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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 505

Table Of Contents: 

	 Remember WENN
	 Play by play
	 Re:cooking shows on radio
	 Remember WENN, 1940's In Allentown, Pennsylvania  (apgar@[removed])
	 ONE MAN'S FAMILY
	 OTR Trading
	 Network, "Up in Central Park"
	 Quality and Variety and Sturgeon's Law
	 radio versus television

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 09:19:24 -0800 (PST)
From: rleftwich@[removed] (Robert L Leftwich)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Remember WENN
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I also forgot to tape the "Christmas on the Airwaves" segment of Remember
WENN; just as Jerry Purvis did (note his OTR message in the last OTR Digest).

If anyone can send me a VHS dub, please let me know.

Thanks, 
Robert L Leftwich,President
The Leftwich Corporation
[removed] Box 4041
Roanoke, Virginia 24015
540/989-4235 (phone)
540/989-7373 (fax)

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:02:32 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Play by play
Message-ID: <50C0C632017E1B00@[removed]>

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Speaking of sports on radio, I remember my father listening to a radio 
broadcast of a game, sometimes through an earphone, while he watched it 
on 
TV with the TV sound turned down. His reasoning is that the 
commentators on 
radio reported in greater detail, assuming that the listener couldn't 
see 
anything at all.

Joe Salerno
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	[removed] still do this (when I'm in the [removed] and can hear a radio 
play-by-play). Up until he retired, many people did this in Kentucky 
when listening to UK basketball because Caywood Ledford who called the 
radio games was "the voice of the Wildcats" and many people preferred 
his call. While in the [removed] this past summer I listened/watched a 
number of baseball games this way. It's especially fun during the 
commercials!  --Ken MacHarg

Kenneth D. MacHarg  
Casilla 17-17-691  
Quito, Ecuador
Kmacharg@[removed]
FAX: 593-2-447-263                        
Phone: 593-2-466-808

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 15:23:42 -0500
From: Neubacher@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:cooking shows on radio
Message-ID: <961229152341_2087345804@[removed]>

In a message dated 96-12-28 01:14:23 EST, you write:

<< 
 >>3) cooking shows

The WJSV radio broadcast day recording has a program sponsered by Pet Milk
where I believe it's Aunt Jenny gives a recipe for a special desert.  What's
most unique is that she repeats every ingredient and instruction so people
will be sure to get it written down.  I remember that she had a daily show of
which this is only one example.

Bill Neubacher
NEUBACHER@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 15:56:20 PST
From: rfapgar@[removed] (Ronald F. Apgar)
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: rfapgar@[removed], apgar@[removed]
Subject: Remember WENN, 1940's In Allentown, Pennsylvania  (apgar@[removed])
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I can remember as a small child, my mother having the radio on all day. 
It would be on early in the morning to late at night.  She would be
listening to a program called, "The Dawn Patrol," out of Philadelphia,
PA.  She then listened to, "The Breakfast Club," and
sometimes, "Breakfast In Hollywood."  Later on in the morning I remember
the radio was tuned to, "Arthur Godfrey."  In the afternoon it was the
soaps and, "Art Linkletter."  In the late afternoon, I was allowed to
listen to kids shows both local and network, "Captain Mid-Night, Superman, etc.   When my father got home from work, its was the wall to wall
news on WOR from New York City.  Later on in the evening, it was quiz
shows and variety and comedy shows.  Other than the kids shows, my
parents ruled what we listen to on the radio.
 
I don't recall what kind of radio we had.  What ever it was, it was
located in the dining room.
Our dining room was the center of all family activity.  The living room
was hardly ever used.  Everything from visitors to doctor visits were
all done in the dining room.  The first radio that I can remember was an
Emerson portable, which was the size of a small over-night bag.  My
brother bought it for my father, I believe as a birthday present.  One
of
the first things that my Dad did to the radio, was to take out the huge
batteries.  Dad never 
used the radio as a portable.  From that day until it finally died, the
radio always sat on the
dining room table.

 I also remember my folks listening to Walter Winchell.  As a small
child, he spoke of World War II.  Just the sound of Walter's voice would
scare and upset me.  I usually wound up in the living room when he was
on, so I didn't have to hear him.  It was about that time that Mom
bought me a radio of my own for the living room, so I wouldn't have to
listen to Walter Winchell, Gabriel Heatter, etc.  My shows were all the
kids shows that I could find.  My favorites  were, "Big Jon and Sparkie,
Space Patrol, Bobby Benson and Captain Mid-Night."  I also like the variety shows with Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Edgar Bergan, Jack Benny and Fred
Allen, just to name a few.  Then there was the family comedies, "Our
Miss Brooks, Fibber Magee and Molly, Gildersleeve, etc.  I was also a
big fan of the detective and mystery shows on the Mutual Broadcasting
System via WOR in New York City.
Until about 1947, Allentown had only one radio station, WSAN at 1470 kc. 
It was the local NBC affiliate.  Until my Father passed away, he would
always ask me to tune the radio to,
"Allentown."  Between 1947 and 1949, Allentown gained three more AM
stations, but WSAN
was always the, "Allentown Station," to him.
 

 
WSAN produced a number of local shows up to about 1950.  One was a sitcom
that was broadcast every Sunday afternoon, "live."  It was about a
Pennsylvania Dutch couple, the
two actors did both the male and female parts.  Only problem, it was in
the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.  I was a faithful listener as a kid.  I didn't understand a word they said, but I
listened anyway.  WSAN also had a number of live country music shows with
local country groups.  Some of the shows were done at the studios and others were remotes.  When WSAN was located in center city Allentown, they had a nice studio set up.  The first floor was business offices and a
large studio with a stage  and seats for an audience.  The second  floor
had two large studios, master control and another control room.  When I
watch, "Remember WENN," on AMC. It always reminds me of WSAN.  The station is now known as WKAP.  They now place music from the 40's, 50's, 60's
and 70's.  Nothing can ever replace [removed] and my memories of local AM
radio.

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 16:09:29 -0500 (EST)
From: "John R. Pellatt" <bs206@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: ONE MAN'S FAMILY
Message-ID: <[removed]@queen>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

I found a six cassette box of OMF (Book 78, 25 chapters) in the 
audiocassette section of my local public library the other day. Never 
having actually HEARD OMF I took it home, prepared to HATE it.

Sadly, now I'm hooked.

Can anyone help? What happens to Teddy??? She's gone and married that 
loser Elwood but has been called off to KOREA before they can have their 
honeymoon (heh heh heh). 

Although dated and old fashioned, I can certainly understand its charm 
and attraction. BTW, I can't hear Father Barbour without thinkiing of Bob 
Elliott's excellent parody of him on the BOB & RAY show. It helps me not 
get so angry at him (FB, I mean, not Bob E.!)

FYI, OMF Book 78 was issued by Adventures in Cassettes and is copyrighted 
1995 (although I would've thought thought CEM's original copyright would 
still be valid).

John Pellatt
bs206@[removed]
TORONTO

PS Happy New Year.

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 16:18:34 EST
From: jjyellen@[removed] (James J Yellen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: ryellen@[removed]
Subject: OTR Trading
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I'm looking for OTR collectors interested in trading. I'm particularly
interested in getting the following shows:

You Are There (aka CBS and You Are There)
Mystery is My Hobby
Mark Trail
My Friend Irma
Adventures of Leonidas Withenall
Bulldog Drummond

But my collection is varied and I'm interested in many types of shows. If
there's anyone who would like to trade, please feel free to privately
E-mail me. 

Jim Yellen
jjyellen@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 21:03:46 -0500
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Network, "Up in Central Park"
Message-ID: <961229210345_371740836@[removed]>

Thanks to Bill Jaker for the info on "Up in Central Park." Soon as I log off,
I'm going to look that up in a couple of reference books and see what it was
all about.

And, as for mentioning that the Mutual network was created in 1934 -- does
anyone happen to know if Mutual still exists? At one time it was a major
force in broadcasting (or such is my recollection), but MBS never made the
transition from radio to TV, and consequently lost out when the big money and
big audiences shifted over.

Still, network radio keep chugging along. There are NBC, CBS, and ABC outlets
in most major cities. Been years, though, since I've heard an MBS ID.

When and how did Mutual go belly up?

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 96 22:06:27 -0500
From: Gene Bauman <genepen@[removed]>
To: "OTR (Post)" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Quality and Variety and Sturgeon's Law
Message-Id: <04042770101483@[removed]>

-- [ From: Gene Bauman * [removed] #[removed] ] --

>> from Roger Ebert's or Leonard
Maltin's recommendations<<

Don't forget Joel Siegel! He pops up on this list once in a while with good
comments, and may be reading it! ;)


--
                    Keep a good thought  -  Lash Larue

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Date: 30 Dec 96 10:06:19 EST
From: "Robert I. Scherago" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: radio versus television
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

William Miles <bmiles@[removed]> writes:

>>I agree with Joseph M. concerning radio versus television.
>>To me, radio did not insult the intelligence of the listener
>>as television does the viewer.

IMHO, radio and television both pander(ed) to the lowest
common denominator in many of their most popular shows.
Today, we have mindless comedies (3rd Rock, Friends) as
compared with the sophisticated "Fibber McGee," "Our Miss
Brooks," etc. And how can "NYPD Blue" and "Homicide"
compare with "Sam Spade, Detective," and "Mr. Keen?"

Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed all the popular comedies and
dramas from the Radio years, and I enjoy many of the TV
shows today. I also enjoyed the cultural shows on radio in
its heyday, as I enjoy the vast choices offered today on TV.
We had "The Telephone Hour" in the 40's and "Great
Performances" today. We also have cable TV choices such
as Bravo and (unfortunately, not on my cable system) 
Ovation, which are dedicated solely to arts programming.

Radio of the '30's and '40's had some really good programs,
and some really bad ones. (Jack Benny was great, The 
Haunting Hour (I think that was the title) was terrible. Today's
TV Disease-of-the-Week Movies, I think, are simply awful,
but my wife loves them. Radio reflected the times, as does
today's television, and there was and is something for
everyone. While I enjoy OTR and reading this digest with
feelings of nostalgia, I live in today's world, and enjoy today's
entertainment forms.

Mr. Miles concludes, >> I'm not saying all TV is bad,
>>but I daresay 75% of it could be dropped with
>>nothing being missed!

Probably true, and the same could be said of OTR. We
all rember the hits, but what was on the other three
networks? The other 75%!

Just one man's opinion!



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