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a complete transcription disc collection of War of the World will go to the highest donor to the Rock 'N' Roll
Walden Hughes
Hi Everybody,
Corey will give the highest donor of over $500 for the Rock N Roll project his personal set of the War of the Worlds disc he owned. See how to donate below,
Walden
Hello all,
Ted and I are reaching out to you to see if there is any interest in a high quality 24 bit/192k copy of the Drake-Chenault Mega special ‘The History Of Rock ‘N’ Roll’. This special is 52 hours in length and is seen as the holy grail of syndicated radio offerings. We have an opportunity to purchase a mint set to transfer, but the price of the aforementioned set has us asking for your help. If you are interested, please send any donations via PayPal to: corey_harker@.... If successful in this purchase, we will also send the original 1969 KHJ and WOR versions to those who donate. This will be a separate distro than the monthly offering we normally send out.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Best,
Corey Harker 507-782-9613
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Re: History Of Rock 'N' Roll
Dan
i have an original set of HORR 1978 reels i transferred years ago. i din't recall the bit rate, but total size is almost 6 gigs. i'd be happy to share. The original tapes are 1/2 track 7.5ips and i did the transfer on my Revox B-77. EQ is flat and was distributed as such due to different stations had different processors All the Best, Dan -- Happy Radio Trails! Dan |
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Re: History Of Rock 'N' Roll
Corey Harker
The 160k rips came from reels that have crosstalk, and are from the 1978 version. We are looking at the 1981 Silver Anniversary edition and will do a proper 192k 24bit WAV transfer :-) Best, Corey Harker On Mar 23, 2023 12:00 PM, "Philip Atchley via groups.io" <ko6bb@...> wrote:
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Re: History Of Rock 'N' Roll
radiojayallen
I have those at 160 KBPs as well and I think the quality is probably as good as the original source material given the time it was produced and of course, the source material. I don't know where I came by them but it is a great set to be sure. I'm just not sure how much improvement is posssibe...I could be wrong.
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Re: History Of Rock 'N' Roll
Hi, I already have this collection. Not sure where I got it from, I've had it a long time. The audio seems to be decent, there are 52 MP3 tracks encoded at 160k, along with a couple text files explaining the origin. Here are some notes that I downloaded when I got the files. ****************************************** This is the classic 52 hour long "History of Rock and Roll",
broadcast on KHJ radio, Los Angeles, in 1978. There are 52
"episodes" here, each one approximately 53 minutes in length and
in stereo. <>< 73 From "The Beaconeer's Lair" ><> Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave Beacons) Phil, KO6BB, http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/ RADIOS: YAESU: FTDX-101MP Xceiver, Dual SDR Receivers (~2020) YAESU: FTDX-3000 Xceiver, DSP IF, 300Hz Roofing filter (~2019). Portables: Eton Elite 750 (2), AKA Grundig Satelite 750 (2020) Sangean ATS-909X2 (2021), Tecsun PL-990 (2021) SDRs: Perseus 9300 SDR (2), SDRplay RSPdx Scanner: Uniden SDS-200, 25-1300MHz ACC: MFJ-993B Auto Antenna Matcher. HOMEBREW 4 Port Antenna Multicoupler, Feeds 4 RX's. HOMEBREW Tunable LF-MF Pre-Amp. Ratzlaff 440Hz 6.5Hz BW CW Audio Filter. ANTENNAS: 88 foot Long Ladder-line fed dipole, ~35 feet AGL for MW/HF. Top Loaded Tee (Dipole fed as single element) ~35 Feet AGL. Butternut HF-6V 6 Band Vertical, ~12 Feet AGL for 75-10M Ratzlaff Active whip, 5 Foot Long, ~22 Feet AGL For LF/MW/HF. Wellbrook ALA1530LN Loop For LF/MW/HF at ~17 Feet AGL Diamond Discone ~35 feet AGL for Scanner. QTH: Merced, California, 37, 18, 37N 120, 30, 6W CM97rh On 3/23/2023 4:50 PM, Walden Hughes
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History Of Rock 'N' Roll
Walden Hughes
Hello all,
Ted and I are reaching out to you to see if there is any interest in a high quality 24 bit/192k copy of the Drake-Chenault Mega special ‘The History Of Rock ‘N’ Roll’. This special is 52 hours in length and is seen as the holy grail of syndicated radio offerings. We have an opportunity to purchase a mint set to transfer, but the price of the aforementioned set has us asking for your help. If you are interested, please send any donations via PayPal to: corey_harker@.... If successful in this purchase, we will also send the original 1969 KHJ and WOR versions to those who donate. This will be a separate distro than the monthly offering we normally send out.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Best,
Corey Harker 507-782-9613
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REPS radio
Walden Hughes
HI Everybody, here are the new streems for REPS radio,
Walden
Unsecured Link: http://stations.classicairwavesaudio.com:1250/stream
Secured Link: https://stations.classicairwavesaudio.com:1255/stream
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Fun with FFMPEG
Wild West Designs
FFMPEG is one of those projects that I use for a lot of my a/v editing needs. It's used under the hood for a lot of programs as well (Blender, Krita, Dragonframe, Handbrake, Ardour, VLC etc). Just great for all around editing/playing. Only downside is that it's CLI based with the traditional means of inputting commands, that's why those other programs do well, everything is handled graphically. Anyway, what some may not know is that it has a built in player called FFPLAY. This allows for just straight playing the audio and/or video files that you want to (I actually use it for this purpose and no longer have VLC installed), local and non local sources. I had written a CLI program that works with FFMPEG for a few stations (most are OTR, but one is an 80s hard rock station and another is an xmas station) that hides the lengthy commands of FFPLAY to where it's easier to use. While over the past couple of days, spent porting that to a TUI. Still command line, but has mouse integration as well as tab menu functionality. Did add quite a bit to the size though, originally approx 44KB without the TUI, now it's 483KB with the TUI. Attached are the pictures. I am using a different terminal in the pictures called "cool retro term". Simulates old Cathode tubs and the glow around the text. When it's on a regular terminal, all that "extra stuff" isn't there. Anyway, for those that do a lot of editing, may want to look at FFMPEG, not all of the above programs expose all of the options that it's capable of and it's really a nice all around editing/playing tool and if running more constrained hardware (needs to be relatively recent, but it handles better compared to some GUI programs that run it under the hood, but have massive GUI frameworks that add to RAM usage (looking at 30MB for both programs (1MB approx for my TUI and 28MB approx for FFMPEG, certainly better than running a GUI audio player). Evan West 
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Teri Keane pass away
Walden Hughes
Hi Everybody,
I learned radio actress Teri Keane who was the last star in day time radio soaps pass away last November. She was a cast member of a radio re-creation I produce back at FOTR back in 2007 and was a guest on my radio show a few times. Take care,
Walden
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Re: is TV in trouble
John K5MO
*....TV numbers are falling off the cliff and radio went up 3 percent....^ Next:" Researchers discover mysterious 3% rise in IQ ...." On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:14 PM Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
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The Suspense Project: The first Roma Wines broadcast "The Black Curtain" with Cary Grant
Joe Webb
Today's Suspense is the first under Roma Wines sponsorship, with other "firsts," too. Suspense was finally in the big time, with new and recognizable tag lines for branding, and one of the biggest names in Hollywood, Cary Grant, to usher the new era in. The broadcasts have a richer and lusher feel, and you can get a heightened sense of excitement about them.
Sponsors wanted prime time slots in their biggest markets. Normally, this would mean two live performances on the same night for East and Central time zones, and then another for Mountain and Pacific. Because the Roma sponsorship was finalized after the Fall 1943 season started, a different strategy was needed. CBS Pacific had already committed a Thursday slot to another series. It was decided to have the East and Central on Thursdays and the Mountain and Pacific on Mondays until the situation could be resolved.
This was the first time we hear both tags “A tale well calculated to keep you in … Suspense!” and “radio's outstanding theater of thrills.” And it’s the first time at the Suspense microphone for Cary Grant.
Grant, like Peter Lorre, has such a distinctive voice that casting around him for radio drama was easier than for other lead actors. Grant is also a superb radio performer as well as having the star power Suspense wanted for its first sponsored episode. He is excellent here.
This is likely the East Coast broadcast. Only one of the two broadcasts has survived.
---------- Suspense resource page https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion Suspense enhanced log https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11XflGB-S18jQ8JPr4EV1C9aZsRM_3Dw4xlLpGqgpBiU/edit?usp=sharing The Whistler complete log, presentations, and more https://sites.google.com/view/the-whistler-files The Big Story Revealed! https://sites.google.com/view/thestoriesbehindthebigstory/ Casey, Crime Photographer episode analysis https://bluenotebulletin.blogspot.com/ |
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Re: is TV in trouble
adam
I just got Sling TV to watch the World Baseball Classic and will be cancelling it once that’s over. The only thing I watch over the air (as a Proud Idahoan) is our midnight Potato Drop in the city of Boise.
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From: Jim Wood
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:55 PM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] is TV in trouble
I see I’m not the only curmudgeon there. It’s the same for me, I Tivo whatever I am interested in watching so I can skip the commercials, they are just way to irritating and too often pander to the idiocy of the masses.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Scott Mahan
Well, besides all the streaming, we DVR a lot of stuff off DirecTV, including broadcast, but we never watch anything live except for sports. And even then, if it’s important, I run it through DVR, start an hour in, fast-forward through the commercials, and try to catch the end just as it really ends. I only watch commercials for fun. A little bit. Sometimes. But that’s the deal. I’m NOT going to watch commercials in my shows, ever. Take my money and make it stop. That’s what it’s all about.
So, yes, I wish broadcast TV and its commercials would just go away. Pay for everything. I’d actually subscribe to a commercials channel, just for fun. But I want to do what I want to do. All of the time, every day.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
I’m 44, so not in the target group, but the only broadcast TV I’ve watched for years has been the morning local news. Everything else is streaming, or physical media.
Rodney
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Re: is TV in trouble
Jim Wood
I see I’m not the only curmudgeon there. It’s the same for me, I Tivo whatever I am interested in watching so I can skip the commercials, they are just way to irritating and too often pander to the idiocy of the masses.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Scott Mahan
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:36 PM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] is TV in trouble
Well, besides all the streaming, we DVR a lot of stuff off DirecTV, including broadcast, but we never watch anything live except for sports. And even then, if it’s important, I run it through DVR, start an hour in, fast-forward through the commercials, and try to catch the end just as it really ends. I only watch commercials for fun. A little bit. Sometimes. But that’s the deal. I’m NOT going to watch commercials in my shows, ever. Take my money and make it stop. That’s what it’s all about.
So, yes, I wish broadcast TV and its commercials would just go away. Pay for everything. I’d actually subscribe to a commercials channel, just for fun. But I want to do what I want to do. All of the time, every day.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
I’m 44, so not in the target group, but the only broadcast TV I’ve watched for years has been the morning local news. Everything else is streaming, or physical media.
Rodney
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Re: is TV in trouble
Scott Mahan
Well, besides all the streaming, we DVR a lot of stuff off DirecTV, including broadcast, but we never watch anything live except for sports. And even then, if it’s important, I run it through DVR, start an hour in, fast-forward through the commercials, and try to catch the end just as it really ends. I only watch commercials for fun. A little bit. Sometimes. But that’s the deal. I’m NOT going to watch commercials in my shows, ever. Take my money and make it stop. That’s what it’s all about.
So, yes, I wish broadcast TV and its commercials would just go away. Pay for everything. I’d actually subscribe to a commercials channel, just for fun. But I want to do what I want to do. All of the time, every day.
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 12:50 PM To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] is TV in trouble
I’m 44, so not in the target group, but the only broadcast TV I’ve watched for years has been the morning local news. Everything else is streaming, or physical media.
Rodney
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AM/FM Radio Ratings Overtake TV Among Persons 18-49
Walden Hughes
Here is an update with the numbers,
Walden
From RADIO ONLINE News: https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b17367 |
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Re: is TV in trouble
Rodney Bowcock
I’m 44, so not in the target group, but the only broadcast TV I’ve watched for years has been the morning local news. Everything else is streaming, or physical media.
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Rodney On Mar 14, 2023, at 1:48 PM, Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
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Re: is TV in trouble
Michael Hingson
I still think Fred Allen was right about television.
Best Regards,
Michael Hingson
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Walden Hughes via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:48 AM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] is TV in trouble
I think is is only on air numbers. Does not include streaming,
Walden
From:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io [mailto:main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Ryan Ellett via groups.io
Does the report say, are we talking all television viewing here, or just cable and over the air network? I can't imagine this includes streaming television, but who knows. Ryan
The Old Time Radio Researchers "Saving the Past for the Future"
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 11:14:42 AM CDT, Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
Hi Everybody,
Neilsen just gave out there report and now the 18 to 34 age group listen to radio more than they watch TV. TV numbers are falling off the cliffand radio went up 3 percent in this age group. Take care,
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Re: is TV in trouble
Walden Hughes
I think is is only on air numbers. Does not include streaming,
Walden
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io [mailto:main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ryan Ellett via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:37 AM To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] is TV in trouble
Does the report say, are we talking all television viewing here, or just cable and over the air network? I can't imagine this includes streaming television, but who knows. Ryan
The Old Time Radio Researchers "Saving the Past for the Future"
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 11:14:42 AM CDT, Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
Hi Everybody,
Neilsen just gave out there report and now the 18 to 34 age group listen to radio more than they watch TV. TV numbers are falling off the cliffand radio went up 3 percent in this age group. Take care,
Walden |
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Re: is TV in trouble
Wild West Designs
I would say that it would be harder for Nielsen to track streaming, as such, I think that's why companies were trying to go all in, easier to hide viewing numbers this way (that's just me speculating though, so take that for what it's worth). I don't really see terrestrial radio doing all that much better. I didn't see the numbers (I never really paid attention to Nielsen period), but even if radio improved 3%, what are the numbers we actually talking about here? Evan On 2023-03-14 11:37 AM, Ryan Ellett via groups.io wrote:
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Re: is TV in trouble
Does the report say, are we talking all television viewing here, or just cable and over the air network? I can't imagine this includes streaming television, but who knows. Ryan www.RyanEllett.com The Old Time Radio Researchers "Saving the Past for the Future"
On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 11:14:42 AM CDT, Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
Hi Everybody,
Neilsen just gave out there report and now the 18 to 34 age group listen to radio more than they watch TV. TV numbers are falling off the cliffand radio went up 3 percent in this age group. Take care,
Walden |
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