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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 485

Table Of Contents: 

	 Lone Ranger Logs
	 Lulubelle
	 John McCormick
	 Neil Reagan
	       The Phantom

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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 16:51:27 -0800
From: Jess Oliver <joliver2@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lone Ranger Logs
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Hello OTR Group
    I was wondering if someone could tell me if there is a good Lone 
Ranger Log Available.  I have started putting one together but figure if 
there is one I could use it instead.

Thanks and may everyone get more OTR for the Holidays.

Jess

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 10:28:03 -0500
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lulubelle
Message-ID: <961215102802_1987678482@[removed]>

I've been told that Lulubelle Wiseman (Lulubelle & Scotty) of the WLS-NBC
"National Barndance" is in the final stages of Alzheimer's. Very sad.

Bill Knowlton, WCNY-FM, Syracuse NY

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 11:16:26 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: John McCormick
Message-ID: <961215111626_1954126024@[removed]>

Rob Leftwich asked for information about John McCormick, "The man who walks
and talks at midnight."  There's a story about him in the January/February,
1995 issue of my OTR newsletter, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear."  Here's what
it said.
   "For 31 years, John McCormick ruled the wee hours on KMOX in St. Louis.
 He died at 80 on November 5 (1994).  McCormick arrived at the station in
1958 after broadcasting in Chicago and Los Angeles.  He started in radio on
WGN, Chicago after being a copy boy for the station-owning Chicago Tribune.
 He switched to WBBM in 1935 and had one of the most popular late-night shows
in the country, becoming one of the first announcers to feature records on
his show.  He retired from KMOX in 1989.
   KMOX sports director Jack Buck said, "The hectic day-time pace of the
station always changed at midnight.  John would settle in with his black
velvet cloth over the table, his gooseneck lamp, a pot of coffee and a couple
packs of Camels.  He was not a wild man and that carried over to his
listeners."
   The present late-night talk show host on the station, Jim White, was also
highly complimentary.  "He had the greatest set of pipes in the business.  He
had a voice that if broadcasters could ever get a voice transplant, his would
be it."
   McCormick once told a reporter, "To me, radio is a great source of magic.
 You're never alone.  You can be locked in a vault at Mercantile Trust but if
you have a radio with you, you're not alone."
   He epitomized some of the best of what radio once was."
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   Rob also mentioned being a collector of old broadcast equipment, so
forgive me while I ask whether he knows of a possible source to locate an RCA
BK-1A microphone.  A personal reply will eliminate clutter on the Digest.
  	JRayb71827@[removed]     (John Rayburn)
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   Incidentally, the Jess/Gregg Oppenheimer book, "Laughs, [removed] Lucy"
is now out.  I received my review copy and it's one of the few books that
made me laugh out loud.  Naturally, much of it concerns "I Love Lucy," with Je
ss the writer/producer of the most successful sitcom of them all.  However,
there's much material about radio and some wonderful behind-the-scenes
anecdotes.  There's also a CD included with the book, with some great
excerpts ("My Favorite Husband," etc.)

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 14:48:12 -0500
From: IDickerson@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Neil Reagan
Message-ID: <961215144812_403346563@[removed]>

Reuters carried the following last Thursday:

Ronald Reagan's Brother Dies Of Heart Failure

By Matt Spetalnick 

LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - Neil "Moon" Reagan, the older brother of former
President Ronald Reagan, has died of heart failure, his family said Thursday.
He was 88. 

Reagan, a former broadcaster and advertising executive who also directed his
brother in the Western TV series "Death Valley Days," died Wednesday at
Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego, according to a statement from the
ex-president's office. 

Known to family and friends by the nickname "Moon", he was said to have been
close to his younger brother and served as a delegate to the 1980 Republican
national convention that propelled Reagan to the presidency. 

But Neil Reagan, the ex-president's only sibling, kept a low profile during
his brother's two terms in office. 

"We will miss him terribly," Reagan and his wife Nancy said. "We have been in
constant contact with his wife, Bess, in the last few days and have expressed
our sympathy and love. We hope all Americans will join us in our prayers for
Moon and Bess." 

The 85-year-old ex-president has rarely appeared in public since announcing
in November 1994 he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, an incurable and
progressive brain disorder. 

Like his famous brother, Neil Reagan was born in Tampico, Ill. His nickname
is said to have derived from his resemblance to a character in the "Moon
Mullins" football comic strip. 

When Ronald Reagan enrolled at Eureka College in Eureka, Ill., he encouraged
his brother to join him. 

Neil Reagan graduated with a degree in economics in 1933 and married Bess
Hoffman in 1935. They have no children. 

When Ronald Reagan became an announcer at WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, his
brother followed him, becoming program director at a sister station in
Davenport. 

After Ronald Reagan moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, his
brother followed and won his first California job as a radio announcer for
Los Angeles station KFWB. 

He later worked for CBS and then joined the McCann-Erickson Advertising
Agency, where he became senior vice president and head of the Los Angeles
office until his retirement in 1973. 

While with McCann-Erickson, Reagan directed actor Jean Hersholt in his famed
radio role as the kindly Dr. Paul Christian and later directed his brother in
"Death Valley Days," according to his official biography. 

At the time of his death, he was living in the Rancho Santa Fe area near San
Diego. 

"In accordance with Neil's express wishes, he received the last rites before
his death and requested that there be no public services," according to the
statement from Reagan's office. 

Amongst other OTR  Reagan was the credited director on three of the first
season adventures of THE SAINT (March 1945), however Leslie Charteris was not
an admirer of his talents and had Reagan removed from the productions. And
yes, the story behind this is included in the lengthy history of the radio
adventures of THE SAINT which I will finish one day soon. Honest.

Best wishes,

Ian Dickerson,
Honorary Secretary, The Saint Club

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Date:          Sun, 15 Dec 1996 16:52:50 DST
From: "Pat premo" <PPREMO@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:       The Phantom
Message-ID: <AB22CA5B4C@[removed]>

Does anyone know if Lee Falk's THE PHANTOM was ever on radio?  I 
tried the old radio web page search and only saw one that looked like 
it could be Falk's Phantom.  Any help would be appreciated.
Pat Premo  ppremo@[removed]



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