Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #330
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Date: 10/13/2004 9:34 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 330
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Live 365                              [ "Paul Williams" <lovemotherearth@ec ]
      10-14 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      RE: Live 365                          [ Tom Greenli <tom_greenli@[removed]; ]
      Vanity Plates                         [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Phil Harper                           [ Jmeals@[removed] ]
      Re: Duffy's Tavern                    [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Barry Hill                            [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Three-Double-You-EEE                  [ "RBB" <oldradio@[removed]; ]
      Waukegan Genesee Theater Reopening    [ "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed] ]
      Barry Hill [removed]                     [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Congrats to Jim Widner                [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
      Benny and Stern                       [ JackBenny@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:06:38 -0400
    From: "Paul Williams" <lovemotherearth@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Live 365

    Thom,
    In regards to your question, does anyone listen to OTR content on Live 365?
    I definately, do!  My favourite OTR is comedies (Our Miss Brooks, Fibber
    McGee & Molly, Gildersleave, My Friend Irma, Life with Luigi, Ozzie &
    Harriet, Father Knows Best, The Bickersons, The Aldrich Family, and Baby
    Snooks) to name a few.  When XM Satellite Radio OTR 164 plays blocks
    sometimes up to 6-10 hrs straight of horror, detective, sci-fi, or westerns,
    I'll go to Live 365 and listen up to 5 different OTR feeds, through Real
    Audio.  I'm bound to find one station playing comedy.  As a payed member, I
    could listen to a choice of 10 OTR streams.  I'm locked out of Telegrams
    Canada, which plays great female big band singers and lots of Amos & Andy!
    My other favourite ways of listening to OTR is through internet Real Audio,
    Yesterday USA, Sat. afternoons with Chuck Schaden's "Those Were the Days and
    Sunday nights "the Golden Age of Radio" with Max Schmid and "The Big
    Broadcast" from Washington DC.
    I hope this is one answer, to where do some of us get their OTR listening
    from.  I have no collection and this is the only way I can enjoy OTR.
    Paul Williams
    Atlantic City, NJ

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:06:52 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-14 births/deaths

    October 14th births

    10-14-1890 - Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 3-28-1969
    general, president: "War Production Drive Program"; "Let's All Back the Attack"
    10-14-1891 - Joseph M. White - NYC - d. 2-28-1959
    singer: (The Silver Masked Tenor) "Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra"
    10-14-1896 - Lillian Gish - Springfield, OH - d. 2-27-1993
    panelist: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Suspense"
    10-14-1906 - Benita Hume - London, England - d. 11-1-1967
    actress: Victoria Cromwell Hall "Halls of Ivy"; "General Electric Theatre"
    10-14-1906 - Russell Thorson - WI - d. 7-6-1982
    actor: Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery"; Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"
    10-14-1907 - Pert Kelton - Great Falls, MT - d. 10-30-1968
    actress: Agnes "Magnificent Montague"; Lolita "We Are Always Young"; "Milton
    Berle Show"
    10-14-1908 - Allan Jones - Old Forge, PA - d. 6-27-1992
    singer: "Chicago Theatre of the Air"; "New Old Gold Show"

    October 14th deaths

    02-08-1888 - Dame Edith Evans - London, England - d. 10-14-1976
    actress: "Kaleidoscope"
    05-03-1903 - Bing Crosby - Tacoma, WA - d. 10-14-1977
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
    06-20-1909 - Errol Flynn - Hobart, Tasmania - d. 10-14-1959
    actor: Christopher Casanova "Modern Adventures of Casanova"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    07-27-1916 - Keenan Wynn - NYC - d. 10-14-1986
    actor: Moe 'Shrevie' Shrevnitz "The Shadow"; Gregory Smith "Amazing Mr. Smith"
    07-28-1915 - Frankie Yankovic - d. 10-14-1998
    polka king: "Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks"; "Guest Star Time"
    08-13-1913 - Melvin Frank - Chicago, IL - d. 10-14-1988
    film writer, producer, director: "Pepsodent Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein - Lawrence, MA - d. 10-14-1990
    conductor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    09-16-1899 - Sam Spewack - Ukraine, Russia - d. 10-14-1971
    writer: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-10-1911 - Zeke Manners - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-14-2000
    singer, disc jockey: "Zeke Manners and His Gang"; "Zeke Manners"
    10-21-1920 - Hy Averback - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-14-1997
    announcer, actor: "Sealtest Village Store"; "Bob Hope Show"; "Take It or
    Leave It"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:43:44 -0400
    From: Tom Greenli <tom_greenli@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE: Live 365

>     Does anybody here use Live365 to listen/broadcast
>     OTR content?

>     Thom Bray

    I listen to live365 while working around the house
    (mainly in the garage). I use an FM transmitter on my
    laptop and tune in either a portable or walkman type
    radio.  I could just transmit a playlist of my MP3's
    but listening to Live365 exposes me to other types of
    OTR not in my collection.

    Tom

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:44:18 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Vanity Plates

    Hal Stone wrote:

>     At any rate, the FUNNIEST Vanity license plate I ever saw was the "winner"
>     of a vanity plate contest held among the members of the Directors Guild of
>     America. The winning entry;

>     IM2BZ2P

    That's a good one, Hal.  I actually figured it out.   My one objection to
    vanity plates is that I'll probably get in an accident one day trying to
    decipher one of them.

    --Irene

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:44:24 -0400
    From: Jmeals@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Phil Harper
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    Phil Harper the actor who was Harry Nile on Imagination Theater for almost
    thirty years died on October 10. Harry Nile is very special to thousands of
    radio listeners and Phil Harper deserves much of the credit for the impact of
    the
    Harry Nile dramas. An obituary of this fine actor can be found at
    [removed]

    Jim Meals

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:12:23 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Duffy's Tavern

    Jazzman posted;

>     Thanks for the Sperdvac Convention info.  The location is very convenient for
>     me, so I certainly plan to be there.  I've only been enjoying OTR since June
>     2004, but I'm already a big fan of Duffy's Tavern, so I am eagerly
>     anticipating the Duffy's recreation.   I just hope that whoever
>     does the "Eddie the Waiter" part keeps Eddie Green's interpretation in mind!

    Sigh! There are two show biz sayings that apply. Everyone's a [removed]
    [removed]'s a director.

    Since I'm going to be casting and directing this epic, I'm really nervous
    now. I would hate to dash Jazman's "hopes". I was planning to have "Eddie"
    sound like "Arthur Treacher".  :)

    Not to worry Jazzman. I might even play that part myself. Is it [removed] if
    Eddie sounds like "Jughead"? :)

    Rest assured, Jazzy, it's a stellar cast. The performance will undoubtedly
    bring a tear to your eye. (Tears of Joy I hasten to add. :)

    When you get to SPERDVAC, make sure you come up and introduce yourself.

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jugs

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:25:11 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill

    Folks;

       Received information from Jay Hickerson this evening that Barry Hill,
    long-time OTR dealer who specialized in bringing British radio drama to the
    United States, long-time president of ORCA, subscriber and occasional
    contributor to the Internet OTR Digest, and an omnipresent dealer at various
    OTR conventions (FOTR, Cincinnati, others) passed away today at the age of
    55; the cause was a heart attack.

       There is a photograph of Barry talking to Fred Berney in the dealer's room
    of this year's Cincinnati convention on The Blog at:

    [removed]

       ...and one from the 2000 FOTR Convention's Wednesday night Wine-and-Cheese
    at:

    [removed]

       He always had a hearty hello and a joke for me, every time I ran into him.
    Our thoughts go out to his family.

              Charlie

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:23:33 -0400
    From: "RBB" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Three-Double-You-EEE

    <<<Tim Lones posted about WTAM 1100AM in Cleveland, the former WWWE>>

    Yes, Three-Double-You-EEE (now WTAM radio1100) is a real 50Kw blowtorch with
    a 38 state signal and "half of Canada" especially nighttime, broadcasting
    across the Lake.  They regularly blanket Detroit, Toledo,
    Cleveland-Columbus-Akron-Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and way beyond.

    Here is a link to see the projected WTAM signal coverage, day and night:

    [removed];service=AM&status=L&hours=U

    There are a few other heritage "clear channel" stations (not the company
    name) with AM signals that do the same thing with 50,000 watts of power.
    Jack Eigan doing radio interviews from the Chez Paree in Chicago used to
    tell his WMAQ listeners he "reached 38 states and Canada," and got phone
    calls from them, too.  As did Norm Nathan, late-nights on WBZ-Boston.  A few
    more strong signals on the AM dial today include: WWL-New Orleans, WOR and
    WABC-NYC, KSL-Salt Lake City, WBBM and WLS-Chicago, WWVA-Wheeling, WVA.

    XERF-Del Rio Texas (an AM transmitter across the Mexican border) used to
    have 250Kw of power to blanket most of North America and (I'm told, as well,
    a quarter of the world's listening area when the sun goes down at night.)
    Remember Wolfman Jack's R&B program in the 1960's? or, those famous
    late-night ads for dashboard icons and mail-order, live chickens, and, of
    course, "Dr." Brinkley's bogus, goat gonad medicine on XERF in the 1920's
    and 30's?  The power of radio when you have 250,000 watts burning the dial!

    WLW-Cincinnatti in 1934 had an experimental 500Kw transmitter they fired up
    until 1939.  It was called "The Nation's Station" because it reach a
    national audience and reportedly sent special programs to Germany during the
    war effort with this super radio signal.   Now the maximum AM radio power is
    50Kw, (including WLW) to eliminate legal interference with other
    broadcasters. However, Voice Of America, religious and other international
    broadcasters still have high powered transmitters for worldwide audiences
    but not on the AM dial.

    Barry Mishkind's website has excellent and complete AM-radio, historical
    data:  [removed]  - highly recommended,
    worth a read to remember what good, old radio used to be like.   ( Thanks,
    Barry. )

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:24:08 -0400
    From: "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Waukegan Genesee Theater Reopening

    Jello everybody,

    The Wed Oct 13th Chicago Tribune has an article about the reopening of the
    Genesee Theater in Waukegan.  It is scheduled for Dec 3rd and Bill Cosby
    will open.

    A link to the article is
    [removed],1,[removed]

    Regards,  Steve Dillie

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:15:02 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill   [removed]

    To paraphase THE MARCH OF TIME . . . As it must come to all men, death
    struck today for one of our more charming and intellectual Old Time Radio
    dealers.  I received news from Jay Hickerson that Barry Hill passed away
    Wednesday at the age of 55 of a heart attack.  For those who remember a face
    but not the name, Barry was the British fellow who sold old-time radio
    cassettes and CDs, and majored in BBC recordings, usually tagging along with
    Ivan of Shadow's Sanctum.

    Barry was instrumental in bringing BBC radio shows to the [removed] through
    impressive connections he established decades ago.  Barry was also in charge
    of ORCA (Old-Time Radio Show Collector's Association) and was responsible
    for the clubs' newsletter here in the states.  He attended OTR conventions
    frequently including the Cincinnati, Seattle REPS and FOTR Conventions.
    Barry generously gave cassettes to anyone who represented an OTR club asking
    for donations to the club's library.

    On a personal note: Barry and I were close friends and chatted on the phone
    regularly.  We attended nostalgic conventions together (though he never
    forgave me for convincing him to set up as a dealer at the MONSTER BASH
    which as it turned out he disliked)>  We traded ideas regarding projects
    both he and I worked on and shared suggestions.  We respected each other's
    advice.  I remember the day he handed me a mini-newsletter of his one day
    featuring photos of his impressive OTR collection, his house and farm where
    he lived, and a photo of what he referred to as the annual ORCA member
    gathering (which consisted of a photo of his pet turkeys).  You have to
    catch his sense of humor to appreciate that.

    Every year at Newark Barry would bring some alchoholic substance direct from
    England (and not the kind you'd buy in the stores over here in the states)
    and I in turn would bring something of equal value and spend a couple hours
    each evening drinking and swapping dirty jokes.  Seven months ago I had a
    bottle of alchohol shipped over from Germany said to be one of the country's
    finest and it has been sitting on the top of my refrigerator for the last
    seven months for the sole purpose of FOTR next weekend.

    A week or two ago I received via e-mail from Jay Hickerson a list of the
    dealers attending FOTR and I noticed immediately that Barry's name was not
    on the list.  I phoned Barry immediately and he told me that it was
    inaccurate, and he informed me that he was indeed attending the convention -
    he sent his money for dealer tables later than usual.  I took a breath of
    deep relief knowing that my visit this year to FOTR would be complete.
    After all, it's friends like Barry that I look forward to spending time
    with, making the trip worth the long drive.  Even my father chatted with
    Barry often, they too were good friends, and he happened to ask the other
    day if Barry was attending and I told him yes, that Barry confirmed it over
    the phone.

    I will have information on where to send flowers and condolences Thursday
    afternoon for anyone interested.

    Now I have to call my father and give him the sad news.  Looks like I'll be
    drinking that German beverage with Barry in mind but not as I intended.

    Martin Grams, Jr.

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:36:23 -0400
    From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Congrats to Jim Widner

    Congratulations to Jim Widner, whose website [removed] was selected as a "Good
    Housekeeping Site of the Day" earlier today.  For those who may have missed
    it, here's their write-up:

    Good Housekeeping's Site of the Day
    Radio Days, Old Time Radio
    [removed]
    If you are a vintage radio buff, Old Time Radio is the place for you. James
    F. Widner developed this site that has audio clips and information on
    programs popular in the 1930's and 1940's. Old Time Radio is easily navigable
    by type broadcast: Radio News, the commentators (who can forget Edward R.
    Murrow) and the events, Mystery series ('Who knows what evil lurks in the
    hearts of men, the Shadow knows!) with such beloved actors as Orson Welles,
    Basil Rathbone to name a couple, Private Eyes, Comedy, Science Fiction,
    Captain Midnight, Terry and the Pirates and Special Logs for some of Mr.
    Widner's sources. If these sections are not detailed enough, there are
    special Radio Recall Articles for insider information on some of the beloved
    characters and happenings in the field of radio broadcast. Invite the whole
    family to crowd around the speakers and listen to your favorite program just
    as families did in that bygone era of radio! (Warning: Be sure to inform your
    listeners that War of the Worlds is just fiction, not a happening; we
    certainly don't want a repeat of the mass hysteria caused by the original
    airing!)

    Good Housekeeping keeps a "Site of the Day" archive at:
    [removed]

    Michael

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:37:25 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Benny and Stern
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    I think that Jack and Isaac playing the Bach Double Violin Concerto is on
    the CBS tribute.  I ***THINK***.  It is available from our video  library.

    On the other hand, I KNOW that it is on "Wayne and Shuster Take an
    Affectionate Look at Jack Benny", which is at the top of my list to convert
    to  DVD.
    Stay tuned.

    --Laura  Leff
    President, IJBFC
    [removed]

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