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Date: 9/13/2008 11:38 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 217
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Superman Dines                        [ Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed] ]
      Re: Superman, eating                  [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@yahoo ]
      Suoerman's food                       [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Howdy Doody on the radio              [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      George Fowler                         [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Yesterday USA                         [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Irving Brecher                        [ Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@sbcglob ]
      Sounds [removed]                       [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Early Days of OTR Catalogs            [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      9-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: LaFontaine and others             [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
      Superman eating                       [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      Midnight DJ whose program was called  [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Who knows when Bill Johnstone starte  [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
      George Putnam has died                [ "Ed Nockels" <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      PRESENTING - The Andothers!           [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      [removed] George Putnam, age 94          [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:25:07 -0400
    From: Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Superman Dines

    Ron Sayles asks,

>     Did Kal-El alias Clark Kent alias Superman have to eat?

    Certainly.  During the radio phase, I suspect his diet was mainly
    Kellogg's Pep (the sponsor).

    One problem in any dramatization is that only highlights of any
    character's activities are presented.  The only time anyone was likely to
    be portrayed eating would be if the action related somehow to the plot.
    Someone eating on a Mr. Keen show, for instance, would be likely to die
    in the act, doubtless a poisoning.  Naturally, on a Nero Wolfe show,
    eating might have been portrayed, as Wolfe was a famous gourmet, but even
    that would have to be plot related for it to be portrayed on the show.

    Virtually every character on OTR shows doubtless brushed his or her
    teeth, washed his or her hands, and bathed, but, again, unless one or
    another of these actions related to the story, it's doubtful any of these
    actions would be heard.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:25:15 -0400
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Superman, eating

    Superman didn't have to eat.  But he enjoyed eating because his super-senses
    made food taste so much better.

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:25:42 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Suoerman's food

>     Subject:  Superman, eating

>     Did Kal-El alias Clark Kent alias Superman have to eat?

    I don't think anyone knows, because none of the episode took place
    during his meal times. No MacDonald's in those days

    What I wonder did Superman perspire, I don't ever  remember Lois saying
    ,while flying over clouds in his arms, "Superman you have BO you should
    use  Lifeboy Soap". Did he Bathe?

    Another question is never took off the Superman uniform, did he
    [removed] than one? It must have gotten soiled during life saving efforts.

    When he returned to Clark Kent he appears with his suit shirt & tie with
    out a wrinkle, after bing dropped in a phone booth. How did he do that.

    Do anyone know where Clark Kent lived in Metropolis?.
     I stay awake pondering these vital questions.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:26:12 -0400
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Howdy Doody on the radio

    Andrew Steinberg asked about the Howdy Doody radio show, saying he has the
    Dec 24, 1953 2nd anniversary program. I have from the discs that were at
    Northwestern a full one hour program from Feb 23,1952; the second half hours
    of Aug 9 and 16, 1952; and one undated excerpt from the end of the first hour
    approx Jan 1952.  When I was a kid I had outgrown the TV show by then but
    listened to the radio show every week.  I specifically remember that I was
    annoyed that there was one week I missed it.

    While the TV show was live, the radio show was transcribed.  I believe the
    two books on the program note that the radio segments were done after the TV
    shows.  Segments were bridged with a catalog of songs that Bob Smith had
    recorded.  The one I remember most is Loch Lomand but none of the programs I
    have include this song.  When my wife and I visited Scotland I made a point
    that we go to Loch Lomand.  It's not easy to get to unless you have a car.
    The famous blooper where the kid says that he f*rted is an out-take from the
    radio tapings.  The incident was one of the many faked recordings on one of
    the Kermit Schafer's early Pardon My Blooper albums until after many years
    Smith felt sorry for Schafer and gave him the actual recording, and the real
    one is on the later albums.

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:26:38 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  George Fowler

    [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     George Fowler moved from Kirkland Washington to Sequim Washington about
>     30 years ago.  He continued with his Great Radio Shows business until
>     he became infirm about 10 years ago.  George is still living in Sequim,
>     a small town on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, but his infirmity
>     has progressed to the stage where it is difficult for him to
>     communicate.

    George was an excellent source. I used to buy from George back in the
    seventies and always looked forward to the massive catalog updates he
    did. I still have them and in fact at one inspired moment, bound the
    catalog book because it was a reference in itself. I communicated with
    him off an on through those earlier years and always he was a helpful
    source.

    Glad to know he is still around though sorry to hear of his infirmity.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:26:47 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Yesterday USA

    I rarely see mention of this on the Digest, at least more than by name, but I
    thought it might be helpful to mention that the YESTERDAY USA network is
    going strong, and for anyone wanting to hear old-time radio shows with hosts
    that offer insightful trivia and informtion, [removed] is one of
    many sources. Walden Hughes, Neal Ellis, Terry Salomonson, Greg Bell and the
    Buffalo, NY Old Time Radio Club. Club members Dick olday, Frank Boncore and
    Bob McDivitt are the primary hosts of the show and local club members make an
    appearance from time-to-time.

    Check out [removed] for schedules. For people like me who never
    get enough of Ed Walker's THE BIG BROADCAST once a week, there's a whole new
    world out there.

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:26:54 -0400
    From: Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Irving Brecher

    Hi gang,

    Irving Brecher, one of the dozen radio comedy writers I interviewed
    for my book "The Laugh Crafters,"  has a new book of his own coming
    out this fall titled "The Wicked Wit of the West."

    I've seen an advance copy, and I recommend it. He talks a lot about
    writing for Milton Berle, "The Life of Riley" (which he created), and
    of course the Marx Brothers. Irv is the only writer with sole
    screenplay credit on a Marx Brothers film; he wrote two and lived to
    tell about it (he's 94 years old).

    Jordan Young

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:27:29 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sounds [removed]

     From: Paul Adomites <padomites@[removed];

>     once during a  recording session he asked Don to "back off a little"
>     ...Don snorted and  said to no one in particular, "This voice can
>     rip the roof off a Fiat, and he  wants me to back off."

    I hope he was joking in his response - with  respect to Mr. LaFontaine, that
    request is a director's prerogative. If not, it's the kind of prima  donna
    thing
    I find distasteful.

    Always thought that Don, and the other gravel-voicers of the era, owed a  lot
    to the Jack Beck template.

    -Craig W.

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:27:48 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Early Days of OTR Catalogs

    What about Golden Age Radio run by Rex Bills of Oregon? If anyone has his
    little black book catalog, I'd love to borrow it to scan it just for ol'
    times sake.

    I remember getting quite a few reels from him, and that he used professional
    reel duplicators and Irish tape.

    Regards
    Joe W

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:27:56 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-12 births/deaths

    September 12th births

    09-12-1888 - Maurice Chevalier - Paris, France - d. 1-1-1972
    actor, singer, host: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "This is Paris"; "Bing
    Crosby Show"
    09-12-1892 - Malcolm LaPrade - d. 7-11-1974
    creator, producer: "The Collier Hour"
    09-12-1893 - Gen. Lewis B. Hershey - Steuben City, IN - d. 5-20-1977
    head of selective service: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-12-1894 - Billy Gilbert - Louisville, KY - d. 9-23-1971
    actor: "NYA Varieties"; "Rudy Vallee Rehearsal"
    09-12-1897 - Richard Maxwell - Mansfield, OH - d. 9-4-1954
    singer, host: "A Friend in Deed"; "Cheer and Comfort"
    09-12-1897 - Walter B. Gibson - Germantown, PA - d. 12-6-1985
    creater of "The Shadow"; writer for "The Avenger"
    09-12-1901 - Ben Blue - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 3-7-1975
    actor, comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"
    09-12-1901 - Sam Bittel - d. 11-30-1994
    orchestra leader: WBZ-WBZA Boston-Springfield, Massachusetts
    09-12-1907 - Louis MacNeice - Belfast, Ireland - d. 9-4-1963
    author: "Christopher Columbus"
    09-12-1910 - Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS - d. 8-28-1982
    broadway conductor: "Madrigal Singers of New York"; "Texaco Star
    Theatre"
    09-12-1910 - Shep Fields - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-23-1981
    bandleader: "Rippling Rhythm Revue"
    09-12-1914 - Desmond Llewelyn - Newport, South Wales - d. 12-19-1999
    actor: Archdeacon Erabazori "Nemesis"
    09-12-1914 - Eddy Howard - Woodland, CA - d. 5-23-1963
    bandleader, singer: "Carton of Cheer"; "Gay Mrs. Featherstone"
    09-12-1915 - Paul Marion - The Bronx, NY
    actor: Husband "Merry Life of Mary Christmas"
    09-12-1916 - Ed Binns - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-4-1990
    actor: "This Is My Story"
    09-12-1916 - William Anderson - Greenville, SC - d. 4-30-1981
    trumpeter: Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra
    09-12-1918 - Ethel Beard - d. 10-15-2003
    actor: "Experimental Playhouse of the Air"
    09-12-1919 - Norma Jean Ross - Fremont, NE - d. 1-28-1983
    actor: "Scattergood Baines"; "Author's Playhouse"
    09-12-1921 - Frank McGee - Monroe. LA - d. 4-17-1974
    nbc newsman: "Meet the Press";"The Great Debate"
    09-12-1924 - Ella Mae Morse - Mansfield, TX - d. 10-16-1999
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Everything for the Boys"; "Jubilee"
    09-12-1925 - Dickie Moore - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    09-12-1927 - Helen Carter - Maces Springs, VA - d. 6-2-1998
    singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-12-1931 - Ian Holm - Goodmayes, England
    actor: Frodo: The Lord of the Rings"
    09-12-1940 - Skip Hinnant - Chincoteague Island, VA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    September 12th deaths

    02-26-1932 - Johnny Cash - Kingsland, AR - d. 9-12-2003
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"
    03-11-1912 - Jerry Seelen - d. 9-12-1981
    songwriter: "Drene Time"
    03-12-1890 - Lou Clayton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-12-1950
    partner: "The Jimmy Durante Show"
    03-16-1891 - Phil M. Donnelly - Lebanon, MO - d. 9-12-1961
    governor missouri: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    03-28-1922 - Lutrelle F. Palmer - Newport News, VA - d. 9-12-2004
    news analyst: "Lu's Notebook"
    04-04-1904 - Martin Wolfson - NYC - d. 9-12-1973
    actor: Second Brother "Into the Light"
    04-04-1932 - Anthony Perkins - NYC - d. 9-12-1992
    actor: "Guest Star"; "Listening to Music with Tony Perkins"
    04-21-1920 - Jim Nabbie - d. 9-12-1992
      lead tenor: (Member of the Ink Spots) "The Four Ink Spots"; "Let's
    Go Nightclubbing"
    04-24-1911 - Arval Hogan - Robbinsville, NC - d. 9-12-2003
    country, bluegrass: "Briarhoppers"
    04-26-1927 - Granny Hamner - Richmond, VA - d. 9-12-1993
    sportscaster" "Sports Hilites"
    05-06-1911 - Frank Nelson - Denver, CO - d. 9-12-1986
    actor, comedian: Anthony J. Lyon "Jeff Regan"; nemisis "Jack Benny
    Program"
    05-10-1911 - Tony LaFrano - NYC - d. 9-12-1961
    announcer: "Family Theatre"; "Johnny Modero: Pier 23"
    05-21-1917 - Raymond Burr - New Westminster, Canada - d. 9-12-1993
    actor: Lee Quince "Fort Laramie"; Ed Backstrand "Dragnet"
    05-26-1924 - Leonard Maguire - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 9-12-1997
    actor: "Navigator in the 7th Circle"; "Evening of Scottish Horrors"
    06-05-1898 - William Boyd - Hendrysburg, OH - d. 9-12-1972
    actor: Hopalong Cassidy "Hopalong Cassidy"
    06-24-1910 - Katherine Locke - Kalakenchu, Russia - d. 9-12-1995
    actor: (Wife of Norman Corwin) "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    07-24-1907 - Glenn Riggs - East McKeesport, PA - d. 9-12-1975
    announcer: "Musical Varities"; "Hop Harrigan"; "Boston Blackie"
    08-02-1905 - Ruth Nelson - Saginaw, MI - d. 9-12-1992
    actor: "Arch Obler's Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"
    08-07-1883 - Reinald Werrenrath - NYC - d. 9-12-1953
    baritone: "Old Company Program"
    08-07-1908 - Dave Bacal - NYC - d. 9-12-1986
    staff organist for CBS
    08-11-1911 - Jerome Chodorow - NYC - d. 9-12-2004
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-22-1910 - Rod Brasfield - Smithville, MS - d. 9-12-1958
    comedian: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-16-1893 - Carl Carmer - Cortland, NY - d. 9-12-1976
    historical advisor: "Cavalcade of America"
    10-20-1889 - Robert Fiske - Griggsville, MO - d. 9-12-1944
    actor: Speed Robertson "Air Advs. of Jimmie Allen"
    10-23-1871 - Rev. Dr. Karl Reiland - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-12-1964
    clergyman: 15-Minute NEWS commentary program for NBC
    11-03-1933 - Jeremy Brett - Berkswell Grange, England - d. 9-12-1995
    actor: "Barretts of Wimpole Street"; "Mendelssohn and Elyjan"
    11-15-1879 - Lewis Stone - Worcester, MA - d. 9-12-1953
    actor: Judge James Hardy "Hardy Family"
    12-06-1900 - Robert Effros - London, England - d. 9-12-1983
    trumpeter: "Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra", "Your Hit Parade"
    12-14-1898 - Lillian Randolph - Louisville, KY - d. 9-12-1980
    actor: Birdie Lee Coggins "Great Gildersleeve"; Sapphire's Mama "Amos
    'n' Andy"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:28:07 -0400
    From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: LaFontaine and others

    on 9/11/08 9:26 AM, Bob Cockrum wrote:

>     Another voice that comes to mind for previews (that's what we
>     called them in West Texas 'cause that's what it said on the
>     screen - "Previews of Coming Attractions!") is Marvin Miller.

    And let's not forget Ken Roberts, who narrated to Reel-Art re-release
    trailers of the classic universal horror films during the 1950s.
    --Anthony Tollin

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:28:42 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Superman eating

>     Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:04:05 -0400
>     From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];

>     Did Kal-El alias Clark Kent alias Superman have to eat?

    It probably depends on which incarnation of Superman you are looking
    at and which era.  For awhile in the 1960s, until the mid-1980s, in
    the comic books, he was pretty indestructible.  While I don't
    remember any specific mention at the time, it may well be that he
    didn't have to eat.

    But in the early 1950s, in the first Superman comic book that I ever
    saw, there was a story where the villains had caught Superman with a
    piece of kryptonite.  In later stories, prolonged exposure to
    kryptonite was itself fatal to Superman, but at that time, it simply
    made him too weak to move.  The criminals decided that while Superman
    was indestructible, he had to eat and drink like everyone else, so
    they just kept him there, intending to starve him.

    The narration says that his body becomes increasingly emaciated, and,
    in delerium, he happens to focus his heat vision on the floor under
    the kryptonite.  This burns a hole in the floor, causing the
    kryptonite to fall to the floor below.  Superman manages to recover
    at least enough to make a rope from sheets and his cape and get out
    the window.  He doesn't seem to remember who he is or that he can
    fly, etc., and for awhile, he only remembers who he is when the moon
    is out.  I believe some version of this story may have also appeared
    on the radio show.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:28:51 -0400
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Midnight DJ whose program was called Dwayne's
     Domain

    In the late 50's and early 60's there was a DJ  out of WHO in Des Moines,
    Iowa who called his program Dwayne's  Domain.  I once sent him a tape on
    which I
    gave him some kind of personal  message.  He replied on tape and was somewhat
    surprised that I knew to have  the tape so that it could be listened to with
    a full track recorder.  This  I knew from hanging out at KPOW in Powell,
    Wyoming.

    Anyway anyone heard  of Dwayne? What happened to him?

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:36:00 -0400
    From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Who knows when Bill Johnstone started as the
     Shadow?

    When did Bill Johnstone start as the Shadow? I thought it was 1939, but I
    don't have Dunning's "_On the Air_ handy at the moment to check if he gave a
    1939 date; and Jerry Haendiges' log say Johnstone started in September 1938.
    Thing is, I thought Orson Welles had stopped portraying the Shadow _after_
    the Oct. 30, 1938 _Mercury Theatre_ "War of the Worlds" broadcast, when the
    whole country now knew the name behind that voice (presumaby like the later
    _superman_ broadcasts, where Bud Collyer wasn't initially credited, the
    makers of _The Shadow_ didn't want an actor to be associated with their star
    character). Is that incorrect? Did Orson Welles actually leave the role of
    the Shadow _before_ "War of the Worlds" made him a household name?

    I ask because I recently bought the Radio Spirits' collection "The Shadow
    Radio's Greatest Man of Mystery." The episode titled "Death Stalks the
    Shadow" is dated 10/9/38 (a date Haendiges confirms in his log), and while it
    sounds like it was recorded by a machine with low batteries, it's Johnstone's
    voice. Which either means the date's wrong, or whatever source (Dunning or
    someone else) that apparently gave Johnson's start date as 1939 is wrong.
    Does anyone know which?

    Actually, I can see 1939 being wrong, given Welles' sudden notoriety. I could
    see Johnstone starting with the first broadcast in November, if Welles did
    leave the part as a result of "War of the Worlds."

    Rick

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:36:36 -0400
    From: "Ed Nockels" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  George Putnam has died

    Just got word that George Putnam has died at the age of 94. His career spanned
    seven decades, from WDGY in Minneapolis in 1934 through several network news
    jobs (that is him on the last newscast of the WJSV 9/21/39 set, isn't it?) to
    being a Southern California radio and TV fixture since 1951. He still had a
    radio show on suburban station KCAA that he was contributing reports to during
    his final illness. He also had a sense of humor about himself, being delighted
    when he learned that he was the inspiration for the Ted Baxter character on
    "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

    Ed Nockels

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:37:30 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  PRESENTING - The Andothers!

     From: seandd@[removed]

>     Check out the coverage of the 2008  Friends of Old Time Radio Convention in
>     yesterday's New York Daily News by  the intrepid David Hinckley.

    Dear David is beyond intrepid; he is ever-faithful, and a true believer.  His
    column is one of the last in a major newspaper to cover Radio in all its
    forms: Network Era, DJ, Modern Audio Drama, and all things in between.

>     David's information was a little out of
>     date so he reported that Peg  Lynch is coming (she isn't any longer, sad
>     to report).

    To our added loss, neither are Simon Jones, Bob Hastings, and a  few more who
    had planned to attend. But as the Press Release info in David's  article
    mentions, "...and [removed]" will be on hand to take up the slack:

    Such folk as Listers Michael Gwynne, Bobb Lynes, & Barbara  Watkins; leslie
    Shreve, & Kevin Scullin - who between them, have literally  decades of
    experience in Radio, Voice Over, Recreation, and all the rest.*

     A 21-Mic Salute here to Jay Hickerson and Stalwarts, for the  over 30 year
    heritage of FOTR!

    Come out and hear (and see) us.
    -Craig Wichman
    *(who is both proud and humbled to be among that  number)

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    Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:37:57 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  [removed] George Putnam, age 94
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

    It seems OTR-era announcer and latter-day radio talk show host George Putnam
    has passed on as one can see from accessing this link:

    [removed];pt=todaysnews
    <[removed];pt=todaysnews>

    One write-up I saw referred to him as the last-known survivor/participant of
    the 09-21-1939 CBS/WJSV (Washington DC) "Complete Broadcast Day."

    I remember when helping Jim Cox (along with Claire connelly and Jim Widner) do
    research for  his reference book "Radio Speakers," that much confusion arose
    from there having had been two OTR announcers with the name "George Putnam."
    Of course, adding to the confusion was the contemporaneous publisher with the
    same name from the George Putnam's Sons empire who was married briefly to
    Amelia Earhardt.

    Would some nice and kind OTR historian out there in the ether clarify the
    George Putnam dosiier for me? Thanks in advance.

    Derek Tague

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