7 L APRIL MEETINGNOON SATURDAY, APRIL 10

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.All five of the original board ofdirectors - James Coontz, KevinStern, Jerry Haendigas, Joan Hoover

_ and Manny Sedacca - along with SteveJelf and Tom Elkins will guide SPERD-VAC into its second year of operation.

The seven members were the top votet in the Society's first annualget ers

election when Election Chairman Carld the bal-Schaffstall officially close

loting and declared the election of-ficial on Thursday, May 18. The four

d s were allowed so that bal-extra aylots mailed by noon on Saturday, March13, would be eleigible.

Officers of the Society will be de-termined at the first meeting of theBoard of Directors.

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’, ' J“ ' ' K"KFFK seglns F\ad1o1\.~araThonDuring the month of April, KPFK-FM (90.7) will present its annual old

time radio fund-raiser. SPERDVAC's Jay Lacey reported at our March 13meeting that he will begin the marathon with a 23 hour salute to old timeradio Jay will include many of Edward R. Murrow's broadcasts from the

' A '1 11939-60 era. The program begins at 7 pm pri .Throughout the month KPFK will broadcast a ndmber of programs. Week-

days the station will present (in addition to much promoting for funds)shows under the heading of "The Great Masters" between 6 and 9 am. From10 am untill noon will be "Mystery Mix" (Richard Diamond, Sam Spade, Thin

ll ) followed by "Matinee Theater"Man, Mr. & Mrs. North and Johnny Do arL Radio Theatre, Academy Award) sometime during the noon - h pm slot.( ux

Soap operas will be featured ‘ F_ If fi _6 <1¢°m- 0/\r< Lowers‘rr|ceweeknights from 4 untill an

edy programs are scheduled duringthe 7 - 11 pm "Family Hour." ASuspense broadcast is planned for

The Saturday line-up includesLet's Pretend and Big John andSparky between 8 and 10 am and ILove a Mystery and other serials' the afternoon. Fred Allen sinTown Hall Tonight will be rebroad-

' mentcast during the 7 to 9:30 segon Sunday evenings. (See page 2)

The price of nearly everythingis on the increase these days.However, the price of the Society'stape is going down!

Effective last week, the priceof DAK's 1800 foot, 1 mil tape hasbeen lowered to $1.10 per reel, taxincluded. The 25 cent price re-duction reflects recognition by DAKIndustries of SPERDVAC's potential

‘buying power.

Page 2 L G _April 1976Program Schedule p

Here is a partial listing of programs scheduled for broadcast onKPFK during their fund raising marathdn (our thanks to Jacy Lacey forthis information):

MYSTERY MIX (10 am to noon)

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Mona Lisa Murder"

Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Blackmailer Suicide Murder"Adventures of Sam Spade "Love Letter Caper"

9 Adventures of Sam Spade "Battle of Belvedere Caper"

56 Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Lt. Levenson Kidnapping"78

Thin Man "Case of the Passionate Palooka"& Mrs. North "Deadly Doll Case" I& Mrs. North "Operation Murder Case"

Mr. & Mrs. North "The Picnic"Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Ice Pick Murder"

12 The13 Mrs14 Mrs1516

Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Clay Baxter Murder"Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Gold Map Murder"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Primrose Matter"*Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Picture Postcard Matter"*

23 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "Star of Capetown Matter"*

MATINEE THEATRE (noon to M pm) [Tux Radio Theatre, Academy Award, etc&7

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3 "Key Largo" with Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor

5 "Ruggles of Redgap" stars Charles Laughton, Charles Ruggles."To Have and Have Not" with Humphrey Borgart, Lauren Becall.

6 "Keys of the Kingdom" starring Gregory Peck."The Wisteria Tree" features Joseph Cotten, Helen Hayes.

7 "Devil and Miss Jones" Charles Coburn and Virginia Mayo."Sunset Boulevard" Gloria Swanson and William Holden.

8 "The Enchanted Cottage" with Peter Lawford."198M" featuring Richard Widmark

9 "Lost Angel" Margaret O'Brien"Arsenic and Old Lace” Boris Karloff and Ida Lupino"Welcome Stranger" Barry Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby"Front Page" Pat O'Brien and Adolphe Menjou"Help Wanted - Female" Barbara Luddy and Olan Soule

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"The White Cliffs of Dover" Irene Dunne"Street Scene" Shirley Booth and Richard Conte"A Star is Born" Fredrick March"Wuthering Heights" Mary Astor and Basi1.Rathbone"Life of Louis Pasteur" Paul Muni -"My Sister Eileen" Shirley Booth and Virgina Gilmore"The Baker" Charles Bickford"The Maltese Falcoln" Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet"Parnassus on Wheeles" Ruth Hussey ."Parnassus on Wheeles" Ruth Hussey"Viva Zapata" Charlton Heston, Jean Peters"The Dark Mirror" Loretta Young and Lew Ayres"Adorable" Shirley Temple and Peter Lawford

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five episodes, 15 minutes each.(Continued on page three)

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ARnil_l9?6 I A 7 I Page 3llSerles how Available

The first ten reels of the M series is now available. LibrarianCarl Schoffstall has spent many hours listening, grading, eliminatingand recording programs donated by our members.

Unlike the R series, where usually programs of one series filla reel, the M series will normally present a mixture of shows. Carlbelieves the quality of the M series will be close to the high stand-ards set by the R series, compiled from the personal collection ofJerry Haendiges.

theOther tapes will be added, along with program descriptions for

next catalog update in April. Here is a brief run-down of thefirst ten:

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1: Sherlock Holmes; Bulldog Drummond; The Fat Man; Nick Carter,Master Detective; and the Adventures of Nero Wolfe.

2: Let's Pretend (four programs); Gangbusters; and Suspense.all Lone Ranger.all Lone Ranger. AEscape; Inner Sanctum; Doris Day Show; and Steve Allen Show.

6: National Barn Dance; Curt Massey (six shows); It Pays to beIgnorant; Inner Sanctum; and Mr. District Attorney.

7: all Gene Autry. .8: Gene Autry; A Date with Judy; and Grand Ole Opry (3 shows).9: all The Fat Man (Australian version).10: all The Fat Man (Australian version).

3:4:5:

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SUSPENSE (Midnight)

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"The Wait" Maria Palmer"Stool Pigeon" John Dehner"Two Platinum Capsules""Classified Secret" Parley Baer"A Story of Poison" Joseph Kearns

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12 "Game Hunt" Raymond Lawrence1 "The Lonely Heart" Ben Wright

"Treasure Chest" Raymond Burr"Re-entry" Lyle Sudrow"Too Hot to Live" Van Heflin

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"Beetle and Mr. Bottle" John Gibson"Infanticide" Santos Ortega"Crisis of Dirk Diamond" Bernard Grant"Easy Victum" Bob Reddick"Dynamite Run" Nelson Adams

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E. J. CRONER,_Anaheim: CHAD,HARWWgD.IConqga Park; STEVE KNUTSON and NAIHANFORMAN, Long Beach; ROBERT SLEEPER.RANDALL LAING and KENNETH sLEEPER. LosAngeles; ROGER HELVEY, Oxnard; DENTONALLEN, Mission Hills; DANIEL MCGOVERN

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STANLEY KANE N thrid e- MICHAEL HOOVER Pomona; KENNETH STARR. San322%., ROBERT FARNUMf Sherian Oaks: WILLIAM GOLUMBICK. Sprlne Valley:ALICE BETHEL, Torrance; ARLYN w. TURNER, Ukiah; DAVID ZACKS, Van Nuys.

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ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH'S CROSSWORD

INCOMEMembershipPostage d HandlingTape & merch. bold

TREAoURER’o REPORTFebruary 29, I976

Deposit from State with InterestRefund for returned Dodger TicketsAdvance for Dodger TicketsRaffles & sale or ceramicsDinner

TOTAL INCONE

EXPENSES PAIDPost orrice box rentTaxes & licenseLegal & accountant feesPrinting & suppliesPostageTape purchasesRefd. of opening bank balanceRefundSubscriptionRefd. of Dodger Ticket AdvanceDodger TicketsLabor - typing & misc.Dinner meetingNSF membership checks

TOTAL EAPENQES PAIDEXPENSES T0 BE PAID

Bank balance 2/29/7bExpenses to be paid

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7b: fiaulny flare J:Radio singer/announcer BRUCE NORMAN, 73, died January 11 at

Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He was a singer on NBC in the1930s.

LINTON WELLS, a participant in a record-setting flight aroundthe world in 1926, has died in his Washington, D. C. home. Mr.Wells pioneered short wave broadcasts from Latin America over NBCand did newscasts on CBS in the early fourties.

ForYour IhformaTloh.. .By now everyone should have received the latest addition to

the Society's tape catalog. The addition brings it up to 215reels (28 pages). If you have not received these last four pages,please let us know. All future additions will be handled by mail.

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The National Broadcasting Company has requested and receiveda copy of our tape catalog with the idea of using some of theSociety's tapes and resources in preparing NBC's "The First FiftyYears," scheduled in the fall. NBC will be fifty years old onNovember 15.

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Have you renewed your SPERDVAC membership? Check your addresslable for the renewal date. The price of membership is $15 forregular members, $20 for a family membership.

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Beginning with our next issue, the Bulletin will carry a reg-ular feature, "Spotlight on a Star." Each month we will salute oneof early radio's stars. Your contributions to this series areinvited.

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SPERDVAC welcomes Norman Corwin to the membership. The Boardof Directors voted last month to make Mr. Corwin a honorary memberof the Society. Mr. Corwin has written many popular radio programsincluding shows for the Columbia Workshop and a special broadcastat the end of World War II, "On a Note of Triumph." Many of hisproductions have been rebroadcast in recent months on Kevin Stern'sDon't Touch That Dial, KCSN-FM.

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\ SPERDVACPost Office Box 1587

Please enroll me as a member ofSPERDVAC. Encloged is my gheck or

- o der for 0 COVE?x Hollywood’ Cam 90028 mngnfigmbgrship for the next year.

ANNUAL DUES: Active . . . $15.00. Family - - - $20-0°Name , _ __ l_, 4 ~Address I or 0 - -City, State & Zip Z _, _.__Iii___- , _Telephone 4 , _ 1 .

I have reel to reel __ cassette ___ 8 track equipment.Do you have a catalog of programs? ;_ Yes __ n9'

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, ,,_, SPERDVAC BULLETINl :;““ "The official publication of ;, the Society to Preserve and ’

‘ Encourage Radio Drama, Va-' riety and Comedy - a non '

profit, tax-deductable cor-peration founded in accord-ance with the laws of thestate of California.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1James CoontzKevin SternJoan HooverJerry HaendigesManny Sedacca \ .Steve Jelf §\

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TREASURERPat McGee

LIBRARIANCarl Schoffstall (213) 884-1430

SPERDVAC BULLETIN STAFFEditor Dan HaefeleNostalgia Dept. Steve JelfPrinter Gary ZumarisMail Room Joan Hoover

SPERDVAC Post Office Box 1587Hollywood, California 90028

Address newsletter correspondenceto Dan Haefele, 834 % Laguna Ave.,Los Angeles 90026 (213) 620-6966

REMEMBER: The deadline for copy for the May i"sue is Thursday, April 15.Send cartoons, articles, requests, ions and Rcmments to Dan Haefele,

F" 6 *"* P g ' I 51 \ TA‘Frogr rm 7.0 es' Old time radio returns again to

KCRW-FM Sunday, April 4, when SPERD-VAC's Jerry Haendiges brings backhis "Old-Tyme Radio Showcase."This 30 minute program will be airedat 5:30 pm. . . Jay Lacey's KPFKtime slot moves to a new time inMay. His program, scheduled formidnight to 7 am Sunday mornings(or, if you prefer, late Saturdaynight), will feature a two hour ver-sion of The Big Broadcast from mid-night to 2 am. This segment willbe co-hosted with Jerry Haendigesand will often include in-studioguests. The time change becomeseffective May 2.

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