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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 53


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Orson Welles Shadow Log
	 Big Band information needed
	 Squeal alert
	 Make your own AM antenna
	 LONE RANGER info needed!
	 Whats Your Favorite Sound Snippet?

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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 23:50:53 -0500
From: rcorn00@[removed] (r cornwell)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Orson Welles Shadow Log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

M T Packett requested a log of Orson Welles Shadow episodes.  According to
The Shadow Scrapbook written by Walter B. Gibson, the following are the
Orson Welles Shadow episodes:

Season Number 4 (1937-1938) starring Orson Welles (Lamont Cranston), Agnes
Moorehead (Margo Lane), and Ken Roberts (announcer); sponsored by Blue Coal
over the Mutual Network Sunday - 5:30 - 6:00 [removed] EST

09/26/37        The Death House Rescue (By Edward Hale Bierstadt)
10/03/37        The Red Macaw
10/10/37        Danger in the Dark
10/17/37        Murder by the Dead
10/24/37        The Temple Bells of Neban
10/31/37        The Three Ghosts
11/05/37        Death Rides the Skyway
11/14/37        Terror Island
11/21/37        The Ruby of Modoc
11/28/37        Circle of Death
12/05/37        The House of Greed
12/12/37        The Death Triangle
12/19/37        Cold Death
12/26/37        The Voice of Death (by Carl Bixby)
01/02/38        The Idol Talks
01/09/38        The League of Terror
01/16/38        Sabotage
01/23/38        The Society of the Living Dead
01/30/38        The Poison Death
02/06/38        The Phantom Voice
02/13/38        The House of Horror
02/20/38        Hounds in the Hills
02/27/38        The Plot Murder
03/06/38        The Bride of Death
03/13/38        The Silent Avenger
03/20/38        The White Legion


The Shadow -1938 Summer Season starring Orson Welles (Cranston), Agnes
Moorehead (Margo), and Ken Roberts (announcer); syndicated by Goodrich
Safety Silvertowns.

Dates and times vary with locality
The Hypnotized Audience
Death from the Deep
Firebug
The Blind Begger Dies
Power of the Mind
White God
Aboard the Steamship "Amazon"
Murders in Wax
Message from the Hills
The Creeper
Tenor with a Broken Voice
Murder on Approval
The Tomb of Terror
Death Under the Chapel
Caravans of Death

Mr. Gibson goes on to state that "Blue Coal sponsored "The Shadow" over a
number of stations on the East Coast each year, including the station of
origin, WOR.  A number of other sponsors handled the broadcasts in other
regions, including Sears, Roebuck; Koppers Coke; and Red Valley Coal Company
(in Canada)."

Orson Wells also starrred in the 1939 Summer Season which were repeats of
the 1938 Summer Season - 15 Broadcasts.

Hope this helps with the log and data on Welles Shadow broadcasts.

Bob Cornwell

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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 96 00:45
From: "bill harris" <billhar@[removed]>
To: "otr digest" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Big Band information needed
Message-Id: <m0tklmE-000YQTC@[removed]>

I am putting together a tape for a museum of programs that would have 
been heard on the radio in 1936, and I need some information on the big
bands of that era. Can someone tell me who were the popular bands of
1936 and what songs they were playing that year? Any information 
appreciated.

Many thanks,
Bill Harris - Roanoke, Tx
billhar@[removed]

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Date: 09 Feb 1996 10:13 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <@[removed]:henry@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Squeal alert
Message-ID: <02091996101327um@[removed]>

It might be interesting to trace which brands of old tape seem to be
consistent in their behavior.
I have reels that go back through the squeal zone that have suffered no
ill effects.
In this particular case, I can identify the reel, since it came off of
an audiotape formula-10 reel.
So, be interesting if others on here who have reels that go back to the
early '70s have had trouble with this brand.
Interestingly enough a brand of reel that seems to have come through
unscathed is Capital.
Again, interested if others on here have noticed the same.
I remember being told that capital was supposedly rejected formula-10.
Sounds like they got the wrong batch.

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   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:10:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Dan Hughes <dhughes@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Make your own AM antenna
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In response to the query from the guy wanting to hear WMAQ from Wisconsin: 
several years ago, POPULAR ELECTRONICS printed an article on how to build
your own AM radio antenna booster.  You can buy a commercially-made unit
for $60 or $70, or you can make your own for a couple of bucks.  It is
fairly easy to construct; you need a yardstick, some wire, and the tuning
capacitor from an old transistor radio.  I have built several, and they
work like magic.  You put the unit next to your radio; there are no
physical connections.  If you'd like a photocopy of the article with the
plans, send me a stamped, self-addressed envelope.  
   Dan Hughes
   WPCD, Parkland College
   2400 West Bradley Ave
   Champaign IL 61821

  I also have a GE Superradio, and it runs rings around ANY shortwave 
radio I've used in regards to picking up distant AM stations.
         ---Dan

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 12:23:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: LONE RANGER info needed!
Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>

Hi [removed]

   No digest for a couple [removed] hope there aren't problems somewhere (?)
Maybe everyone has been too busy to post.

   Anyway, I'm looking (again) for information on where to obtain Fran
Striker Jr's biogh of his father, Fran Striker.  Has this been printed?
Out of print?  ANYONE know more about it and where to obtain it?  A close
friend is doing research and needs to locate this book. Can anyone help?

   Best regards,

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|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|
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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 18:53:23 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Whats Your Favorite Sound Snippet?
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

The "Essential OTR Program" voting is still ongoing.  I may post an interim
summary soon.  Meanwhile, along the same line, what is your favorite OTR
sound snippet?  Would you vote for The Shadow's laugh, The Whistler's
Whistle, Jack Benny's "Now, Rochester!" or some other sound or phrase that
occurred in an OTR broadcast?  Which sound bytes are most memorable to YOU?
George Burns' "Say Goodnight, Gracie", Fibber McGee as he opens his closet,
Lou Costello's "Hey, Abbottt!", some of Charlie McCarthy's or WC Fields
witticisms?  Dust some of the cobwebs out of your craniums, and see if you
can remember many.

As usual, start your "voting" here, and I'll add a "polling place" to my WWW
site when enough candidates have appeared.

Lou
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