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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 60
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
#OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [ charlie@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
Clark Kent's clothes [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
clear channel AM stations [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
Olan with Soule [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
Superman's clothing [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
ClearChannel Radio [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
DX [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
Supe's clothes [ "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@earthli ]
Eric Blore [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
Frances Langford [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
"Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
The Shadow [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:12:01 -0500
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!
A weekly [removed]
For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio. We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!
Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!
For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:47:36 -0500
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you may
listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio
Theater," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The Glowing
Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station." Streamed in high-quality audio,
on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
SUSPENSE
Episode 450 12-3-51 "A Murderous Revision"
Stars: Richard Widmark
CBS Autolight
SUSPENSE
Episode 450 10-13-51 "A Murderous Revision"
Stars: Howard Duff
CBS Autolight
Program recorded 10-13-51 for broadcast on 12-3-51, but never aired because
of Howard Duff's alleged Communist leanings. This program was redone
starring Richard Widmark
THE MAN BEHIND THE MASTERPIECE
Episode 3 7-30-42 "Leonardo Da Vinci"
SYNDICATED
HOST: Dr. Bernard Meyers
THE KENNY BAKER SHOW
Episode 6 9-23-44 Guest: Larry Adler
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
SPECIAL GUEST: JIM COX
Talks with Tom about his new McFarland book, "Radio Speakers"
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
(CBS) 1/31/49 Karl Swenson stars in "The Devil's Fortune" w/Jackson
Beck.
THE HAUNTING HOUR
(SYND) 1944-46 "The Cat Man"
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Adventures Of Ellery Queen - "Adventure Of The Message In Red"
originally aired November 7, 1945 on CBS
Starring: Sydney Smith, Santos Ortega, Ted de Corsia, Victor Jory as guest
armchair detective, Don Hancock announcing.
Sponsor: Anacin
New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe - "Case Of The Killer Cards"
originally aired January 12, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Sydney Greenstreet, Gerald Mohr, Bill Johnstone, Betty Lou Gerson,
Jay Novello, Howard McNear, Barney Phillips, Don Stanley announcing.
Sustained
Nick Carter, Master Detective - "Case Of The Unwritten Letter"
originally aired July 29, 1945 on MUTUAL
Starring: Lon Clark, Charlotte Manson, Ed Latimer, Humphrey Davis, Jackie
Grimes, Ken Powell announcing.
Sponsor: Lin-X Home Brighteners & Acme Paints
Adventures Of The Falcon - "Case Of The Neighbor's Nightmare"
originally aired February 4, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Les Damon, Ed Herlihy announcing.
Sponsor: Kraft Foods
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:47:21 -0500
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clark Kent's clothes
Dominick wonders what Clark Kent did with his clothes when he became
Superman.
In the comic books anyway, the explanation was that his Clark Kent
clothes were made of a special material that could fold up into a tiny
packet about the size of a book of matches, and he stored this packet in
a tiny pouch at the top inside of his cape (where the label would be, if
capes had labels).
Worked for me.
---Dan
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:47:52 -0500
From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: clear channel AM stations
Hi! As a longtime AM band DXer who is not very active anymore and a radio
historian, I can echo what Ken Piletic and Tim Cronin have said about the
traditional Class I-A clear channel AM stations. I can also add my own
thoughts and experiences. Yes, the clear channels were first set aside by
the old Federal Radio Commission on Nov. 11, 1928. Some of those big 50,000
watt stations changed their frequency or dial position when the AM band was
expanded from 1500 to 1600 kilocycles or kiloHertz. on March 29, 1941 as
part of a North American radio treaty.
However, KFI has been on 640 since May of 1923, and there are likely other
clears that have been at the same spot on the AM dial before 1928. Yes, the
clear channel stations served a purpose when there were less than 1,000
radio stations in the [removed], before and during World War II, when many
rural areas had no radio service at night and the powerful clear channel
stations were heard across the nation at night. This was especially true
during the colder winter months, and less true during the static-filled
summer months.
My father, who grew up in rural Wisconsin just east of LaCrosse, told me
that during the 1930s and '40s, their nighttime radio entertainment would
often be from radio stations like WLS-Chicago, WSM-Nashville and other
far-away cities, along with Milwaukee and Madison.
When I got into real serious DXing in the 1970s and '80s, I think there were
only a few clear channel frequencies that had been opened up in the west.
These included KTWO-1030 in Wyoming, where previously DXers in the west were
able to hear WBZ in Boston; KDWN-720 in Las Vegas prevented us from hearing
WGN; and KOB in New Mexico on 770 kept us from hearing WABC in NYC, except
on rare occasions if KOB went off the air for equipment problems, testing,
maintenence, etc. There was also a new station on 1020 in New Mexico I
heard around 1976, but when it went off the air at midnight, I could still
heard KDKA in Pennsylvania!
I loved hearing with great regularity the Top 40 music of WLS-890; WHAS-840
in Louisville; WCCO in Minneapolis; WCAU-1210 in Philadelphia; KSL-1160 in
Salt Lake City; KOA-850 in Denver; WSB-750 in Atlanta and WWL-870 in New
Orleans.
But during the 1980s, the FCC broke down the clear channel freqiuencies even
[removed] instance, on 880-AM, where we used to hear either KRVN in
Nebraska or WCBS in NYC sometimes, the FCC allowed smaller lower-powered
regional stations on 880, mostly 5,000 day/1000 watts at night or lower
power in California, Oregon, Washington, etc. On 750, instead of just WSB,
we now have other stations on 750 from Utah, Nevada and Montana. The same
goes for 700, 830, 840, 890 and 1210. Can't hear WLS anymore due to a
station on 890 in Utah, can't hear WHAS on 840 with stations on 840 from
Nevada, California, Oregon, etc. It's a mess and it's rare for me to hear
some of the old clear channel stations now with good reception or any
regularity. I recently heard WWL-870 for the first time in years!
Anyway, for fans of OTR history, maybe you recall or read or heard that a
lot of the newspapers, radio magazines and even DX magaxines of the 1930s
and '40s listed these clear channel AM stations with their program listings
because most were NBC or CBS affiliates at that time and could be tuned-in
by the average radio fan of that era. Most of these magazines listed the
times the various high-power clear channel stations would air your favorite
radio shows, and yes, if you missed it in one time zone, you could many
times hear it later on out west, or use it to figure out which clear channel
network affiliate came in best with the least fading!
So, while I was born in 1955, I always liked to hear from my parents about
their radio listening habits when they were younger. And, I enjoyed tuning
into the clear channel AM stations 25-35 years ago, but I sure miss those
days now, due to the continued crowding of the AM band and the "break-down"
of the once sacred clear channel AM frequencies.
Jim Hilliker
Monterey, CA
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:46:46 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Olan with Soule
Jim Burns mention of Olan Soule.
Seeing the mention of Olan Soule in regards to the CHANDU radio series
reminded me that our pal from CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT--and many, many other
television and film appearances [....]
brings to mind that Mr. Soule has a distinction: he was the only actor to
"appear" in both the radio and television versions of CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT.
On the television show, he played Tut, the Science Wizard. On the much
different radio serial, he played Agent Kelly, SS-11, the chief liaison
between Captain Midnight and Army Intelligence.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:48:31 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Superman's clothing
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:42:56 -0500
From: "Cancilla, Dominick" <dcancilla@[removed];
2) When Kent becomes Superman, what does he actually do?
He takes his clothes off and goes around in his underwear. His
Superman costume is his underwear. What he does with his costume
boots has never been explained, so far as I am aware.
What he does with his street clothes has usually been ignored, but
there have occasionally been stories in the comics which he was shown
hiding them somewhere. I seem to remember one story in which he
changed in a barn and hit his clothes under a haystack. Imagine his
surprise when he got back and found that a goat had eaten them!
In the late 50s or early 60s, the comics began to depict Superman
having a pouch in his cape in which he stored his clothes. It was
said that his clothes were made of specially treated fabric, so that
with his super-strength he could compress it to a small package for
storage and then expand it when he was ready to change back.
Fortunately, this small package never managed to slip out of his
pouch while he was in flight.
There have been stories in which Superman has done super-things
without changing, usually in darkness, or with a blind person, or
some such.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:48:45 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: ClearChannel Radio
Chicago's WEN use to be clear channel, but as a every day listener to
WGN I heard station breaks , up to a few years ago would say on thing
like WGN Clear channel radio from Chicago 720 on the dial. Now they
state that the station is heard in 38 states.
For many years in the 90's I spent 7 months in Fort Myers, Florida
about 1400 miles from Chicago. I could get a very weak signal of WGN
around 2:00 AM after other stations were off the air, until 5:00
[removed] an FM station would come on the air with "Good Morning Jamaica"
My radio was still set at 720 AM
South west Florida has the worst radio in the county. Some of the local
stations have a range of 2 [removed]
Frank McGurn
McHenry (50 Miles NW of Chicago) IL.
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:30:07 -0500
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: DX
I thought it was interesting that ham radio folks used abbreviations to
cut down on the amount of text used. This sounds like text-messaging
shortcuts that kids use today. Did any of the ham codes slip into wide
usage, or were they strictly used over the air?
I've never heard any of the ham codes in general use, anywhere. My wife
would attribute this to the typical non-social, non-communicative behavior
of engineers and technicians. However, back in the days of police radio
they developed '10' codes, [removed], "10-4" is an acknowledgement, "10-20" means
'where are you?' and such. These migrated to CB radio and, for a time, into
general usage here and there in the 1980's.
On a more OTR note, I recently listened to an episode of Our Miss Brooks
in which there is great confusion after a radio broadcast of a storm
warning from India is mistaken for a local broadcast. This got me
thinking -- would it have been possible to receive a clear broadcast
from India at that time? In this story, it was over a home-made radio,
if that makes any difference.
Only if it was a short-wave radio, and there's an excellent possibility that
the home-made radio would have been just such a set. The Philmore Company,
that noble manufacturer of inexpensive electronic delights for youngsters,
manufactured just such a radio kit, and I actually built the wretched thing.
M Kinsler
and I never got India on it, either.
512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368
[removed]
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:30:35 -0500
From: "joe@[removed]" <jsalerno@[removed];
To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Supe's clothes
In the very earliest eps the Man of Steel changes to his tights even
though there is no one around to see him. He was careful and secretive
about that in the beginning, yet to my knowledge it was never explained
why he did not want people to see him in costume, or why he bothered to
change if there was no one around or conscious, as the case may have
been, to see him doing a super deed.
So my question, which I've asked before and never got an answer, is when
and how did he become "visible" and recognizable to others? Was that
just a change in the presentation, or did the story somehow explain the
change it attitude?
Joe Salerno
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:26:56 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Eric Blore
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I was listening to an episode of "Which Is Which" hosted by Ken Murray
last night on tape and one of the voices was that of someone named Eric
Blore (sp). It sounded like he was British (or at least was trying to sound
like he was) and it occured to me that he might've played a butler's role on
radio. Does anyone know anything about this performer and possibly some
of the OTR programs he's known to have appeared on? Are any of these
programs available?
Please help.
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:13 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Frances Langford
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I have some questions regarding Frances Langford. I believe she
performed on Bob Hope's OTR show which was sponsored by Pepsodent
and it seems to me she once protrayed the role of Blanche Bickerson
on "The Bickersons". Are there any other OTR programs on which she was a
cast member.
I was watching "The Glenn Miller Story" last night and saw her singing
"Chattanooga Choo Choo". She was quite attractive and had a very nice
singing voice. Was she a vocalist with his orchestra or was she just a guest
performer? Did she ever record any records on her own or was she strictly
a radio performer?
Please, any background would be appreciated (any programs she appeared
on, films, orchestras she sang with, records she made, etc.). Is she still
living? Did her career end after her stint on OTR? Any personal
information?
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:27:40 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand
with the Big Bands"
The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].
Each week we feature four complete shows in MP3 format for
your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden Age of
Radios" and two "One Night Stands."
We present new shows every week or so. The current four programs
will be available on line at least until the morning of February 28, 2007.
"Golden Age of Radio" with Dick Bertel:
This week we offer programs featuring two actors who had long and
successful carreers long after the "Golden Age" in radio and TV
commercials:
Program 36 - March, 1973 - Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck was the son of Broadway and silent film actor Max
Beck. Jackson Beck used his voice to sell everything from toothpaste
and cereal to roach killer and paper towels.
On the radio, he played a variety of roles, including detective Philo
Vance and western hero The Cisco Kid.
Beck was best known for introducing the Man of Steel with the thrilling
words: "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" He
narrated "The Adventures of Superman" on the radio from 1943 to 1950,
and the "Superman" cartoon on TV through the late-1960s. In addition to
narrating Superman's adventures on radio, Beck doubled as villains,
supporting characters and the Daily Planet copyboy, Beany, on the
popular radio broadcasts of the 1940s.
Program 37 - April, 1973 - Mason Adams
Mason Adams was well known for playing the title character on the
popular radio soap opera series Pepper Young's Family throuout the
1940 and 1950s. He was also heard on most of the successful radio
programs during radio's "Golden Age." In the 1970s, Adams was
frequently heard on Himan Brown's CBS Mystery Theater radio series.
He had a regular running role on the Lou Grant TV series for several
seasons and appeared in hundreds of other television series throughout
the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s and '90s and can still can be seen
playing featured roles in films and on TV.
Mason Adams' biggest asset was his voice. He was a very good
actor but his voice was something special. It is definitely one of the
most memorable voices ever in show business.
"One Night Stand with the Big Bands" with Arnold Dean
33 - February, 1974 - George T. Simon and the Vocalists
The subject this week is Big Band Vocalists, with George T. Simon, author of
The Big Bands and Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, and
the foremost authority on the Big Band Era. Simon helped Glenn Miller
organize
his first band, played drums in it, and fostered Miller's reputation through
his
writing for Metronome, The New York Herald Tribune, and other leading
publications.
34 - April, 1974 - Ernie Wilkins
In the course of a long career on two continents, Ernie Wilkins earned a
distinguished pedigree in the art of writing and arranging for large jazz
ensembles. He made his reputation as one of the principal arrangers in the
great Count Basie Band of the early-50s, and enjoyed a creative swansong
with the Danish Radio Big Band after settling in Copenhagen.
In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."
Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:42:14 -0500
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Shadow
My wife and I were listening to an episode of THE SHADOW on Radio Spirits'
radio station the other day and had to turn the car off to go inside, so we
never found out how one particular episode ended. Villains (depicted as
gangsters) managed to acquire a special gas developed by a scientist, and
inject the gas into lightbulbs. After having the lightbulbs planted across
town, as people were turning on the lights, their buildings and rooms were
collapsing due to the explosions. How did the Shadow track them down and
then defeat their plan?
It's one of the few episodes I have never read or heard before.
Martin
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