Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #122
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 4/21/2001 7:13 AM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                          The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 01 : Issue 122
                       A Part of the [removed]!
                               ISSN: 1533-9289

                               Today's Topics:

     Re: Your Hit Parade                  [Cnorth6311@[removed]                 ]
     Re: Fitzroy-Dearborn Encyclopedia of [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
     AVPRO                                ["J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed]]
     Earth Abides                         ["David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom]
     listening to OTR (pt 2)              ["J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed]]
     Re: places and time for listening    [Wboenig@[removed]                    ]
     listening to vs understanding        ["James Lewis" <jimlew2@[removed]]
     Mood music in OTR                    ["jacques boudreault" <jackb67@hotma]
     Report from T. or C., NM             [nicoll <nicoll@[removed];       ]
     request for help - sound related (no [alo <alo@[removed];              ]
     re: sci-fi and Spaceopera            ["Henry Brugsch" <henry@[removed]]

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:19:57 -0400
    From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Your Hit Parade

    1935 - "You're Hit Parade" begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)

    Charlie

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:00:35 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Fitzroy-Dearborn Encyclopedia of Radio

    Ken Lanza wonders,

>     Does anyone have any other information regarding this proposed book?
>     regards,

    It's being edited by Christopher Sterling, author of various
    college-level texts on the broadcasting and communications industries.
    I've written a few articles for it -- including the entry on "Amos 'n'
    Andy" --  and the last I heard they were still rounding up contributors
    for a few remaining entries before it'll be ready for publication. The
    most recent tentative publication date I've heard is October of this
    year. Qualified researchers might consult the most recent list of
    unassigned entries at
    [removed]

    The book isn't primarily being marketed to the lay reader -- the idea is
    that it will be a two-volume reference book intended primarily for
    libraries. Fitzroy-Dearborn publishes a whole range of such references
    dealing with a wide variety of subjects, and they usually carry a retail
    price of $300 and up.

    Obsessive OTR-related coincidence -- the company's Chicago office is
    located in the same North Michigan Avenue building where Correll and
    Gosden had their office in the 1930s.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:33 -0400
    From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  AVPRO

    I know we have been asked to stop the thread on that other company, but I
    just wanted to say that my experience with AVPRO, the folks who produce the
    tapes (audio and video) of the annual FOTR convention has been positive. I
    don't buy an enormous amount, but I've been very satisfied with what I have
    purchased.

    Randy Cox

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:35 -0400
    From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
    To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Earth Abides

    Bruce Dettman asked about "Earth Abides".

    To the best of my knowledge it was broadcast on the following:
         Escape, 11/5/50 (Part 1) & 11/12/50 (Part 2).

    There is also a 1/2 hr. program in circulation that is supposed to be
    Suspense but does not appear in logs that I've seen.

    The book was written by George Stewart and became available in the [removed] in
    1949.

    David L. Easter 1900 Angleside Rd. Fallston, MD 21047
    Voice: 410-877-2949 Fax: 410-877-0419 Email: David-Easter@[removed]
    Web Page: [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:37 -0400
    From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  listening to OTR (pt 2)

    I should add that when I realize I have fallen asleep and missed the ending
    of an OTR show to which I've been listening it's easy enough to rewind and
    start over -- unless I fall asleep a second time and then I just go to bed.
    Or I stay in that recliner. I told you it was deadly!

    Randy Cox

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:40:42 -0400
    From: Wboenig@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: places and time for listening

    In a message dated 4/20/01 9:36:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

    << From time to time there have been indications of where and when we used to
     listen to OTR when it was NTR. Where do people commonly listen to their
     tapes, CDs, MP3s, and all the rest these days? And how much time do you
     spend at this activity? One show at a time? Several in a row? Same titles or
     a mix? I know some listen while walking the dog and others at the computer.

    I do a lot of my listing while commuting to and from work on the train up
    here in Boston.  For that reason, nearly my entire collection is in MP3
    format.  Typically I can fit 14-15 half hour shows on my portable player at
    once.  As to what I listen to -- my collection is predominantly the
    "mainstream" situation comedies.  I have always liked the fact that these
    shows are set in the present, and adapt easily to the changes in the season.
    What this means for my listening habits is that I can usually go through my
    collection and find a dozen or more shows from various series with some
    common seasonal theme -- paying income taxes (the theme from two weeks ago),
    opening of the baseball season (last week), any major holiday, etc.

    I do some listening at home as well.  I have a wireless speaker transmitter
    hooked up to my computer, so that I can roam all over the house while doing
    weekend chores without missing any of the show.  Or, if I'm in a particularly
    sedate mood, I have a cassette adaptor for my MP3 player which I will plug
    into my "faux" antique radio and just sit in the living room, listening with
    the added bonus of feeling like the old radio show is coming through an old
    radio.

    Wayne Boenig

    [removed]  Radio Classic Live XII is May 4 & 5 at Massasoit Community College in
    Brockton, MA.  Visit [removed] for details.

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:47:21 -0400
    From: "James Lewis" <jimlew2@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  listening to vs understanding

    This is a variation on the recent thread about students not having the
    interest or attention span to listen to [removed] listen in about 3 different
    modes,driving the car,listening while doing something else at home,and
    finally listening at home with full attention to [removed] any of these
    scenarios I always am interested in what's playing or else I wouldn't be
    playing [removed] find that while I am listening to the typical 1/2 hour mystery
    or adventure show in the driving or doing something else mode I lose track
    of the show constantly and will have to rewind (or reset w/mp3) a few
    minutes back to pick up on some murder or new development that I [removed]
    driving in particular if I start to let my mind wander even a bit I miss 20
    seconds,and when I refocus on the show again I find that it doesn't make
    sense,so another 5 minute rewind to pick up [removed] seems it  takes me
    about  60 minutes for a 30 minute [removed] solution to this is to try to just
    have comedies,or something like Lux that just seems to allow one to follow
    it with reduced attention span and still properly follow the [removed] me
    to really listen to and fully follow the mystery/adventure type shows, I
    have to have total [removed] reading a paper or typing on the PC
    while listening causes me to have to rewind a few [removed] was playing Escape
    while I typed this and I have only the vaguest idea what it was [removed] can
    keep up with a TV show pretty well doing the paper or keyboard stuff but the
    more interesting an OTR the more of my total attention it [removed] am
    curious,is this mostly a sign of my diminished gray cells or do some of you
    also experience "listening deficit disorder"

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:47:23 -0400
    From: "jacques boudreault" <jackb67@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mood music in OTR

    An interesting site on OTR background music.  The CBC has a site on "Lost
    and Found Sounds" at:

    [removed]

    In this clip you can hear an interview with Graham Newton who has done
    extensive research on the music used in the Lone Ranger, Superman and other
    shows where music would set the tone and help produce the mental imagery
    that was unique to OTR.  Enjoy.

    Jacques Boudreault

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:29:50 -0400
    From: nicoll <nicoll@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Report from T. or C., NM

    Driving from Albuquerque to Las Cruces on I-25 my wife and I allowed
    ourselves a :45 minute stopover in Truth or Consequences, NM.

    The town is strung out in an elongated fashion adjacent to the
    [removed] about 7000.  Driving in to town we spotted the
    "Geronimo Museum."  The Museum had 12 rooms devoted to Indian, Cowboy,
    Spanish history, etc. Then there was one room, nicely layed out, dealing
    with our friend, Ralph Edwards.  An ongoing video showed him at the
    original christening ceremony in [removed] photos, artifacts, etc.  In
    the large gift shop I was able to find only one item referring to
    [removed] were a basket full of handsome dollar sized medallions.
    On one side "Truth or Consequences Fiesta" w/Ralph Edward's head in sharp
    [removed] other side [removed] the medals were left over from
    past "Fiestas" so they might state "24th Annual Fiesta - 1973" or "24th
    Annual Fiesta - 1975."  I thought they were a bargain at $[removed]  (I collect
    medallions)

    We stopped at the Chamber of Commerce visitor [removed] much there on
    "our friend."

    Then there is the Ralph Edwards Park by the Rio Grande.

    I believe our allocation was just about [removed]:45 minutes.

    Will Nicoll

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    Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:29:01 -0400
    From: alo <alo@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  request for help - sound related (not mp3
     though <g>)

    Hello folks,

    I was wondering if there were any basic steps or guidelines to keep in mind
    when capturing analog audio into a digital file. What I've been doing is
    hooking up the headphone jack of the tape player to the line-in jack of the
    computer and using MusicMatch Jukebox to do a capture to a WAV file & this
    certainly works, but I'm interested in obtaining the best possible quality
    file I can and I have no real experience with this stuff so I'm wondering
    if there are things I should be taking into consideration that I simply
    don't know about.

    As always, any help appreciated.

    Amanda

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    Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:01:34 -0400
    From: "Henry Brugsch" <henry@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  re: sci-fi and Spaceopera

     At the risk of taking Stephen A. Kallis Jr. out of contextI'd like to
    submit
     as an acception to his statement that

> >      Not too many attempts to bring "space opera" >to OTR seemed to work

     I'd like to submit as an acception, Space Patrol.
     Also,Gordon sited this as an example of an itemwhere science played little
     part.
     After having heard abunch of these again in recent years, and still found
     them in their way gripping, I think they were way ahead of their time.
     The sounds they used came from anyone's guess where, but to me sounded like
     the future.
     The science used to prop up the show (and I am not a scientist, so this may
     prove to be my undoing) seemed good, and accurate, if not juvenile.
     But, the end result for me,and I'd have to guess        for thousands of
     others was an excitement about future development of technology.
     I think Space Patrol was aimed at the potential gadget freak. Perhaps,it
    was
     a marketing tool. If so, it was successful.
     I wonderhowmany cosmicsmoke guns were ordered, howmany code belts,and space
     fleet kits.
     And the [removed] series kept up the tention.

     --
     MAILTO:HENRY@[removed]
     [removed]
     g0gku/k1hbj

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