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Date: 8/11/2007 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 233
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Edward R Murrow recordings            [ "Scott Harding" <support@timeslice. ]
      Re; cassettes and analog in general   [ Chargous@[removed] ]
      Cataloging CD's                       [ Bob Hicks <bobdhicks@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 12-18 Aug  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Gracie For President                  [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      As [removed]                       [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Re: used and used                     [ EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      Alan Young                            [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      8-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:51:38 -0400
    From: "Scott Harding" <support@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Edward R Murrow recordings

    Recently a set of 8 of Edward R. Murrow's "Hear it Now" series of shows from
    the 1950s were circulating in the news groups.

    Of the 8 files, the episodes spanned from Ep1 to Ep24, so presumably there
    might be up to 24 and maybe more that were recorded.

    Does anyone know if more of these are available?  They are a great snapshot
    of that era and Murrow's style.

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:45:25 -0400
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re; cassettes and analog in general

    I for one, dumped analog as soon as digital was available. - it just offers
    so many advantages - no generation loss, no tape hiss,  ability to make
    unlimited copies that are the same as the original, the ability to restore
    a show, constant time (it's really, really rare that a show is exactly the
    right speed on analog tape).  It's even rarer that the show is transferred
    correctly, with the right vintage re-equalization, etc.

    When I transfer transcriptions or lo-gen reels (I have only a handful of
    cassettes, almost all of which were custom cassettes from Radio Yesteryear,
    which are in pretty good sound, although they needed time-correction), I
    make an archival (raw) .wav, a cleaned copy,  and a convenience listening
    hi-quality mp3 copy.  With digital I have such flexibility - I can put it
    on my mp3 player, I can share the file instantly, etc, etc.  Per analog, I
    have much better luck with open reel.  The quality is generally, though not
    always, closer to source.  I transfer a lot of reels.  Per reels to
    cassettes, maybe a 50 to 1 ratio.  Digital also offers much more ease of
    editing and correcting a wavfile.  Is the speed off?  no problem; I can
    correct it and it will stay that speed - I don't have to worry about
    calibrating an analog device.  Does the volume have to be corrected?  No
    problem.  Does it have click and crackle?  No problem (within reason).

    Sure, digital is only as good as the source; there's plenty of crappy CDs
    and bad mp3s floating around - most of which came from cassette.  Digital
    has revolutionized trading; I don't have to search and search for who's got
    the lowest-generation reels.  Assuming the digital copy is good; one copy
    will be the same as another.

    I switched to data DVD a while back, before that it was .wavfiles on
    CDs.   Audio CD are already outmoded.

    Now, I could see a 7 1/2 ips archival backup on open reel, if one had
    unlimited space, since the lifespan is known for sure - but as a primary
    copy, I don't miss analog at all.  Even reels have their problems,
    shedders, squealers, dropouts, generation loss, etc.

    Even though it's still a little slow to download a .wav, it's not that long
    on cable.  A 30 minute show can be rar'd down to about 75 MB, and that
    doesn't take that long to download from a fast connection. I think that
    will be the future of hi-quality trading. This is really handy for foreign
    trades; for example, to Australia.  No postage, more or less instant download.

    I also enjoy broadcasting a couple hours worth of OTR to my antique radios
    via an AM transmitter, from my mp3 player.

    Travis

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:51:47 -0400
    From: Bob Hicks <bobdhicks@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cataloging CD's

    On Fri, 10 Aug 2007

    "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];

>     To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject:  Old time collectors of [removed]

>     Cataloging CDs is not a picnic, so there is a large backlog of those
>     programs waiting in my basement."

    If you would like to catalog your cd's and/or DVD's, might I suggest a small
    program, WhereIsIt, [removed]. I've been using this
    program for many years now. It is excellent and easy to you. One simply
    inserts the cd, the program reads it and catalogs it. It exports its catalogs
    to Excel format, Word format and cvs, among others. If you haven't discovered
    it, give it a look. I think you will like it.

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:59:58 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 12-18 August

     From Those Were The Days --

    8/12

    1937 - Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio as he
    appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.

    8/13

    1912 - St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia, PA was granted the first
    experimental radio license by the [removed] Department of Commerce.

    8/14

    1933 - WLW in Cincinnati, OH premiered Ma Perkins. Just four months
    later, Ma moved to WMAQ in Chicago and was heard over the entire NBC
    network. Virginia Payne was 23 years old when she started in the title
    role. Ma Perkins operated a lumberyard in Rushville Center. Her children
    were Evey, Fay and John (who was killed in the war). One of the other
    characters in the show was Shuffle Shober. Virginia Payne played Ma
    Perkins for 27 years -- and 7,065 episodes.

    1942 - Garry Moore hosted a new program on NBC. The Show Without a Name
    was an effort to crack the morning show dominance of Arthur Godfrey
    (CBS) and Don McNeil's Breakfast Club (ABC). A prize of $500 was offered
    to name the show and Someone came up with the title, Everything Goes.

    1945 - CBS began the series, Columbia Presents Corwin. Orson Welles did
    a special reading about the fall of Japan, titled, Fourteen August.

    8/15

    1911 - Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco
    hydrogenated shortening.  (Where would all those shows have been with
    Crisco as a sponsor?  And remember, its digestible! -ed)

    8/16

    1922 - WEAF began broadcasting from new studios atop the Western
    Electric Building in New York City.

    1939 - Lights Out, radio's "ultimate horror show," was heard for the
    last time on NBC. In 1942, Arch Obler brought the show back to life on
    CBS. The shows most familiar trademark, guaranteed to put you under the
    covers on a dark night was, "Lights out everybody!", followed by 12
    chimes of a clock.

    Joe

    --
    Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:17:26 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gracie  For President

    When I first heard the Burns and Allen series  where Gracie runs for
    president thought it would be a great idea to ridicule the  politicians and
    spread the
    word more about OTR.  Certainly a little levity  is needed concerning now
    almost eternal presidential campaigns.

    I just  registered the domain name "[removed]" with the goal of
    putting  podcasts up on a weekly basis preferably on the day they were
    broadcast starting  in March when the episodes started and ending with the
    then
    election November 5.

    In searching for info on the "run" or should I say "jump" (since the  mascot
    was a kangaroo) this web site appeared to  discuss.

    [removed]

    It  has perfect as a introduction.  But in emailing the author about
    permission  to use it I found that the address was not valid.  Is the author
    part of
    this group or does anyone know who the author is?

    Also I am looking for  the best MP3 encodes to post.

    I would appreciate any comments on or off  list concerning this project.

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:13:01 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  As [removed]

    Folks;

       I received a request on my blog earlier this week for episodes of "Fibber
    McGee and Molly;" while I usually post [removed] programs (I know, I
    probably shouldn't, but I've been collecting so long I sometimes get bored
    with the same old Suspense and Jack Benny Programs I've heard time and time
    again, so I'm always looking for oddball programs that you might not have
    taken the time to hear before), how can I refuse a request?

       But there were no specific episodes in the request, so I was in a quandary
    - which ones to podcast? One of the most amazing things about being me,
    running this list, is that while I am not an expert on any particular
    program, I almost always _know_ experts for any given show. In this case, I
    contacted Al Girard, he of the Unofficial Fibber McGee and Molly web pages
    and frequent poster to this list, and asked him which episodes he would
    recommend. From his list, I've posted the chronologically earliest having
    aired October 22, 1940, and featuring Harold Peary as Gildy. It's available
    for streaming (which, I'm told, even works for WebTV!), download, and
    automatic downloading through the podcast feed.

       And yes, I'm going to continue posting the "It's Higgins, Sir!" series
    while running the "Fibber" episodes. Other requests are always
    [removed] drop me email or post to the website. And a reminder, I'm
    looking for local (non-network) to run there - if you have any local programs
    you'd be willing to share, please drop me a note.

             Charlie

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:48:15 -0400
    From: EDWARD CARR <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: used and used

    hi
    that reminds me, i still have new blank cassettes, used cassettes,(bulk
    erase and their good), 2 double well cassette decks for sale, i'd prefer
    since i see some still use cassettes, to offer them to the readers of this
    digest
    email me edcarr@[removed]
    the decks are perfect
    ed

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:48:43 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Alan Young

    Sorry.  It's not OTR related, but I need some assistance.

    Two movies that star Alan Young are needed as he wants to show them at a
    film showing very soon.  If anyone has them, and can supply a copy, let me
    know so I can forward you info about where to send a copy.  He would
    appreciate it.  Normally I would mail them (and not ask for compensation)
    but I do not have them in my collection.

    ANDROCLES AND THE LION and TOM THUMB

    Martin

    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:30:41 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-12 births/deaths

    August 12th births

    08-12-1881 - Cecil B. DeMille - Ashfield, MA - d. 1-21-1959
    host: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1887 - Gus Van - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-12-1968
    comedian: (Van and Schenck) "Eveready Hour"; "Sinclair Wiener Minstrels"
    08-12-1888 - Eric Snowden - England - d. 6-27-1979
    actor: John H. Watson "Sherlock Holmes"; Alvin "Parties at Pickfair"
    08-12-1892 - Alfred Lunt - Milwaukee, WI - d. 8-3-1977
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Treasury
    Star Parade"
    08-12-1893 - Howard Smith - Attleboro, MA - d. 1-10-1968
    actor: Will Brown "Aldrich Family"; Jack Galloway "Jane Arden"
    08-12-1895 - Carol DeAngelo - Rome, Italy - d. 1-3-1962
    actor, director: "We Love and Learn"; "The Jack Benny Program"
    08-12-1897 - Bob Emery - Abington, MA - d. 7-18-1982
    host: "The Small Fry Club"; "This Wonderful World"
    08-12-1898 - Oscar Homolka - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-27-1978
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1904 - Kay Campbell - d. 5-27-1985
    actor: Evey Perkins Fitz "Ma Perkins"
    08-12-1907 - Joe Besser - St. Louis, MO - d. 3-1-1988
    comedian: ("No so faaaast! . . . oh, you craaaaze you!) "Jack Benny
    Program"
    08-12-1909 - Nat Asherman - NYC - d. 1-xx-1987
    composer/pianist: Leo Reisman Orchestra, Lester Lanin Orchestra
    08-12-1911 - Dr. Olan Downes - West Roxbury, MA - d. 12-26-2001
    musicologist: "Texaco Metropolitan Opera"; "New York Philharmonic"
    08-12-1911 - Jane Wyatt - Campgaw, NJ - d. 10-20-2006
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Great Plays"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
    08-12-1912 - Sam Fuller - Worcester, MA - d. 10-30-1997
    producer, director: "The Aldrich Family"; "The Jack Carson Show"
    08-12-1914 - Guy Sorel - d. 4-5-1994
    actor: Larry Noble "Backstage Wife"
    08-12-1921 - Marjorie Reynolds - Buhl, ID - d. 2-1-1997
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Silver Theatre"
    08-12-1926 - John Derek - Hollywood, CA - d. 5-22-1998
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-12-1927 - Porter Wagoner - West Plains, MO
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-12-1929 - Buck Owens - Sherman, TX - d. 3-25-2006
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"

    August 12th deaths

    01-06-1913 - Loretta Young - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 8-12-2000
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Four Star Playhouse"
    03-13-1873 - Nellie Revell - Springfield, IL - d. 8-12-1958
    commentator: "Neighbor Nell"; "Meet the Artist"
    05-16-1905 - Henry Fonda - Grand Island, NE - d. 8-12-1982
    actor: "Eyes Aloft"; "Romance"; "Suspense"
    05-28-1912 - Tom Scott - d. 8-12-1961
    folk singer, writer: "American School of the Air"; "Golden Gate
    Quartet Sings"
    06-06-1875 - Thomas Mann - Lubeck, Germany - d. 8-12-1955
    writer: Had works adapted for "Treasury Star Parade"
    08-25-1896 - Dick Ryan - Connecticut - d. 8-12-1969
    actor: "The Nebbs"
    09-05-1912 - John Cage - Los Angeles, CA - d. 8-12-1992
    composer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    09-09-1927 - "Mary" Olive Major - Santa Barbara County, CA - d.
    8-12-1998
    vocalist: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    09-25-1894 - John Howard Lawson - NYC - d. 8-12-1977
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Reed Kennedy - d. 8-12-1952
    vocalist: "Gulf Headliners"; "The Song Shop"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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