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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 177


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 cassette labels
	 Books
	 Gunsmoke Audition/Culver
	 House of Mystery
	 Re: RTR prices
	 A canticle for liebowitz
	 Re: NPR Service, Health Experts
	 Radio Horror shows
	 Cassette Labels
	 Re: Carlton Fredericks
	 WJSV

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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 16:41:59 -0700
From: PETER GRECO <pgreco@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
CC: pgreco@[removed]
Subject: cassette labels
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

HI RANDY,
 IN ANSWER TO QUESTION ABOUT A CASSETTE LABEL [removed] GOOD IS LABELS
UNLIMITED,PUT OUT BY SOFTKEY,ITS DESIGNED FOR WINDOWS [removed] AND WINDOWS 95
THE COST IS [removed],PLUS WHEN YOU ORDER FROM THEM YOU GET A 100 FONTS 
DISC,2600 CLIP ART IMAGES AND A LABEL TOOL KIT [removed] TOLL FREE 
NUMBER IS [removed] ADDRESS IS SOFTKEY-BOX 
6000,CRAWFORDSVILLE,[removed] HAVE GOTTEN PROGRAMS FROM THEM 
BEFORE AND THEY ARE GOOD AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS-FAST SHIPPING
[removed] THE OUT SIDE OF THE CASETTE MICROSOFT PUBLISHER HAS A GREAT 
[removed] HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT.
    ONE LAST PARTING WORD ON [removed] EVEN THO' HIS PROGRAM WAS HOW 
TO STAY HEALTHY,HE WAS A CHAIN SMOKER-UPWARDS OF 4 PACKS [removed] SHOULD 
HAVE PRACTICED WHAT HE PREACHED.
   STILL LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON QUICK AS A FLASH [removed] WERE
ON SUNDAY NIGHTS JUST BEFORE THE [removed] WERE VERY INTRESTING SHOWS.
I DO HAVE AN EXCERPT FROM MUTAL'S 25TH. ANNIVARSARY [removed]

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 09:54:53 +1000
From: [removed]@[removed] (Andrew Traucki)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Books
Message-Id: <v01520d01adc16f42d99b@[[removed]]>

Hi I logged on to the otr about 3 months ago and have had some fantastic
help in my effort to track down sci-fis, westerns and adventure old time
radio from the 50s. I am now trying to get hold of(swap,buy a copy) of the
following reference books
1. Radio's Golden Age (Frank Buxton & Bill Owen)

2. Tune in Yesterday (The ultimate Encyclopedia of old-time radio 1925-76)
John Dunning. I know this is out of print but if anyone out there knows how
I can get a copy?

3. Handbook of Old Time Radio (Jon Swartz and Rob Reinher). I know this
sold by Scarecrow press but once again I thought there might by an otrer
who can guide me to cheaper source.

This is all complicated by the fact that I live in Sydney Australia so I
can't go to any conventions or local bookstores.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you Andrew Traucki

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Date: Thu, 16 May 96 18:04 PDT
From: lois@[removed] (Lois Culver)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Gunsmoke Audition/Culver
Message-Id: <m0uKDxd-0003P9C@[removed]>

Can anyone tell me where (with address) I can get a copy of the Howard
Culver audition  on tape, of the Gunsmoke radio program  - the one where the
hero is "Mark Dillon", which has been discussed here in the last week?

Thanks much!

Mrs. Howard Culver
lois@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 18:15:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: House of Mystery
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I haven't seen any mention of House of Mystery. I believe it
ran Saturday mornings on Mutual. Essentially, after a creepy
set-up situation, the mystery was resolved by natural
phenomenons or a scientific explanation. Certainly not in
the same class as the other programs recently mentioned but
better suited to us skeptics-in-training.

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Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 22:20:17 -0400
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: RTR prices
Message-ID: <960516222015_296008465@[removed]>

To Arlene, who asked about a fair price for old RTR:

Dear Arlene:
I can only recount my personal experience.  Around Christmas time, I got out
my childhood RTR to play some old tapes and pronounced it DOA.  I looked for
a new replacement, and found only high end pro RTR playing only at [removed] ips
and in many cases only at 15 ips.  These machines ran anywhere from $1500
used to $3500.  Too much, and besides, it wouldn't play my old 3 1/3 ips
tapes.
I had almost given up and stuck with cassettes until I found a shop that sold
used, re-built RTR.  I purchased a TEAC 4 Track A2340 for $600, and for me it
was a good deal--everything guaranteed for 90 days.  I met up with a fellow
on this list who's RTR died, and we entered into a fruitful arrangement
whereby I would transfer his material (about 100+ reels) onto VHS and keep
the RTR tapes for my own collection.  The result--he can listen again,
transfer from VHS to cassettes as he chooses, and I have an instant OTR
collection, which I selectively transfer to cassettes, cleaning up sound and
correcting pitch, etc. I have also purchased 6 hour RTR tapes from $6 to $12,
and am rapidly building up a lot of material at a good price.
Anyway, my point is, for me, the price of the machine was worth it because 1.
the machine was in good shape, 2. I want to collect on RTR.  The money spent
has given me lots of pleasure.
One man's experience.
Good luck!
Thom Bray
septsev@[removed] 

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Date: Thu, 16 May 96 22:12:30 -0500
From: welsa@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A canticle for liebowitz
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

    Since I live in Madison, WI, this morning (5/16) I took the bull by the 
horns and called WHA to see if they had taped copies of "Canticle" available.  
They checked and called back several hours later.  
    
    "No", was the response.  "We can't provide them because we do not own the 
rights."
    
    They had no other information to offer.
    
    Hmm, since they produced this show, and Marv Nonn and Karl Schmidt have 
been regulars there, I wonder who does own the rights?
    
   
    
        
   

___
* UniQWK #5138* Not one shred of evidence supports the idea that life is serious

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 01:10:05 +0000
From: usrtest <usrtest@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: NPR Service, Health Experts
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>packerm@[removed] (MICHAEL PACKER) said:


          >trying to obtain a copy of an ATC show with Daniel Pinkwater
          >on [removed]
          >Please note, NPR audience services generally requires the
          >DATE of broadcast in order to fulfill [removed]

          >I was surprised Mr. Mayer would like to see NPR's funding
          >cut because of [removed] If that were the case he never would
          >have been able to hear the piece in the first [removed] Nor
          >would there be "13 by Corwin", the upcoming NEW Corwin
          >series, the forthcoming "Bob & Ray" series

Actually, I provided exactly the information the ATC folks told me on =

the phone they would need to fill my order.

As to cutting their funding, I was being facetious, but, on reflection, =

before NPR our local public radio station provided continuous =

classical music with a smattering of Shakespeare and other radio =

drama.  Now I wake up to two hours of world crisis on *Morning =

Edition*; drive time is three hours of the tedious interviews of =

*Fresh Air* and a repetitive *All Things Considered*.  Our local =

station (WUTK) won't be carrying the specials you mention; they =

fear people would object to still more "talk" programming.  It occurs =

to me that the good old days of public radio were those before NPR. =

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roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull) said:
>Subject: Health Experts

>It is interesting that the health experts don't live to ripe
>old ages. =8A
>but Adel Davis and Gaylord Hauser weren't all that old. Rondale [that's Ro=
dale, Roy],
>the publisher of Prevention Magazine, died during a guest stint

Well. I haven't done a study, but I doubt that the numbers would bear =

you out: famous vegetarian and back-to-the-earther Scott Nearing =

died at 100; his widow is about that age now.  Vegetarians live an =

average of, I believe, 5 years longer than the general public.  Sure, =

even one who follows the most spartan health regimen can still be =

"run over by a pie wagon," but your best prospects are still in =

playing the odds.  Yes, I am myself a vegetarian but no saint; I indulge =

in the occasional cigar, deadly though I know tobacco to be.  Still, I =

comfort myself that I have traits in common with both Scott Nearing =

and George Burns.

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 02:38:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Radio Horror shows
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	Have to get in my two cents on this; obviously appreciation of 
various series is quite subjective.
	The two best series IMHO are Dark Fantasy and Quiet Please.  Some 
of Oboler's work is in this class as well, but sometimes style outweighs 
content for me on these.
	These series are all related in that one author was responsible 
for the whole series.  Don't remember the name of the writer of Dark 
Fantasy, which is the only network show I know of that came from Oklahoma
City, but it led the way as a show to bridge the gap from the creaky old 
style of The Witch's Tale (often thinly veiled morality plays) and the 
Hermit's Cave, and more modern fare.  Dark Fantasy featured true supernatural
events, unlike the cop-out endings of the terribly hackneyed Inner Sanctum
shows, which started at roughly the same time.  Not all of any series is 
great, but you can hear that the author of Dark Fantasy was at least trying
to present quality work.  It's a shame there are so few of these.
	For overall storytelling, however, the team of creator Willis Cooper 
and lead actor Ernest Chappell on Quiet Please was consistantly the best 
of all the horror/supernatural shows.  Whether going for sheer terror, 
as in "Whence Came You" or "The Thing on the Fourble Board", or in a 
lighter, more satirical vein, Chappell was the perfect vehicle for the 
natural dialogue that seemed to flow effortlessly from Cooper's 
typewriter.  With limited cast and sound effects, and only one musician 
on organ and piano, Quiet Please cast a spell, and still makes compelling
listening.  
	For an example of the sheer power of the series, listen to 
"Shadow of the Wings" (4/17/49), broadcast near Easter and Passover, that 
neatly combines elements of both holidays.  It's the story of the struggle of 
the angel of death who has come for a young girl, and if it doesn't bring
tears to your eyes, you're even more cynical than I am, which is tough.
	Like Arch Oboler before him, Cooper also dabbled in science-fiction 
before shows like Escape and Dimension X in the fifties.  A good example of 
this is "It Is Later Than You Think"  8/02/48.  It's a time travel story 
about a watch that can transport the wearer to whatever time he sets, but 
limited to a 24-hour period.  A whimsical story with a great shock ending,
which was often the case on Quiet Please.
	It's a shame that the sound quality on many of the shows is so poor.    
I understand that slightly improved copies are now being circulated, and I
can't recommend this series highly enough.  It is among the best of all
OTR shows.
	Another show that hasn't been mentioned is Sleep No More, another
low-budget series of sweetened readings with Nelson Olmsted.  I have a few
from 1957, but haven't listened carefully enough to pass judgement.
	I must take exception to comments by someone here recently regarding
the series The Black Mass, which was produced not by the BBC, but at 
Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley in the early sixties.  The producer and
main reader was Erik Bauersfeld, long-time head of the Drama and Literature 
department there, who is still active doing radio drama.  Some were readings 
with music and SFX, others had small casts and more production.  Two 
Lovecraft stories are outstanding - "The Outsider", and especially "The 
Rats in the Walls".  Another good one is "The Flies" by Anthony Vercoe.
Again, not every show is riveting, but that may be because they are rather
straightforward adaptations of literature from another era.
	WBAI, the Pacifica station in NYC, had a series called The Radio in
the early seventies, and there were several horror, fantasy, and 
science-fiction stories produced, and extremely well, I might add, by 
Charles Potter and David Rapkin, who still does dramas for cassette (the
Louis Lamour westerns, among others).
	In brief, here are my reactions to some of the other OTR shows
mentioned:
Weird Circle: Dull scripts, dull acting, dull productions.
Haunting Hour: Ditto
Hall of Fanasy: My two reels started to squeal, and I don't miss them one 
	bit.  Just awful!   
Inner Sanctum:  A few good ones, mostly drek, but great opening, whether
	Raymond Edward Johnson or Paul McGrath.
Hermit's Cave: Interesting period piece.
Sealed Book: mostly silly, and these are definitely new productions, not 
	rebroadcasts of Mysterious Traveler.
Mysterious Traveler: Hampered by low budget, the show improved over the 
	years; the early ones are very lackluster.
Mystery House: I only know of one in the horror series.  There was another
	series with the same title about a book publishing house, but it wasn't
	The Bela Lugosi series.  If I'm wrong, I want the others!
Murder at Midnight: better than average with a few real clinkers; borrowed 
	scripts from Inner Sanctum (Death Across the Board) and Molle (The 
	Creeper)
Molle Mystery Theatre: not mentioned before, but like Suspense and Escape
	occassionaly did tales of terror like The Creeper.
Witch's Tale: There must have been nothing worth listening to in the early
	thirties; everyone who heard it as a kid asks for it.  This show and
George Edwards' Frankenstein serial, et al. demonstrate how far radio drama
	progressed in a few short years.
Mercury Theater - Dracula: The best adaptation in any medium. 
Black Magic: A 1930s serial, only two chapters exist, and I only have one of
	them - it's reminiscent of a Monogram picture.
Omar, The Wizard of Persia - similar to above, but complete in 12 (?) 
	chapters.
Chandu, the Magician (Ok, these last two aren't exactly horror shows, but
	both have black magic elements).
Other 15 minute shows 
	Tales of the Supernatural, Eerie Stories, Black Chapel, Nightmare  
	with Peter Lorre - Don't know much about these, have only 
	heard one of each.
Strange Doctor Weird: rather lame
Black Castle: Interesting mostly for the gimmick of all voices being provided
	by Don Douglas, but I like the wartime angle of the two existing shows.

And to bring us to the modern era, I'll mention a few BBC shows that are 
quite good:   	
	"The Kingston File" (90") A story of madness, or demonic posession?
	"The Gibson" (6 half hour chapters) A wild blend of horror, sci-fi,
	and intrigue, as secret armies of good and evil converge on site of 
	ancient horrors in a battle to rule the world.

"And I oughta know" - Your radio pal, Uncle Muck 
		     Host, Mass Backwards WBAI-NY	

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 00:29:28 -0700
From: Jack Mann <jmann@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cassette Labels
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

You can find software for making cassette labels at 
[removed]

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 11:30:07 GMT
From: Francis Fisher <ffisher@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: Carlton Fredericks
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

BanjoBud@[removed] wrote:

>A number of years ago I recall a nutritionist broadcasting on WOR named
>Carlton Fredericks.  Does anyone know what became of him?
>
>Bud

Hmmm. I believe it was "Doctor Carlton Fredericks, PhD"   --with special
emphasis on the "doctor." Although this doesn't fall into the classical OTR
genre of pre-sixties, Carlton was a classic of a special sort and has a slot
in radio history. Although maybe only for (ex-) New Yorkers.

He, as an early talk show host on WOR, single-handedly brought to the fore a
disease called hypoglycemia, low blood sugar. This was 100% Carlton's. No
one (on the street) had heard of low blood sugar before him. I can never
forget the soothing tones of his all-knowing resonant voice, speaking with
such authority about the disease with such a wonderful and seemingly endless
list of symptoms: backache, headache, depression, impotence, hair loss, an
itch on your ...you name it, and Carlton usually left me feeling like, for
this caller, here's just another case of undiagnosed hypoglycemia. The great
thing was that no doctor knew how to properly test for it. Carlton would say
the only valid test was the six-hour sugar test.

I can't answer your question about what became of Carlton. So this is yet
another reason why we need to hear from Jean Shepard, who was a colleague his. 

Francis
____________________
Francis P. Fisher II
Dir of Engineering
WV Public Radio

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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 10:39:08 -0600
From: Richard Veit <Richard_Veit@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: WJSV
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                       Subject:                               Time:9:33 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          WJSV                                   Date:5/17/96

I have enjoyed following the thread on (...[removed]'s voice here)
"Columbia Station for the Nation's Capital, WJSV, Washington." (Why do I
suddenly feel like going into a B-U-L-O-V-A commercial and setting my clocks
back an hour?) In reference to Erik Smith's original message, I might only
mention that Ted Mack came to the program much later; in 1939 it was still
very much "Major Edward Bowes and His Original Amateur Hour." 

Nicholas Kierniesky made some thoughtful observations and corrections. I must
say, however, that in a perverse way I rather enjoy the "dead air" during the
Washington-Cleveland baseball game at lamented Griffith Stadium. It is
pleasant to hear nothing but the pop of the gloves as big Al Milnar warms up
with Rollie Hemsley between innings, and off in the distance the snack vendors
call out to the crowd. It's nostalgic, too, to hear Walter Johnson suddenly
double as play-by-play man and public address announcer by simply grabbing
another microphone in the booth! Sad, though, to hear Elmer Gedeon playing in
one of his only five major league games. On April 15, 1944, he would be killed
in action in France -- on his 27th birthday.

Also of interest was the casual way in which WJSV solved its line problems
with the "Amos 'n' Andy" feed. "Hey, somebody wake up the staff organist!"

Richard J. Veit

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