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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 01 : Issue 162
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
ADMINISTRIVIA: Link graphics, [removed] [Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed]]
sound conventions [Osborneam@[removed] ]
Hitchcock on radio ["Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm]
Re: More Railroad OTR [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
Missing Gunsmoke shows ["Gene Mayo" <oldsarge@[removed]; ]
Re: trains on radio shows ["Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed]]
Elspeth Eric [dougdouglass@[removed] ]
OTR Notables [Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed]]
Maybe I Should Bet The Field ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
twains & OTR ["Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed]]
Hot Copy [otrbuff@[removed] ]
NORTH X NORTHWEST OTR NOTABLE ["stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@ema]
BOB & RAY [HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
Funny Fluffs [George Aust <austhaus1@[removed]]
WBT "Garage Sale" [Udmacon@[removed] ]
Another OTR notable in North by Nort ["B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail.]
MediaBay, Inc. Files Complaint Again [Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed]]
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Date: Thr, 31 May 2001 13:42:30 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Link graphics, [removed]
Folks;
Now that the summer season is finally underway, it's time for yet
another of these infrequent chats. It won't take too long this time, I
promise.
First up, I'd appreciate it if those of you with web pages would
consider giving the OTR Digest Web-based Subscription Form a link, so we
can let as many other hobbiests out there know about our little community.
It's really easy to do; complete instructions are available at:
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There are a couple of graphic "buttons" there you can use (much thanks
to Lou Genco for the original from which these were derived!), as well as a
text link. It's really simple to add to your pages, and is set up such that
it won't take people away from your site (it'll "pop up" a new window,
_without_ using Javascript or any other code). Of course, if you have any
problams adding the buttons to your website, just drop me a note and I'll
do whatever I can to help.
Next, a quick "Thank You!" to those subscribers who have made a
voluntary contribution to keep the mailing list server and The Nostalgia
Pages [removed]'ve made a pretty firm rule of not embarassing
individual contributors by naming them, but their contribution _is_ greatly
appreciated! If you are able, and would like to make a contribution, please
see:
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...for information on how to make your voluntary subscription. (Please
note that no payment is EVER required to receive the Internet OTR Digest,
or to visit The Nostalgia Pages!)
That said, the unfortunate truth is that the server is nowhere near
self-supporting, and the consulting business is carrying most of the lease
and bandwidth fees. So we're in the position of looking for a new, less
expensive place to lease a server or have our hardware [removed]
company which houses our server now is charging a considerable amount per
month, and we need to lower that expense. If you have any recommendations
of companies with reasonable lease/connection rates, and reasonable
bandwidth fees, please contact me privately. And if you are affiliated with
a company that would consider donating equipment or connection/bandwidth
for even as much as a low-bandwidth mail/DNS server, _please_ contact me. I
could really use some recommendations here about good companies with
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cannot lease space on a $[removed] "shared" server and be absolutely
certain all of our data, including _your_ email address, would be safe from
other "prying eyes," so we need to operate, or "root," our own un*x
servers.)
Next, a quickie - if you have any suggestions for polling questions to
use on THe Nostalgia Pages' web-based OTR Voting Poll, drop me a line. I'd
like to reinvigorate the poll after months of neglect, and am looking for a
few good questions. (Apparently _I_ am the weakest link, at least in
thinking up good [removed] ;)
Lastly, if you are the officer of a "real-world" OTR group, one that
actually gets together _off_ the Internet as well as on, please drop me a
note. I'm looking for really short blurbs for your group, along with URLs
to your group's website. More on that in a future post.
And as always, if you have _any_ questions, gripes, or comments about
the Internet OTR Digest, please feel free to drop me a line. I can't
guarantee I'll be able to help, but I will _always_ try.
Charlie
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:42:45 -0400
From: Osborneam@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: sound conventions
Stephen Kallis sez:
There are lots of sound conventions in OTR.
A rifle shot always included a ricochet to differentiate it from a
handgun shot. Airplane engines Doppler in flight even when the action
takes place in the cockpit. Tires always squeal when a car is braking,
etc. These were done as a sort of shorthand so that listeners could be
clued in with what's [removed];>
They appear in television too. Horses somehow manage to whinny out of their
ears since they never open their mouths to do so! Been driving me crazy
for years!
Arlene Osborne
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:43:01 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hitchcock on radio
Jim Stokes wrote:
More trivia -- the house where James Mason is at near the end of the movie
near Mount Rushmore is a REAL house at that "practical" location as the
filmmakers say. :) There was a story about it in at least one South Dakota
paper when the film came out.
Jim is correct. One of the few commercially released Peter Gunn TV episodes
on video actually offers an episode that was filmed in the very same house!
Celia wrote:
Could it be Mr. Hitchcock? He was known for appearing at least once
in each of his films. Did he also cast himself as a character in OTR
episodes? If so, which would these be?
That is partially a myth, but a VERY popular myth. Hitchcock did appear in
many of his own movies, but not in all of his films. The first film he
appeared in was "The Lodger," from 1926. In that movie, he took two roles
(not really full-facial appearances) as a way of keeping the budget down, so
he wouldn't spend more money for extra actors. It later became what he
called a "superstition," and by mid-1930s, he began appearing somewhere in
most of his movies.
Shortly after the premiere of his TV show, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS,
Hitchcock became a celebrity (literally) and he later confessed the problems
that began after the airing of his program.
ìLater on it became a superstition and eventually a gag,î Hitchcock
confessed to Francois Truffaut in August of 1964. ìBut by now itís a rather
troublesome gag, and Iím very careful to show up in the first five minutes
so as to let the people look at the rest of the movie with no further
distraction.î
And in fact, on four different occasions he was seen as late as 20 ñ 40
minutes into the film, even after 1955. Which is why in North by Northwest,
you see him just as the opening credits finish. Hitchcock misses a bus as
the door closes, and the words "directed by Alfred Hitchcock" veer onto the
screen.
Sometimes he was just a passerby on the street, in Family Plot his shadow
was cast through a glass door, in Rebecca he walks past a telephone booth
when George Sanders is inside. In Rope, (more of a one-stage play than a
scenic movie) he took the place of one of the actors outside. *
* For trivia buffs, Hitchcockís ever-familiar profile was seen in the 1948
movie Rope, in the form of a red neon sign!
On radio, Hitchcock didn't get too much involved. In the famed 1940
broadcast of FORECAST, in which his movie, "The Lodger" was peformed, Joseph
Kearns played the role of Hitchcock. (Play it back and you'll hear the
difference.) Since the director recently came to America in 1939, the
majority of the American audience didn't know what Hitchcock sounded like,
so Joseph Kearns played Hitchcock with a British accent. In 1945, Hitchcock
worked with the ABC network to record a pilot episode called ONCE UPON A
MIDNIGHT, a drama entitled "Malice Aforethought" with Hume Cronyn and
Jessica Tandy. In 1946, the same script (changed slightly due to different
script writers) and a Hollywood cast such as John Dehner and Jeff Corey did
another version, then called THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK SHOW (aka THE ALFRED
HITCHCOCK THEATER). Surprise! Everyone who keeps saying "I already have
'Malice Aforethought' in my collection," might want to start searching for
the other version. There are two versions out there floating about.
In 1958, Alfred Hitchcock co-starred with Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff, in
an episode of As Easy as [removed] entitled ìO Is for Old Wivesí Tales.î The
series was the work of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization), and broadcast over United Nations Radio. To
answer Celia's big question, Among all the hosting and narrating of radio
dramas, this would mark Hitchcockís ONLY known acting job on radio.
Sometime during the early 1980s, an anthology series produced in South
America entitled THE HITCHCOCK HALF HOUR, aired over numerous radio
stations. Hitchcock had nothing to do with the show, any more than he did
with the mystery magazine that bore his name. (He was dead by the time the
show was produced). Only a few copies of this show are known to exist, and
rest in the hands of a friend of mine. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OF THESE IN
THEIR COLLECTIONS?!!
JUST A SELECTION OF OTHE RADIO SHOWS HITCHCOCK PERSONALLY APPEARED ON:
(circa, 1938) Hitchcock, on his first visit to the [removed], in a radio
interview with critic Otis Ferguson.
April 13, 1939 The Royal Gelatin Hour
June 27, 1941 and January 22, 1943 Information Please
January 24, 1943 The Texaco Star Theater
March 21, 1948 The Charlie McCarthy Show
January 30, 1949 Screen Directorsí Playhouse ìMr. and Mrs. Smithî Robert
Montgomery and Mary Jane Croft. Hitchcock described one of the scenes in
the original movie.
November 11, 1950 Screen Directorsí Playhouse ìLifeboatî Tallulah
Bankhead and Jeff Chandler. Hitchcock made a few comments about the
production and the actors.
Course, Hitchcock's voice was featured on radio numerous times via short
transcriptions, advertisements for his own theatrical movies.
He did many more, but these are a few. His daughter, Patricia Hitchcock,
confessed that she did lots of NY radio and CA radio. I only have one
recording in which she guessed on. Part One (or is it part two?) of
SUSPENSE's "The Moonstone" from 1953 or 1954, which offered Patricia
Hitchcock in a small supporting role. Does anyone have any other radio
shows she's in? She's asked me once to find some but I have been
unsuccessful.
Martin
(Solicitation made purposely: Much of the info above about Hitchcock on
radio came from the up-coming publication, THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
COMPANION, due for June 13 release. There is an essay about Hitchcock on
radio, as well as a 60+ radio credit listing of Hitchcock's radio work.)
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:43:05 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: More Railroad OTR
David Chamberlain wonders,
In addition to being a fan of OTR I am a railroad buff. I am compiling
a list for a trivia quiz of OTR shows that had trains or railroads as a
part of the content of the show either in the title, the story line, the
sponsor, etc. (Examples: Grand Central Station, The Mysterious
Traveler, The Railroad Hour, etc.) Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
No one has yet mentioned the earliest major railroad-oriented radio
series -- "Empire Builders," sponsored over NBC by the Great Northern
Railroad from January 1929 thru June 1931. This was a half-hour weekly
anthology drama which for its first two seasons presented stories of how
the growth of the railroad northwestward helped spur national expansion
during the 19th Century. The narrator of the program, a character called
"The Old Pioneer" played by actor Harvey Hays, was one of the first (if
not *the* first) of the Omniscient Narrator characters who became so
common during the 1930s and later.
For its third season, the program was moved from New York origination to
the new NBC studios in Chicago -- and began telling contemporary stories
having some connection to the "Empire Builder," Great Northern's flagship
passenger train on the Chicago-to-Seattle run. For this final season,
"The Old Pioneer" became "The Old Timer," and was depicted as a veteran
Great Northern Railroad employee who always seemed to be on the scene
when personal dramas were unfolding on board the train. NBC-Chicago, as
was its custom, gave the program an extremely classy presentation -- only
Hays was retained from the New York cast, with Don Ameche and Bernadine
Flynn among the Chicago actors taking over the dramatic roles. A
locomotive whistle powered by a full-sized steam engine was constructed
on the roof of Merchandise Mart to provide authentic sound effects for
the program.
Nine episodes from the series's 1930-31 season are currently in OTR
circulation, with several others known to exist in disc form in the Great
Northern archives in Minnesota. These recordings, airchecks from KYW,
Chicago, are the earliest known surviving recordings of network radio
drama -- and put the lie to the myth that early dramatic programs were
invariably crude and stilted.
An even earlier Great Northern Railroad program survives, however -- the
special NBC broadcast of 1/12/29 celebrating the dedication of the Great
Northern's Cascade Tunnel in Washington state. This hour-long broadcast
includes a remote by Graham McNamee, who rides the first train thru the
tunnel, as well as speeches by railroad executives and President-Elect
Hoover. Between the speeches, the program is filled out by George Olsen
and His Music in New York, with Phillips Carlin announcing (they open the
program with a rather odd choice for a song celebrating the dedication of
a railroad tunnel, the drunken-dad novelty favorite "I Faw Down And Go
Boom.) Also heard from San Francisco is Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
performing several semi-classical selections as well as "The Star
Spangled Banner," with Jennings Pierce announcing. This program, which
was recorded off the line by Victor, is fascinating listening -- one of
the earliest complete network programs known to exist.
In keeping with NBC policy of that time, the program contains no direct
advertising -- the entire program is one long, subtle,
self-congratulatory indirect commercial for the railroad, with the
ultimate endorsement pitch delivered by the President-Elect himself.
One additional railroad-OTR link worth mentioning involves a locomotive:
in 1930, engineers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad paid
tribute to a favorite "Amos 'n' Andy" character by christening their new
Locomotive #5000 "Madam Queen." Built according to a unique design, and
considered the finest steam locomotive ever owned by the AT&SF, the Madam
hauled freight for 23 years before its retirement, and was ultimately
donated to the city of Amarillo, Texas. The Madam sat and rusted for many
years before a full restoration was undertaken a few years ago by the
Texas Panhandle Railroad Historical Society -- and the locomotive is now
on display in Amarillo, with "Amos 'n' Andy" duly acknowledged on a state
historical marker as the source of its name.
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:43:09 -0400
From: "Gene Mayo" <oldsarge@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Missing Gunsmoke shows
HI Everyone:
I've been reading a silent reader of this page for a little over a
year. I
have a question concerning "Gunsmoke' shows. I can't seem to locate a few
shows. They are:
Ben Thompson - 5/3/52
Dodge City Killer - 5/17/52
Jailbait Janet - 6/14/52 & 6/28/59
Heat Spell - 6/21/52
The Ride Back -6/26/52
Did these shows survive? If they did, do you know where I can get them?
Thanks
Gene Mayo
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:43:12 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: trains on radio shows
Fibber: We just passed the grave of a real old man.
Molly: How old was he?
Fibber: A hundred and twenty.
Molly: What was his name?
Fibber: Miles, from Chicago.
M Kinsler
(working from inaccurate memory)
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:43:15 -0400
From: dougdouglass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Elspeth Eric
The posts about Paula Winslowe got me to thinking about Elspeth Eric, an
actress and writer in radio and television for many years. Is she still
with us?
---Doug
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:48:18 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR Notables
I was tantalized by Stephen Jansen's question, but "Cape Fear" was not a
Hitchcock film. I don't remember seeing Hitchcock in "Cape Fear," but, of
course, he was in the others. A poster suggested Hitchcock as the OTR
notable in all four films ([removed], "The Wrong Man," "Cape Fear," "Vertigo,"
and "North by Northwest." ) I wouldn't consider Hitchcock an OTR notable.
So I don't know the answer. I hope Stephen tells us. I was thinking he
would do so today. It's a great trivia question.
Dennis Crow
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:48:20 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Maybe I Should Bet The Field
Stephen Jansen, speaking of Hitchcock Film appearances, asks,
There IS another OTR notable in Hitchcock's film "North By Northwest".
<snip> . HOW MANY OF YOU CAN GUESS WHO I MEAN?
I dunno. 57? 63? 88? :-)
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 23:13:16 -0400
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: twains & OTR
Hi Gang,
About "Grand Central Terminal" typing here as a dyed in the wool New Yorker
(born here) I've never heard it referred to in the vernacular as a terminal.
We refer to it as Grand Central Station.
And, the producers were correct in taking poetic sonic license with the
effects: diesel - electric, electric and turbine type locomotives are rather
boring to listen to as compared to steamers. And plenty of musical
composers know this too: I can't think of one melody or song that conjures
the image of a train without emulating the sounds of a steamer.
As for radio shows: two of my favorites are the Columbia Workshop "The Man
With The One Track Mind" by Lucille Fletcher and the Suspense of "Case
History On Edgar Loundes" by Robert Tallman". I chose not to further TIE up
this forum with synopses, but if you TRACK me down, then I'll be pleased to
DISPATCH further [removed]
Not exactly OTR, but Reginald Gardiner's tour de force recording of "Trains"
(Decca, January 41)is a must for any train lover with a sense of humor. I
hope that he performed this on radio & would love to know if that occurred.
Come to think of it, another OTR train reference is the opening by George
Olsen's Orch of the Jack Benny Canada Dry shows. It's excerpted from the
band's arrangement of "Beyond The Blue Horizon" (of which they made a nice
Victor 78, that high pitched vocal refrain notwithstanding).
Best
O Gauge Shiffy
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 23:13:21 -0400
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hot Copy
Is anyone out there familiar with a little drama called Hot Copy that
appeared on NBC Red and then Blue between 1941-44? I'm trying to
determine if it could seriously be dubbed a crimefighting show. Several
usually reliable sources I checked indicated that it was little more than
simple dramatic fare, typically melodramatic, with occasional romance
added into the story line. But John Dunning, an almost always
trustworthy scribe, suggests in a one-line assessment that it plays up
"the fictitious murder-solving career of Anne Rogers, newspaper
columnist." Was she, indeed, a newspaperwoman who may have pursued an
avocation as a private eye? If anyone owns a tape of this show
(Hickerson lists none available) and/or is personally familiar with it,
please communicate with me directly at once as to the possibility of its
being an obscure sleuthing series. Thanks.
Jim Cox
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 23:13:24 -0400
From: "stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: NORTH X NORTHWEST OTR NOTABLE
For anyone looking for the OTHER (missed) OTR notable in Hitchcock's
"North By Northwest" who was also in "Psycho", "Cape Fear", "Vertigo", and
"The Wrong Man" - he was also in Brian DePalma's "Obsession", and "Sisters",
and "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" and "Journey To The Center Of The Earth"
and "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and "Mysterious Island" and "The Trouble
With Harry" and "Torn Curtain" and "It's Alive" and "Marnie" and "Jason And
The Argonauts" and "Citizen Kane" and MORE.
I am, of course, speaking of the great composer/conductor Bernard
Herrmann. He did music for LOTS of OTR shows, including: Adventures of
Ellery Queen, Brave New World, The Campbell Playhouse, CBS Radio Workshop,
Columbia Presents Corwin, Columbia Workshop, Crime Classics, Four Corners
Theater, The Free Company, The Man Behind The Gun, Men Against Death,
MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR, Orson Welles Theater, So This Is Radio, and
SUSPENSE, among others.
Benny was a phenomenal composer, his music setting the mood at LEAST as
much as any fine writing, acting, or sound effects could.
His final score was for the Martin Scorsese picture, "Taxi Driver". He
finished recording the last notes of the score on December 23, 1975. He
went back to his hotel afterward, and died in his sleep that night.
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 01:19:45 -0400
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: BOB & RAY
To Bohb Rhett and others who have continued to ask and comment on the Boston
MATINEE WITH BOB & RAY Shows, please contact me directly and I will explain
what I am making available. These were the original shows which I unearthed
many years ago in the basement of the WHDH transmitter. I made copies for
Bob & Ray and the WHDH staff and played them on my daily Boston radio show
many times. They were transferred from the electrical transcriptions to an
AMPEX 601 for 1/2 track reel masters which
I now am re-mastering on to regular CD's (not MP3's). Please write if you are
interested in these shows that I "rescued" years ago. I understand some of
the disks which originally went to a collector in Texas have created some
interest again from what I have been told. LIttle wonder - they were great
"off the cuff" shows
that were (IMHO) far funnier than a lot of the scripted network material of
later years. There were some special disks made too,
as Rhob mentioned. I have had many questions about the Boston shows lately,
and we recently made a disk to raffle off of B&R and
"Remembering Boston Radio" at a luncheon of us old Boston broadcasters.
Working on Edward R. Murrow collection now too.
Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre/Classics
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 01:19:44 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Funny Fluffs
I just finished listening to the March 3rd 1943 broadcast of Fibber
Mcgee and Molly. Harlow Wilcox made a very funny fluff in the program
where he was playing both himself and his twin brother Paul. Well he got
them mixed up and everybody was cracking up, the cast, the audience and
Harlow himself. This show seemed always to have a very relaxed attitude
about such things, always getting a chuckle out of minor gaffs.
This got me thinking about other funny fluffs or embarassing moments on
OTR. Anybody have some favorites?
George Aust
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:14:51 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WBT "Garage Sale"
I've just read this on 78-L and I hope this is also appropriate for OLDTIME-L.
I've never heard of anything like this before, but WBT, Charlotte; certainly
an important and powerful radio station in the history of radio, is having
sort of a "garage sale" this weekend.
And who knows--maybe there'll be some radio transcriptions buried there.
Here's the info:
What: Electronic goodie grab.
Where: WBT Transmitter building basement.
Located on Nations Ford Rd.
Charlotte, NC.
When: Saturday, June 2nd at 9AM,
this time is for CC-AWA members ONLY.
Everyone else will get in at 11AM.
What: Tons of electronic goodies. The basement is
literally full of old and not so old electronic
stuff that has been stored there, some of it for
60+ years.
Who: WBT has offered this treasure trove to the
Carolinas Chapter of the Antique Wireless Association.
We know that there's a lot more there than we
can even haul off so we have also invited the=20
local ham radio community to share the goodies.
How's it going to work?
OK here's the deal, they want the junk (goodies)
cleaned out of the basement, they have brought in
a large dumpster that is going to get it if we don't haul
it off. When we get there we'll go in to the basement
and start picking up the stuff and carrying it out,
IF you want it, take it to your car (van, truck, etc.).
If you don't want it, drop it in the dumpster and go back
and get something else. The point is to help clean out
the basement.
There will be folks there from the station to make sure
no one starts taking apart the 50,000 watt transmitter,
so leave your tools at home.
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Ron Lawrence K C 4 Y O Y
CC-AWA Chapter President & Conference Chairman
email: kc4yoy@[removed]
snail mail: POBox 3015
home phone: [removed]
Visit the CC-AWA web page at:
[removed]
Visit my web page "Radio Heaven" at:
[removed]
tml=20
Brian, John and everyone else,
The answer to the first questions I got,
No, there is no list of the "stuff" in the
basement, and Yes, I have been there.
There is a ton of misc. electronic "stuff"
in the basement of the WBT transmitter
that has been piling up for 60+ years.
I can't even guess what might be buried under
it all.
WBT management wants the space for storage
so the "stuff" has to go.
I don't think they expect us to sweep it clean
but it would be nice to get as much out as
possible since they were nice
enough to allow us to pick thru the goodies.
Is it worth your time to drive from where ever?
That's up to you, I make no promises as to what
you'll find. But I tell you
one thing, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
For those planning to attend the
"Electronic goodie grab" this coming Saturday
at the WBT transmitter site.
Here are the very simple directions.
I-77 exit 4, Nations Ford Road.
Go east on Nations Ford about 9/10 of a mile.
As soon as you head east you'll see the 3 large
towers dead ahead of you.
I don't think you can miss it then, but
just in case the transmitter site will be on
your left thru the double gate.
Please drive around the left side of the
building
and park in the back.
There really are very few rules.
Just don't try to take any of the towers down,
and don't start taking apart any of the
transmitters
that are on the air. There will be someone
there from the station to
approve anything that's carried out.
I sure you'll be allowed to look around
upstairs,
but what we're there after is in the basement.
There's 3 flights of narrow stairs down so be
careful,
the club is not responsible if you try to carry
something TOO heavy and
hurt your back.
If you have some boxes it might make it easier
to carry the goodies out. IF I have room in the
van
I'll try to remember to bring my big hand
trucks.
I think this is going to be a fun day, I have
no idea
what we might uncover down there.
See ya Saturday.
Oh yes, I forgot to answer one other question
when
I sent this,
No you do not have to be a member
of the CC-AWA to attend this or any other
of our club events.
We hope you'll enjoy these events enough that
you'll want to join and help
support us in hosting radio collector events in
the Carolinas.
SOUNDS INTERESTING!
Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:34:51 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Another OTR notable in North by Northwest
Stephen Jansen stated there was another OTR notable in North by Northwest.
Since I love a good mystery, I put on my OTR private eye hat and came up
with Bernard Herrmann! He scored the Hitchcock movies mentioned and was so
instrumental to the golden age of radio (pun intended).
Thanks for the challenge, Stephen.
Barbara
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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:41:34 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: MediaBay, Inc. Files Complaint Against Napster Inc.
Folks;
MediaBay (read: RadioSpirits) filed a complaint against Napster, asking
it to, "filter out and effectively block our programs from being traded."
The complete press release is available at the following long link:
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Note that the press release is titled, "Company Seeks Damages for
Napster's Exploitation of _Its_ Old-Time Radio Programs." (Emphasis mine.)
We will permit discussion of the issue here, but PLEASE let's remember
some ground rules - no personal attacks against anyone, and let's keep it
polite, avoiding "shrillness." We'll permit discussion on the topic until
we see dead equines being flogged; those who prefer not to read about this
topic will, for th enext few days anyway, need to skip past the posts.
Charlie (who thanks his annonymous source bunches)
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