39. Were any of the old-time radio personalities interviewed recently? Where can I find these interviews?
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This article is from the Old Time Radio FAQ, by Lou Genco webmaster@old-time.com with numerous contributions by others.
39. Were any of the old-time radio personalities interviewed recently? Where can I find these interviews?
A large number of OTR personalities were interviewed by the
author John Dunning. Stewart Wright, Editor of the RHAC Newsletter
gave us the following information. (You can learn more about RHAC by
checking their page at http://www.old-time.com/sponsors/rhac.html)
The Radio Historical Association of Colorado (RHAC) has tapes of
many OTR personalities interviews that were conducted by John
Dunning in the 1980's. Several Radio personalities such as Elliot
Lewis were interviewed more than once. The following is a fairly
complete list of the Dunning interviews in the RHAC library.
Steve Allen, Elvia Allman, Eve Arden, Hy Averback, Parley Baer,
Parley Baer and Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer and Sam Edwards,
Parley Baer and Whitfield Conner, Bill Baldwin, George Balzer,
Harry Bartell, Andre Baruch and Bea Wain, Court Benson & Grace
Matthews, Bernice Berwin, Mel Blanc, Ray Bradbury, Curley
Bradley, Frank Bresee, Candy Candido, Hal Cantor, Charles
Collingwood, Whitfield Conner & Haila Stodd, Whitfield Conner and
Parley Baer, Whitfield Conner and Virginia Greeg, Norman Corwin,
Mary Jane Croft, D Day Program J Macvane & Lar, Dennis Day,
Rosemary De Camp, John Dehner, Kenny Delmar, Jerry Devine, Howard
Duff and Dick Joy, Richard Durham, Ruth Duskin Feldman, Sam
Edwards, Sam Edwards and Janet Waldo, Alice Faye, George
Fenneman, Morton Fine, Al Flanagan and Dick Mcdaniel, Paul Frees,
Fred Friendly, Alice Frost, Art Gilmore, Roberta Goodwin (Bob
Bailey's Daughter), Gale Gordon, Virginia Gregg, Virginia Gregg
and Whitfield Conner, Phil Harris, Clarence Hartzell, Dennis
Horseford, John Houseman, Bill Idelson, Raymond Johnson, Jack
Johnstone, Jim Jordan, Dick Joy, Roland Kibbee, Sheldon Leonard,
Phil Leslie, Larry Lesueur, Elliot Lewis, John Macvane, Fletcher
Markle, Fletcher Markle, Grace Matthews & Court Benson, Dick
McDaniel and Al Flanagan, Dick McDaniels and Pete Smythe, Marvin
Miller, Shirley Mitchell, Carlton E Morris, Morris Kaplan, Frank
Nelson, E Jack Neuman, Nelson Olmstead, Vic Perrin, Michael
Raffetto, William N Robson, Eric Sevareid, Anne Seymour, William
L. Shirer, Penny Singleton, Pete Smythe Collegiate Band, Olan
Soule, Berne Surrey, Glenhall Taylor, Irene Tedrow, Cliff
Thorsness, Les Tremayne, Lurene Tuttle, Veola Vonn, Janet Waldo,
Gertrude Warner, Peggy Webber, Anne Whitfield, and Dr. Paul
Winchell.
The Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound (REPS) also has interview tapes
of many Old-Time Radio personalities. Most of these interviews have
been conducted in the 1990's. Personalities include:
John Archer, Harry Bartell, Frank Buxton, Chris Conrad (Son of
William Conrad), William Conrad, William Conrad & George Walsh,
Stewart Conway, Norman Corwin, Sam Edwards, Herb Ellis, Charlie
Flynn, Jim French, Sandra Gould, Burl Ives, Peggy Jordan
(Granddaughter of Jim & Marian Jordan), Merrill Mael, Jo Anna
March, Les Tremayne, Janet Waldo, Anne Whitfield Phillips, Rhoda
Williams, and Douglas Young.
The REPS web site is located at:
http://www.homestead.com/repsonline/index.html
Yesterday USA on the Internet is doing a series of live interviews
with OTR personalities about one every two weeks. They start at
approximately 8 PM (ET) on alternate Sundays and are about 1 hour in
length. The interviews are conducted by John or Larry Gassman. So far
they have done Harry Bartell, Herb Ellis, and Conrad Binyon.
Listeners can call in questions.
You can find out more information on upcoming interviews by going to
the YUSA Home page at http://www.yesterdayusa.com/
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