Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #57
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 2/19/2001 3:39 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                      The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                         Volume 01 : Issue 57
                    A Part of the [removed]!


                           Today's Topics:

 Kenny Baker                          ["Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed]]
 Re:  The Zenith Tuning "Eye"         ["Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed]]
 NARA                                 [otrbuff@[removed]                   ]
 The Eyes have it --                  ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
 Re: Magic Eye radio                  [SLP1933@[removed] (Shelby Peck)    ]
 Magic Eye Tuner                      ["Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]]
 DirecTV and OTR                      ["Shempington H. Caldwell III" <igsj]
 Magic eye tubes                      [Jerry Lewine <radiojerry@fastpointc]
 Radio Mirror awards                  ["Hoosierwood" <hoosierwood@onemain.]
 Re: Radio Warm Up                    [Bill Harris <billhar@[removed];    ]
 Old Tube Radios                      [Vntager8io@[removed]                 ]
 Green magic [removed]                   ["Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed]]
 Dale Evans                           [Marklambert@[removed]                 ]
 Buick theme and the Buick-Berle Show ["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed].]
 Re: Radio Warmup                     ["David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed]]
 The Big Green Eye                    [HERITAGE4@[removed]                  ]
 Jerry Vale Cancels                   [Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed]; ]
 Instant On and OTR                   ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
 Re: DR. WATSON & PETRI WINE          ["D'Alessio Mario-DALESSI0" <[removed]]
 uncle don's lyrics                   [chet !! <cien@[removed];          ]
 RADIO SALUTE: TV & MOVIES            ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
 Jim Gray: Minnesota School of the Ai ["Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed]]
 re:  magic eye                       [Rarotz@[removed]                     ]
 Re: Radio Warm Up                    [Joe Mackey <wmackey@[removed]]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:15:24 -0500
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Kenny Baker

Hi Gang,

The inquiry about one of his appearances on the RR Hour prompts me to ask
about his career.  Why did he leave the Benny Show?  Aside from making
appearances in some musical films (including Goldwyn Follies, which also
featured Edgar Bergen & was the last project on which George Gershwin
worked), what happened to him afterwards professionally and personally?

Best,
Shiffy
check out my website: [removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:15:27 -0500
From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re:  The Zenith Tuning "Eye"

(Dave Buswell asked about the "tuning eye" on radios)

The Zenith radios had a "tuning eye", which actually was the
top of one of the tubes (as if you were looking down on top
of the tube, and it was usually a green color light.  The radio
signal would cause the fluctuation of the tube elements when
the station's frequency was  "aligned" with the radio's counter-
frequency causing the "eye" to "close" when the station was
received perfectly on the AM frequency.  All of the other
tubes were verticle, this particular tube was horizontal with
the top of the tube appearing on the radio's dial face.

Do you remember the slogan that The Zenith Radio Corp. of
Chicago had?  "The quality goes in before the name goes on!"
They were one of the last US manufacturers who produced
a quality product in the USA - but no longer.  They also had
one of the pioner FM stations on the Chicago dial, WEFM,
which broadcast classical music without commercials as an
audio reception test of their receivers, originally.

Perhaps there were other radio manufacturers who had a
"tuning eye", the Zenith brand is the one I remember and the
way it worked was explained to me, I'm assuming correctly.
(Others on this list will certainly correct me if it isn't :-)

Hope this helps with an answer to the question, Dave.
Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:25:47 -0500
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  NARA

Scott Crowder-Vaughn inquires if the North American Radio Archives (NARA)
is still in business.  Very much so and quite active and growing, I'm
informed.  Several of us on this forum write columns for its quarterly
newsletter, NARA News.  Scott (and others) may inquire about the
possibility of obtaining scripts by contacting the organization's print
materials library custodian, Bob Sabon.  Bob's address is 308 West Oraibi
Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85027.  He may also be reached at w9did@[removed].

It occurs to me that some of you might also be interested in joining up
with this extremely fine body.  You can reach membership director Janis
DeMoss at 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicholasville, KY 40356.  Dues are $20
annually and the publication alone is worth the price (barring my own
simple attempts at contributing).  The newsletter is easily one of the
better pieces of OTR journalism and is creatively produced under the
practiced eye of editor Jim Snyder  (jimsnyder@[removed]).

Jim Cox

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:25:45 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Eyes have it --

David H. Buswell, speaking about old-time radios, asks,

What brand of radio used the green "magic eye" that indicated correct
tuning?<<

There were several.  The way it worked was that the tube had a greenish
circular display, with one pie-wedge sector of a darker intensity.  The
weaker the signal, the wider the wedge; the narrower the wedge, the
stronger/more precise the signal & tuning.  The tube was called a
"cathode-ray tube," technically correct because it used electrons hitting
the tube's phosphor, but it was quite unlike the tubes we all know and
love on TV sets and computer terminals.

Jer51473@[removed] speaking of OTR broadcasts on DirecTV, muses,

They sure have the capability and would like to see them try it. their
basic program includes many channels of cd music (no picture). <<

Yes, but for OTR, how about a picture of a speaker grille?  That's what
we used to look at! :-)

DishNetwork has the same setup and actually has even more music
channels. Any thoughts on this possibility?<<

Well, again, there's this whole can of worms on what's available for
broadcast.  This is currently aggravated by the Napster business, where
people are getting concerned with copyrights and the like.  In short,
technically, it's okay, but there could be other problems.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:37:14 -0500
From: SLP1933@[removed] (Shelby Peck)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Magic Eye radio

  We had one of those when I was a little tyke in LA. I believe that it
was Philco or Motarola(sp?) but iI could be mistaken. I was sitting in
front of that radio when we first got the Pearl Harbor attack
information that Suday. The next day in Logan Street School, we had an
assembly program to hear FDR in his famous speech, and learned where
Pearl Harbor was. They had a similar Magic Eye radio on the stage.



Shelby Peck (Retired pedagogue)
aka Monsieur Pamplemousse
Click on: [removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:37:16 -0500
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Magic Eye Tuner

Question from David H. Buswell was: "What brand of radio
used the green "magic eye" . . ."

There were a number of them - Raytheon comes to mind.
We had a duMont TV set (ok to mention, because it included
the FM radio band) that had one - circa 1948.

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:00:31 -0500
From: "Shempington H. Caldwell III" <igsjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  DirecTV and OTR

Jer51473@[removed] wrote:

They sure have the capability and would like to see them try it. their

basic program includes many channels of cd music (no picture). They
could
easily devote one channel to [removed];<

DirecTV did actually feature some OTR on their Music Choice channels at
one time, though it was only 1 hour a week on one of the speciality MC
channels (my memory has failed me on which one it was).  In fact, the
host of the OTR program asked listeners one week to e-mail his powers
that be about the possibility of devoting an entire channel to OTR,
which I did.  But I guess I must have been a majority of one because not
long after the OTR hour disappeared and was never heard from again.

Ivan

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:00:29 -0500
From: Jerry Lewine <radiojerry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Magic eye tubes

Dave Buswell asked, "What brand of radio used the green "magic eye" that
indicated correct tuning?  My grandmother had one and for the life of me I
can't remember what it was.  It sure fascinated a five year old, though."

Sure wish I still had some of the no-longer used radios I would get from
the neighbors and my parents' friends to disassemble as a kid.  I was also
especially was fascinated with the ones with magic eye tubes.  I don't
believe the use of the magic eye tube was limited to one manufacturer - but
they were used on more upper-end models.  I remember destroying several
radios with magic eye tubes as a kid 45 - 50 years ago.

Want to add one to your receiver today?  Go to
[removed].  If you're looking for something a little
more of a period-piece, you might go to:
[removed]~[removed]

The web site at [removed] shows some terrific
old radios including the Silvertone 6230, made in 1939 which had a magic
eye tube.

Jerry Lewine, Chief Engineer
KHJ, Los Angeles
K6QU

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:00:27 -0500
From: "Hoosierwood" <hoosierwood@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Radio Mirror awards

Is there a listing of the Radio (later TV and Radio) Mirror awards? I am
interested in knowing how many times Red Skelton won as best comic and best
show.

I Dood It
Red Skelton Scrapbook web page [removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:39:22 -0500
From: Bill Harris <billhar@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Radio Warm Up

David H. Buswell asked:

PS:  What brand of radio used the green "magic eye" that indicated correct
tuning?  My grandmother had one and for the life of me I can't remember what
it was.  It sure fascinated a five year old, though.


The 'magic eye' feature was not unique to a particular brand of set. Many
different radios had the magic eye, Silvertone (Sears & Roebuck) Airline
(Montgomery Wards), RCA, GE, Detrola, Crosley, just to name a few.

And Stephen A Kallis, Jr. commented:


The point is that _some_ current radios have disassociated the on-off
function from the volume function.

This feature is not unique to current radios, I have several vintage sets where
the on-off switch is just that and the volume is a separate control. A couple
have
the tone control as part of the on-off switch.

Lee Munsick also commented:

Perhaps few people--regardless of age--realize that virtually all electronic
devices today are never "off".

I am reminded of an 'instant on' feature that was available on TV sets of, I
believe, the late 60's early 70's. With televisions receivers going solid
state,
except for the picture tube, the sound would be available as soon as the set
was
turned on, but there was still the delay of the picture due to the warm-up
time of
the picture tube. This 'instant-on' feature kept the filament of the picture
tube
at about half voltage when the set was off, and then applied full voltage
when the
set was turned on, thus a quick warm up time. Due to the failure of switches
and
other components associated with this feature, many of these sets caught
fire. The
feature was eventually abandoned.

Bill Harris

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:08:28 -0500
From: Vntager8io@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Old Tube Radios

Hi, folks.

I've been following the discussion of old tube radios with interest. I
especially enjoyed Mr. Kallis's post about "CONELRAD." I'd never heard of it
before. You are an amazing bunch with *so* much knowledge :-)

I still listen to all of my OTR shows through a vintage tube radio. On my
bedside table, I have a tabletop 1949 RCA Victor radio with AM/FM bands, and
amazingly, a single RCA-type phono input underneath (for connecting a
phonograph, it says). Through this standard RCA input, I am able to hook up a
tape player, and every night before going to bed, I enjoy my old Suspense,
Gunsmoke, Jack Benny, Burns 'n' Allen, or other assorted OTR shows through
the old radio. The yellow light on the top dial still lights up, and the
sound always comes through quite clearly, with only a warm, quiet hum in the
distant background, which really isn't noticable. Of course, I always have to
wait about 20 seconds after turning the radio on before starting my tape,
since it has to warm up. Then the volume slowly fades in , and VOILA! Instant
radioland:) About 10 minutes into any OTR show, the whole room starts to
have this "heavy" feeling smell from the warm tubes--it doesn't smell bad at
all, just "warm." It's great. And of course, at the end of the show, the top
of the radio is warm to the touch. Then I turn the volume control past zero
to the off position and go to sleep.

Somebody once told me that the best way to keep tubes working it to turn them
on ocasionally. So far, I've listened to this radio nightly for nearly five
years with no problems at all. Should a tube "burn out," does anyone on this
list know of any sources (collectors, maybe?) from which I could buy
replacements?

Thanks in advance, and happy listening!

Bryan
Lynchburg, VA

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:08:27 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Green magic [removed]

The two radios that I know had the green magic eye tuning feature were:
    1.  RCA console model, early 1940s
    2.  Zenith console model, also early 1940s
The Wilcox-Gay Recordio home disc recorders had the green magic eye, but
they were used to monitor the volume level while recording.

Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
tkneebone1@[removed] | OTR:  [removed]
[removed]  |
[removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:19:22 -0500
From: Marklambert@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Dale Evans

Thanks to everyone that replied re: Dale
Evans.  I appreciate it.

--Mark
Mark Lambert
[removed]
[removed]

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:40:53 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Buick theme and the Buick-Berle Show

Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:23:40 -0500
From: ClifSr@[removed]

Anybody out got a tape of the  Buick Berle Show theme song, "My Buick, My
Love and I"?

I have a boxed set of 12 hours of the Buick-Berle Show.  It's available
from "Best Film & VIdeo Corp.," Hicksville, NY 11801.  Although the show's
title was the "Buick-Berle Show," the boxed set is called "Milton Berle's
Buick Hour."

Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:28:25 -0500
From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];

I have found this referred to in two Sherlockian references: Ron Haydock's
_Deerstalker_ and Peter Haining's _The Television Sherlock Holmes_ -- both
say only "September 1953" but they also say it was on the "Texaco Star
Theater"

I suppose this may have to do with the fact that the premier broadcast of
the "Buick-Berle Show" began with the old Texaco Star Theater opening.
The Texaco men came out and began singing the theme 'We're the Men of
Texaco" until Berle comes out, saying "What's going on?!"  He stops them
and tells them that they were supposed to have gotten a letter canceling
them for this season.  He calls his ditsy Secretary, Max, played by Ruth
Gilbert, and eventually convinces them that they will no longer be needed.
He says that he has a new show, with new songs, etc., and this is how it
will go:  then the new Buick-Berle Show opening appears.


 A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                        [removed]
 15 Court Square                     lawyer@[removed]
 Boston, MA 02108-2503      [removed]~lawyer/

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:13:07 -0500
From: "David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Radio Warmup

David H. Buswell writes:

PS:  What brand of radio used the green "magic eye" that      <<
indicated correct tuning?  My grandmother had one and for    <<
the life of me I can't remember what it was.  It sure fascinated <<
a five year old, though.
<<

My grandfather's old radio/phono console which I wrote about in Issue #55
has a "magic green eye".  It has two glowing green segments which come
together in the middle when the station signal is locked in.  I'm not an
expert by any means, and don't know if others had this feature or not, but
this one is a HOFFMAN.

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:42:35 -0500
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Big Green Eye

In answer to Dave Buswell's inquiry, the radio line that used the big green
tuning eye was ZENITH/
<<Tom Heathwood>>  [removed]

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:07:46 -0500
From: Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jerry Vale Cancels

Jerry Vale had to cancel at the last minute from the scheduled live
interview on Yesterday USA on Sunday night, February 11.  YUSA regrets the
inconvenience and hopes to reschedule the interview at a later time.
Thank you for your patience.
Duane Keilstrup

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:25:31 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Instant On and OTR

Lee Munsick, noting the current "instant on" in contrast to the warmup
feature of old-time radios, points out ,

Perhaps few people--regardless of age--realize that virtually all
electronic devices today are never "off".  <<

This is true for many current electronic devices, but far from all.  To
get a little technical for a moment, the warmup period in the olden days
was a consequence of the need to use hot filaments to boil off electrons
from tubes' cathodes.  This took time.  In some portable radios, like the
Zenith "portable" radio I used to listen to Captain Midnight over, the
heating was _very_ fast, taking only a few seconds to warm up, not an
instant-on, but much less time than a conventional house-current radio.
But this was about as fast as one could expect from a tube radio.

By contrast, and solid-state radio (transistor, IC, etc.) is off when
off, but doesn't need a warmup time, and thus is "instant on."  A
transistor, or transistor element in an IC chip, has characteristics akin
to a radio tube, but doesn't have to heat up anything to operate.  Some
current radios are "on at all times" because of remotes, etc., but the
majority are off when they're off.

Well, while I'm on the subject, there's another type of radio that's
"always on."  It's called a crystal set.  The original crystal sets were
almost always made by the user.  Basically, they consisted of earphones,
a galena crystal, a "cat's whisker" probe, an inductance, and a capacitor
(they were called "condensers" early on).  Most of these components were
handmade: capacitors were made by using two sheets of tinfoil separated
by a piece of window glass; inductances were made by winding thin,
coated, bell wire around an oatmeal box (the late science-fiction author
and electrical engineer, George O. Smith, speculated that Quaker Oats got
rich because early radio users found the packaging almost perfect for
winding air coils).  The tuning was done by sanding the insulation off
the bell wire and using a metal strip as a "wiper" to change the value of
the air-coil's inductance.  Usually, those building crystal sets bought a
galena-and-cat's-whisker assembly, but that wasn't critical, since a
plain galena crystal and a wire spring could be assembled into such a
unit.  Unlike other radios, a crystal set is powered by the signal from
the radio signal, so as long as it's connected, it's on.  Use of crystal
sets preceded the widespread broadcasting of OTR: they were especially
useful (if inconvenient for open listening) in rural areas that might not
have been electrified in the early days.  Most of the boys who grew up in
the OTR period had access to a crystal set at one time or another.

Crystal sets have progressed over time, and there are to this day
crystal-set kits are available from various hobbyist and scientific
supply houses, and once assembled, work as well as they ever did.  Some
substitute a semiconductor diode in place of the traditional cat's
whisker and crystal, but the function is the same.  Crystal set kits
generally cost more in parts than a lowboys "pocket" AM portable radio,
but there's something special about a device that's powered exclusively
by transmitted energy.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:25:33 -0500
From: "D'Alessio Mario-DALESSI0" <[removed]'alessio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: DR. WATSON & PETRI WINE

Someone posted in the last digest that they can't remember wine being
incorporated in the story line.  Untrue.  On the Sherlock Holmes
series, before Dr. Watson relates the story for that evening, he
asks the announcer to have a seat and enjoy a glass of Petri wine.
You hear the wine being poured and the toast,then the announcer
ask DW what the story is for that evening.  Later, when they were
sponsored by Roma, they continued the tradition.

On a Sherlock Holmes tape I purchased, there was a commentary
at the start of each story. In one of the commentaries, the
announcer (I think it was Harry Bartel (?sp)) said that in one
episode, a man was supposed to be shot and there was going to
be a gunshot sound effect. However, the effects man goofed and
played the sound of breaking glass. Nigel Bruce (aka Dr. Watson)
said something like "He was shot and dropped his glass of
Petri Wine." True, it wasn't in the script, but Petri was mentioned.

I have not confirmed this. Does anyone know the episode? Thanks.

Mario

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:21:21 -0500
From: chet !! <cien@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  uncle don's lyrics

i dont know who posted the lyrics of uncle don's theme but a friend of
mine wanted to contribute the complete and correct lyrics ...so here
goes


Hibbity gitz hotzah ring bo ree
Sibonio skippity Hi Lo Dee
Hony ko doke with an alakazon
Sing this song with your Uncle Don!!!

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:02:18 -0500
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  RADIO SALUTE: TV & MOVIES

   There were three  wonderful productions connected with OTR that happened
at the close of the last century that I would like to praise
in the Digest. Two were movies and one a TV Production. Lucas films did an
excellent job in recreating those radio days with his comedy salute to
radio, "The Radioland Murders."  This was an excellent example of capturing
the atmosphere of the era, with spoofs of The Amateur Hour, Gene Autry Show.
The Shadow, Dick Tracy, The Soaps, etc. Even George Burns as "the world's
oldest comedian" was a gem!
The SFX man portrayed by Christopher LLoyd stole the show.

    The other film was "Radio Days" written & directed by Woody Allen.
although it did not dwell entirely in a radio show, it presented an overall
view of just how radio efffected our life styles during that era.  His
interpretation of the reaction to WOTW in the car was a masterpiece.  Also,
hsing little Wallace Shawn as "The Masked Man" was really showing us the
power of radio. I understand that the film was made at Zerotope Studios in
Manhatten, which is an exact replica of a 1930's style studio.  The way
Woody interwove the family life and connected it to radio was a gem.
Especially that opening scene with the house breakers!

     The third and most recent production was he TV original series on
American Movie Classics called "Remember WENN" about a small station in
Pitsburgh, just ptior to and during WW II. What a well written and acurate
portrayal of the era that one was!  It really showed us just how hard we had
to work in that medium, and had exactly the different personalities I
remember connected to a radio station; the primadonna, the "man of a
thousand voices" who did just about every broadcast, the studio organist,
the young ingÈnue, just breaking in to the medium. etc. I wonder if anyone
got the inside joke on that show?  The SFX man;s name wa "Foley", a term
used today to describe a SFX technician, and Mr. Foley never spoke!  My hat
goes off to the genius behind that show.  I understand that guest stars were
twisting their agent's arms for a shot on that program.  Two broadcasts
stand out. The one with Howard Rollins, the black waiter, hired to do a role
(non stereotype), and the announcement of the death of the station manager.

   Anyone else have some thoughts on these salutes to OTR?

                          -  30  -

Owens Pomeroy

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:06:05 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jim Gray: Minnesota School of the Air

Several years ago Jim Gray corresponded with me about the Minnesota School
of the Air tapes that I have.  The dubbing project is done, but his old
email address is not current.  Anyone know his current email address?

Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
tkneebone1@[removed] | OTR:  [removed]
[removed]  |
[removed]

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:21:20 -0500
From: Rarotz@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re:  magic eye

PS:  What brand of radio used the green "magic eye" that indicated correct
tuning?  My grandmother had one and for the life of me I can't remember what
it was.  It sure fascinated a five year old, though.


I'm not sure if it's the same thing you're thinking of, but when I was about
the same age, say in the late 1940's, we had a floor-model Zenith with a
green round eye-like device in the middle of the round dial.  It had a dark
green center and then dark green arms or bands radiating out from that
center, which may have gotten larger or smaller against a lighter green
background, though I don't recall what made them grow or shrink.  So I can't
testify as to what function it served, if any, but I certainly remember
staring at it a lot, in a fascinated five-year-old way.

    -- Rhiman Rotz

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:22:39 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <wmackey@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Radio Warm Up

Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:29:30 -0500
From: "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@[removed];
Subject:  Radio Warm Up

The room was dark and he carried her about as she turned on various lights.
When they reached the console radio, Gloria recahed down, turned the knob
and, voila, there was instantaneous music beautifully tuned in.

  Ever notice how news casts are always right on time?  For whatever
reason someone suggests the radio be turned on for whatever reason, lets
say news.  The set it turned on and at once whatever is sought is heard,
day or night.  Such as a scene (on film or a radio show) where the bad
guy wants to know what others know about his vile deed, flips on the
radio and immediately that story is being reported.  :)
  Joe

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