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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 259
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Canada Lee - a second & modified aut [ khovard@[removed] ]
Paul Frees interview [ Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed]; ]
Stereo Sound and TV [ "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed] ]
Re: Jack Carney [ RadioCM25@[removed] ]
Early stereo broadcasts [ W4CU@[removed] ]
Re: New York City station WMCA [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
House of Mystery [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
Gordon Macrae's family [ "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
Re: Old Stereo [ Steve Salaba <philmfan@[removed] ]
Ma Perkins [ "schickedanz" <schickedanz@[removed]; ]
Radio stars' sidelines? [ "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
Reality [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
Let George Do Don Lee [ "Welsa" <welsa@[removed]; ]
old-radio on 18-inch disc [ "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed] ]
Lux Radio theater [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
Stereo OTR/OTV [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
early 'stereo' [ "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed] ]
When Radio Was content [ Bill Wilson <wmewilson@[removed]. ]
LOC - pt. 2 [ dabac@[removed] ]
When Radio Was [ "Mike Kerezman" <philipmarlowe@eart ]
Answers [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
LOC Holdings [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
MP3 CD-Rs on DVD players [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
Stereo sound on TV [ "Andrew Emmerson" <midshires@[removed] ]
Rod & Charles -- CBC radio [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
stereo sound via TV/radio [ Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed]; ]
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:28:11 -0400
From: khovard@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Canada Lee - a second & modified author's
request
My friend, Frances has sent a modified version of her request for
information about shows in which her late husband, Canada Lee appeared.
She is writing a book about Lee and would like to obtain copies of these
shows (and in some cases obtain the dates of their broadcasts). If need
be, Frances will pay any reasonable amount for the copies of the shows.
If you can help, please contact me
1. "The Big Story" (INNOCENT MAN CONVICTED. A REPORTER BECOMES
INTERESTED AND EVENTUALLY HELPS TO CLEAR HIM. TRUE STORY. CANADA LEE
PLAYS PART OF CONVICTED MAN, JAMES GOODWIN.) WNEW -it may have been 1941.
2. "Eight To The Bar" (7/24/41
3 'The Lionel Hampton' Show with Canada Lee as [removed] 4/10/48 - WNEW The
show may have been 4/10[removed] 2/13/48
4. YOU ARE THERE - ' The betrayal of Toussaint'
5. 'Her Name Was Truth' - About Sojourner Truth.
6. Destination Freedom-'We have Seen Lincoln">
7. Frederick Douglas
8. What year did the American Negro Theatre do 'Scrooge'? Frances
just has an excerpt of this one
9. Canada Lee as George Washington Carver.
10. 'Eight to the Bar' - STORY OF PINE TOP, THE PINE TOP STYLE, THE
DADDY OF THEM ALL. (FICTIONALIZED)
11. Canada Lee as engineer, Ben Harper
Howard Blue
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:19:25 -0400
From: Ben Ohmart <bloodbleeds@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Paul Frees interview
The interview is on tape and I have no way of making
an mp3 of it. It's a 1982 interview from Denver. Am
seeking other interviews, pictures and info on Frees
too. Thanks.
=====
Check out Fibber McGee's Scrapbook, a new otr book!
[removed]
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:33:28 -0400
From: "Dave DiSisto" <ddisist1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Stereo Sound and TV
"Did they have stereo effect sound using rado and TV?"
I am quite surprised that no one has mentioned that this was done on a
regular basis for a short period of time. It was done when ABC broadcasted
a Wednesday night edition of the Lawrence Welk program. You would use two
AM radios. Both tuned to the same station. You had to tune one radio
lightly to the left of the exact channel and the other radio lightly to the
right of the exact channel. As you can imagine, it didn't work well and the
Wednesday night show didn't last very long. I was quite young at the time,
at most very early teens, and tried it much to my parent's dismay.
Dave DiSisto
EMail: ddisist1@[removed]
Web Site: [removed]
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:33:31 -0400
From: RadioCM25@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jack Carney
He enters the Radio Hall of Fame at the annual meeting of the group in
Chicago in November. 4 hours of Jack Carney excerpts will be on KMOX this
Sunday with his son, John, moderating, probably at the usual time of his
show. I'll forward the exact time when it is confirmed. KMOX as 1120 AM, a
50,000watt station usually received all across the USA well at night.
Chick Meyerson
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:33:33 -0400
From: W4CU@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Early stereo broadcasts
I was on the engineering staff of KSTP-TV from 1954-1962 and deeply involved
with the 26 rank Wurlitzer pipe organ that we refurbished and installed in a
special addition to the TV studios in Minneapolis. The late, great Leonard
Leigh was the organist who presided over the organ on weekly programs on both
TV and AM radio
(1500 KHz). When we installed the organ we had miked it for stereo, and the
montoring in the studio was binaural. Quite a few of the Saturday night
telecasts were done in stareo by utilizing KSTP-AM, along with verbal
instructions as to where to place our TV and AM radio with relation to each
other. I'm not privy to any figures concerning the listenership at the time,
but I do know from talking to the organist that the venture was at least
moderately successful. John Reinke
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:03:40 -0400
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: New York City station WMCA
khovard@[removed] writes:
Can anyone tell me which radio station succeeded radio station WMCA?
The last I heard, WMCA still exists. It airs a religious schedule rather
than a mainstream commercial secular format, but it's still there.
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:11:35 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: House of Mystery
Misty asks,
Can anyone help me with The House of Mystery? <snip> [It]was a 15
minute show (as so many of the serials were) that completed a story every
week. The premise was to set you up with spooky and mysterious happenings
and then in the last episode on Friday a "natural" cause would be
revealed, to show that the "supernatural" wasn't real after all
When I was young, I heard its 30-minute incarnation. Rather than a
15-minute serial format, the half-hour version was complete in one
episode. The host of the show was "Roger Elliot," a fictitious persona
played by John Griggs, who also narrated the stories. He was supposed to
be some sort of scientist who demonstrated that all the apparent
supernatural goings-on in the story were really natural phenomena that
could be explained naturally. The idea was the same in both versions:
he'd explain to some preteens how a phenomenon "really" happened after
relating a really spooky story. I remember one where someone was driving
along heard something on the order of "You are going to die" in spooky
tones. On that show, it turns out that _coincidentally_ the pavement was
cracked in such a way that driving over them at some velocity that
produced the "words." Roger Elliot noted that some highway engineers
were experimenting with the idea of deliberately grooving the roads to
broadcast warnings to drivers, such as "blind curve ahead." Some of the
naturalistic explanations were a bit farfetched.
There don't appear to be too many copies of The House of Mystery
available, alas.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:49:09 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Gordon Macrae's family
Gordon Macrae was married to and divorced from actress/comedienne Sheila
Macrae, still living. They had four children: Meredith, Heather, Bruce and
Gar. Although Gordon seems to have been the only family member on radio,
Sheila, Meredith and Heather all had performing careers. For those
interested, here is some info about them:
Sheila Macrae, singer/actress/comedienne, was one of the first female comics
and a friend and frequent co-star of Lucille Ball. She also performed in
plays and nightclubs, and played Alice Kramden in Honeymooners sketches on
the late 60's Jackie Gleason Show. (Not the old black and white episodes --
that was Audrey Meadows). Her autobiography is called "Hollywood Mother of
the Year: Sheila Macrae's Own Story."
Meredith Macrae died in July, 2000 at age 56 after a long struggle to
recover from 1999 brain tumor surgery. In 1953 at age 7 she made her screen
debut with her father in the film, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." She
had roles in the tv shows "Petticoat Junction" and "My Three Sons,"
interviewed children of celebrities on her own daytime show "Born Famous,"
and produced a one-hour television special, "A Second Chance: Surviving
Alcoholism," about her family's effort to help Gordon MacRae recover from
alcoholism.
Heather has had a long singing/acting career, notably including a role in
the musical "Hair" in 1970. In 1999 on the closing night of Eighty-Eight's,
a longstanding New York City cabaret, she performed a well-received tribute
to Gordon Macrae called "Songs for My Father".
Sheila and Meredith both recorded various audio books for Dove Audio.
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:51:07 -0400
From: Steve Salaba <philmfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Old Stereo
I seem to recall hearing about a live performance of a band in the 1920's
(Duke Ellington?) that was recorded onto disk and they had two recording
machines set up and running at the same time, one on either side of the
stage. Decades later, when some 78 RPM record collectors were going through
their collections, they realized that they each had a pressing from one of
those masters and they were able to re-record one disk on each channel of a
reel-to reel stereo tape recorder in relative synch and get "Low-Fi"
stereo. I may be mis-remembering some of the details.
The process used by 20th Century Fox for recording music tracks back in the
early forties (they had separate microphones set in different places among
the instruments) allowed a "stereo" release of the soundtracks of
"Orchestra Wives" and "Sun Valley Serenade" featuring the Glenn Miller
Orchestra back in the 70's (?). Seems that someone found the separate
optical tracks in the vaults at 20th and did a re-mix.
Apparently, they would make these separate recordings in order to do a
primitive mix for the final track. They could adjust the volume of the bass
versus the horns versus the drums or whatever for the final track.
If anyone remembers any of this, please feel free to correct my facts. I'm
working strictly from my own worn-out brain cells :)
Steve
SoftWear Toys & Tees ([removed])
Lois Bujold Merchandise, Science Fictional Wearables and Furry Puppets
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:51:11 -0400
From: "schickedanz" <schickedanz@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Ma Perkins
Hi, all.
What was the date of the last broadcast of "Ma Perkins"? My reference books
are packed away for moving. The date will help me bracket the time of a
record.
Thanks.
Norm Schickedanz
Elmhurst, IL
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:51:15 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio stars' sidelines?
While looking up information about Gordon Macrae's family, I read that one
of Meredith Macrae's "Petticoat Junction" tv co-stars, Edgar Buchanan, had
been a dentist, and that throughout his acting career he kept up to date on
the latest advances in dentistry and kept his official certifications
current, as if he thought he might to return to dentistry. This sort of
reminded me of Paul Winchell, who after an established career as a performer
went through medical school and became a surgeon.
I know that many famous OTR performers had non-showbiz jobs while they were
starting out, but I would be interested to know if any had interesting
professions that they carried on to any extent during their performing
careers.
Doug Leary
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:52:50 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Reality
In digest #256 Robert Paine spoke about how it is often unpopular to
speak the truth. There may be some truth to that , however I think more
often it is the way that it is spoken. Don't confuse truth with the lack
of tact or civility. I doubt that Elizabeth McLeod ever ruffles anyones
feathers with the facts. I think it is a pleasure reading anything by
her, including correcting an error by someone.
While few of us have the abilities that Eliabeth has in both
intelligence and research and personal tact ,I think that the
sledgehammer approach to "speaking the truth" is the real problem not
the correction of someones mistake or poor memory.
George Aust
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:52:52 -0400
From: "Welsa" <welsa@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Let George Do Don Lee
I'm reading a script from the series, "Let George Do It." Frankly, I don't
recall ever hearing this show in the midwest. Was this a regional show?
Especially in view of the fact they were sponsored by Standard of California
and gas stations throughout the west.
But my real question is this--at the end, the announcer says: "This is the
Mutual Don Lee Network." What was that? Who was Don Lee?
Just curious.
Ted
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:52:53 -0400
From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: old-radio on 18-inch disc
A Midwestern college offered to dub for me a recording of a 1937 NBC
radio broadcast (made from their campus) but now they say their 33 1/3 rpm
disc is eighteen inches (18") across and they have been unable to find a
facility equipped to duplicate an 18-inch disc recording.
So, I ask you Digesters:
(a) Have you ever heard of the existence of 18" discs?
(b) What specific equipment would be needed to play back or duplicate the
college's 18" disc?
(c) Where could I or the college find someone with such equipment?
I'd be very grateful for any replies direct to me or to the Digest.
Thanks.
-- Phil Chavin philchav@[removed]
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:52:55 -0400
From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lux Radio theater
Walden Hughes asked for a good source for Lux Radio Theater shows. I
have gotten mine from The Redmond Nostalgia Co. [removed] Box 82 Redmond Wa
98073.
I have been happy with everything I've ordered from them over the last
several years.
George Aust
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 20:26:06 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Stereo OTR/OTV
Jim Stokes, responding to the posting on "Stereo TV," notes,
I do recall the days of "stereo" hokum, where a TV station and a
radio station would carry the same program. Think about it. What you
would have would be two channels of MONO folks.
I think Mr. Stokes is thinking of straight simulcasting, which is
something different. As I mentioned, The Arthur Godfrey show was
simulcast in the mid-50s, meaning you could watch it wherever your TV set
was, but you could also listen to it in other rooms if your radios were
tuned to the appropriate station.
Unless one channel had separate mics placed some distance away to get
the ambiance, and then fed each mic channel separately, you ain't got no
stereo.
And, indeed, the "stereo TV" shows had separate microphones for each
channel. I vaguely recall one setup where the AM and FM radios were to
be placed equidistant on either side of the TV set. That meant three
channels of audio.
The simulated stereo has taken the form of emphasizing lows on one
speaker and highs on the other. Not until the matrixing system of
stereo came along did FM stations have the ability to broadcast a stereo
signal.
It is true that until matrixing, FM stations by themselves weren't unable
to broadcast stereo, but some stations did anyway. WQXR in New York
City, for one, was primarily a concert music station. It had both AM and
FM simulcast broadcasts. With the advent of stereo LP records, they
would use one of the two stations for the left channel and the other for
the right. Before stereocasting, they'd broadcast instructions on radio
placement and then broadcast a tone to enable the listener to adjust the
balance between left and right channels.
They were doing this in 1960. I recall because there was a station in
Albany (where I was stationed at the time) that carried WQXR broadcasts,
though the AM signal had too much interference from New York to be used.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 20:26:08 -0400
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: early 'stereo'
I remember Bob & Ray doing one of these specials. We had two TVs set up
side by side for that particular broadcast. Bob of course was on one & Ray,
the other. It was a hoot when they crossed into each other's screens. I
think that of the two channels partnering in this one, one was channel 13
when it was already non commerical. Before being WNET it was WNDT. Perhaps
it occurred during the WNDT period. As for the other, I think that (for
here in NYC), it was one of the three network O&O's: WCBS, WNBC or WABC.
What a shame that NBC didn't do this kind of thing when it had Red and Blue
stations in the same markets, but how many households had two radios at that
time? Just imagine: Amos on the Atwater Kent , Andy on the Philco & the
Kingfish spread between the [removed]
Best,
Shiffy
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:01:35 -0400
From: Bill Wilson <wmewilson@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: When Radio Was content
Hi!
Beg to differ, but "When Radio Was" does NOT air unedited episodes. Even by
breaking up thirty minute programs into two parts, that doesn't leave enough
time to compensate for starting on the average six minutes into the hour, and
allowing for twelve minutes of commercials. The editing is conscientious,
but there, nonetheless.
Bill W.
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:01:33 -0400
From: dabac@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: LOC - pt. 2
Thank you to those who replied to my question regarding the loc, in
particularly Elisabeth, who offered her usual thorough and thoughtful
take on the subject. I think I now have a little better understanding of
the situation, though frankly I`m afraid that most of this stuff is over
my head. I just want to say that I`m sorry if anyone might have gotten
the impression I had anything against the loc, because I don`t. Nor did
I wish to imply that copyright holders were not somehow entitled to what
is rightfully theirs. Hopefully others can appreciate how comig from the
perspective of someone who`s a huge fan of otr, such a situation could
be somewhat perplexing and seem perhaps just a little surreal. As
someone who`s just a regular fan of otr and not an academic or a scholar
per se, this means that for all practical purposes I have virtually no
hope of ever having access to these materials in any meaningful sense.
So from a fans point of veiw, while I may now understand the situation a
little better, it does not become any the more palatable. D. Bacca
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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:01:31 -0400
From: "Mike Kerezman" <philipmarlowe@[removed];
To: "OTR DIGEST" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: When Radio Was
Yes, those programs are stopped, but not "shortened" to make
them fit. The entire OTR programs - usually including commercials -
are broadcast
I just like note that many times these programs are inf FACT shortened and
hardly complete either by RSI or your local affiliate I am sure which.
A few years ago I listened to on When Radio Was an episode of GUNSMOKE
entitled "Tara" which made absolutely no sense. I now have the complete
episode to compare. An entire middle scene necessary to the plot was edited
out when broacast over my affiliate at the time KTOK 1000 [removed] in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. For those that are curious it was scene which Matt and Kitty
find the Kells murdered at their house in the dark and then Matt sets after
Jack Grace on his buckskin. When I heard this episode of WRW, I had no idea
why Matt chasing after Jack Grace because part of show was missing.
Mike Kerezman.
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:41:12 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Answers
WMCA is STILL WMCA, in New York City with a mostly religious format. It
remains at 570 on the dial.
"The House Of Mystery" evolved from a daily fifteen minute into a THIRTY
minute Sunday afternoon Mutual show with the host, "Roger Elliott" played by
John Griggs.
I remember it as part of a block of Sunday shows I listened to as a kid
(including "The Shadow"), and how it scared the hell out of me!
I eventually met John Griggs; a delightful man who collected silent movies
and showed them in the early 60s on Sunday summer evenings at the Sharon CT
Playhouse. With Magic Markers he would always draw an elaborate poster for
the next Sunday show while waiting for the week's evening movie to roll.
Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:41:35 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: LOC Holdings
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:34:22 -0400
From: dabac@[removed]
what possible benefit would it be to the
copyright`s holders (or to anyone else) of such an arrangement, having the
programs essentially locked up in this manner?
The copyright's holders can distribute the shows if they wish. They
apparently don't wish. One of the incidents of ownership of property is
that, if you want, you can just lock it away and not use it or allow
anyone else to use it.
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:26:31 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: MP3 CD-Rs on DVD players
Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed]; wrote:
Just a snitch of background; it's been anecdotal that the Japanese-made
DVDs (Sony, Panasonic, most "name" brands) have problems playing
home-recorded ("burned") audio CDs, etc., where the Chinese-made units
(off-brand machines) tend to be much better in this regard.
It's not just anecdotal. Japanese name-brand DVD players (along with others
like Philips and RCA) almost always have mechanisms designed specifically
for DVD video playback, while some of the Chinese off brands use the same
ATAPI DVD-ROM drives you might find in a PC or Macintosh, and the latter
almost always will handle both CD-R (burned) and CD-RW (rewritable) discs
since that is what is demanded in the computer business. (This is not
merely a way to make a cheaper product, though it probably reduces the
product's development cost. There are a couple of rather expensive DVD
players made in England, the Meridian 596 and 800, that use a DVD-ROM drive
to read data in a different way that Meridian claims to be more accurate
than a conventional player, and -- like some of the Chinese cheapies -- the
596 wil play MP3 discs.) By contrast, many of the name-brand players try to
save a buck or two by including only a single visible red laser (which a DVD
player must have, but which is less than ideal for CD playback) and leaving
out the infrared laser needed to play CD-R discs reliably, though Philips
and Pioneer have been two notable exceptions and Sony and Panasonic also now
have moderately priced DVD players with dual lasers.
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:26:35 -0400
From: "Andrew Emmerson" <midshires@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Stereo sound on TV
Tom Barnett asks:
I remember my Great Grandfather telling me of days when (at the beginning
of Television) radio was used to add dimension to television sound.
Something similar was definitely done here in Britain, whereby the VHF-FM
radio signal was augmented by the television sound channel for experimental
stereo sound broadcasts. This was done at times of day when there was no
normal television programming, [removed] mid-morning. Period: late 1950s/early
1960s as I recall.
Andy Emmerson.
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:26:38 -0400
From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rod & Charles -- CBC radio
Hi all.
Might anyone have a collection of the old "Rod and Charles Show"
programs from the CBC? This was a Canadian children's program I used to
listen to while in college in western NY nearly 40 years ago. Charles
Winter and Rod Coneybeare did all the voices themselves, and were
tortured their poor egoistic announcer, John O'Leary. In spite of it
being kids' fare, a lot of it was really funny and the fellows clearly
had a lot of talent.
I found a few references on a website, but it said that CBC tapes are
generally NOT made available, and perhaps there may be some recordings
of this show around. I have only a few I made off the air, and the
quality varies from very good to horrid.
Would love to hear more of these. I don't know how many broadcasts there
were or how long the series lasted. I think it was aired once a week.
Thanks in advance.
--Bob Noble
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:27:44 -0400
From: Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: stereo sound via TV/radio
TOM BARNETT WROTE:
But I remember my Great Grandfather telling me of days when (at the
beginning of Television) radio was used to add dimension to television
sound.
I am catching up on reading the digest so someone doubtlessly has answered this
question. My paternal grandmother in Pocatello, Idaho had an old advertisement from
the local cable tv company stating that a local AM radio station was teaming up
with the cable company to provide stereo broadcasts during certain hours. The radio
station would broadcast the left audio channel and the cable company would suplly
the right audio channel over an unused cable channel (if you follow me). Thus when
you put the radio near the TV (in spite of interference from the TV picture tube)
you would get stereo. This was around 1959, when stereo music on LP's was brand
new. But no, Tom, your grandfather was not fibbing.
Eric Cooper
Mission Viejo, CA
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