed] modify it a little. I imagine, if response was
deemed *good enough,* Ovaltine would be open to making it a regular part of
their ad campaign. 

Just wondering--ldb

"Never fail to believe what you cannot understand, for the world is filled
with wonders."--L. Frank Baum 

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:31:23 -0500 (EST)
From: MORTN2HHC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: the whistler
Message-id: <01HZW6UTV90I9BYTZY@[removed]>

Who was the voice of "the Whistler?"
Thanks in advance.

------------------------------

Date: 11 Jan 96 20:34:07 EST
From: Joel  Senter <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: The Shadow and Public Domain
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

A goodly number of Shadow shows - nobody seems to know how many - are
definitely *not* in the public domain!!!   What we all do in the privacy
of our own homes re: Shadow programs will probably not (at least for a
while) incite some Government agency to kick in our doors and confiscate
our cassettes, but everyone has probably noticed that many vendors have
stopped selling Shadow shows - we should all be *very cautions* with any
transactions involving The Shadow - This is one of the relatively few
shows which has gotten folks, to coin a phrase from George Bush, "into
deep do-do."  Bob Proctor wrote a really good analysis of the fiasco
between "Primier Electronics" from Sandy Hook, CT and some of our OTR
vendor - hobbiest friends which happened a few years back.  This was a
pain in the neck for a lot of people and it wound up costing some of our
friends a bunch of money - even though the courts never found them guilty
of any infringement.  I think I still have a copy of Bob Proctor's
article around here somewhere.  If anyone is interested, E-mail me and
I'll see if I can unearth it and make a copy for you.  Happy Listening. 
Joel Senter

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 19:42:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Charlie D Matkin <cdm01@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: npr type dramas
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Tell me more. Always interested in getting different material. 
Charlie Matkin   New Orleans Radio Theatre, Inc.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:07:18 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Shadow knows (and so do I)
Message-ID: <960111180706_22214771@[removed]>

Joh Henley responded to my comment regarding The Shadow and asked about the
Shadow episodes sponsored by Goodrich.

After the original Orson Welles interpretations (September, 1937 through
March of 1938), Welles went on to star in 15 shows (all available; this is
the entire run) for Goodrich.  These were syndicated and were sent to
stations (probably at no charge) because the sponsor message was
self-contained in the program; what we commonly refer to today as barter.
 Sometimes no cash changes hands.  I believe American Top 40 might have
operated in this way as well as some of the top 40 coutdown programs.

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:18:47 -0800
From: dunivenh@[removed] (Herbert Duniven )
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RHAC feb releases
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

   RHAC will releasethe final 6 tapes of Space Patrol on Feb 1
   There will be 48  1/2 hr programs.  Details of the programs:

      tape 1220    Space Patrol
      12-12-53    lost condor
      12-19-53    venus dulanium mystery
      12-26-53    lost dimensions
      01-02-54    wistful wizard of neptune's moon
      01-09-54    in the claw of venus
      01-23-54    martian masquerade
      01-30-54    treasure on mount rollcab
      02-13-54    revenge of dr. yeager


      tape 1221    Space Patrol

      02-27-54    serpent of saturn
      03-13-54    test for survival
      03-20-54    secret of dr. borodeck
      03-27-54    zero ray
      04-03-54    super brain of volmer castro
      04-10-54    test of the xk-3
      04-17-54    image of evil
      05-08-54    capt hackett's planetoid


      tape 1222     Space Patrol

      05-22-54    strange voyager
      05-29-54    red demon of venus
      06-05-54    mystery of the masked martians
      06-12-54    tattooed atom
      06-19-54    cavern of fear
      06-26-54    race against time
      07-03-54    robot of borkenna
      07-10-54    trial by error



      tape 1223     Space Patrol

      08-14-54    counterfeit atoms
      08-21-54    formula for crime
      09-11-54    design for disaster
      09-18-54    prisoners of turanna
      09-25-54    invasion from turanna
      10-02-54    voice from the future
      10-30-54    realm of robots
      11-30-54    frightened robots


      tape 1224     Space Patrol

      12-04-54    invisible enemy
      12-11-54    city of hidden doom
      12-18-54    escape from neptune
      12-25-54    lost galaxy
      01-01-55    ambush in space
      01-08-55    prison planet
      01-15-55    crown of dargeeda
      01-22-55    shadow of shardu


      tape 1225    Space Patrol

      01-29-55    planet of discord
      02-05-55    conquest of pluto
      02-12-55    hermet of pluto
      02-19-55    time pirates
      02-26-55    voyage to the future
      03-05-55    monster from the past
      03-12-55    weed of dispair
      03-19-55    fugitive from telarma


      tape 1226     Norman Corwin Shows
     
      12-15-41    we hold these truths  (1 hr)
      07-10-45    columbia presents corwin;  daybreak
      05-23-44    columbia presents corwin:  tel aviv
      07-10-49    cbs documentaries:  citizen of the world  (1 hr)
      no date     [removed] radio:  could be


      tape 1227    Paul Whiteman Presents  (each 30 min)

      06-06-43    eddie cantor, henry bussee
      06-13-43    burns & allen, many malnick
      06-20-43    red skelton, johnny mercer
      06-27-43    victor moore, william jackson
      07-04-43    bing crosby, & rhythm boys
      07-11-54    bob burns
      07-18-43    jack teagarden, lou holtz
      07-25-43    olsen & johnson
      08-01-43    bert lahr, modernaires
      08-15-43    jimmy durante
      08-22-43    victor moore, bill frawley
      08-29-43    ed gardner, jimmy durante



    Members of RHAC on the Digest may order now.  If you are not a 
member and wish information on how to join a good OTR club, contact 
either of the following:

           rrking@[removed]       (dick king)

    or     duniven@[removed]      (herb duniven)

  For a view of the RHAC program catalog go th Lou Genco"s great
  WWW site.       [removed]

  Please provide a snail-mail address and we will mail all the 
information on joining RHAC

           herb duniven      RHAC     denver
      
      
      

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:41:37 -0500
From: fisherf@[removed] (Francis Fisher)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Rubber Cleaner, [removed]
Message-Id: <m0taZM0-000YNKC@[removed]>

Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed]> wrote:

>        Can someone please tell me where I can buy a rubber cleaner/restorer
>to use on the pinch rollers on my reel to reel decks? I haven't had any luck
>at the usual sources and I would like to clean them before they start to dry
>out on me.

Buy a quart of denatured alcohol at your hardware. Clean the pinch roller
with a lint-free tissue or a piece of cotton sheet. Use a wood-handle cue
tip if the work area is small. Warning: don't splash alcohol on oiled
bearings unless you intend to disassemble and re-oil them. 

When a pinch roller rubber shows signs of fracturing from age order a couple
of pinch rollers from the manufacturer or importer of your machine. They're
only a few bucks for consumer type recorders. While you're at it, order
other rubber wheels and belts for the recorder. These parts are inexpensive,
easy to replace, and no alignment is required when the work is done. (Like a
rubber tire on your car, if it's old enough to show fracturing then it's
time to replace it.)

Note: the alcohol doesn't restore rubber. It is used as a solvent to clean
and remove built-up deposits from the entire tape path. --ff

_______________________________________
Francis Fisher (fisherf@[removed])
Director of Engineering
WV Public Radio

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 23:10:12 -0500
From: Eric Wilson <ewilson@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Help, explanation sought
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:29:39 -0600 (CST)
>From: Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]>
>Subject: Help, explanation sought
>
>Years ago, for Christmas, my parents gave me a copy of the last Jack 
>Benny show. It was one of those "Radio Reruns" tapes you used to be able 
>to buy. I just recently purchased another copy of that episode which came 
>with another episode I wanted. The show is exactly the same, except 
>Denis's song is different on both, and the commercial at the end, while 
>the scripting is the same, is clearly a different commercial. Dennis's 
>song on the Reruns tape is about McGuire, the Liar. From something that 
>Mr. Kitzel says later in the program, I'm led to believe that this was in 
>fact the song that was meant to accompany the episode. Does anyone have 
>any explanation for the discrepancies? I prefer the audio quality of my 
>newer acquisition, and the two differences are unimportant, but it's a 
>curiosity.

  I wound up wondering the same thing myself when I got ahold of the version
you mention, and that somebody else is playing Mary on the Reruns tape.  I
read that Joan Benny said when Mary Livingstone decided she wasn't up to
performing anymore, Joan would read Mary's lines at the recording session
for the show and a recording of Mary reading the lines would be edited in
for the broadcast.  My guess is that the Radio Reruns version is the
unedited session and the other version is the broadcast version.
  Eric W. (ewilson@[removed])

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:10:56 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fwd: The Shadow knows (and so do I)
Message-ID: <960111211048_22231204@[removed]>

This is a possible resend. 
---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj:    The Shadow knows (and so do I)
Date:    96-01-11 18:06:52 PST
From:    Andy Blatt
To:      [removed]@[removed]

Joh Henley responded to my comment regarding The Shadow and asked about the
Shadow episodes sponsored by Goodrich.

After the original Orson Welles interpretations (September, 1937 through
March of 1938), Welles went on to star in 15 shows (all available; this is
the entire run) for Goodrich.  These were syndicated and were sent to
stations (probably at no charge) because the sponsor message was
self-contained in the program; what we commonly refer to today as barter.
 Sometimes no cash changes hands.  I believe American Top 40 might have
operated in this way as well as some of the top 40 coutdown programs.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 10:14:13 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Richard Diamond log, partial, Part 1
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

       R I C H A R D   D I A M O N D,   P R I V A T E   D E T E C T I V E
       -------------   --------------   -------------   -----------------
 
                                 1949 - 1953
 
                              >>>  PARTIAL  <<<
 
 
     First Show: ??-??-49                             Last Show: ??-??-53
     Number Shows: ??                             Audition Show: none known
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE came to NBC in 1949 with Dick Powell
     starring in the title role.  Dick Powell plays the part of a slick,
     sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who need it.
     Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his
     girl, Helen Asher.  After each show, he would croon a number to his
     Park Avenue sweetheart.
 
     Dick Powell was perfect for the role as he was a former Hollywood song
     and dance man.  He added an extra dimension to the 40's hokey private
     eye drama.
 
     Hellen Asher was portrayed by Virginia Gregg, who also played the part
     of Brooksie on "Let George Do It" and Betty Lewis on "Yours Truly,
     Johnny Dollar".
 
     Blake Edwards wrote the early shows and also directed a few.  Music was
     composed by David Baskerville and later by Frank Wirth.
 
     RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE was last heard in 1953.
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     Titles were not given at the start of each show, so there's considerable
     difference from source to source.  Where the difference was slight, I
     used a title that incorporated as much as possible.  If you use this
     list to select a show in one of the catalogs, look for the date.  Very
     few shows lacked dates.
 
     Ed Carr's catalog had a cautionary note: "Check Richard Diamond titles
     carefully.  They repeat many shows.  If a title sounds close, it may be
     a repeat."
 
     At this time, the date of the first and last shows and the number of
     shows is not known.  Only the Radio Memories catalog showed two episode
     numbers.
 
     There are a number of gaps where no shows were found in the catalogs.
     Where there was enough information, I would insert a "guess" date with
     "?????" in the title field.  Where the dates could not be guessed, a
     note was added to the title field to explain the gap.
 
     Day change from Sunday to Saturday was verified from the announcement
     after the June 26, 1949 show.
 
 
     List:
 
         Date      Da  Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  --  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
           1949
         05-15-49  Su    4  The Ralph Chase Case                    3  6
                            Ralph Chases Stepdaughter                 5
         05-22-49  Su    5  The Stolen Purse                        3  6
                            Old News Vendor And The Stolen Purse      5
         05-29-49  Su       Betty Moran Suicide                   1 3  6
                            Betty Moran Blackmail Murder              5
         06-05-49  Su       ?????
         06-12-49  Su       ?????
         06-19-49  Su       Fred Sears Murder Case                12  56
                            Deadline For Murder                     3
         06-26-49  Su       The Tom Waxman Bombing Case           12  56
                            Deadly Delivery
         07-02-49  Sa       A Hat Without A Body                  12   6
                            The Bloody Hat Case                     3 5
         07-09-49  Sa       Charles Walsh, Bob Wells              12   6
                            Walsh And Wells Kidnap Helen              5
         07-16-49  Sa       The Man Who Hated Women               12   6
                            Kidnapped For Revenge                   3
                            Murder Without Motive                   3
                            The Butcher                               5
         07-23-49  Sa       June Hires                            12   6
                            Letter Perfect Murder                   3
                            The Martin Heyer Case                     5
         07-30-49  Sa       ?????
         08-06-49  Sa       Pictures Of Killer's Club             1    6
                            Killers' Picture Taken                 2
                            Picture Perfect Killers                 3
                            The Lynn Knight Case                      5
         08-13-49  Sa       ?????
         08-20-49  Sa       Central Park Murder                   123 56
         08-27-49  Sa       Bill Garret, See Diamond              12
                            Big Brother                             3
                            The Eddie Garrett Case                    5
                            Bill Garret                                6
         09-03-49  Sa       Harry Baker Kills Wife                12   6
                            Kleptomania Means Murder               3
                            The Baker Case                            5
         09-10-49  Sa       Professor Leonardo                    12   6
                            Seance For Murder                       3
                            The Van Dyke Seance Case                  5
         09-17-49  Sa       The Case of Jerome J. Jerome          123  6
                            Jerome J. Jerome, Bodyguard               5
         09-24-49  Sa       The $200,000 Bundle                   1 3  6
                            $200,000 In A Safe Deposit Box        1   5
         10-01-49  Sa       ?????
         10-08-49  Sa       Mr. Gibson Blackmailed                1    6
                            The Corpse On The Hepplewhite           3
                            The Leland Gibson Murder                  5
         10-15-49  Sa       Jeff The Newsboy                      1    6
                            Case Of The Bogus Bills                 3
                            The Counterfit Case                       5
         10-22-49  Sa       Renee Benet, Hatmaker                 1
                            Clothes Make The Killer                 3
                            Renee Benet Story                         5
                            Hat Protection For Rene Bene               6
         10-29-49  Sa       Bill Kirby, Package                   1    6
                            Death In A Shoebox                      3
                            The Kirby Case                            5
         11-05-49  Sa       The Singing Critic                    1   56
                            Pat Kosak, For Hire                     3
         11-12-49  Sa       $50,000 Diamond Heist                 1    6
                            Diamonds Are A Detective's Best Frame   3
                            Commissioners Diamonds Stolen             5
         11-19-49  Sa       The Leon Jacoby Case                  1    6
                            Vendetta                                3
                            The Return of Jacoby                      5
         11-26-49  Sa       William Carter loses Memory           1    6
                            Murder In The Mind                      3
                            Case of Amnesia                           5
         12-03-49  Sa       The Case Of The Ruby Idol             1    6
                            The Case Of The Grissly Ghost           3
                            The Leland L Leeds Case                   5
         12-10-49  Sa       The Case Of The House Of Mystery      1    6
                            Richard Diamond And The Haunted House   3
                            A Case of Spirits                         5
         12-17-49  Sa       No One Was Murdered                   1  4
                            The Yo Yo                               3  6
                            Mr. Johns and Big Man                     5
         12-24-49  Sa       Diamond's Christmas Carol             1 3
                            A Contempory Christmas Carol              5
                            Adaptation Of "A Christmas Carol"          6
         12-31-49  Sa       The Committed Stockbroker             1    6
                            Stocks And Blondes                      3
                            The Adopted Daughter Case                 5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

continues in part 2

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