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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 28


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Definitive Welles Shadow info from Anthony (Lamont) Tollin
	 Cassette tapes
	 Trenches 
	 UN-zippers for various machines
	       Greetings from Belize
	 INTRODUCTION TOMMY L HOOVER
	 George Burns
	 Necrology
	 Tape Squeal Revisited
	 GE Radio, etc.
	 Re: OTR On The Net
	 Fwd: Johnny Mercer
	 various
	 Re: Intro - TWTD - George Burns Centennial

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:01:04 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwaves <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Definitive Welles Shadow info from Anthony (Lamont) Tollin
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Whenever, Bob Cornewell wrote:

> I have a book entitled The Shadow Scrapbook written by Walter [removed] 
> which includes much background information on The Shadow and includes
> a listing of Shadow radio programs from 1930 through 1954. The book is
> copywrited 1979 and has ISBNX 0-15-681475-7.

	I have been speaking to Anthony Tollin in preparation for my Orson
Welles Special (Sunday Jan. 28th, 7:30pm to 6 am, WBAI-NY [removed], end of plug).
For those who don't know, he is the leading authority on the radio Shadow,
and co-wrote the book, including the program logs.  He tells me he is close 
to a deal to have the Shadow Scrapbook expanded, updated, and reprinted. He
also expects to be joining us on-line soon (so no more Lamont cracks!).
Below is the most current information from him on the two Orson Welles 
Shadow series.

> To answer [removed] in Issue 11, Orson Welles played the Shadow on radio from 
> September 26, 1937 through the Summer season in 1938.  John Henley asks 
> who sponsored the Welles' Shadow.  According to the Shadow Scrapbook, 
> Blue Coal sponsored Season 4 with Welles, the broadcasts were from 
09/26/37 to 03/20/38.  

	These shows co-starred Agnes Moorehead as Margo.  26 shows were
produced, of which 15 are known to exist, including:  

> His first radio program entitled Death House Rescue and this book
> includes the script for that program. 

	This show will finally be released in May as part of a 5-hour 
Shadow set on CD and cassette, which also includes a 1-hour documentary.
Stay tuned for more details on contents and company (the same folks who
released "The Little Man Who Wasn't There", et al, I think).

> The 1938 Summer Season was syndicated by Goodrich Safety Silvertowns. 
> The dates and times of the Summer 1938 Season varied with the locality. 

	There were also *26* of these shows produced for syndication. This
version starred Margo Stevenson as Margo Lane.  Once again, only fifteen of
these shows are known to exist, although Anthony seems to think the rest 
could still turn up somewhere, as copies were sent to at least 80 stations.
	Two more factoids from memory (I didn't write these down so I this 
might not be 100% accurate - you'll have to get the book!), Ken Roberts was
able to work as announcer on the syndicated series, even though he was 
under contract to [NBC?], since they didn't consider recordings to be on 
the same level as live announcing.  He also filled in for Welles on one of 
the missing shows when Welles was didn't show up.

	- Anthony Tollin (as told to Max Schmid)

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 07:17:52 -0600 (CST)
From: caldwell@[removed] (Wayne Caldwell)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cassette tapes
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I have been using TDK D60's and D90's for a few years now and have not had any
trouble with them. I buy mine from Sams in packs of 16 tapes for about $[removed]
plus tax. If you go to Walmart they are about 1/2 again higher for the same
tape. The D60 runs almost 32 min. 

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Date: 19 Jan 96 23:04:17 EST
From: Joel  Senter <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Bob Burnham <platecap@[removed]>
Cc: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Trenches 
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Bob: I read some of your recent postings re: Bob Proctor's "Warfare"
article.  My recollection was that both you and Proctor gave us permission
, back in the days of the litigation, to copy and disseminate the article
*for the benefit of the OTR hobby!*  If I have done something wrong, I am
sorry.  I have been sending copies to whomever wanted it.  If I have
violated something or other, I apologize - I'm sure that you know I did
not do it maliciously or for anything other than a worthy intention to
educate folks about the hazards of copyright problems.  It started from
someone's posting asking about what kind of things were in public domain
- I cautioned him to avoid The Shadow and mentioned the Proctor article. 
Several folks asked for copies and I sent them.  I was certain that both
you and Bob Proctor had granted permission for us to copy and
disseminate; but since I read that *you* were going to ask Bob Proctor
for permission, I got worried.  I have had the original article scanned
so now have it in magnetic medium (more or less - there seem to be some
glitches).  Am I to "cease and desist?"  Joel Senter

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 10:26:32 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed], Richard_Veit@[removed]
Subject: UN-zippers for various machines
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In the last issue of the OTR Digest, Richard_Veit@[removed] asked about the
availability of unzippers for Macs, so he could access some of the
compressed ([removed]) OTR catalogs at my site.

Un-zippers for just about any platform (including Macs) are available by
accessing the software section of my WWW page, or by using your browser to
access the following URL directly:

     [removed]


Lou
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WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
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Date:          Sat, 20 Jan 1996 08:01:56 
From: belizbob@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject:       Greetings from Belize
Message-Id: <m0tdhh3-0008WgC@[removed]>

belizbob is Bob Witte, one of the group that founded the 
NE OTR convention in the early 1970's; also a Ham Radio 
operator and one of the ORCATS. I have a considerable 
collection, some of it here in Belize (San Pedro Town) and 
the balance in a Stateside office in Bronxville, [removed] I 
have been looking, for years, for Lorenzo Jones programs 
and Pepper Young's family- any sequences that immediately 
follow the segments that deal with Sam Young as Mayor 
setting up a children's home for retarded children and the 
enthusiastic response of the town to its introduction in 
their midst. I am convinced that the foreign instigator of 
the project is a crook and will defraud the town and Sam 
Young will be the goat. If anyone has such Pepper Young 
episodes, I would be eternally grateful if he would share 
them with me. I can trade an extensive collection of rare 
Vic and Sades!!!  Abrazzos, Roberto

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 13:55:38 -0500
From: TLHOOVER@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: INTRODUCTION TOMMY L HOOVER
Message-ID: <960120135537_122271585@[removed]>

HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS TOMMY HOOVER MY ADDRESS IS PO BOX
23112 WACO, TEXAS.  TELEPHONE 817-694-4614.  I WORK AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE
NUTRITION AND FOOD SERVICE OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN WACO.
 I AM SINGLE AND 43 YEARS OLD.  MY HOBBIES ARE AUDIO AND VIDEO COLLECTING.  I
TRADE VIDEO OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS WITH PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY.  I
ENJOY COLLECTION VINTAGE RADIO PROGRAMS OF ALL KINDS.  I ENJOY ALL TYPES OF
PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY NEWS, COMEDIES AND DRAMAS.  MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE
FIBBER AND MOLLY, AMOS N ANDY AND SUSPENSE.  I WOULD LIKE TO FIND COPIES OF
EARLY PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY ANYTHING FROM SMACKOUT.

HELLO AGAIN AND HAPPY LISTENING
TOMMY

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 96 14:14:54 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: George Burns
Message-ID: <303F0131017E1B00@[removed]>

LBY127 XXX123 201839
 XXX123
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201840 A :BC-USA-BURNS
 Comedian George Burns turns 100 quietly
    By Bob Tourtellotte
    LOS ANGELES, Jan 20 (Reuter) - George Burns, the cigar
smoking grand ol' man of comedy, celebrated his 100th birthday
quietly on Saturday, resting at his Beverly Hills home with
his family.
    Hollywood had scheduled a series of parties to honour
Burns, but a flu he caught two weeks ago caused him to cancel.
A celebrity dinner set for the evening of his birthday had to
be scrapped.
    "He spent the day with his children," said manager and
producer Irving Fein. "He's really too weak to get out."
    Burns' health didn't stop the entertainment world and its
capital city from paying tribute to the master of the punch
line, who rose during 93 years of entertaining from singing on
vaudeville stages to playing God in the movies.
    Saturday was proclaimed "George Burns Day" in Los Angeles
by Mayor Richard Riordan and at Planet Hollywood restaurant in
Beverly Hills, employees sported limited edition T-shirts with
Burns' trademark cigar and eye-glasses.
    Burns' book "A Hundred Years, a Hundred Stories" will hit
bookstores in the United States on Wednesday, Fein said.
    All week around Hollywood, celebrities have been praising
and even poking some friendly fun at the century-old comedian.
    Screenwriter Larry Gelbart said if the 89-year-old
entertainment magazine "Daily Variety" had been publishing
when Burns was born, his arrival would have been listed in the
"New Acts" section.
    "(Burns) is truly a legend in his own [removed]
who did not become wise because he got old, but got old
because he was wise," Gelbart said at a gala celebration.
    Although Burns missed that event, he sent a video message.
"What do you give a man who has been so lucky? Another 100
years? A night with (sex symbol) Sharon Stone?" Burns asked.
    Though he never remarried after his wife, comedienne
Gracie Allen, died of a heart attack in 1964, Burns liked
being accompanied by attractive young women.
    Comedian Bill Cosby said he met Burns, a gorgeous woman on
each arm, four years ago at a book signing. "I said, 'George,
why do you always have two young girls with you?' He said,
'They're hipper than canes'," Cosby told "Daily Variety".
    But he remained devoted to Allen, whom he met on the
vaudeville stage. They married and formed a comedy team that
would become a huge hit in radio and on television, Allen
playing zany wife to Burns' straight-arrow husband.
    He "was the greatest straight man in the business," Dan
Aykroyd told Variety. "I did it for a long time, playing
straight to John (Belushi), Billy (Murray) and Eddie (Murphy)
on 'Saturday Night Live'. If not for George, I wouldn't have
known how to do it."
    Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum in 1896 in New York, hit a
career lull in the early 1970's. But the 1975 movie "The
Sunshine Boys" earned him an Oscar, and it led him to perhaps
his best-known role, God in the 1978 film "Oh God".
    In his 80s, Burns found himself with a new career path --
movie star. Several films followed, along with books, a hit
country and western song and even a George Burns doll.
    Since slipping and falling while taking a shower in 1994,
Burns has been ailing. He was forced to cancel five sold-out
shows at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas last year, and he
regretfully declined a performance at London's famed Palladium
that would have marked his centennial.
 REUTER




NNNN

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 15:23:11 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Necrology
Message-ID: <960120152310_122328490@[removed]>

My Necrology Log has been updated and expanded.  It contains Radio related
personalites in alphabetical order, date of death and age at death.  It also
contains many musicians and movie actors who appeared on radio.  It will
contain all information found up to Jan 26, 1996 when it will be printed.  It
is about 10 pages longer (about 25 pages all together) with about 2500 names,
about 1000 more than the last one.  For those that bought the previous log,
the cost is $5.  For all others, the regular cost is $10.  As far as I know,
you will not find this information under one cover anywhere.  If you would
like a copy, my address is Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514  (203) 248-2887; FAX
(203) 281-1322.  Many thanks to John Henley on the Internet for his help.

Also, Howdy Doody has been mentioned recently.  It was on radio 12/15/51 -
9/12/53 on NBC, Sat, 60m, 8:30 am;  then it was on 9/13/53 - 4/11/54 on NBC,
Sun, 60m, 9:30 am.

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Date: 20 Jan 1996 20:12:11 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Ron B. Hare)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Tape Squeal Revisited
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

In response to Thom Bray's question about gooey Shamrock tape:

I've posted some stuff about fixes and there is more on Lou's Web Site and
yet more advice scattered about elsewhere. All of these work, more or less,
but there is a real easy way that works most of the time and requires no
chemicals or attachments.

Try lubricating the tape with water. It has almost always worked for me.

1. Clean the tape path as well as you can.
2. Bypass as many guides as you can.
3. Reduce tape tension to a minimum if you have any control over it.
4. Locate a wet (not dripping) paper towel where the tape leaves the takeup
reel. On my Revox with the head cover removed, the paper towel kindof just
perches on the erase head and left guide roller.
5. If the squeal returns, add more water and try again.

If the above does not work, reduce the tape tension to zero by removing the
tape from the reel and letting it stack in a box. Don't disturb the tape in
the box or you'll never untangle the mess. As you play the tape, it will
neatly pull out of the box and return to the takeup reel. This method also
give you room to add water to the tape with wet towels or sponges.

If this also fails, microwave the tape. I recently microwaved a reel of
Shamrock. Some of the backing goo transferred to the front goo in one spot.
.It warped the reel, too, but not severely.  Luckily, the transferred goo was
easily removed and didn't affect the sound. It did improve the tape
significantly though. I was able to successfully dub the material to
cassette. I had to use the wet towel also, by the way. To nuke a 7-inch 1800
foot reel, put the tape on its reel on an overturned dish. If your microwave
has a turntable, try about [removed] minutes at the lowest setting of your
microwave. If your micrwave does not have a turntable, I'd suggest four
1-minute nukes, rotating the reel and changing its position after each nuke.
If you find there's no difference, do it again and vary the time upward in
small increments. Mine took three tries. When the goo started transferring to
the recorded surface, I stopped.

I figure you've got nothing to lose by experimenting unless your shows are
irreplaceable. The most effective way is to replace the good stuff by trading
or buying replacements.

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(FirstClass, VT-100)  Voice: [removed]; E-mail: online@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 13:19:34 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: GE Radio, etc.
Message-ID: <960120131933_22909994@[removed]>

Do not know if the GE radio stations (their first) and WRGB are all still
owned by General Electric.  I kind of doubt it, but not sure.

***

Nancy Feldman asked about OTR conventions:  April in Cincinnati
(Wasn't that previously "April in Paris"?  Almost the same thing) and Newark
in October.  Sperdvac also holds a convention for mostly West Coasters, but
includes everyone and all media.

***

Andy Blatt       Andy Blatt @ [removed]
VINTAGE BROADCASTS
1-800-418-1445

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 11:46:00 PST
From: rs@[removed] (Robert Smits)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: OTR On The Net
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]> writes:

>Just thought I'd mention this. CKNW Vancouver broadcasts Old-Time Radio 
>programs from 2:05 to 3:00 eastern each morning. With real audio, you can 
>now listen to CKNW on the Net ... they are broadcasting on the Net. 
>Presumably, then, one can listen to these OTR programs online. Can 
>someone let me know if this, in fact, works?
>
Actually they broadcast at 11:05 - 12:00 each evening PST (which is the 
same time as 2:05 - 3:00 EST). I say this not to pick nits, but because 
Jack Cullen frequently is preempted for bloody hockey games that are 
carried on CKNW.

There's a real variety of programming, and the format usually includes a 
half hour show and a fifteen minute serial, like Johnny Dollar, 'tho I 
haven't been listening too often lately - too much sports junk.


-- 
rs@[removed] 

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 13:57:37 -0800
From: bigbands@[removed] (bigbands )
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Fwd: Johnny Mercer
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello to other readers of Old Time radio.

I am currently researching the works of Johnny Mercer. In 1943 and 1944
he did a weekly/daily radio program. Does anyone know how to get copies
of these shows? Also, he was the Tuesday night announcer on the Camel
Caravan shows in 1939; are copies avaialable? I have a few but need
others. I often receive catalogs from firms that sell old radio shows;
but rarely, do they include music. My primary interest is in Vocalists
from this era(1935-45).

Plus, does anyone know of a music store/mail order firm(who has
knowledge of this era of music) that does customized research for
particular albums/CD's wanted-again specific to this prolific lyricist.
This is research for myself - for the sake of learning. A wonderful
form of therapy!

Any reposting of this message to other boards/mailing lists/persons -
is most appreciated!

Steve Taksler
Princeton, NJ
bigbands@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 14:20:08 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: various
Message-ID: <960120142007_22914001@[removed]>

I am trying to access Lou's website but I keep getting an error message "IP
server could not be resolved".  This never varies, and I  have typed the
thing in correctly.  I tried to contact Lou at lGenco@[removed] but it
returned it to me.  (I had only a maximum of 25 hops available to me; it took
26 --- sounds like a beer commercial!)

*****
New topic:  Thom Bray asked a question regarding squeaky Shamrock
[removed] suggested to me once to use silicon spray on the tape either
as you're fast forwarding it, even better before it hits the play
[removed] to say, it's a time-consuming project -- Is it really worth
it?  I know I'll get some flak from the broadcasters for suggesting it (hey
that's their job) but a friend of mine once used WD-40!  (I wouldn't
recommend it).

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 23:56:41 -0500
From: RadioClass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Intro - TWTD - George Burns Centennial
Message-ID: <960120235639_202452096@[removed]>

Hi!
I've been lurking for awhile.  Posted once.  This is an introduction.
I belong to a group in the Chicago area called the Those Were The Days Radio 
Players.  We were founded by Chuck Shaden who hosts a radio program on
Saturday
afternoons.  Chuck rebroadcasts old radio shows and has been doing so for 25
years.  Our group recreates these old radio shows at nursing homes,
retirement homes, schools, and various civic groups meetings.  Tonight we had
a party at the Museum of Broadcast Communication in Chicago to celebrate our
fourth year.  It just so happened that this coincided with George Burns'
100th birthday.  We ate (always fun) and then three of the groups put on a
short program.  Our group, the Lake County group, did a skit from George
Burns and Gracie Allen.  The show we used for our skit was from June 9, 1949
and concerned women's rights.  "Forcing girl turkeys to wear [removed]
midle aged women with [removed]"  We had a great time!  We had a great
audience!  
By the by, this digest is a great form of communication for all of us who
love old time radio!

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