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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 466

Table Of Contents: 

	 Visit
	 Re: WBBM History
	 Re: Topic Reminder
	 Old radios
	 Bouchercom
	 Thanks for Digital Editing Insigts
	 Boone and Riggs
	 Cassette Decks
	 Re: sheldon leonard

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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 20:28:03 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
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Subject: Visit
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This is mostly to Mike & Dan. Just to let you know that Mom, Tom, Bob,
Jack, Mary & I were joined by Vince Binder at Shapiro's for a sort of
birthday lunch for mom. It was great to have many of us together as we sort
of just shot the breeze and ate great deli food. 

Mom wanted to go there for her lunch. Mary and I spent the night at mom's
along with Jack and we all sat around eating Chinese on Friday night. 

Mom was in great spirits. I drove by Farrington just to see what is going
on and much looks the same. It was strange seeing someone else's car in the
driveway. They put up some tacky looking planters hanging right from the
siding next to the door. There is a new portion of foundation and a bunch
of blocks stacked next to the fence, but as best as I could tell, all
looked pretty much as run down as before. 

Sally Foster is probably worse than before. She spends all of her time in
bed having finished chemo. She has lost her hair and it seems the chemo has
not done much good. I suspect this will probably be her final Christmas,
sad to say. 

We had a great Thanksgiving in South Bend. Spent it with Mary's mom, sister
& brother in law, along with two former students from Notre Dame, one from
China, the other from Thailand. One is now a computer consultant for the
Chicago Trib and the Chinese student has been doing interning with Motorola
working on the new processor chip that will be in the newest Macs and is
expected to be much better than the Pentium Pro. The couple are married
though they have a long distance marriage. 

Turning cold again. Waiting for the sunfun in the south.

Mike, does the condo rent beach umbrellas to protect one when there is too
much sun?  Sounds like Thursday will be slow down there. Bob & Mary said
they will be traveling to see a friend for the day, and Dan will be gone by
then as I believe Tom will be too?  Might have minimal transportation by then.

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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 21:02:12 -0800
From: Jan Bach <JanBach@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: WBBM History
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Hello, again.
Roy Trumbull just wrote:
> There is an article on the origins of WBBM in the Autumn 1996
> Illinois Historical Journal. It started in Lincoln, IL. It
> was owned by Harry Leslie "Les" Atlass and began as an Amateur
> broadcasting station with the call 9DFC.
> Atlass was in the produce and poultry business and eventually
> sold out to Armour.

Roy, are you aware that Chuck Schaden wrote a BOOK about the whole
history of this station, called WBBM RADIO: YESTERDAY AND TODAY back in
1988. He may have written the work on commission; it certainly has a lot
more news about recent newsradio personalities than the OTR stars we
loved in the old days. It's even published by WBBM, at 630 North McClurg
Court, Chicago IL 60611. Despite the lack of OTR stars, it is a
fascinating history by an expert on the medium -- much more than a
simple PR fluff piece -- and may still be in print.

Jan Bach

>

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 20:50:23 -0500
From: LBohall@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Topic Reminder
Message-ID: <961201205020_1520415131@[removed]>

Lou: Thank you! While I enjoy reading about nostalgia of all kinds, my
primary interest is in OTR. Thanks for reminding us. LBohall

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 21:13:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: cbholm@[removed]
Subject: Old radios
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The best place to check out the value or provenance or repair or other 
stuff about old radios is the newsgroup
  [removed]+phono.

The correspondents therein know everything there is to know about every 
conceivable antique electronic device.  They tend to get a bit touchy 
about transistor stuff, coming as it did a bit after the demise of the 
Golden Age of Radio, but I'm sure that they'll be glad to date an old 
Philco 8-transistor.  They'll need the model number, which should be on 
there somewhere.  

I can't use the term Golden Age of Radio without recalling Kathy 
O'Connell's remark on KidsAmerica.  She said that the Golden Age of Radio 
was by far her favorite, far superior to the Iron or Pewter Ages of Radio.

                                 Mark Kinsler


(I think I've got that right, Kathy--forgive me if I've damaged another 
one of your gems.)

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:28:22 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bouchercom
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Today I was in a Super Crown store where mystery author Janet Dawson
was speaking and I learned about an annual mystery writer's convention
called Bouchercom which will be held next year in Monterey, CA from
10/30 to 11/2.
The name comes from Anthony Boucher which was the public name of
Tony White. He was an OTR writer, a writer and editor of mysteries,
a science fiction and fantasy writer/editor, and an authority on
vintage performances of Italian opera. Quite a guy. I knew him from
his radio programs on KPFA, Berkeley in the 50s and 60s.
The address for Bouchercom is [removed] box 26114, San Francisco, CA 94126.

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:37:36 -0400
From: "Stephen Moore" <moores@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Thanks for Digital Editing Insigts
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Thanks to everyone who wrote concerning using digital editing to remove
noise from my OTR tapes.

I am sure this was on the digest, but Murph got into my computer a few days
back, and I lost all my saved copies of OTR digest.

Can anyone tell me where I can buy parts (belts, rollers etc) for my Reel
to Reel Tape Recorder?

Thanks!!

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 21:13:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Bruce Toews <toews@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Boone and Riggs
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Boone and Riggs, then, the two Benny Program auctioneers, each had a
distinctive style, one being lower than the other, for example. Which was
which?

Bruce

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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 22:46:40 -0500
From: RadioClass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cassette Decks
Message-ID: <961201224638_1386842352@[removed]>

Someone was looking for suggestions for a new cassette deck.  I have a
Kenwood KX-W8040 that I bought in January of 1993.  It is a dual deck, with
auto-reverse.  It also has a timer.  I have had no problems at all and I use
it with the timer option every night to record When Radio Was.  I also use it
every Saturday to record Those Were the Days.  Before that, I had a Pioneer
CTW300 that had to be repaired after 2 1/2 years and then replaced 1 1/2
years later.  I use my cassette deck with a Sony receiver that I have had
since February of 1989 (same time I bought the Pioneer deck).  I have had no
problems with my receiver either.  I paid $290 for the Kenwood  in January,
1996.

Anne Walker

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 10:15:29 -0500
From: Joelsiegel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: sheldon leonard
Message-ID: <961202101529_1751508651@[removed]>

i don't have the title but your library will probably have sheldon leonard's
autobiography.
a very impressive guy (royalties to charity by the way), he was one of the
pioneers of the tv sitcom: he discovered mary tyler moore, was expecting a
huge fight when he told cbs he wanted to use bill cosby as a regular on a
series, and would be worthy of the tv and radio hall of fame if he never
played a gangster. or a race-track tout.



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