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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 210


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Radio Showcase
	 Univ. of Memphis Archive
	 Radio Drama Digest
	 Remember WENN
	 Re: Gildersleeve Obituary
	 When is WENN?
	 Essential shows
	 Re:The Good Old Days before NPR
	 Re: A Reid by any other name

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 10:35:21 +0100
From: alvo@[removed] (Alan Voorhees)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Showcase
Message-Id: <v01530500ade43f1a7fa0@[[removed]]>

>Dear OTR Digest: A man named Steve owns Radio Showcase in Santa Cruz,
>CA. Does anybody have his Email address? Thanks. Jack Mann

e-mail: SteveK1425@[removed]

btw, his catalog is available on-line on my "Golden Age of Radio" web site
at [removed]  just follow the "resources" link.

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 16:39:06 -0500
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Univ. of Memphis Archive
Message-id: <v01540b02ade4e811350a@[[removed]]>

The Bensman collection at the University of Memphis has been moved from the
Learning Media Center to the Microforms Department of the McWherter
Library. A new copy machine has been installed and back orders are now
being processed by a work-study student (20 hours a week).

We have about 100 orders of 10 tapes each to get through at about 45
minutes a bunch.

However, we will be able to take future orders soon.

The WWW page has changed URL. Selecting the old directs you to the new
server. I have updated the catalog and added some information on the first
page. I am now able to move files in and out on this server from home
without having to go to the computer center. That means some
experimentation will be taking place; such as adding historical information
on the "History of Broadcasting" pages.

There will be much more that I can do to provide a source of information on
radio and radio programming with this kind of control.

If you haven't visited - please do so. If you have - check us out again.

The new URL is below in my signature block appended to this.

"From the little family down the block."

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*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
*
*
* See: [removed]~[removed]            *

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 05:51:31 -0500
From: hhoward@[removed] (Henry Howard)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Drama Digest
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Alan Chapman said:
>To subscibe, send an email to:    Radiodrama-digest-request@[removed]
with the word "Subscribe" in the message area. 
So far, this digest is kind of sporadic -- it only comes out about once or twice
a month and then usually only has one or two messages.  I don't think it has
caught on -- or maybe not enough people know about it yet<

Radio drama is primarily visited by those producing radio drama, or those
with a strong
interest.  Given the near impossibility of getting new material broadcast,
the group acts
to keep independent producers connected and current on what each is doing.  

I would suggest that anyone interested subscribe to the non digest version, 
Radiodrama-request@[removed]
If the traffic ever increases, you can always change.

Also, if you do join, drop a short intro in.  There is nothing like a
message to generate
more messages.

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

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 19:39:03 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Remember WENN
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>  I AM VERY SUPPRISED THAT NO ONE COMMENTED ON LAST WEEK'S [removed] WAS A 
>VERY HEARTWARMING [removed] WAS ONE OF THEIR [removed] REALLY SUMMED UP
>WHAT RADIO WAS ALL ABOUT,THE THEATRE OF THE MIND,MOLLY RINGWALD WAS JUST
>RIGHT IN THE PART,AS THE BLIND GIRL. THE REGULAR CAST JUST OUT DID THEM 
>[removed] CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THE MACKIE [removed] PLAYED IT TO A TEE.
>I DID SOME WORK WITH BLIND VETS AT THE VA [removed] USED TO GO INTO THE
>WARDS AND PLAY SOME OTR FOR [removed] KNOW FIRST HAND WHAT THEY [removed]
>WERE GUYS THAT NEVER HEARD OF PHIL HARRIS,JACK BENNY [removed] OH HOW THEY
>ENJOYED THEM AND PICTURED [removed] JUST HOPE AMC KEEPS THIS SERIES ALIVE.
>

Actually, I did comment on this episode, but before it actually played. I
was mentioning that it certainly sounded very sensitive in portraying a lot
of what radio drama was about as far as I am [removed] is, how the
imagination plays so well in radio.

I still think this is one of the best series that has been on television for
a long time (I was a Brooklyn Bridge fan too). I think that there should be
some appreciation from the otr point-of-view, but I think one has to keep in
mind that it has to play well to a 90's audience and it certainly is doing
that. Little touches such as the young boy who drops his popcorn on the
floor when Celia steps up onto the ladder in the short skirt as the fanciful
tightrope walker. Those are little Rupert Holmes' kicks that makes this a
drama to appeal to the humorous side of even the non-otr fan.


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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]
COMPUSERVE: 74566,3041          
AOL: JimWidner                            

                                                 

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:14:13 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Gildersleeve Obituary
Message-ID: <960612231413_326573546@[removed]>

Hello again --
Don't know why the San Mateo paper is so late; Willard Waterman died February
2, 1995, according to Chuck Schaden's Nostalgia Digest of Feb-March 1996.
I enjoy Willard the best in the old movie Auntie Mame with Rosalind Russell,
particularly when he tries to get his lips around an alcoholic drink that
Auntie has set on fire and urged him to drink "before the fire goes out."
Jan Bach

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:23:04 -0500
From: vintage@[removed] (Andy Blatt)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: When is WENN?
Message-Id: <v01540b03ade554e9e9b3@[[removed]]>

I know Remember WENN is on Saturdays at 9 pm and again at 1 am, but does
AMC broadcast the same episode any additional times the folowing week?
I've seen the original episodes but nothing new since then.

Regarding the vinyl cassette holders, most blank tape suppliers will stock
them but if you want prices of $[removed] to $[removed] be prepared to spend a little
extra to buy large quantities (caseload, which is usually 25 or 50).

Andy Blatt
Vintage Broadcasts
Box 50065
Staten Island, NY 10305

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:26:38 -0700
From: dabell@[removed] (Alan Bell)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Essential shows
Message-Id: <v01520d00ade3adf2f998@[[removed]]>

It occurs to me that there have been several folks recently talking about
being fairly new to this hobby and wanting to know what to acquire. Maybe
it's time to revisit the "essential shows" list again. How's it going, Lou?
Is it moribund, or have people continued to contribute?

_____________________________________________________________________
ALAN BELL  3768 Sonoma Avenue  Santa Rosa, CA 95405  dabell@[removed]
=============================707-546-6988============================

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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 03:31:33 +0000
From: usrtest <usrtest@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:The Good Old Days before NPR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I've been away for a while; since I more or less started the thread, I =

feel obliged to respond to Michael Carraher's insulting response to =

Mr. Druian's (I'm guessing that is the surname of rdruian) perfectly =

reasonable post.  I have only skimmed over my backlog of OTR posts =

so, if this topic has been beaten to death, I trust Mr. Pfeiffer will =

delete my own post. =


 Michael Carraher <carraher@[removed]> said:

> 1.  Your right, the issue of NPR funding has nothing to with OTR.

JM:  First, the word is "you're;" second, we had been discussing the =

good Old Time Radio days before NPR.  Old Time Radio is not all =

comedy and drama.
 =

> 2.  You object to the NPR station in SF moving to an "all news =

> format" and the one in LA moving to an "ecclectic" format.  You want > cl=
assical music.  Both markets are currently served by other
> classical-format stations, both commercial and non-commercial.  > > How m=
any classical stations do you need?

JM: This may be true in LA, but it's not true in small towns like =

Knoxville; we have only the one public station which, in the years =

before NPR, was a reliable source of classical music with a little =

jazz and radio drama thrown in.  Currently the morning and evening =

hours are filled with news, human interest stories of dubious =

interest and chat shows such as *Fresh Air*.  Now, I am as interested =

as the next person in the opinions of gay, Jewish, rock stars, but I =

would gladly forego them for more music.
    =

> 3.  In the OTR era (and in the pre-cable TV era) it made sense for
> stations to present a variety of programs through out the broadcast > day=
=2E Now, it makes more sense for stations to offer a specific =

> broadcast service -- so listeners know exactly what they will get =

> whenever they tune in.  If you want news, tune to a news station.  =

> If you want aparticular type of music, =

> tune to a station which offers it.  It is not
> realistic for an NPR station to offer news during drive time and
> classical music the rest of the time, just so you don't have to change
> stations.

JM: Well, that was rather my original point: that the local public =

radio should continue to offer the sort of classical and cultural =

programming that was expected of it in the Good Old Days when it was =

just a college station spinning classical records, back before the =

federal government offered it funding but insisted that it cease to be a =

"classical jukebox."  =


I would gladly change stations had I that option.  Cultural =

programming is not otherwise available in smaller cities, nor is =

there any likelihood it could be commercially viable.  There are, =

however, plenty of other news and talk stations in this town (and, =

I'm confident, most others).
 =

> 4.  You also seem to believe that because you want it, =

> the government should pay for it.

JM: You're not paying attention; we were saying public radio was =

better before the Federal government got involved.

> Government gets money from taxes.  They take
> money from us under the threat that if we
> don't give it to them, we go to jail.  Radio is not an essential =

> service nor basic government function.

JM: No, it's more an amenity like, say, libraries.  We, as a society, =

could live without culture, but we'd be much the poorer for it.  We =

could also turn all roads into toll roads and privatize the schools so =

that only those who use them (I have no children) would pay for =

them.  Those are the kinds of decisions nations must make.
 =

> If you want to listen to classical music you should pay for it
> yourself.  Send in a contribution.  Subscribe to a satellite delivered
> audio service.  Buy the advertisers' products.  I resent the =

> suggestion that is inherent in your posting that because you =

> like something, the rest of us should pay to support it.

JM:  Uh=8A the rest of us shouldn't have to pay to support classical =

music programming for Mr. Druian and myself, but we *should* =

have to pay to support NPR news and talk programming for you?  =


Actually, most federal (and state) funding has already been cut from =

our local station, in spite of their having knuckled under on the =

"classical jukebox" thing; most of their money comes from corporate =

underwriting and individual contributions, the bulk of which is paid =

to NPR for the very programs which have displaced the classical =

music.  The only course of action I know of, other than to complain, is =

to cease to contribute to the local fund drive in hopes that they won't =

be able to afford the expensive NPR programs. =



> 5.  Your email address is army.  You are used to sucking at the
> government teat.  You are a consumer of taxes, not a producer.  =

> You get enough free-bies and bennies which the rest of us pay for.
> I suspect this includes not having to pay for Internet Access  (the =

> rest of us pay upwards of $20-$25 a month).   =

> Quit when you're ahead.

JM: "Sucking at the government teat" suggests that, like a babe in =

arms, one is doing nothing to merit sustenance.  I didn't think even =

the most lunatic right-winger would claim the army does nothing for =

its pay.  Or do you think that those of us who favor national defense =

should hire our own private security force?  Actually, I (and I'm =

sure Mr. Druian pays taxes just as the rest of us do) am happy to see =

my taxes support a host of worthwhile enterprises the private sector =

could not likely manage, things such as the Space program (without =

which we wouldn't have cable tv or those satellite audio programs =

you endorse), the Center for Disease Control, environmental =

protection, national parks, the Consumer Product Safety =

Commission, and much more.  I think there are a lot of things the =

U. S. Government does just fine.  I just don't think NPR is one of =

them.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 09:52:28 -0400
From: Michael Carraher <carraher@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: A Reid by any other name
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In an earlier posting I spelled the Lone Ranger's family name as "Reed." 
 A subsequent posting suggested the correct spelling is "Reid."
I checked ("Tune in Yesterday," "Directory of Prime Time TV Shows,"  
"The Big Broadcast," "Wixie Wonderland" and closing credits for the Lone 
Ranger TV Show now shown on Encore/Westerns).  "Reid" is consistently 
used for both the Lone Ranger, his nephew Dan and for the Green Hornet.

"The Big Broadcast" published in 1972 (pre-dating the 1981 film "Legend 
of the Lone Ranger")says the Ranger's given name is John Reid, as does 
"Tune in Yesterday" (1976).

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