Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #79
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 3/11/2005 11:03 PM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 79
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Listening to radio.               [ Steve Lewis <stevelewis62@[removed]; ]
  Re: PHIL HARRIS                       [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
  radio web sites for downloading.      [ JJiovanazz@[removed] ]
  3-12-births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  "Our Miss Brooks" question            [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Book on Announcers                    [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
  Wilbur Hatch                          [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Just found this OTR site              [ David Phaneuf <david_phaneuf@yahoo. ]
  Jack Berch                            [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  "It's Gonna Be a Great Day"           [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
  XM Radio in Canada                    [ "Archie YKnow" <y_know_archie@hotma ]
  CANADIANS NOT ALLOWED!!! ...YIKES [P  [ "Lloyd Harradan" <lharradan@hotmail ]
  Last Jack Benny TV special            [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  Wilbur Hatch                          [ "William Schell" <bschell@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:37:48 -0500
From: Steve Lewis <stevelewis62@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Listening to radio.

At 01:13 PM 3/11/2005, you wrote:
How about the rest of you out there?  It would be fun to know the listening
habits of all those OTR families, not only the programs and stars, but the
circumstances in the family homes!

Bestus, Lee Munsick

I don't really remember what the rest of the family was doing.  I can
remember the big stand-up radio against the wall toward a corner, with a
chair nearby against the adjoining wall.  My favorite position for
listening was lying down on the floor, wedged in between the radio and the
chair, listening, listening, listening.  I may as well have been alone in
the room.  Then, of course, TV came along.

                         Best

                          Steve

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:59:18 -0500
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: PHIL HARRIS

on 3/11/05 12:13 PM, [removed]@[removed] at
[removed]@[removed] wrote:

I've always wondered if Phil had two bands to accomplish this, since "his
band" accompanied all the vocalizing on his show and Benny's.  I assume the
entire band didn't just up and move across the hall or wherever.  Anybody
know?

***Actually, the band on THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM wasn't Phil's, nor was
Harris its true bandleader.  Phil played Benny's bandleader on-air, but
through most of Jack Benny's radio run the orchestra was actually conducted
by the show's real musical director, Mahlon Merrick. I included more on this
situation in my historical booklets for Radio Spirits'JACK BENNY
collections. --ANTHONY TOLLIN***

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:12:42 -0500
From: JJiovanazz@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  radio web sites for downloading.
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Hi all,

I am interested in websites that have otr broadcasts that can be downloaded.
Would like to burn my own mp-3 for personal use only.  A friend gave me an
mp-3 that had 57hrs. of O Henry Playhouse on one disk.  I was impressed.  all
my
collection is on 60 min tapes that take up a lot of room.  would appreciate
any help.

Jim

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:13:37 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  3-12-births/deaths

March 12th births

03-12-1893 - Gene Morgan - Racine, WI - d. 8-13-1940
actor: Rex Marvin "Myrt and Marge"; Bill Taylor "All My Children"
03-12-1899 - Amparo Iturbi - Valencia, Spain - d. 4-22-1969
concert Pianist: (Jose's sister) "Concert Hall"
03-12-1900 - Harlow Wilcox - Omaha, NE - d. 9-24-1960
announcer: "Fibber McGee and Molly Show"; "Suspense"; "Amos 'n' Andy"
03-12-1910 - Tony Galento - Orange, NJ - d. 7-22-1979
boxer, actor: "[removed] Marine Band"
03-12-1912 - Paul Weston - Springfield, MA - d. 9-20-1996
conductor: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Paul Weston Orchestra"
03-12-1916 - Mandel Kramer - Cleveland, OH - d. 1-29-1989
actor: Johnny Dollar "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
03-12-1917 - Googie Withers - Karachi, India
actress: "Theatre Royale"
03-12-1921 - Gordon MacRae - East Orange, NJ - d. 1-24-1986
singer: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Railroad Hour"
03-12-1928 - Edward Albee - Washington [removed]
writer: "Earplay"

March 12th deaths

01-03-1886 - Josephine Hull - Newtonville, MA - d. 3-12-1957
actress: Miss Julia "Miss Julia"; Mrs. Kayden "The O'Neills"
01-07-1896 - Arnold Ridley - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 3-12-1984
actor: Arthur 'Doughy' Hood "The Archers"; Charles Godfrey "Dad's
Army"
04-22-1916 - Yehudi Menuhin - NYC - d. 3-12-1999
classical violinist: "New York Philharmonic"; "Pause that Refreshes"
05-10-1899 - Lois Holmes - Galion, OH - d. 3-12-1986
actress: Jane Waters "Second Mrs. Burton"
05-20-1906 - Lyda Roberti - Warsaw, Poland - d. 3-12-1938
actor, singer: Freelance; Sang with Al Jolson two days before her
death
06-03-1901 - Maurice Evans - Dorchester, England - d. 3-12-1989
actor: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
06-26-1916 - Alex Dreier - Honolulu, HI Territory - d. 3-12-2000
reporter: "Morning News Roundup"; "NBC D-Day Coverage"; "Weekly War
Journal"
08-10-1887 - Hugh Herbert - Binghamton, NY - d. 3-12-1952
actor: Pop "That's My Pop"; "Rudy Vallee Hour"; "Family Theatre"
08-29-1920 - Charlie Parker - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-12-1955
jazz musician: "This Is Jazz"
08-31-1900 - Cedric Foster - Hartford, CT - d. 3-12-1975
commentator: "News and Commentary"
09-09-1898 - Frankie Frisch - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-12-1973
baseball broadcaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York Giants
11-02-1886 - Philip Merivale - Rehutia, Manickpur, India - d.
3-12-1946
actor: Reverend Spence "One Foot in Heaven"
11-18-1899 - Eugene Ormandy - Budapest, Hungary - d. 3-12-1985
conductor: "Roxy's Gang"; "Phildelphia Orchestra"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:13:51 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Our Miss Brooks" question

     I'm confused!  In the last installment of the
mailing list, it was mentioned that an actor named
Joe Forte was known for playing the role of blustery
principal Osgood Conklin on "Our Miss Brooks". I
always thought that role was played by Gale Gordon.
Did Mr. Forte come before or after Gale Gordon in
this role?

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:14:09 -0500
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Book on Announcers

Kenneth Clarke wants a book written on OTR announcers. Derek Tague
mentions "Those Radio Commentators" by Irving Fang, Iowa State Press,
1960.

Before we start re-inventing the wheel, let's read the books we already
have on announcers. In addition to Fang's book that Derek notes, there
are other books that would serve. "The Broadcasters" by Red Barber,
Dial Press, 1970 is one of my favorites.  Perhaps the best is "Golden
Throats and Silver Tongues" by Ray Poindexter, River Road Press, 1978,
which covers all the OTR announcers.

All of these are out-of-print, of course, but can be found at fairly
reasonable prices at [removed]

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
[removed]

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:14:36 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Wilbur Hatch

Scores of house bands proliferated during the golden age of radio.  One of
the numerous house bandleaders included in my forthcoming book, "Music
Radio," to be released in a few weeks, was Wilbur Hatch, who has received a
lot of attention on this forum of late.  Here's the scoop on his radio
activities recorded in the book, which may be ordered now for delivery soon
from [removed] or 1-800-253-2187.

Jim Cox

Wilbur Hatch
Born:  May 24, 1902, Moken, Illinois
Died:  December 22, 1969, Studio City, California
Highlights:  A pianist on Chicago's KYW in 1922; became a company man for
CBS in its earliest days, almost to the exclusion of other chains; a
prolific lyricist who created eerie music for The Whistler and penned scores
for numerous other series; conducted for several aural features over very
long runs (Meet Corliss Archer, My Favorite Husband, Our Miss Brooks, The
Screen Guild Theater, The Whistler); never a big bandleader, thus missed the
public acclaim that frequently was assigned to that turf.
Radio Shows:
Calling All Cars.  1933-1939, CBS West Coast, Rio Grande Oil Co. (Rio Grande
gasoline, oil and other vehicle products and services).
Design for Happiness (aka The Buddy Clark Show).  1938, MBS, American
Tobacco Co. (Lucky Strike cigarettes).
The Buddy Clark Show, 1938-1939, CBS, sustaining.
Man about Hollywood.  1939, CBS, Lever Brothers Co. (Lux toilet soap); 1940,
CBS, General Foods Corp. (Grape Nuts cereal and other foodstuffs).
Gateway to Hollywood.  1939, CBS, William J. Wrigley Co. (Wrigley's
Doublemint, Juicy Fruit and Spearmint chewing gums).
Suspense.  1940, CBS, sustaining.
The Whistler.  1942-1955, CBS West Coast, sustaining (1942-1943), Signal Oil
Co. (Signal gasoline, oil and other vehicle products and services)
1943-1954; 1946, CBS, Campbell Soup Co. (Campbell juices and soups,
Franco-American spaghetti and macaroni and other foodstuffs); 1947-1948,
CBS, Household Finance Corp. (Household lending services); 1955, CBS West
Coast, Lever Brothers Co. (personal care products), then sustaining.
The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater.  1942-1947, CBS, Lady Esther Cosmetics
Co. (Lady Esther cosmetics).
Meet Corliss Archer.  1943, 1944-1945, 1946, 1947-1948, CBS, sustaining
(1943), Anchor Hocking Glass Co. (Anchor Hocking glass) 1944-1945, Campbell
Soup Co. (Campbell's juices and soups, Franco-American spaghetti and
macaroni and other foodstuffs) 1946-1948, sustaining (1948); 1948, NBC, The
Pepsodent Co. (Pepsodent toothpaste); 1949-1952, CBS, local electric
companies cooperative; 1952-1953, ABC, local electric companies cooperative;
1954, CBS, Gillette Co. (Toni home permanents and other hair preparations)
and Carter Co. (Carter's health care goods); 1956, CBS, sustaining.
America-Ceiling Unlimited.  1943-1944, CBS, Lockheed Corp. (Lockheed Vega
aircraft).
Broadway Matinee.  1943, CBS, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. (Owens glass).
Spotlight on Music.  1944, CBS, sustaining.
Twelve Players.  1945, CBS, sustaining.
Hawk Durango (aka Hawk Larabee).  1946-1948, CBS, sustaining.
The Sweeney and March Program.  1946-c1947, CBS, sustaining.
The City.  1947, CBS West Coast, sustaining.
The Camel Screen Guild Players.  1947-1948, CBS; 1948-1950, NBC, R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Camel cigarettes).
It's a Great Life.  1948, CBS West Coast, General Mills, Inc. (Wheaties
cereal and Bisquick biscuit mix).
Life with Luigi.  1948, CBS, William J. Wrigley Co. (Wrigley's Doublemint,
Juicy Fruit and Spearmint chewing gums).
My Favorite Husband.  1948-1951, CBS, General Foods Corp. (Sanka instant
coffee, Jell-O desserts, LaFrance bleach, Swans Down cake mixes and other
foodstuffs).
Our Miss Brooks.  1948-1957, CBS, sustaining (1948), Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
Co. (Lustre Crème shampoo, Palmolive brushless shaving cream, Colgate dental
cream and other personal care products) 1948-1954, American Home Products
(Anacin pain reliever, Kolynos toothpaste and other health care products)
and The Gillette Co. (Toni home permanents, White Rain shampoo, Deep Magic
facial lotion and other personal care products) 1954-1956, multiple
participation (1957).
Escape.  cLate 1940s-early 1950s, CBS, sustaining and Richfield Oil Co.,
spring/summer 1950 only (Atlantic gasoline, oil and automotive products and
services).
Broadway Is My Beat.  1949-early 1950s, CBS, sustaining and multiple
participation-Lever Brothers Co. (Lux toilet soap), William J. Wrigley Co.
(Wrigley's Doublemint, Juicy Fruit and Spearmint chewing gum), others.
Fiesta.  1951, CBS, sustaining.
I Love Lucy.  1952, CBS, Philip Morris, Inc. (Philip Morris cigarettes).  [A
radio audition show of the popular TV series that was never aired.]
December Bride.  1952-1953, CBS, sustaining.
The General Electric Theater.  1953, CBS, General Electric Co. (GE home
appliances).
Rogers of the Gazette.  1953-1954, CBS, sustaining.
On a Sunday Afternoon.  1955-1956, CBS, sustaining.
Frontier Gentleman.  1958, CBS, sustaining.
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone.  1958, CBS, sustaining.

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:15:00 -0500
From: David Phaneuf <david_phaneuf@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Just found this OTR site

I just stumbled across this OTR site. Seems pretty
nice, great variety. Of course, haven't had chance to
listen to too much but wanted to share it, in case
others have not come across it.  My apologies if this
has already been made known, or if it's old hat to
those of you on the list.

[removed]

Dave Phaneuf

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:15:17 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jack Berch

Lee Munsick recalls Jack Berch, who's delineated in the chapter on vocalists
in the forthcoming "Music Radio" volume from McFarland, along with hundreds
of other singers featured in the text.  That's in addition to legions of big
bandleaders, instrumentalists, disc jockies and the like drawn from a wide
spectrum of musical styles.  To refresh your memory, here's Berch's radio
credits.

Jim Cox

Jack Berch
Born:  August 26, 1907, Sigel, Illinois.
Died:  December 10, 1992, Jamaica, New York.
Signature Song:  I'm a-Whistlin'.
Highlights:  Baritone who incorporated whistling into daily performances, a
provocative facet labeled "flirtatious" by a pundit; door-to-door tea-coffee
salesman whose lively shrill arrested an official's spouse at Youngstown's
WKBN and led to an audition; more air exposure at Cincinnati's WLW (1935)
and Newark's WOR (1936) as The Jack Berch Orchestra; by 1938, appearing on
CBS in primetime with a coterie of instrumentalists and vocalists; most
memorable features daytime quarter-hours backed by Mark Warnow's orchestra
or Charles Magnante's instrumental trio combining the door-to-door
techniques-whistling, chatting, singing, poetry reading; self-ascribed as
"the friendliest show in radio"; a unique component, "Heart-to-Heart
 Hookup," related incidents of less fortunate listeners, dedicating tunes to
same.
Radio Shows:
The Jack Berch Show.  1936-1937, MBS, Wasey Products.
The Jack Berch Show.  1937 (two series), CBS, Fels Naphtha laundry products.
The Jack Berch Show.  1938-1939, CBS, sustaining.
Sweetheart Serenade (aka The Jack Berch Show).  1939-1940, NBC, Manhattan
Soap Co. (Sweetheart soap); 1939-1940, NBC Blue, sustaining; 1939-1940, MBS,
sustaining.
The Jack Berch Show.  1941, MBS, sustaining.
The Jack Berch Show.  1942, network unsubstantiated, Gulf Oil Corp. (Gulf
spray insect repellent).
The Jack Berch Show.  1943-1944, MBS, W. K. Kellogg Co. (Kellogg cereals).
The Jack Berch Show.  1944, ABC, W. K. Kellogg Co. (Kellogg cereals).
Jack Berch and His Boys.  1945-1946, ABC, Prudential Insurance Co.
(Prudential insurance).
Jack Berch and His Boys.  1946-1951, NBC, Prudential Insurance Co.
(Prudential insurance).
Jack Berch and His Boys.  1951-1954, ABC, Prudential Insurance Co.
(Prudential insurance).
Jack Berch Show.  Syndicated transcriptions, 50 five-minute programs, Canada
Dry Bottling Co. (Canada Dry ginger ale).

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:42:39 -0500
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "It's Gonna Be a Great Day"
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"Great Day'"was the theme song for "The Red Skelton" show when it was
sponsored by Raleigh and Kools cigarettes back in the early and mid-19 40's.
It was also on "Your hit Parade" and other musical variety shows in the early
WW II [removed] was a very catchy song and I've always liked it. Everytime I
hear it, I think of Red Skelton, automatically.  Bob Slate

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:43:08 -0500
From: "Archie YKnow" <y_know_archie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  XM Radio in Canada

As was correctly pointed out, XM is not available for subscription in
Canada.  However, the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) is
currently holding hearings to consider competing proposals for a satellite
radio service in Canada.  There are several applicants - XM being one of
them.

The applicants are:

Canadian Satellite Radio Inc (in co-operation with XM Satellite Radio) -
initial offering of 101 channels (with 4 being produced in Canada)

CBC (in co-operation with Sirius) - initially 78 channels with four produced
by the CBC.

CHUM Limited - initially 50 channels - all of which would be produced by
CHUM.

Archie

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:51:03 -0500
From: "Lloyd Harradan" <lharradan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  CANADIANS NOT ALLOWED!!! ...YIKES
 [PURKASZ@[removed]]
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The airwaves are free last time I looked tho  subscription seems the way
of the day lately.

Mr Gwynne is right and the moderator wrong. Licencing was meant to control the
broadcast end not the reception end, and the rationale was to impose order on
the airwaves, and prevent one station impinging on another's frequency.

Canadians are prosecuted by the RCMP for receiving television satellite
signals from the [removed] even though they pay for the reception.

lh

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[ADMINISTRIVIA: The "moderator" (technically the maintainer) is clearly NOT
"wrong." I never suggested that licensing does not control the broadcasting
end; as XM is not licensed in Canada, they do not accept subscribers for
their satellite service from Canadian addresses, QED. No one ever said some
Canadians near the border couldn't receive XM Satellite Radio, only that XM
doesn't accept subscribers with addresses in Canada.

As to Mr. Gwynne being "right" that the airwaves are "free," well, anyone is
welcomed to test that nonsense by building a pirate radio station.  --cfs3]

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:42:29 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Last Jack Benny TV special
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Hi-ho, Gang:

I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Gwynne's musings  on his experiences
on Canadian radio:

I said I'd be glad to if they could come up with  something more than
Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot.

At least the DeFranco Family, Canada's answer to the Osmonds, appeared on the
last Jack
Benny TV special in early 1974, singing their hit single "Heartbeat (It's a
Love Beat)."

I'm sure Mr. Dragnet himself, Michael Hayde, would be able to confirm my
suspicions
that this special also marked the last time Jack Webb and Harry Morgan
appeared
together in character as Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon. [Morgan did
reprise
the role in the Dan Aykroyd "Dragnet" movie in 1987, though].

Also on the special were George Burns and Redd Foxx.

Yours in the ether,

Derek Tague

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:51:13 -0500
From: "William Schell" <bschell@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Wilbur Hatch

 At the end of most Our Miss Brooks radio shows I have heard they credit
music to Wilbur Hatch
Bill

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