"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 12/12 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 12/12/10 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs.

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[Vision]

Charles Russell ping. Sounds very similar to Bob Bailey.

[WXRGina]

Johnny’s a horn-dog!

[WXRGina]

Yes, he does! We were amazed at how similar they sound.

[Vision]

Johnny’s a horn-dog!

We all are.

[WXRGina]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :-)

[WXRGina]

This is killing me. I’m crying like an idiot.

[Vision]

It was a downer. Ed warned us.

[WXRGina]

Yes, he did.

It was also anti-gun. In the old days, kids were well-trained from a young age to properly handle a gun.

[jaz.357]

If I can interject, Listen to this Gem from Fred Waring. My favorite Christmas song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0h3gkl7QeE

[WXRGina]

Thank you, Jaz 357, for that wonderful link!

This Bing Crosby is beautiful and sad, and that Gun Smoke was heart-touching.

[Tanniker Smith]

Excellent! I have a collection of mp3's of old shows. I finally dumped a bunch of cassettes at the Salvation Army a week ago. There were just too many taking up too much space and I really can't listen to cassettes anymore unless I'm stuck in one part of the house.

But there are so many mp3s left to download.

[Tanniker Smith]

First time I heard that I was shocked. No Zuzu's petals. Makes sense, though. Petals are visual and silent. A Christmas bell, on the other hand, is magical on the radio!

I didn't remember that being Lux. For some reason I thought it was the other program that did movies. (Slipping my mind now.)

[Vision]

I love Jimmy Stewart.

[Vision]

Make sure you buy Lux soap.

[Raven6]

All of mine work... The big Zenith console below was purchased for $100... and then it cost me $100 to get it shipped!

The little Zenith belonged to a flight surgeon at Pensacola NAS. It was bought new by him before WWII. I purchased it after his death about 5 years ago. To think of the news that was received through this little jewel! "Yesterday, a day which shall live in infamy..." The first night I listened to it (it was winter and the airwaves were cooking), I picked up a broadcast from 740AM in Canada. It was a rebroadcast of the last performance of the Glenn Miller Army Aircorp Orchestra from Radio City Music Hall via NBC radio. It was like my own little private time machine. I felt like my father was right there in the room with me, listening to music that he used to play as we drove down the road when I was a kid.

The little "rolltop" Philco is a true tube driven portable... An antique store find that went home to have the capacitors and tubes replaced.

A few of mine:
1939 Zenith 8S-359

1949 Philco 49-607

1940 Zenith 6S-439

Regards,
Raven6

PS: Real radios glow from the inside out, and keep you warm!

[WXRGina]

Oh, Lux soap is a sure part of my toilette. I would never consider going out with my complexion unprepared with the delightful fragrance and softening properties of Lux. There is no better soap for my daily routine.

[Vision]

Oh, Lux soap is a sure part of my toilette. I would never consider going out with my complexion unprepared with the delightful fragrance and softening properties of Lux. There is no better soap for my daily routine.

What a lady! See you next week.

[WXRGina]

Oh, Raven! Wonderful! That’s just the best.

My husband now wants to photograph the old radios we have to show you. That will be a project for another day. Please stay with us! We will talk to you again. Goodnight!

[logitech]

Nice sets! I’m Gina’s husband. I’ll post pictures of the radios I have. Maybe we can get some techs involved to get the broken ones working. Are you on the Coast? NAS Pensacola?

[Raven6]

No... I'm in Middle Tennessee. The main thing with these old radios is the capacitors going out in them. People buy them, take them home and plug them in, turn on the switch and "POP!!!" there goes a capacitor. For anyone considering buying an old radio: Don't just buy it off of the shelf and plug it in! The radio needs to be brought up to voltage slowly - something you can't do with "solid state" radios. I use a dimmer switch that is mounted on a board between an electrical outlet and a regular wall plug. I make sure the dimmer is all the way "down", plug the radio into the outlet and turn it on. I then plug the little circuit into a standard wall outlet and slowly turn the dimmer "up" a little at a time, taking about an hour to reach full "up" or full voltage. This gives the capacitors a little time to warm up and not "blow." It is no guarantee, but I know is has saved some capacitors. Tubes are easy to find if you know where to look.

I'm all in for a tech session, and will help where I can!

Regards,
Raven6