Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #54
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Date: 2/28/2008 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 54
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: The Dixie Network                 [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Mozart and copyright                  [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Ron Sayles in the sunset?             [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      2-28 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Cincy '08 Flyer                       [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:15:14 -0500
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: The Dixie Network

    On 2/27/08 11:39 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     This network is unfamiliar to me. In googling it, I find references
>     to a Dixie Network, headquartered in Tennessee, beginning in the 40s
>     and consisting of a few small station affiliates. I can't find an
>     affiliate in Washington, DC  which would have been necessary to
>     handle these Marine broadcasts, virtually all handled as remotes from
>     the band headquarters.

    The Dixie Network was the southern division of CBS during the thirties --
    the key station was WBT, Charlotte NC, which was the point thru which CBS
    fed programming to all southern affiliates via direct lines to WABC in
    New York and WJSV in Washington.

     The basic Dixie net consisted of twelve stations -- WBT, WBRC in
    Birmningham, WGST in Atlanta, WDOD in Chattanooga, WNOX in Knoxville,
    KLRA in Little Rock, WREC in Memphis, WODX in Mobile, WSFA in Montgomery,
    WLAC in Nashville, WDSU in New Orleans, and WTOC in Savannah.
    Supplementary groups of stations were also available for the Southwest
    and Florida, which made a maximum of 23 stations available to sponsors.

    The Dixie Network could be purchased as a basic unit, at a minimum of
    seven stations, as a full basic unit of 12 stations, a basic plus
    Southwest unit, a basic plus Florida unit, or a full net. Limited
    individual selection of stations from the Southwest group were also
    available, but Florida could be added only on an all-or-none basis.
    Origination could be arranged from any point along the network at an
    additional charge. Rates were based on sums of all affiliate rates from
    selected stations.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:59:29 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mozart and copyright

>     In short he died in debt not because of copyright or lack of copyright
>     but because he was a spendthrift.

    But what would his earnings have been if he had been able to get paid
    whenever his works were performed?

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Ok, let's not argue about long-dead spending habits.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:06:47 -0500
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Ron Sayles in the sunset?
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    Andrew Steinberg wanted to add a name to Prof. Sayles's birthday almanac.
    However, I must question Andrew's choice for a subject header "new obituary
    for Ronald Sayles." When I read this phraseology in the topics list, my heart
    sank and my eyes popped out of their sockets thinking Ron, an integral part of
    this forum, had left us all too soon.  Upon closer [removed]

    A better header would have been "new obituary for Ronald Sayles's list." I'm
    glad Ron Sayles is very much [removed] since I owe him some
    research.

    That's about the size of it.

    Derek Tague, b. Belleville NJ (somewhere near "Etherville")

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    Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:02:30 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-28 births/deaths

    February 28th births

    02-28-1879 - Julian Noa - d. 11-26-1958
    actor: Perry White "Advs. of Superman"; Judge Scott "The O'Neills"
    02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
    panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    02-28-1907 - Milton Caniff - Hillsboro, OH - d. 4-3-1988
    Creator of "Terry and the Pirates"
    02-28-1911 - Gene O'Donnell - Iowa - d. 11-22-1993
    actor: " I Want A Divorce"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-28-1914 - Jim Boles - Lubbock, TX - d. 5-26-1977
    actor: Doc Long "I Love A Mystery"; Fulmer Green "King's Row"
    02-28-1915 - Zero Mostel - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-8-1977
    comedian: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    02-28-1919 - David Marshall Cox - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 11-16-1998
    producer for WNAC Boston Massachusetts
    02-28-1922 - Joyce Howard - London, England
    actor: Meg March "Little Women"; Vi Waters "Backstage Wife"
    02-28-1924 - Patti Clayton - Detroit, MI
    vocalist: "Bouquet for You"; "Waitin' for Clayton"
    02-28-1925 - Jean Carson - Charleston, WV - d. 11-2-2005
    actor: "Broadway Is My Beat"; "Frontier Gentleman"
    02-28-1928 - Louise Erickson - Oakland, CA
    actor: Marjorie Forrester "Great Gildersleeve"; Judy Foster "A Date
    with Judy"
    02-28-1932 - Don Franck - Vancouver, Canada
    actor: Archie "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"
    02-28-1940 - Gordon Parker - Newcastle, England
    writer: "Seance"

    February 28th deaths

    01-22-1895 - Ethel (Everett) Remey - d. 2-28-1979
    actor: Kathleen Norris "By Kathleen Norris"
    02-02-1877 - Charles Hanson Towne - Louisville, KY - d. 2-28-1949
    poet/actor: Quarter hour weekly conversational program on CBS
    02-12-1903 - Todd Duncan - Danville, IL - d. 2-28-1998
    baritone: "NY Philharmonic Symphony"; "First American Opera"
    03-02-1890 - Paul De Kruif - Zeeland, MI - d. 2-28-1971
    writer: "Men Against Death" based on De Kruif's book
    03-02-1933 - Anthea Askey - Golders Green, London, England - d.
    2-28-1999
    actor: Violet Elizabeth Bott "Just William"
    03-04-1921 - Joan Greenwood - London, England - d. 2-28-1987
    actor: "Stagestruck"
    03-05-1891 - Chic Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 2-28-1962
    comedian: "Olsen and Johnson"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    03-29-1905 - Philip Ahn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-28-1978
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-17-1913 - Harry Clark - Providence, RI - d. 2-28-1956
    newscaster, announcer: "CBS News"; "Backstage Wife"; "Columbia Workshop"
    05-12-1891 - Charles A. Bayha - NYC - d. 2-28-1957
    composer: "The Radio Aces"
    07-04-1926 - Mary Stuart - Miami, FL - d. 2-28-2002
    actor: "Doctor Christian"; "Advs. of Maisie"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-15-1906 - Richard Armour - San Pedro, CA - d. 2-28-1987
    humorist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
    07-22-1879 - Harry Armstrong - Somerville, MA - d. 2-28-1952
    composer/singer
    08-04-1904 - Theodore Newton - Lawrenceville, NJ - d. 2-28-1963
    actor: Christopher Parker "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
    08-22-1893 - Cecil Kellaway - Capetown, South Africa - d. 2-28-1973
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
    08-25-1910 - Ruby Keeler - Halifax, Nova Scotia - d. 2-28-1993
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-18-1905 - Eddie Anderson - Oakland, CA - d. 2-28-1977
    actor: Rochester Van Jones "Jack Benny Program"
    10-14-1891 - Joseph M. White - NYC - d. 2-28-1959
    singer: (The Silver Masked Tenor) "Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra"
    11-06-1901 - Juanita Hall - d. 2-28-1968
    actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"
    11-25-1894 - Laurence Stallings - Macon, GA - d. 2-28-1968
    writer: "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt" based on his play "What
    Price Glory?"
    12-04-1897 - Doc Whipple - d. 2-28-1963
    orchestra leader: "Ma Perkins"; "The Mysterious Traveler"
    12-04-1930 - Harvey Kuenn - West Allis, WI - d. 2-28-1988
    baseball great: "Tops in Sports"
    12-15-1888 - Maxwell Anderson - Atlantic, PA - d. 2-28-1959
    writer: "Free Company"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "O'Neill Cycle"
    12-20-1923 - Charita Bauer - Newark, NJ - d. 2-28-1985
    actor: Mary Aldrich, "Aldrich Family"; Bert Bauer, "The Guiding Light"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:02:10 -0500
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincy '08 Flyer

    Here's the flyer for this year's Cincinnati convention.

    Highly recommended, especially for those who have never attended an OTR
    convention.  Friendly folks, cozy atmosphere, tons of OTR stuff (and
    other nostalgia - oldtime movies and TV shows, magazines, books, movie
    posters, etc) for sale in the dealer's room.  And a chance to try out for
    a part in the recreation radio shows.  Where else can you have this much
    fun for eight bucks?
    [removed]

    ---Dan

    [ADNMINISTRIVIA: For those who don't watch the Nostalgic Runmblings Blog at
    [removed] (and why don't you?!), the flyer has been up since
    Sunday in Acrobat format convenient convieninet for printing and posting at
    your local library. As Bob gets updates out, I'll be posting them on the
    blog.  --cfs3]

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