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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 211


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Redmond Nostalgia Company
	 RE: Essential shows
	 [removed] then [removed]
	 Zenith Model 1005
	 Tony Randall
	 YT,JD
	 Blacks on radio
	 Introduction to OTR Digest
	 Introduction to OTR Digest
	 WJSV, Sept 1939

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 18:14:45 GMT
From: "[removed] Hinkel" <hinkel@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Redmond Nostalgia Company
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        On May 29 I sent an inquiry about the Redmond Nostalgia Company
asking if anyone knew what their status was since I failed to receive my
order from them and no answer to 2 letters.
I am happy (?) to report that the following week my order did arrive in tact
but without any note or explanation as to why the delay.  It took 122 days
for  it to arrive and I don't believe that my inquiry had anything to do
with it.  It probably was in the mail at the time of the inquiry.
        I should have posted a follow-up on this but I didn't wish to
mention the 122 days.  Maybe I'll send them another order to wait and see if
this is now a common practice or if it was just an isolated incident.  Since
someone asked, as far as I know they are still in business.
HH

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 13:23:00 -0500
From: Lou Genco <lgenco@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Essential shows
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

On Wed, 12 Jun 1996 22:26:38 -0700,  dabell@[removed] (Alan Bell) wrote:

>It occurs to me that there have been several folks recently talking about
>being fairly new to this hobby and wanting to know what to acquire. Maybe
>it's time to revisit the "essential shows" list again. How's it going, Lou?
>Is it moribund, or have people continued to contribute?

Visitors are still contributing, but I haven't run an interim summary in the
past few days.  OTR Digest readers with WWW access can see the list and vote
on the candidates by visiting my site.

Observation:  Most recent visitors have been voting on candidate shows as
listed, rather than nominating new shows.  This -may- mean the list itself
is fairly complete.  (but then again ...)

Folks just being introduced to OTR might also be interested in the OTR FAQ,
listed at my site as well as the usual FAQ repositories.

Lou
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WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:57:04, -0500
From: DAVE@[removed] ( DAVID ALLAN   BOUCHER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: [removed] then [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

One of the things about the 'WENN' show I wonder about [removed] notice
that they don't appear to take any 'network' [removed] any national
feeds at all.

While I know it's only a TV [removed] often wondered about stations of
that era that weren't lucky enough to carry the big feeds from New
York.

What was the smaller independent station to do when, say, Jack Benny
was on the bigger station.  

The smaller independednt stations musta had a hard [removed] like
WENN, no?

Dave

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:58:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: hankie@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Zenith Model 1005
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi all:

This is a little off the subject, so I will keep it brief.

I just purchased a 1939 Zenith Model 1005 console radio.  Zenith in Chicago says 
they do not have a schematic for it.  They referred me to Howard W. Sams 
Company.  They say the radio exists, but they do not have schematic for this 
particular radio either.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks in [removed] reply by e-mail (not to otr digest).  Happy 
listening!!

Gayland Darnell       hankie@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:44:02 -0400
From: Frank_Mallory@[removed] (Frank Mallory)
To: "otr@[removed]"@[removed]
Subject: Tony Randall
Message-ID: <MSGID_1=3A109=[removed]@[removed]>

 o>From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
 o>Subject: Re: Tony Randall 

 o>Some time ago, Joe Ward wrote:
> 
> There has been some good discussion as regards I Love A Mystery lately, 
> but does anyone know if Tony Randall has been asked about the show?  I 
> see him interviewed fairly regularly, and not just on the late night talk 
> shows, but good sit-down interviews on a variety of subjects, and yet 
> I've never seen anyone ask him about playing Reggie York.  I wonder if 
> anyone has asked him to be part of a re-creation?  Are there some 
> interviews available in which he *does* talk of the show?
> 
 o>	Many years ago, my partner Jack Shugg had a half-hour interview
 o>which we broadcast on The Golden Age of Radio.  Randall was mostly 
 o>interested in plugging whatever theatre work he was involved in at the 
 o>time,
 o>but ILAM was discussed briefly.  Jack asked him if he thought radio 
 o>was a 
 o>good way for an actor to learn the business.  His response: "It's not 
 o>acting, it's reading".  He said radio work had no value to an actor. 
 o>	For NY area listeners, this interview was also the source of our
 o>cigarette ad disclaimer. 

In the current SPERDVAC _Radiogram_, I noticed an ad from a "Tony Randall" at
some toney (no pun) address in NYC, wanting to buy copies of certain "Hall of
Fame" shows. Does anybody know if this is the same Tony Randall? If so, it
would indicate that he still has some interest in the broadcast medium.

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:01:16 -0700
From: Jack Mann <jmann@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: YT,JD
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

To: OTR Digest
Steve Kelez of Radio Showcase and I got into a (very) minor debate
about the name of a Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episode which I
purchased from him. He labeled it "The Plantation Matter" and I
thought it was the "Plant Agent Matter". Steve checked the official
JD Log and turns out the correct name is "The Plantagent Matter".
Steve says the hotel is also named the "Plantagent" Hotel, but I
think it's the "Plantation" Hotel. Whose right, fellow OTR's?
By the way, being new to the Digest, I'm not sure a plug is
legal or not, but over the years I've purchased hundreds upon
hundreds of cassettes from Steve, and not once did I get a bad one!
Some kind of record, I'd bet.
Happy OTRing. Jack Mann

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 18:29:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: wmackey@[removed]
To: otr <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Blacks on radio
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Several people have asked if any blacks appreared on radio.

I have a few Amos and Andy half hour shows with several black actresses 
on the show.  LuWanda Page for one, whom I think played Sappphire.  There 
are a couple of others as well.

As to the writers comments about WENN being just another "sitcom".  You 
were expecting a docutmentary on radio [removed]

I do have a couple of brief comments.  It seems the writers are getting 
confused as to what year the show is set.  It is my understanding it is 
about 1937.  A couple of weeks ago someone on the show was commenting on 
"the war in Europe".  According my knowledge of European history, there 
was no war in 1937, other than Spanish Civil War, which was winding 
down.  The Second World War did not begin until 1939.  

Joe Mackey
Huntington, WV

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:56:14 -0600 (MDT)
From: [removed]@[removed] (Don Busenbark)
To: OTR@[removed]
Subject: Introduction to OTR Digest
Message-Id: <v01510100ade4c67968c3@[[removed]]>

     I started out with Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" and "The
Best of Jack Benny" I bought at a music store when I was 15.  Ever since
then I have been hooked on OTR.  I didn't really begin collecting tapes
until I was 20. After that i have been buying tapes, right and left.
Currently I have approximately 600 tapes (give or take 100) with over 1000
shows.  I have purchased almost all of my tapes from Adventures in
Cassettes and Radio Spirits.
     I am 31 years old which makes me somewhat of an anachronism since I
was born after OTR was popular.  I beleive that OTR is the best
entertainment available.  I get bored with TV, music and other forms of
entertainment.  OTR is fun and it is affordable.  I have just entered the
world of the web and was amazed at all the information available on OTR.  I
am excited to be able to access this information which will help me
increase my collection.  I hope to put my collection on a database so that
I could trade or share with other OTR enthusiasts.
     Personal information about me.  I live in Roosevelt, Utah where I am a
math teacher and the head football coach.  (I played college football at
Brigham Young University so I wanted to be the coach)  I use OTR in my
classroom for problem solving.  5 minute mysteries, Unsolved mysteries, and
Ellery Queen mysteries work great for problem solving.  I also have a game
called Audio Mindtrap that has short problem solving questions that are
played in an OTR format.  My wife's name is Wendy (who is now hooked on
OTR) and we have been married 10 years.  I have three children: Jason-7,
Rachel-6, and Ryan-2.  My children also enjoy OTR, especially on long
trips.
     Well that's about all.  Thanks again for the OTR digest.

Don Busenbark

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:59:58 -0600 (MDT)
From: [removed]@[removed] (Don Busenbark)
To: OTR@[removed]
Subject: Introduction to OTR Digest
Message-Id: <v01510100ade55ed47c5a@[[removed]]>

>
>To:OTR@[removed]
>[removed]@[removed] (Don Busenbark)
>Subject:Introduction to OTR Digest
>
>     I started out with Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" and "The
>Best of Jack Benny" I bought at a music store when I was 15.  Ever since
>then I have been hooked on OTR.  I didn't really begin collecting tapes
>until I was 20. After that i have been buying tapes, right and left.
>Currently I have approximately 600 tapes (give or take 100) with over 1000
>shows.  I have purchased almost all of my tapes from Adventures in
>Cassettes and Radio Spirits.
>     I am 31 years old which makes me somewhat of an anachronism since I
>was born after OTR was popular.  I beleive that OTR is the best
>entertainment available.  I get bored with TV, music and other forms of
>entertainment.  OTR is fun and it is affordable.  I have just entered the
>world of the web and was amazed at all the information available on OTR.
>I am excited to be able to access this information which will help me
>increase my collection.  I hope to put my collection on a database so that
>I could trade or share with other OTR enthusiasts.
>     Personal information about me.  I live in Roosevelt, Utah where I am
>a math teacher and the head football coach.  (I played college football at
>Brigham Young University so I wanted to be the coach)  I use OTR in my
>classroom for problem solving.  5 minute mysteries, Unsolved mysteries,
>and Ellery Queen mysteries work great for problem solving.  I also have a
>game called Audio Mindtrap that has short problem solving questions that
>are played in an OTR format.  My wife's name is Wendy (who is now hooked
>on OTR) and we have been married 10 years.  I have three children:
>Jason-7, Rachel-6, and Ryan-2.  My children also enjoy OTR, especially on
>long trips.
>     Well that's about all.  Thanks again for the OTR digest.
>
>Don Busenbark

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 08:38:22 EDT
From: filfeit@[removed] (Fil Feit)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: WJSV, Sept 1939
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Strange [removed]

Can anyone tell me the name of the musical number they played
at [removed] on Sept whatever?

TIA.
--f2
"We've all got a mission in life
 We get into different ruts.
 Some are the cogs in the wheel,
 Others are just plain nuts."

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