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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 24


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 OTR Radio Station List
	 Johnny Mercer
	 Howdy Doody
	 Howdy Doody on radio
	 Shadow / Proctor article "War in the Oxide Trenches"
	 Re: Programs for College Kids
	 re: Remember WENN
	  WENN criticism

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 15:34
From: "bill harris" <billhar@[removed]>
To: "otr digest" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: OTR Radio Station List
Message-Id: <m0tceed-000YNXC@[removed]>

>Some time ago I promised to compile a list of stations that play OTR if readers of the digest would
>send me the information. Now that the holidays are over and I have found a little spare time, here
>is what I have so far. If there are any other stations to add or corrections, let me know via e-mail
>and I will update list. The stations are listed in the approximate order I received the information.
>Thanks to all who contributed.
>Bill Harris - Roanoke, TX
>billhar@[removed]

Here is the updated list of more stations. The new ones I have added are below the * line.

Station:  WBSM-AM
Frequency:  1420 
Power: 5,000
Time:  9 - Noon Sundays
City: New Bedford, MA. 
Show: Bruce Kalver's Nostalgia Times Radio Programme. 
OTR shows, music of the 20's 30's 40's and Broadway Show music. 
We have guests like Orson Bean, Shari Lewis, Steve Allen, Michael
Feinstein, Rose Marie, etc. and have callers reminisce every week.

Station: KEZW-AM
Frequency: 1430 
Power: 5,000 watts
Time: 7 - 9 PM
City: Denver, CO.
Show: Syndicated shows

Station: KHOW-AM
Frequency: 630 
Power: 5,000 watts
Time: Sundays 8 - 10 PM
City: Denver, CO.
Show: John Dunning does these and the shows are complete with 
commercials.

Station: KSL-AM
Frequency: 1160 
Power: ?
Time: 10 PM (PST)
City: Salt Lake City, UT.
Show: When Radio Was

Station KIRO-AM
Frequency: 710 
Power: ?
Time: Saturdays & Sundays starting at 10 PM (PST)
City Seattle, WA.

Station: WRCR-FM
Frequency: [removed]
Power: ?
Time: 5:45 - 6:45 PM EST.
City: Rushville, IN.
Show: When Radio Was

Station: KAAM-AM
Frequency: 620
Power: 5,000 watts day, 4,500 watts night
Time: 8 - 9 PM (CST) Monday thru Friday
City: Plano, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex, North Texas, and parts of Oklahoma)
Show:  Oldies, Big Band, OTR (When Radio Was)

Station: WCAP-AM
Frequency: 980
Power:  5,000 watts
Time: 9 PM weeknights (M-F)
City: Lowell, MA.

Station: WMJX-FM
Deleted - this station does not play OTR

Station: WAUD-AM
Frequency: 1230
Power: 1,000 watts
Time: 1PM & 10PM (CST) Monday thru Thursday
           2PM & 10 PM (CST) Friday
City: Auburn, AL.
Show: When Radio Was

Station: WEGL-FM
Frequency: [removed]
Power: ?
Time: 9:30PM (CST)
City:  Aubrun, AL.
Show: Horror Half Hour

Station: WMAQ-AM
Frequency: 670
Power: ?
Time: 11 - 12 PM (starts at midnight if Bull's game that night)
City: Chicago, IL.

Station: WAIT-AM
Frequency: 850
Power: ?
Time: Sundays 12 - 4 PM
City: Chicago, IL (Crystal Lake?)

Station: WRBH/FM
Frequency: [removed]
Power: ?
Time: 8 PM Saturdays
City: ?

Station: WODT-AM
Frequency: 1280
Power: ?
Time: 7pm weekdays, 8 & 9 PM Saturdays
City: New Orleans, LA.
Show: When Radio Was

**********************************************************
Station: WAMU-FM
Freq: [removed]
Pwr: ?
Time: 7PM-11pm Sunday
City: Washington, DC
Show: The Big Broadcast.  An assortment of OTR shows, usually 
including Gunsmoke, Lum & Abner, Chase & Sanborn (Edgar Bergen), 
and more comedy/variety/adventure/etc.

Station: WBAI-FM 
Frequency: [removed]
Power: 50,000 watts
Time: Sunday nights 7:30 to 9:00 PM
City:  NYC 
Show: The Golden Age of Radio
I also do a much more free-wheeling show called Mass Backwards on Monday late
night-Tuesday morning (3:30 - 6:00 am). This show is a mix of horror, 
science fiction, BBC and OTR (played many of the Quiet Please shows that 
turned up last year), but mostly from the 60's to the present, 
including Firesign Theatre, Britcoms, airchecks of talk radio from NYC in 
the 60's when I can find it - pretty much any thing I want to play.
 And of course Jean Shepherd 1976 shows every week at 5:25
to catch the wake-up crowd.  These have been very well received, and seem 
to pick up a few new listeners every week.

Station: WFUV (Fordham U.)(NPR)
Frequency: ?Classic Radio
Power: ?
Time: Wednesdays 7:00 to 8:00 PM
 produced by Adrian Cosantini (SP?) 
City: NYC

Station: WRVO-FM
Frequenct: [removed]
Power: 24,000 watts
Time: 8 PM to Midnight - Sunday thru Friday
City: Oswego, NY. 
Oswego, New York (heard throughout Central NY)
power 24,000 watts
Show: a variety of OTR programs
And now one can even order copies of any of their programs. 
 
Station: WNIB-FM
Frequency: [removed]
Power:
Time: Saturdays 1 - 5pm
City: Chicago, IL

Station: KFEQ - AM
Frequency: 680  
Power: ?
Time: Monday-Friday 11:06 PM to Midnight
City: St. Joseph, MO
Show: When Radio Was

Station: KSFT - AM 
Frequency: 1550 
Power: ?
Time: 24 hrs
City: St. Joseph, MO
Show: Big Band music 24 hours

Station: WLOH - AM
Frequency: 1320
Power?
Time: Weekdays 4 to 5 PM
City: Lancaster,  OH (suburb of Columbus)
Show: When Radio Was

 

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:50:29 -0800
From: bigbands@[removed] (bigbands )
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Johnny Mercer
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Volume [removed] 20. Roy Trumbull writes referencing Glen Miller 
Propaganda Broadcast beamed to Germany during WWII and Johnny Mercer.
I would love to hear that. However I think the orign is this:

In November 1944 on the German Wehrmacht Hour. As originated by BBC. It 
is JOHNNY DESMOND singing Long Ago and Far Away(in German) and Now I 
Know (in German)... I am looking at Radiola CD MR 1160(Sandy Hook,CT).


Steve Taksler
Princeton,NJ

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 23:09:37 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Howdy Doody
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 19:28:16 0000
> From: gary cohen <cohen@[removed]>
> To: otr@[removed]
> Subject: (no subject)
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> I'm looking for Howdy Doody on Triple B Ranch 1947. Do these shows
> exist? Also any Doody radio appearances. Thought I'd try here to start 
> my search. 

The Triple B Ranch probably doesn't exist.  It was a live show on a local 
station, and there would have been no reason to record it 
professionally.  Home recording devices were rare in those days.  Howdy's 
radio shows from about 1953-54 or so may exist in the hands of otr 
collectors and dealers.

Try getting in touch with the Doodyville Historical Society, c/o Jeff 
Judson, 8 Hunt Court, Flemington, NJ 08822.

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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: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 23:18:34 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Howdy Doody on radio
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 19:55:12 0000
> From: gary cohen <cohen@[removed]>
> To: wdp@[removed]
> Subject: (no subject)
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> I'm looking for Howdy Doody radio appearences.
> I heard the original Howdy Doody show was called Triple b [removed]
> I better go back and check my notes on that title.
> Any help would be appreciated. I'd like to purchase the shows if
> some one has archived them.

Triple-B Ranch was a local show on NBC's New York station, which featured 
Bob Smith, a studio audience of kids, and various games and features.  
One was a regular exchange with a Mortimer Snerd-type character called 
"Elmer."  He would come along, say "Howdy Doody," and he and Smith would 
exchange some hayseed humor.  Then he would leave, saying "Well, Howdy 
Doody."

The kids in the studio audience called the character "Howdy Doody." They 
also complained that they couldn't see him.  Since it was radio, Smith 
didn't use a puppet, he just voiced the character.  But, from the kids, 
Smith got two ideas.  One was to call the character "Howdy Doody," which 
was a better name.  The other was to try television, where the kids could 
see Howdy.  He went to the network brass on a Tuesday and was told that 
his first show was that Saturday.

However, since it was a live local show, and nobody knew its eventual 
historic significance, I would be awfully surprised if any recordings 
survive.

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:25:05 -0800
From: Platecap@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Shadow / Proctor article "War in the Oxide Trenches"
Message-ID: <960117202443_22703885@[removed]>

I was the guy who first published the Bob Proctor article about the Shadow
lawsuit as well as a follow-up article, which was an exclusive to my
publication, Listening Guide Newsletter (no longer being produced).
The original article also was sent out with Jay Hickerson's Hello Again as
well as in Bob Burchett's printed Old Time Radio [removed] seems to me
around 1989 or '90.

([removed] I should have an electronic copy of that article SOMEWHERE).
If I can secure permission from Bob Proctor, we can probably make it
available at Lou's web site.  Meantime, if I can assist in providing copies
in other ways, I will be glad to.

As a point of reference, this article played a crucial role in relieving
Hobbyists -Dealers of the paying a cash settlement (and also caused Radio
Yesteryear/Radiola to LOSE their license to sell the Shadow).  Unfortunately,
everyone really  lost (except lawyers) because of tremendous legal expenses.

Bob Burnham, [removed] Box 2645, Livonia, MI 48151-0645
platecap@[removed] / platecap@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 02:59:22 -0500
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Programs for College Kids
Message-ID: <960118025921_63746529@[removed]>

[removed]
Although it may be said generally that dramatic and sci-fi hold up better,
please, PLEASE include Jack Benny shows on your program for college students.
 The episodes from the late 40's to early 50's hold up very well.(I love them
all, but the topical references of the early shows may be hard to follow.) I
have a ten year old son who listens to Benny with me and laughs right along
with his 41 year old Dad!
Yours truly,
[removed] Bray

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 03:54:18 -0500
From: Nevartb@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: Nevartb@[removed]
Subject: re: Remember WENN
Message-ID: <960118035417_120165779@[removed]>

According to my AMC monthly log, "Remember Wenn"  will air again next
Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 8 pm, and Thursday morning, 1 am (Eastern.) Both
episodes back to back, 8 to 9 pm the following Wednesday, Jan. 31st.
Repeated, 1:30 am, and 2 am Thursday morning, Feb. 1st.  All times three
hours earlier out here on the West Coast. 

Surprised at how good it is. You can tell some folks put a lot of love into
this one. Much better than last year's movie, "Radioland Murders" which made
fun of the medium instead of having fun with it. 

And, if you like visual stories about radio, I'd also recommend Woody Allen's
"Radio Days."  And a little gem titled: "Tune in [removed]" with Peter Falk
as a radio writer in the late 40's, or early 50's. Both on video. 

Bill
Santa Rosa, CA

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Date:     Thu, 18 Jan 1996 6:17:07 CST6CDT
From: "KUCA World Class Radio"  <SHAWNF@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  WENN criticism
Message-Id: <119ED9E4729@[removed]>

Wonderful show, but, did I hear this right? She's coming from Elkhart to 
Pittsburgh, and she went through Harrisburg and Scranton? Surely she 
didn't have to change trains in NYC?

Shawn Fulper-Smith

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