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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 173


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Bud Collier
	 Famous WJSB aircheck
	 Gunsmoke
	 Bradbury 13
	 Canticle for Liebowitz
	       Re: [removed] Digest V96 #172
	 Re: Peg Lynch, Cloak & Dagger & etc
	 Canticle for Leibowitz
	 One square inch of land
	 Something Dick Orkin wrote . . .

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 01:18:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bud Collier
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Yesterday, I wrote:

> Bud Collier hosted "To Tell the Truth" for quite some time on CBS in the 
> 1950s.  I think Gary Moore may have hosted it later, in the 1960s, when 
> it was in syndication.  He also hosted a game show called "Beat the Clock."

I should have been clearer.  It was =Bud Collier= who hosted "Beat the 
Clock."

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 01:23:31 -0400
From: ErikS74342@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Famous WJSB aircheck
Message-ID: <960514012330_490594219@[removed]>

I'm in the middle of listening to one of the most fascinating recordings of
the OTR era, and I'm wondering if any readers of the OTR digest might be able
to offer insight.

On Oct. 21, 1939, radio station WJSB, the CBS affiliate in Washington, [removed],
decided to record an entire day's broadcasting, from sign-on to sign-off --
about 18 1/2 hours in all. The transcription records apparently were
deposited with the National Archives; at one point, a newscaster notes that
station management selected the day because Franklin Roosevelt was planning
to make an address to Congress that would be broadcast live. At another
point, early in the day, a local disk jockey by the name of Arthur Godfrey
mumbles, "I have a feeling I'm being recorded for posterity." He asks someone
else to come to the mike. "Do you have anything you want to say for
posterity?"

I realize that these tapes have been available for years; I've passed over
them dozens of times in various vendors' catalogs. The prime-time programming
that evening wasn't exactly on my must-get list: Ted Mack's Amateur Hour,
Amos 'n' Andy, a single episode of the Columbia Workshop already available
from other sources. The only reason I bought it was because Radio Spirits was
offering the 12-tape set for $[removed] on cassette, and I needed to round out an
order to $100 to get the bonus tapes.

Let me give this set my highest recommendation. Listening to OTR in its
original context  reveals so much more than listening to scattered episodes
of various shows. I suppose my strongest observation so far -- I've gotten to
8 [removed] -- is that the daily soap opera block offers an amazing reflection on
relationships and the role expected of women. Imagine five hours of programs
that really consist of 10-minute conversations, plus ads,  in which the
characters blur together and few are truly memorable. But listeners are
offered the idea that a woman's primary role is to ensure she marries
suitably, preserves love and romance once she is married, supports her more
worldly husband during trying times, and makes sure she buys the proper
foundation garment to ensure she has the proper "1940 figure."

A note for radio buffs -- this cassette set was formerly available through
the Minnesota Public Radio "Wireless" catalog for about twice the price. It
omits the first half-hour of programming, at 6 [removed] -- which is no great
loss, really, because it featured recorded music without an announcer. (After
the initial "WJSB is on the air" announcement at 6 [removed], it picks up with the
Arthur Godfrey program at 6:30 -- a fact  omitted from the program notes. I
have a reel-to-reel copy of the first four hours -- and believe me, you're
missing nothing but badly re-recorded pop-classical 78s. And the significant
tape-degradation problems on my open-reel copy are not present on this
cassette version.) There are fidelity problems between 8 [removed] and 10 [removed], as
it sounds like the producer was recording just a little bit too loud -- but
the problems disappear by mid-morning.

[removed], here's the question: Are there any recordings like this one? Were there
any other radio stations during the radio era that thought it might be a neat
idea to record an entire day's output?

About two years ago, Radio Yesteryear was offerning a set of NBC broadcasts
from June 6, 1944, starting with the D-Day Invasion and continuing on three
full days. As I already have four hours of NBC combat news from that date --
and Radio Yesteryear was charging about $200 -- I managed to resist. But I
wonder. Since so much programming from the high-priced vendors originates
with reels in general circulation, are there other such "broadcast days"
available from more affordable sources?

Look, if you haven't heard this 9/21/39 broadcast yet, you've got to give it
a listen. This humble reviewer gives it five stars, and hopes only that as
the people at the Smithsonian decide which OTR digital clean-up project to
take on next, this one is considered. 

Erik Smith 
Kennewick, Wash.

 

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 06:50:39 -0400
From: RadioJoe5@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gunsmoke
Message-ID: <960514065034_490660381@[removed]>

RE: The Howard Culver version -- You have the pilot, kiddo.  I have the
reproduction fo the pilot with the current gang, but Mark Dillon always has a
soft spot in my heart (not to mention my head).

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 08:45:21 -0500
From: hhoward@[removed] (Henry Howard)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bradbury 13
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

From: "George S. Cole" <us030822@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bradbury 13
>>Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Does anyone out there in radioland know if this excellent series is 
>available commercially.

12 of the titles are avalible from Paperback Audio a product of Durkin Hayes
Publishing,
One Columbia Drive, Niagra Falls, NY 14305, USA.  The have been in audio and
book
stores for about $[removed] each.

+++++ Henry Howard == The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company +++++
+++++    [removed]   or/artc /audiocraft     +++++
+++++               Produced at Audio Craft  (770) 923-7955
+++++
======================================================= (2)

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 08:45:23 -0500
From: hhoward@[removed] (Henry Howard)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Canticle for Liebowitz
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

This program, in 15 parts, was produced by Marv Nunn and Carl Schmit (sp?) for
WHA and NPR according to the credits.  I have never seen it released for sale.
The program was adapted from a story by Walter Miller Jr., by John Reeves.
+++++ Henry Howard == The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company +++++
+++++    [removed]   or/artc /audiocraft     +++++
+++++               Produced at Audio Craft  (770) 923-7955
+++++
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Date:          Tue, 14 May 1996 09:14:01 GMT-6
From: "Lonnie F. Adkins" <LFADKINS@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:       Re: [removed] Digest V96 #172
Message-Id: <4E7E6E17CF3@[removed]>

unsubscribe lfadkins@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 10:52:45 -0400
From: FabFicBks@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Peg Lynch, Cloak & Dagger & etc
Message-ID: <960514105244_300229971@[removed]>

Hi Everybody,
     First, thanks to the folks who responded to my question a couple of
weeks ago about Peg Lynch's 1970's syndicated series "The Little Things In
Life".  It appears that something over 200 episodes were made up, several
years worth, for syndication as part of an hour block of four shows, to be
run in five-a-week soap opera fashion.  The series was also syndicated as a
single, and according to info from several collectors, the hour block ran at
all kinds of odd times, including after midnight in one location.  So much
for bringing soaps/ comedy/drama back to the afternoon markets.  According to
Peg she was receiving royalities on this series up thru the very early
eighties.
     So far as the "Cloak and Dagger" series goes.  I have a bunch of these
for trade if anyone is interested, and I believe Ed Carr is selling some from
his catalog as well.  The show used a number of stock actors repeatedly.  In
my opinion the early shows are fairly weak; long on narration and short on
actual radio action.
     Since this is a series dealing with the WWII activities of the OSS that
creates problems for this listener, and I presume, for others as well, since
the format changed and the scripts took a noticable jump in quality after the
first six or so programs.  The later shows are pretty good stuff, and often
involved people affected by the OSS agents, or drawn into OSS activities by
the circumstances of the Axis invasion/occupation forces, which is a nice
twist and make for some excellent radio drama.
     Isn't there some way the information on Bradbury's 13 modern radio shows
could be permantly posted on Lou's web page or someplace similar?  This must
be, say, the thirteenth time in the last year that someone has asked about
this.  Obviously this is going to be a recurring question from new people to
the Digest.  A permanent sidebar with all the pertinent information would
save everyone involved lots of time and effort.
     According to Jay Hickerson's Ultimate History of OTR update, 82 Dr.
Christian programs has recently surfaced in the hobby.  Does anybody know any
dealer  who might have these (or indeed, any) Dr. Christian for sale?

---Bob Jennings

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 11:32:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John R. Pellatt" <bs206@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Canticle for Leibowitz
Message-ID: <[removed]@sheppard>

Walter M. Miller Jr's excellent s-f novel A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ was 
dramatized in a ninety minute adaptation by the BBC. I heard it in 
England when I was there in summer of 1992, it might have been broadcast 
earlier [removed] was a superb adaptation for radio. This may be the 
version being discussed as an NPR program.

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 14:38:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: wmackey@[removed]
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: One square inch of land
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Joel-- Caught your segment on the Quaker one-inch of land deal in the 
Yukon.  Really enjoyed it and enjoyed seeing the actual land.  Along with 
your certificate of ownership.  Glad you mentioned it to the group 
otherwise I would have never seen it, since I don't usually watch tv 
until the evening news.  :)

Joe Mackey
Huntington, WV

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Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 16:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Henry A. Campbell-Ickes" <hacickes@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Something Dick Orkin wrote . . .
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Something Dick Orkin wrote (relayed to this mailer) triggered me:  his 
WWW URL ([removed]) put me in mind of a kids' series involving 
a character I believe was known as "Bobby Benson", and who lived on a 
"Radio Ranch", where the slogan was "Bee-bar-bee!".

Did I get that right?  Does anyone else remember this series?

Thanks!

Hank Campbell-Ickes  

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