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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 54
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: The Dixie Network [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Mozart and copyright [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Ron Sayles in the sunset? [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
2-28 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Cincy '08 Flyer [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:15:14 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: The Dixie Network
On 2/27/08 11:39 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:
This network is unfamiliar to me. In googling it, I find references
to a Dixie Network, headquartered in Tennessee, beginning in the 40s
and consisting of a few small station affiliates. I can't find an
affiliate in Washington, DC which would have been necessary to
handle these Marine broadcasts, virtually all handled as remotes from
the band headquarters.
The Dixie Network was the southern division of CBS during the thirties --
the key station was WBT, Charlotte NC, which was the point thru which CBS
fed programming to all southern affiliates via direct lines to WABC in
New York and WJSV in Washington.
The basic Dixie net consisted of twelve stations -- WBT, WBRC in
Birmningham, WGST in Atlanta, WDOD in Chattanooga, WNOX in Knoxville,
KLRA in Little Rock, WREC in Memphis, WODX in Mobile, WSFA in Montgomery,
WLAC in Nashville, WDSU in New Orleans, and WTOC in Savannah.
Supplementary groups of stations were also available for the Southwest
and Florida, which made a maximum of 23 stations available to sponsors.
The Dixie Network could be purchased as a basic unit, at a minimum of
seven stations, as a full basic unit of 12 stations, a basic plus
Southwest unit, a basic plus Florida unit, or a full net. Limited
individual selection of stations from the Southwest group were also
available, but Florida could be added only on an all-or-none basis.
Origination could be arranged from any point along the network at an
additional charge. Rates were based on sums of all affiliate rates from
selected stations.
Elizabeth
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:59:29 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mozart and copyright
In short he died in debt not because of copyright or lack of copyright
but because he was a spendthrift.
But what would his earnings have been if he had been able to get paid
whenever his works were performed?
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Ok, let's not argue about long-dead spending habits. --cfs3]
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:06:47 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Ron Sayles in the sunset?
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Andrew Steinberg wanted to add a name to Prof. Sayles's birthday almanac.
However, I must question Andrew's choice for a subject header "new obituary
for Ronald Sayles." When I read this phraseology in the topics list, my heart
sank and my eyes popped out of their sockets thinking Ron, an integral part of
this forum, had left us all too soon. Upon closer [removed]
A better header would have been "new obituary for Ronald Sayles's list." I'm
glad Ron Sayles is very much [removed] since I owe him some
research.
That's about the size of it.
Derek Tague, b. Belleville NJ (somewhere near "Etherville")
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:02:30 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-28 births/deaths
February 28th births
02-28-1879 - Julian Noa - d. 11-26-1958
actor: Perry White "Advs. of Superman"; Judge Scott "The O'Neills"
02-28-1893 - Ben Hecht - NYC - d. 4-18-1964
panelist, writer: "Information, Please"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
02-28-1907 - Milton Caniff - Hillsboro, OH - d. 4-3-1988
Creator of "Terry and the Pirates"
02-28-1911 - Gene O'Donnell - Iowa - d. 11-22-1993
actor: " I Want A Divorce"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-28-1914 - Jim Boles - Lubbock, TX - d. 5-26-1977
actor: Doc Long "I Love A Mystery"; Fulmer Green "King's Row"
02-28-1915 - Zero Mostel - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-8-1977
comedian: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
02-28-1919 - David Marshall Cox - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 11-16-1998
producer for WNAC Boston Massachusetts
02-28-1922 - Joyce Howard - London, England
actor: Meg March "Little Women"; Vi Waters "Backstage Wife"
02-28-1924 - Patti Clayton - Detroit, MI
vocalist: "Bouquet for You"; "Waitin' for Clayton"
02-28-1925 - Jean Carson - Charleston, WV - d. 11-2-2005
actor: "Broadway Is My Beat"; "Frontier Gentleman"
02-28-1928 - Louise Erickson - Oakland, CA
actor: Marjorie Forrester "Great Gildersleeve"; Judy Foster "A Date
with Judy"
02-28-1932 - Don Franck - Vancouver, Canada
actor: Archie "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"
02-28-1940 - Gordon Parker - Newcastle, England
writer: "Seance"
February 28th deaths
01-22-1895 - Ethel (Everett) Remey - d. 2-28-1979
actor: Kathleen Norris "By Kathleen Norris"
02-02-1877 - Charles Hanson Towne - Louisville, KY - d. 2-28-1949
poet/actor: Quarter hour weekly conversational program on CBS
02-12-1903 - Todd Duncan - Danville, IL - d. 2-28-1998
baritone: "NY Philharmonic Symphony"; "First American Opera"
03-02-1890 - Paul De Kruif - Zeeland, MI - d. 2-28-1971
writer: "Men Against Death" based on De Kruif's book
03-02-1933 - Anthea Askey - Golders Green, London, England - d.
2-28-1999
actor: Violet Elizabeth Bott "Just William"
03-04-1921 - Joan Greenwood - London, England - d. 2-28-1987
actor: "Stagestruck"
03-05-1891 - Chic Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 2-28-1962
comedian: "Olsen and Johnson"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
03-29-1905 - Philip Ahn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 2-28-1978
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-17-1913 - Harry Clark - Providence, RI - d. 2-28-1956
newscaster, announcer: "CBS News"; "Backstage Wife"; "Columbia Workshop"
05-12-1891 - Charles A. Bayha - NYC - d. 2-28-1957
composer: "The Radio Aces"
07-04-1926 - Mary Stuart - Miami, FL - d. 2-28-2002
actor: "Doctor Christian"; "Advs. of Maisie"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-15-1906 - Richard Armour - San Pedro, CA - d. 2-28-1987
humorist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"
07-22-1879 - Harry Armstrong - Somerville, MA - d. 2-28-1952
composer/singer
08-04-1904 - Theodore Newton - Lawrenceville, NJ - d. 2-28-1963
actor: Christopher Parker "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"
08-22-1893 - Cecil Kellaway - Capetown, South Africa - d. 2-28-1973
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Cavalcade of America"
08-25-1910 - Ruby Keeler - Halifax, Nova Scotia - d. 2-28-1993
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-18-1905 - Eddie Anderson - Oakland, CA - d. 2-28-1977
actor: Rochester Van Jones "Jack Benny Program"
10-14-1891 - Joseph M. White - NYC - d. 2-28-1959
singer: (The Silver Masked Tenor) "Goodrich Silvertown Orchestra"
11-06-1901 - Juanita Hall - d. 2-28-1968
actor: "Story of Ruby Valentine"
11-25-1894 - Laurence Stallings - Macon, GA - d. 2-28-1968
writer: "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt" based on his play "What
Price Glory?"
12-04-1897 - Doc Whipple - d. 2-28-1963
orchestra leader: "Ma Perkins"; "The Mysterious Traveler"
12-04-1930 - Harvey Kuenn - West Allis, WI - d. 2-28-1988
baseball great: "Tops in Sports"
12-15-1888 - Maxwell Anderson - Atlantic, PA - d. 2-28-1959
writer: "Free Company"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "O'Neill Cycle"
12-20-1923 - Charita Bauer - Newark, NJ - d. 2-28-1985
actor: Mary Aldrich, "Aldrich Family"; Bert Bauer, "The Guiding Light"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:02:10 -0500
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cincy '08 Flyer
Here's the flyer for this year's Cincinnati convention.
Highly recommended, especially for those who have never attended an OTR
convention. Friendly folks, cozy atmosphere, tons of OTR stuff (and
other nostalgia - oldtime movies and TV shows, magazines, books, movie
posters, etc) for sale in the dealer's room. And a chance to try out for
a part in the recreation radio shows. Where else can you have this much
fun for eight bucks?
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---Dan
[ADNMINISTRIVIA: For those who don't watch the Nostalgic Runmblings Blog at
[removed] (and why don't you?!), the flyer has been up since
Sunday in Acrobat format convenient convieninet for printing and posting at
your local library. As Bob gets updates out, I'll be posting them on the
blog. --cfs3]
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