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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 98


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Re: otr Digest V96 #96
	 Hartz Mountain Canaries
	 NBC in Chicago
	 WW2 Propaganda Broadcasts
	 WRVO OTR
	 BOB BAILEY / JOHNNY DOLLAR
	 Poetry of the golden era of radio

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:53:16 -0500
From: EricRhoads@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: otr Digest V96 #96
Message-ID: <960313115316_167574118@[removed]>

I'm excited about the OTR convention in Cinncix but have to be at the NAB in
Vegas at the same time, so I've made arrangements with Bob Burchett to have
my book available at the convention at a special convention price. Its
normally $40. and will be sold at $35. Only sending four cases (48 books) so
let Bob know if you're going to want one of them. If you're unfamiliar, it
came out in December and is a coffeetable book of 975 rare photos covering
radio decade by decade form the pre-20's era to today. 
Eric Rhoads, author of BLAST FROM THE PAST: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF RADIO'S
FIRST 75 YEARS ($[removed] Streamline Press: 800-226-7857)

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Date: 13 Mar 96 12:48:13 EST
From: Lee Levan <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Airwaves <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Hartz Mountain Canaries
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In issue 92, Ken Piletic picked up Joel Siegel's thread regarding the Hartz
Mountain Canaries, and shared with us his research findings.  To recap, Ken
wrote


>> In issue 89, Joel Siegel commented that the Hartz Mountain Canaries and the
American Radio Warblers were competing shows. 

>> Dunning, Buxton-Owen, Terrace, and Rhoads do not mention the Canaries at all.
Hickerson and Lackmann both side with me, ie, The American Radio Warblers and
the Hartz Mountain Canaries are one and the same.  
>> Then I decided to play my one and only program of the Hartz Mountain
Canaries. The announcer, Jess Kirkpatrick, refered to the birds as THE MASTER
RADIO CANARIES.  The Sponsor is Hartz Mountain, so we know for certain that the
Hartz Mountain Canaries are also known as the Master Radio Canaries.

This sent me flitting off to my library where I found the following in the
Swartz/Reinehr Handbook of Old-Time Radio (ISBN 0-8108-2590-2),  a reference
which has received mixed reviews here on the digest. 

The American Radio Warblers
MBS, 1937-1952
  A 15 minute Sunday afternoon novelty program sponsored by Hartz Mountain Pet
Food ...
Over the years the show was also called the Hartz Mountain Canaries,  American
Radio Canaries, Canary Pet Show and Marter Radio [removed]  
At least three episodes are available.

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:47:30 -0500 (EST)
From: SAH@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: NBC in Chicago
Message-id: <01I2AIPHD7JQ8WWSKY@[removed]>

While visiting the Chicago Broadcast museum on internet ([removed]~
[removed]) I came across a great quite from the NBC vice president
ballyhooing NBC opening the Merchandising Mart studios.  "Mr. Aylesworth
told of his pride in the square deal reputation of NBC and its associated
stations might supplant the press, because, he indicated, radio can give
only the headlines.  He closed by expressing satisfaction that Chicago
'from where the finest radio acts and programs are coming is to become
the radio center of the world.'....

Mr. Aylesworth critized the 'transcription' program as unprogressive,
but said that perhaps it is better to have good phonograph records than
poor talent from stations unable to present high class living voices and
music.  'If radio is to become a self-winding phonograph than I feel that
people might as well play records themselves and save the crowded air
channels for the LIVING voice.

We spent $6,[removed] for broadcasting the songs of four live canaries last
year on one of our morning noncommercial programs, when we could have
used a phonograph record and saved practically the whole amount.' His
assessment of the concrete policy of NBC." . . . . . October 1930

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 19:55:47 -0500
From: Vince6944@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WW2 Propaganda Broadcasts
Message-ID: <960313195546_350400580@[removed]>

I am looking for a source that might offer Propaganda Broadcasts from the
World 
War 2 era, such as Lord Haw Haw and others. Any information or leads would be
appreciated.

 Thank You,
   -Vince-

e-mail to:  Vince6944@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:16:26 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kathy O'Connell" <oconnell@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: WRVO OTR
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Just a note to applaud the expansion of otr on the WRVO networkd of 
stations.  Awhile back, I was driving home from Rochester (to 
Philadelphia) and was delighted to be able to listen to otr for a big 
chunk of the ride through upstate New York.  Beautifully presented, with 
a variety of shows.  This is a fine program.  And I assume that listener 
support for the program is strong.

All in all, the WRVO network of stations has sustained me through many 
long drives through New York.  Thanks much.

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 22:01:50 -0500
From: mendosan@[removed] (C. Stevenson)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: MikeTimble@[removed]
Subject: BOB BAILEY / JOHNNY DOLLAR
Message-Id: <v01510100ad6d395da73d@[[removed]]>

IN RESPONSE TO:

>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:40:06 -0800
>From: MikeTimble@[removed]
>To: [removed]@[removed]
>Subject: Bob Bailey
>
>Does anyone know if Bob Bailey of  Johnny Dollar fame is still alive?
>
>Mike Timble
>Chicago

Mike -

A year or so ago, I heard Ed "Joy Boy" Walker on WAMU's "Big Broadcast" say
that Bob had "died in a New York hotel room" some time back.  No details.

I listened to this show religiously on the Armed Forces Radio in Tokyo,
back in the '60s, and look forward to hearing it again.

Charlie Steveson
Reston, Virginia

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Date: 14 Mar 1996 08:30:03 +0008
From: "Belanger Walter" <belanger_walter@[removed]>
To: "OTR" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Poetry of the golden era of radio
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Andrea Selch in Vol 96 #92 was inquiring about poetry shows during radios
golden era.
  At an oldbook store I came across a volume of Ted Malone's "The American
Album of Poetry". This is one of several collections of poems that he read on
his radio program "Between the Bookends". According to the dust jacket he was
on three major networks during his fifteen years of regular broadcasting. His
program was on every weekday between 1929 and 1944 when he became a war
correspondent on the Blue Network.
He later hosted a show called "The American pilgrimage" every Sunday afternoon
for two seasons.
  You can E-Mail me directly if you need more info.
           Walt Belanger

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