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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 126
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
KFI special [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
Re: war news [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
Cincy Convention [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
LIVE HORROR RADIO UPDATE [ "Hand R J (HLaSS)" <rhand@[removed] ]
4-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
National Audio Theatre Workshops [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
Tri-City network? [ Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed]; ]
Ruth Hussey [ Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:00:43 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: KFI special
Hi Everybody,
does any one have a log of the segment in order that use use on the KFI 50
Years special done in 4-16-72. My friends is wondering if the first 12
hours was done in a different order that the hour 13 to 24. Take care,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:03:40 -0400
From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: war news
Bill H. asks:
There may have been some live broadcast from the front lines, I would
also be interested to know if there were.
I would have to think this never happened. In the early/mid forties to
literally broadcast live would have required either a very high-powered
transmitter or telephone lines to allow a call to such a transmitter. I
cannot imagine how this would have happened from a front-line. Dragging
the recorders around were difficult enough. Hicks was, of course, on
board a ship and used an ARC Model Commando Recordgraph, which I believe
was rather bulky to carry around.
Not sure what Matthew Halton used nor the front-line recordings from Iwo
Jima, etc.
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:57:43 -0400
From: ilamfan@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
Subject: Cincy Convention
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Another great year at the Cincinnati OTR Convention - it sure took me
long enough to write something about it, though! My sister, Laura, and I had
a wonderful time. I always feel as though there's just not enough time,
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I tended to get stuck in the dealer room talking to single dealers for
hours on end about various cool things (our hobby is filled with the
friendliest group of people ever!), until I realize that it's time to leave
to practice for the [removed] fun in there, fooling around a bit
with accents and enjoying the adlibs of our talented OTR professionals, until
I realize it's time to grab a bite to eat at a great local restaurant (like
Pedro's Steakhouse) before the actual performance, and so on and so on.
I wish I'd had more time to talk to Prof Biel, we a had a great (but
way-too-short!) talk about really early radio, and I found out about some
ultra-rare Amos and Andy recordings that might possibly see [removed]
Got to discuss OTR and doowop singing and barbershop quartets and audio
quality and Kennedy assassination tapes with Neal Ellis of the First
Generation Radio Archives - the time went by like it was only five minutes!
Neal, I forgot to get your mailing address. If you're reading this, send it
to me, so I can send you those Hindenberg recordings.
I got a coupla dozen groovy shows that I had never heard of before (on
TAPE! and me being the big mp3 supporter!), and a few gorgeous UGLY old
radios for my shelves here at home. Plus a small stack of rare scripts which
I will be devouring [removed]
In addition to picking up a 3-D DVD system (which included 7 3-D
movies!), I got a bunch of old cartoons and obscure movies and early
television shows on DVD.
Hey, my sister and I even got to swig some Vernor's ginger ale and be
entertained by Rick Keating doing a few bits from Bill Cosby (the "Ark"
routine), plus some great discussion about movies, and the great quality of
'60's comedians (Rick, remember to pick up some Smothers Brothers, and
especially Firesign Theater's "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When
You're Not Anywhere At All?").
Hey, and I think that everyone in the recreation auditions will remember
the dueling "Idiot Steves"! Maybe I'm getting typecast as the dopey
"Stretch" character, but HEY, I'm an idiot in real life, too.
Still, not nearly enough time to spend with the Hugheses, or punning
with Derek, or discussing NTR production with Don Ramlow, or having a drink
with the stars, or thanking BOTH Roberts for putting on such a great [removed]!
A splendid time. I can't wait for next year. Thanks EVERYBODY.
Stephen Jansen
--
Old Time Radio never dies - it
just changes formats!
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:33:09 -0400
From: "Hand R J (HLaSS)" <rhand@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: LIVE HORROR RADIO UPDATE
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Dear Friends,
It has been pointed out to me that when I said GMT I really mean BST. Just to
confirm: the show will be live on [removed] at 3pm in the UK ([removed] if
you're in South Wales) which will be 10am in NY and 7am in LA.
The half-hour play itself - THE TRAIN OF TERROR: In the Pit - will commence at
about [removed] ([removed] [removed]), but in the 20mins before the show there
will be a short documentary and some general build-up to the show. The whole
package will be over, in time for the news, at [removed] ([removed], [removed]).
It seems that we may be able to have a Listen Again weblink up in a couple of
weeks - we'll let everyone know about the progress of this. We will also have
a CD at some point with 2 versions of the show (1 in studio and 1 with
audience), interviews and some photos.
We had a great dress rehearsal and test run last night and everything -
acting, music, sfx and broadcast link and webstreaming all went very well
indeed.
Happy listening - and remember we'd love feedback (rhand@[removed])
Best wishes,
Richard
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:46:36 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-21 births/deaths
April 21st births
04-21-1898 - King Calder - MD - d. 6-28-1964
actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry
Cameron"
04-21-1905 - Ted Osborne - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 2-12-1987
actor: Dr. Carough "Dr. Kildare"; Professor Whiz the Owl "Cinnamon
Bear"
04-21-1907 - Beatrice Kay - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-8-1986
singer: "Gaslight Gayeties"; "Beatrice Kay Show"
04-21-1911 - Leonard Warren - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-4-1960
singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Telephone Hour"
04-21-1914 - Norman Panama - Chicago, IL - d. 1-13-2003
writer: "Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
04-21-1919 - Don Cornell - NYC - d. 2-23-2004
singer: "Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade"; "One Night Stand"; "The Big
Show"
04-21-1920 - Jim Nabbie - d. 9-12-1992
lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's Go
Nightclubbing"
04-21-1932 - Elaine May - Philadelphia, PA
comedienne: "Mike Nicholes and Elaine May"; "Monitor"
April 21st deaths
01-02-1904 - James Melton - Moultrie, GA - d. 4-21-1961
singer" "Palmolive Hour"; "Telephone Hour"; "Harvest of Stars"
02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC - d. 4-21-2003
singer: "Voices of Vista"
03-03-1890 - Edmund Lowe - San Jose, CA - d. 4-21-1971
actor: Sergeant Quirt "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"
05-03-1902 - Walter Slezak - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-21-1983
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Best Plays"; "Studio One"; "Columbia
Workshop"
06-09-1890 - Leslie Banks - West Derby, England - d. 4-21-1952
actress: "Theatre of Romance"
06-25-1915 - Peter Lind Hayes - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-21-1998
actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Texaco Town"; "Ford Show"; "Lum and
Abner"
08-13-1904 - Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Olathe, KS - d. 4-21-1999
bandleader, actor: (America's Boyfriend) "Twin Stars"; "Pick-A-Date"
08-21-1908 - Bob Jellison - IA - d. 4-21-1980
actor: Oswald Ching "Story of Mary Marlin"; Buster Gunn "Great Gunns"
08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
10-21-1892 - Gummo Marx - Yorkville, NY - d. 4-21-1977
comedian: (Marx Brothers) "American Review"
11-05-1895 - Charles MacArthur - Scranton, PA - d. 4-21-1956
playwright: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:48:03 -0400
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: National Audio Theatre Workshops
The National Audio Theatre holds a week of workshops every summer at
Southwest Missouri State University in West Plains, Missouri, which is in
the south-central area of the state. Our own Randy Story has just been
elected to the Board of Directors. Congratulations, Randy!
This year's dates are June 20 - 26, and guests include Simon Jones (Book
Narrator of the Year; he did the Hitchhiker's Guide series), Charles
Potter (3-time Grammy winner for Spoken Word), the president of ZBS, and
a ton of others. Check it out at [removed], and
hopefully Randy will jump in here and tell you why you should attend.
---Dan
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:10:08 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio
The latest "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" programs
with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran, can be heard at
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glortchpoo
Program 30 - September, 1972 - Aldo Gizalbert
Dick and Ed interview Aldo Gisalbert, NBC studio engineer,
who discusses the very early days of the NBC network,
including the move to Radio City.
Featured excerpts include The NBC Symphony with Arturo
Toscanini, Amos and Andy, and The Texaco Theater with
Ed Wynn
Program 31 - October, 1972 - Bill Owen
Bill Owen, author of "Radio's Golden Age", a listing of all the
major radio shows and the people who made them happen.
We'll hear excerpts from such programs as Life with Luigi,
starring J. Carroll Naish, The Witch's Tale, and Red Skelton.
In the 1970's Dick Bertel created the program for WTIC in Hartford,
CT. The idea came to Dick after he interviewed radio collector-
historian Ed Corcoran a few times. "The Golden Age of Rado
was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was Dick's co-host.
For the next seven years the program featured interviews with
radio actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians from
radio's early days. Each show featured excerpts from Ed's
collection.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:39:53 -0400
From: Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tri-City network?
Hi, All.
I'm researching a local (Lynchburg, Virginia) singer from the
1920s-1960s named 'Cile Turner who had a radio program titled "Life At
Twin Oaks" in late 1945. I have found scripts for the program and
initially assumed that it was a local broadcast. The scripts make no
mention of what station broadcast the program, so I looked it up in
local newspaper listings from that time. The newspaper listings
indicate that it was heard over WJZ -- a New York station at the time.
I note that the final announcer's line in the script for the broadcast
of October 23, 1945 is "Wayne Tyler [removed] is Tri-City."
So, my question is, what was Tri-City? I assume that it was a small
regional network, but what stations did it include and in what cities?
I know that 'Cile Turner had broadcast over NBC-Blue from the WJZ
studios regularly in 1930, but was WJZ still an NBC affiliate in 1945?
In my research, it would be helpful to know where this program was
heard. If you can help, please send a reply to me off-list:
bryan@[removed]
Thanks!
Bryan Wright
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:07:09 -0400
From: Richard Pratz <[removed]@[removed];
To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Ruth Hussey
Actress Ruth Hussey who was featured on many radio programs during the
medium's heyday, died April 19 in Thousand Oaks, California. Her career
included radio, modeling, Broadway, television and films. According to
RadioGold and Dunning, her radio credits included numerous appearances on
Suspense, Lux Radio Theater, Kraft Music Hall, Hallmark Playhouse, The Camel
Screen Guild Theater, Good News of 1939, Information Please, Command
Performance, The Radio Reader's Digest, This Is Hollywood, Family Theater,
The Cavalcade of America, Voice of the Army, Stars on Parade, Make Believe
Town, Guest Star, Heartbeat Theater, Proudly We Hail, The Open House, The
Victory Parade and The Victory Theater. She began her show business career
as a local radio fashion commentator. Perhaps she is best remembered as the
wise-cracking girlfriend of Jimmy Stewart in the 1940 film "The Philadelphia
Story." She was 93. Prayers for family and friends.
Rich
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