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SEE INFO SECTION AT END OF THIS DIGEST FOR UNSUBSCRIBE AND OTHER INFORMATION. 
		====  INFO SECTION UPDATED 8/19/95  ====
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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 13


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 And another thing. . .
	 Information Please - Partial Log
	 Rubber Cleaner, [removed]
	 Those drums! They're diving me mad!
	 Re: Help Finding Logs
	 Tape Storage
	 Shadow sponsor?
	 Hearst & Jungle Jim
	 Information Please shows in circulation, Freburg note
	 Captain Midnight Decoder badge/ring
	 Re: Hearst Comic Strips
	 Administrivia:  OTR WWW Page Updates
	 Wisconsin otr

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:51:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Rob Spencer <rspencer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: And another thing. . .
Message-ID: <[removed]@netcom22>

Oh, yes, and I erred when I said (a few issues back) that KQW was 
licensed in early 1922.  It was in fact early 1921.

Rob Spencer

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:06:16 -0500
From: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Information Please - Partial Log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello,
        Someone was trying to date an INFORMATION PLEASE episode with Fred
Allen. I am sending along a partial log made up of 100+ episodes in my
collection. A few are undated, and I'm sure a few names are mispelled, but I
hope some others will also find it helpful. 
        Fred Allen appeared on at least 5 of the shows that I have.



INFORMATION PLEASE(The numbers after each show are just for my reference):
1938	5/17/38	Premiere Show(A Few Skips)	R 382
1938	6/7/38	Dr. John Erskine Hosts w/Bernard Jaffe and Marcus Duffield	 
1938	6/14/38	Mark Connolly	R 382
1938	6/21/38	Mr. Dietz(Opening Cut - A Few Skips)	R 382
1938	6/28/38	Carmen Snow	R 382
1938	7/5/38	Oscar Levant(A Few Skips)	R 7-R382
1938	7/12/38	Quincy Howe And George S. Kaufmann(Skips)	R 382
1938	7/19/38	Thomas Craven And Ben Hecht	R 382
1938	7/26/38	Oscar Levant And John Gunther	R 382
1938	8/2/38	George S. Kaufmann Guest Hosts, [removed] Returns 
			w/Quincy Howe And Moss Hart	R 382
1938	8/9/38	Alton Cook And Alice Miller	R 382
1938	8/23/38	Percy Waxman	R 382
1938	8/30/38	Ben Hecht And Oscar Levant	R 383
1938	9/6/38	Ben Bernie And Bernard Jaffe          R 205-R 383
1938	9/13/38	Percy Waxman And Oscar Levant         R 205-R 383
1938	9/27/38	Basil Rathbone And Sigmund Spate        R 7-R 383
1938	10/4/38	William Bonell And Dorothy Thompson	R 383
1938	10/11/38   Lillian Gish And Oscar Levant         R 205-R 383
1938	10/18/38   Gene Tunney	R 383
1938	11/1/38	Oswald Jacoby	R 383
1938	11/15/38   John Gunther And Oscar Levant	R 383
1938	11/29/38   Kathleen Norris And Oscar Levant	R 383
1938	12/27/38   Professor William Lyon Phelps Of YALE	R 383
1939	1/3/39	Cornelia Otis Skinner And Irwin Edmund  R 205-R 383
1939	1/10/39	Alexander Wolcott	R 388
1939	1/24/39	General Hugh Johnson	R 388
1939	1/31/39	Gilbert Seldes And Elizabeth Faws	R 388
1939	2/7/39	Myron Wallace	R 388
1939	2/14/39	Russell Krause And Frank Sullivan	R 388
1939	2/21/39	Moe Berg	R 388
1939	3/21/39	John Gunther And Oscar Levant	R 388
1939	3/28/39	Rex Stout And Moss Hart	R 388
1939	4/11/39	Deems Taylor And Marc Duffield	R 388
1939	4/18/39	[removed] Kaltenborn	R 388
1939	4/25/39	Arthur Crock And Alice Roosevelt Longworth	R 388
1939	5/16/39	John P. Marquand	R 388
1939	5/23/39	Bernard Jaffe And Clarence Buddington Kellen  R 389
1939	5/30/39	Stanley Walker	R 389
1939	6/13/39	Helen Wills Moody	R 389
1939	6/20/39	Gracie Allen And John Gunther	R 7-R389
1939	6/27/39	Wilbur L. Cross	R 389
1939	7/4/39	Lillian Gish And Marc Duffield	R 389
1939	7/11/39	Elliot Roosevelt                      R 205-R 389
1939	7/18/39	Clarence Buddington Kellen And William Peavey R 389
1939	7/25/39	Maury Maverick	R 389
1939	8/1/39	Russell Krause And James Kiernan	R 389
1939	8/22/39	H. Napier Moore	R 389
1939	8/29/39	Rex Stout And Wilfred Funk	R 389
1939	?	Ogden Nash	R 205
1939	9/5/39	Raymond Gran Sweeney	R 230
1939	9/12/39	Alice Marble	R 230
1939	9/19/39	P. Hal Simms	R 230
1939	9/26/39	Rex Stout and Carl Van Doren	R 230
1939	10/3/39	C. Mildred Thompson, Dean Of Vasser College  R 230
1939	10/10/39     John J. Flynn	R 230
1939	10/17/39     Moe Berg	R 230
1939	10/24/39     Deems Taylor and Louis Undermeyer	R 230
1939	10/31/39      Carl Sandberg	R 230
1939	11/7/39	Christopher Morley and Marquis James	R 230
1939	11/14/39     James Farley	R 230
1939	11/21/39     Moe Berg and [removed] MacElvoy	R 230
1939	12/5/39	Henry Pringle	R 104
1939	12/12/39     Walter Pitkin                          R 7 R 104
1939	12/19/39     Christopher Morley                     R 7 R 104
1939	12/26/39     Sir Cedric Hardwicke	R 104
1940	1/2/40	Carl Van Doren and Gloria Stewart	R 104
1940	?	John Chamberlain	R 205
1940	?	Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse	R 205
1940	?	Louis Gannett	R 205
1940	8/20/40	Walter Wanger	R 104
1940	8/27/40	Christopher Morley and James Roosevelt	R 104
1940	9/3/40	Henry Beedle Hough	R 104
1940	9/10/40	John Gunther and Jan Struther	R 104
1940	9/17/40	Otto Tullicius	R 104
1940	9/24/40	Albert Johnston & Mark Connolly(Fadiman Out) R 104
1940	10/1/40	Clare Boothe(One Minor Disc Skip)	R 104 
1940	11/15/40     Fred Allen	R 7
1941	1/24/41	Boris Karloff	R 7
1941	10/17/41     Fred Allen	R 7
1941	10/31/41     Groucho Marx	R 7
1942	2/20/42	John Carradine	R 7
1942	2/27/42	Wallace R. Duel	R 224
1942	3/6/42	Grantlin Rice	R 224
1942	3/20/42	Margaret Webster and Richard Main	R 224
1942	3/27/42	Emil Ludwig	R 224
1942	4/17/42	Jan Struther and Julian Huxtley	R 224
1942	5/8/42	John Carradine and Sir Thomas Beecham	R 224
1942	5/22/42	Deems Taylor and [removed] Phillips	R 224
1942	5/29/42	Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	R 224
1942	6/19/42	Paul Gallico and Arthur Garfield Hayes	R 224
1942	7/10/42	Deems Taylor and Roland Young	R 224
1942	7/17/42	Wallace R. Duel	R 224
1942	7/24/42	Cornelia Otis Skinner and Christopher Morley R 224
1942	9/18/42	Orson Welles	R 7
1943	2/15/43	Fred Allen From Constitution Hall,Washington [removed]
1943	3/1/43	Will Rogers Jr.	R 228
1943	3/8/43	Gregory Ratoff	R 228
1943	3/15/43	Jan Struther	R 228
1943	3/29/43	Colonel Carlos Rommulo	R 228
1943	4/5/43	Cornelia Otis Skinner and Jan Struther	R 228
1943	4/12/43	Wendell Wilkie From Hartford, CT	R 228
1943	4/19/43	Ford Frick and Grantlyn Rice	R 228
1943	4/26/43	Leon Henderson From Cleveland	R 228
1943	5/10/43	George V. Denny Jr.	R 228
1943	5/17/43	Boris Karloff and Jan Struther	R 228
1943	5/24/43	Ethel Barrymore and Richard Maney	R 228
1943	5/31/43	Sir Thomas Beacham(No Ending)	R 414
1943	6/7/43	Deems Taylor And Marsha Davenport	R 414
1943	6/14/43	Hillary St. George Saunders	R 414
1943	6/21/43	Christopher Morley And C. Mildred Thea	R 414
1943	6/28/43	From Chicago - Walter Yost	R 414
1943	7/12/43	From San Francisco - Jan Struther	R 414
1943	9/13/43	Marsha Davenport And Deems Taylor	R 414
1943	9/20/43	From Baltimore - Clair Booth Luce	R 414
1943	9/27/43	From Newark-Arkansas Congressman James [removed],
			With Comments By Vice President Wallace	R 414
1943	10/4/43	Bill Stern And Red Barber	R 414
1943	10/11/43     Donald Cuhlross Peady And Dr. Bebe	R 414
1943	10/18/43     Marsha Davenport	R 414
1943	10/25/43     [removed] Mason Brown & [removed] Lockridge R 235
1943	11/1/43	Betty Smith	R 235
1943	11/8/43	Senators Lister Hill and Joseph H. Ball	R 235
1943	11/15/43     Gregory Ratoff	R 235
1943	11/22/43     Russell Krause and Moss Hart	R 235
1943	11/29/43     Arturo Rubenstein	R 235
1943	12/5/43	Sinclair Lewis and Louis Brown	R 235
1943	12/13/43     Quinsey Howe and Dr. [removed] Jong	R 235
1943	12/20/43     Jesse Stewart	R 235
1943	12/27/43     Leon Henderson and Jan Struther	R 235
1944	1/3/44	Louis Bromfield	R 235
1944	1/10/44	John M. Coffee and Christopher Morley	R 235
1944	1/17/44	John P. Marquand	R 107
1944	1/24/44	Elizabeth Janeway and Deems Taylor	R 107
1944	2/28/44	Franchot Tone	R 107
1944	3/20/44	Senators Alban W. Barkley and Theodore Green  R 107
1944	9/11/44	Jan Struther and Alexander Knox	R 107
1944	10/23/44     Arturo Rubenstein and Louis Brown	R 107
1944	11/6/44	Christopher Morley and Dr. Will Durant	R 107
1944	12/25/44     From The Naval Hospital at St. Albans with
			Fred Allen and Judge James G. Wallace	R 107
1945	1/29/45	Jan Struther and Russell Krause	R 107
1945	2/5/45	Clifton Webb and Moss Hart	R 107
1945	2/12/45	Fred Allen and Faith Baldwin	R 107
1945	2/19/45	John Gunther and Gregory Ratoff	R 107

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:06:24 -0500
From: Tom Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rubber Cleaner, [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello,
        Can someone please tell me where I can buy a rubber cleaner/restorer
to use on the pinch rollers on my reel to reel decks? I haven't had any luck
at the usual sources and I would like to clean them before they start to dry
out on me.

--NEW TOPIC--

        Someone asked about label software for cassettes, I recommend Labels
Unlimited For Windows. It's a very flexible program, in fact I'm waiting for
my upgraded version now. I've also used Avery Labelpro and My Labelmaker,
but I prefer Labels Unlimited.


--NEW TOPIC--

        I was given a show in a trade with no opening or closing. It was
titled FRONTIER: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, and I was told it was and episode of
Suspense. None of the Suspense logs mention any such episode. Does anyone
know what series this show might be from? I haven't listened to it in a long
time so I can't really supply any details. I got it several years ago and I
just came across the listing in my files and it peaked my curiousity. Any
help would be appreciated.


Tom

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:35:12 -0500
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Those drums! They're diving me mad!
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

...or: On the Trail od Jungle Jim

I have no idea what appeared in the Hearst Sunday Comics in 1935 but I can
verify Jungle Jim's radio series. "The Bat Woman" sequence started in the
comics on 3 November, 1935 and concluded 22 March, 1936. The radio show was
syndicated the week prior to the strip so it's really impossible to assign
any real broadcast date. Various stations around the country aired it on
different days of the week.

My collection includes reprints of the Jungle Iim strip from the first one
into the early 40's. My OTR collection includes the first 350 shows. When
I listened to them I frequently matched them against the strip. The radio
show is more detailed, it even has characters and events that never
transpired in the strip. It was obviously difficult to stretch six to four
panels over fifteen minutes.

In his message, Christipher Tumber didn't specify Casper the Friendly Ghost.
There was a 30's comic strip called "Casper Millquitoast". I suppose that
might be the one referred to in the hearst promos. The only "Cookie" I know
of was Blondie and Dagwood's daughter.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:40:47 -0600
From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Help Finding Logs
Message-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>

laidler@[removed] (Jim Laidler) writes:
>Does anyone have logs for the following shows:
>
>        The Stan Freberg Show

Not me, but if this helps, Stan played one of his own shows on "When
Radio Was" recently, and noted that the entire series would be issued
on cassette and CD this coming spring from, um, well, whoever his usual
sponsor is, I believe. We'll probably hear more about it as the release
date draws near.

Andrew C. Green            (312) 266-4431
Adobe Systems, Inc. (formerly Frame Technology)
Advanced Product Services
441 W. Huron               Internet: acg@[removed]
Chicago, IL  60610-3498    FAX: (312) 266-4473

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:42:39 -0600
From: hhoward@[removed] (Henry Howard)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tape Storage
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

T. Bray ask >>What is the proper way to store RTR?  What does the term,
"ends out" mean?

Ends out, or more accurately, tail out, means that the tape was put away
having been played
onto the reel rather than being rewound.  When using the professional 2
track format (or other formats for that matter) there is usually no side one
and two.  The tape is played in one direction only.
When the tape is stored having been played onto the storage reel, the tape
is at a more
evenly packed tention and usually a smoother wind than if the tape had been
"rewound" or
even "fast forward" wound.

The second reason is that when tape is stored for a length of time, the
signal from one
layer of tape will print (or copy itself) onto the ajacent layer.  When the
tape is stored tail
out, the print through will appear on the following material and be heard as
a very slight
echo.  If the tape is stored head out, then the print through is heard as P
R E  echo, which
is far more distracting.

Lastly, tape should be stored with reels verticle, in a cool, relitively dry
environment.
I remember years ago working in a facility that had a proper tape storage
room.  I would
give anything in the summer time to spend time in the vault researching old
tapes.  You
needed a jacket in there.

Tapes of value that are stored long term, should be rewound and played back
onto their
storage reel about once over year or two to improve their chances of survival.

For the home collector, keep them out of the attic, and out of the basement
(unless your
basement is very dry).  If you would be comfortable in your storage
location, your tapes
will generally be ok too.

+++++ 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, 10 Jan 1996 08:36:44 -0600
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Shadow sponsor?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Andy Blatt wrote:
>1)  The Shadow with Orson Welles aired for Blue Coal ("Blue Co-al") Sundays
>530pm September 1937 to March 1938.  Not all broadcasts are available.  In
>1938 15 Syndicated shows aired (all are available).

For 20 years I have owned a 3-LP set of Shadow programs with Welles, and
all are sponsored by Goodrich Tires ("The Goodrich safety Silvertown, with
the lifesaver tread!")  The announcer on these programs is the same man who
does the Blue Coal-sponsored programs.  It wasn't until a couple of years
ago that I heard Welles shows sponsored by Blue Coal.
What's the story on that?  Are the Goodrich programs from the syndicated
batch, or were there different sponsors for the 2 coasts?

John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:07:35 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: aa993@[removed]
cc: airwaves <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Hearst & Jungle Jim
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	The 1935 dates for Jungle Jim Hearst shows are correct.
I suspect that Casper is a different character from the friendly 
ghost.  If no one has a definitive answer on this, get back to me and I
can find out from an expert on newspaper strips who I know.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:17:49 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwaves <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Information Please shows in circulation, Freburg note
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	I don't have a log of this series, but there are at least 240
shows in circulation.  I saw the reels in Tom Salome's basement.  His 
didn't have labels either.
	One way to get approximate dates to cross-check with catalogs
is to check the sponsers of the shows, then you can zero in by guest star
or first question - however they are titled in the catalogs.
	Oscar Levant was a semi-regular, although he was away alot. 
Fred Allen was a frequent guest.
 	If memory serves, the earliest sponser on shows in circulation was
Canada Dry, then cigarettes (Lucky Strike?) around 1940, then Heinz 
during the early war years.  Hope this helps.
	
	Quick note on Stan Frebug shows - there were only 15 of them,
shouldn't be hard to track down a log - Frank Passage???

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:00:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: JSEXTON@[removed]
To: OTR@[removed]
Subject: Captain Midnight Decoder badge/ring
Message-id: <01HZUCOXSNE68WWAGY@[removed]>

   The Decoder item mentioned here earlier is not available anymore.
The Klutz company wrote me the item has been out of stock and is discontinued.
I'm very disappointed greatly because now I'll probably not be able to acquire
one-unless someone out there knows another [removed],John (JSEXTON@[removed])

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:33:19 -0500
From: MVHaas@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: aa993@[removed], MVHaas@[removed]
Subject: Re: Hearst Comic Strips
Message-ID: <960110163317_37644166@[removed]>

   For Christopher Tumber:   I haven't heard the shows, but  if you recheck
the Jungle Jim recordings touting the Hearst  Sunday Comics, I believe you'll
find that the names of the strips are *Toots and Casper* and *Connie*, both
of which were well-known strips in the 1930's. The Jungle Jim Sunday strip
started in January, 1934, as the top strip to the very popular Alex Raymond
Flash Gordon strips. 
   The first Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon was released in  November,
1945, by  Paramount/Famous Studios, with the second one released in April,
1948. (Overstreet is not perfect, by any means.)

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:57:02 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Administrivia:  OTR WWW Page Updates
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

New subpage added:  A short, illustrated history of The Shadow on the radio.
New graphics added: Amos 'n' Andy program schedule announcement
Several other, minor changes.

Lou
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 20:34:14 -0500
From: welsa@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Wisconsin otr
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Yes, the Wisconsin Public Radio system is very nice.  But as I said, I 
find it annoying that here in Madison, from where the OTR show is 
broadcast, we cannot get it.  Oh, it is broadcast on their AM outlet, 
but we've discussed that before here on the digest.  After 6:00 [removed], 
the required power drop effectively puts AM off the air.  A loud buzz is 
all I get across the entire AM band.  :(
    
    

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